Wiley (name)

Wiley is a name. It may refer to:

## Given name

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* Wiley Brooks (1936–2016), founder of the Breatharian Institute of America
* Wiley Young Daniel (1946–2019), American judge
* Wiley Miller (born 1951), pen name of American newspaper cartoonist David Wiley Miller
* Wiley Nickel (born 1975), American politician
* Wiley Post (1898–1935), American aviator, the first person to fly solo around the world
* Wiley Rutledge (1894–1949), American jurist, Supreme Court justice
* Wiley Scribner (1840–1889), American politician
* Wiley Wiggins (born 1976), American game designer and actor

## Surname

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* Alan Wiley (born 1960), British football referee
* Alexander Wiley (1884–1967), U.S. Senator
* Austin Wiley (born 1999), American basketball player
* Autrey Nell Wiley (1901–1990), American literary critic
* Cliff Wiley (born 1955), American track and field athlete
* Charles Wiley (1782–1826), American printer and publisher
* D'Extra Wiley (fl. 1990s), American R&B singer, artist and producer, songwriter
* Daniel Day Wiley (1837–1893), American Union brevet brigadier general
* David Wiley (disambiguation), multiple people
* Don Craig Wiley (1944–2001), American crystallographer
* Geeshie Wiley (1908–1950), American blues singer of the early 1930s
* Gerald Wiley, nom-de-plume of Ronnie Barker (1929–2005)
* Grace Olive Wiley (1883–1948), American herpetologist best known for her work with venomous snakes
* Harvey Washington Wiley (1844–1930), American chemist
* Isaac William Wiley (1825–1924), American physician and Methodist bishop, founder of Wiley College, Texas
* Jacob Wiley (born 1994), American basketball player
* Janet Wiley (1933–2010), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Jared Wiley (born 2000), American football player
* John Cooper Wiley (1893–1967), American ambassador
* John D. Wiley (born 1942), Chancellor of UW-Madison
* Kehinde Wiley (born 1977), American artist
* Laura I. Wiley (fl. 1990s–2010s), American politician
* Lee Wiley (1908–1975), American jazz singer of the 1930s
* Marcellus Wiley (born 1974), American football player
* Maya Wiley (born 1964), American civil rights activist, lawyer, and politician
* Michael Wiley (disambiguation), multiple people
* Morlon Wiley (born 1966), American basketball player and coach
* Nathan Wiley (born c. 1977), Canadian musician
* Henry Orton Wiley (1877–1961), American Nazarene theologian
* Ralph Wiley (1952–2004), American sports journalist
* Ralph Wiley, chemist who accidentally discovered PVDC in 1933
* Richard E. Wiley (born 1934), American lawyer and former Chairman of the Federal Communications
* Robert Wiley (born 1955), Australian rules footballer
* Samira Wiley ((born 1987), American actor and model
* Stephen B. Wiley (1929–2015), American attorney, businessman, poet, and politician
* Wanda Wiley (1901–1987), American actress in silent films
* William Wiley, American sailor in the First Barbary War and namesake of the USS Wiley
* William H. Wiley (1842–1925), Representative to United States Congress from New Jersey and Publisher
* William T. Wiley (1937–2021), American artist

## Fictional characters

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* Bob Wiley, in the 1991 movie What About Bob?
* Wiley the Sheep, from Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

## See also

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* Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Wiley.
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