Beasley (surname)

Beasley is a surname of English origin deriving from a town in Lancashire meaning “bent grass”.^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Beasley (born 1973), American NFL cornerback
• Alice Beasley (born 1945), American quilter, textile artist
• Allyce Beasley (born 1951), American actress
• Barney Beasley (1895–1951), American character actor
• Bruce Beasley (American sculptor) (born 1939), American sculptor
• Caroline Beasley, an Irish jockey and the first woman to win Christie's Foxhunter Chase
• Cecil A. Beasley (1876–1959), American lawyer and politician from Alabama.
• Cheri Beasley (born 1966), American judge
• Chris Beasley (researcher), Australian political scientist
• Christine Beasley, a British-born dame and the Chief Nursing Officer of England
• Cole Beasley (born 1989), American football player
• DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player; brother of Jamar
• David Beasley, American politician who served as the governor of South Carolina
• Debra Lafave, formerly Debra Beasley, American former teacher and registered sex offender
• Eileen Beasley (1921–2012), Welsh language campaigner
• Fred Beasley, American National Football League cornerback
• George Beasley, Australian rules footballer
• George Beasley-Murray, English religious scholar
• George G. Beasley (1932–2021), American radio executive
• Henry Beasley, Indian-born British officer and bridge player
• Irene Beasley, American singer
• Jack Beasley, Australian politician
• Jamar Beasley, American soccer player; brother of DaMarcus
• Jere Beasley, American politician and Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
• Jeremy Beasley (born 1980), American baseball player
• Jerome Beasley, American basketball player
• John Beasley (disambiguation)
  • John Beasley (actor) (1943–2023), American actor
  • John Beasley (basketball) (1944–2022), American basketball player
  • John Beasley (football player), American football player and color commentator
  • John Beasley (musician), American composer, pianist, producer, and arranger
• Kevin Beasley, American artist
• Larry Beasley, Canadian urban planner
• Malcolm Beasley, American physicist in the field of superconductivity
• Malik Beasley, American basketball player
• Marco Beasley, Neapolitan–British tenor and musicologist
• Maria E. Beasley (c. 1836–1913), American inventor and businesswoman
• Michael Beasley (born 1989), American basketball player
• Nate Beasley (1953–2010), American football player
• Owen Beasley, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court (British India)
• Pat Beasley, English professional footballer and coach
• Pierce Beasley, or Piaras Béaslaí (1881–1965), a Liverpool-born Irish Republican politician
• Richard Beasley (author), an Australian author
• Richard Beasley (politician), American-born, Canadian-residing businessman, politician, and soldier
• Richard Beasley, convicted of luring three men to their deaths via a Craigslist ad in 2011
• Richard Lee Beasley, an American politician from South Carolina
• Sharon Beasley-Teague (born 1952), American politician
• Sheree Beasley, Australian murder victim
• Simon Beasley (born 1956), Australian rules footballer
• Thomas W. Beasley, American lawyer, political activist, businessman; co-founder of Corrections Corporation of America
• Tom Beasley (born 1954), American football player
• Tony Beasley (born 1966), American baseball coach
• William Beasley, Irish jockey

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Surname list

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