Waley
Waley is a surname. Notable people with this name include:
- Alison Waley, New Zealand poet, journalist, artist and writer
- Arthur Waley, English orientalist and sinologist
- Daniel Waley, British historian, manuscript specialist, and professor
- Harmon Metz Waley, American criminal convicted for his role in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping
- Jacob Waley, English legal writer, grandfather of Charles Waley Cohen, Dorothea Waley Singer, and Robert Waley Cohen
- Jim Waley, Australian television presenter
- Paul Waley, British academic, great-nephew of Arthur Waley
- Robert Waley, Australian coxswain
- Samuel Waley, Tasmanian-born Australian rower
- Simon Waley, English composer, banker, and leading figure in the Jewish community, younger brother of Jacob Waley
Variants
Waley Cohen
- Charles Waley Cohen, British soldier, barrister, and politician, brother of Dorothea Waley Singer
- Dorothea Waley Singer, British palaeographer and historian of science, sister of Robert Waley Cohen
- Robert Waley Cohen, British industrialist and prominent Jewish leader, father of Bernard Waley-Cohen
Waley-Cohen
- Freya Waley-Cohen, British-American composer
- Joanna Waley-Cohen, English academic
- Robert Waley-Cohen, English entrepreneur, father of Sam Waley-Cohen
- Sam Waley-Cohen, English jockey and entrepreneur
- Waley-Cohen baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- * Bernard Waley-Cohen, 1st Baronet, father of Stephen Waley-Cohen, Robert Waley-Cohen, and Joanna Waley-Cohen
- * Stephen Waley-Cohen, 2nd Baronet, theatre manager and producer, father of Freya Waley-Cohen
Waleys
- Thomas Waleys, English theologian
Other uses
- "DJ Waley Babu", a 2015 Punjabi-Hindi hip-hop single
- Mehndi Waley Hath, a 2000 Punjabi Pakistani film