Ridley

A

Aaron Ridley (born 1962), British philosopher

Aaron J. Ridley, American atmospheric researcher

Adam Ridley (born 1942), British economist

Alan Ridley (1910–1993), Australian rugby league footballer

Alex Ridley (born 1996), New Zealand cricketer

Alfred Ridley (1849–1898), English British Army officer and cricketer

Alfred Ridley-Martin (1881–1970), British fencer

Alice Tan Ridley (born 1952), American gospel and R&B singer

Alonzo Ridley (1826–1909), American engineer and Confederate Army officer

Amy Ridley (born 2002), Australian goalball athlete

Andrew Ridley (born 1968), Australian cricketer

Anne Ridley (born 1963), British biologist

Annie E. Ridley (1839–1923), British novelist

Archie Ridley (1869–1950), New Zealand cricketer

Arnold Ridley (1896–1984), English actor and playwright

Arthur Ridley (1852–1916), English cricketer

B

Betty Ridley (1909–2005), British Church of England administrator

Bill Ridley (1934–2019), American basketball player

Bob Ridley (born 1942), English footballer

Brian Ridley (born 1931), British solid-state physicist

C

Caleb Ridley (1873–1932), Ku Klux Klan member

Calvin Ridley (born 1994), American football player

Cameron Ridley (born 1993), American basketball player

Charles William Ridley (1812–1867), British soldier

Christophe Ridley (born 1993), French rugby referee

Christopher Ridley (1946–2009), South African cricketer

Cicely Ridley (1927–2008), British-American applied mathematician

Clarence S. Ridley (1883–1969), American military officer, governor of the Panama Canal Zone

Claude Alward Ridley (1897–1942), British military officer and aviator

Clem Ridley (1909–1988), Australian politician

Curt Ridley (1951–2021), Canadian ice hockey goaltender

Cyril Ridley (1895–1920), British World War I flying ace

D

Daisy Ridley (born 1992), English actress

Dave Ridley (1916–1998), Welsh footballer

David Ridley (born 1954), English cricketer

Dorsey Ridley (born 1953), American politician

E

Edward Ridley (1843–1928), English barrister, politician and judge

Evan Alexandrow-Ridley (born 1996), Lithuanian-Australian football goalkeeper

Eve Ridley (born 2011), English actress

F

Florida Ruffin Ridley (1861–1943), African-American civil rights activist and writer

Frank Ridley (secularist) (1897–1994), British Marxist, secularist and writer

Frank L. Ridley, American film and television actor

Frank M. Ridley (1883–1953), American college football player and physician

Fred Ridley (born 1952), American amateur golfer and golf administrator

G

Gary Ridley (1945–2022), American engineer

George Ridley (Labour politician) (1886–1944), British Member of Parliament

George Ridley (Whig politician) (1818–1887), British Member of Parliament

George "Geordie" Ridley (1835–1864), British concert hall songwriter and performer on Tyneside

Gerald Ridley (1897–1953), English cricketer

Giles Ridley (born 1944), English cricketer

Glocester Ridley (1702–1774), English writer

Greg Ridley (1942–2003), English rock bassist

Guy Ridley (1885–1947), English barrister

H

Harold Ridley (Jesuit) (1939–2005), President of Loyola College, Maryland

Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist) (1906–2001), English ophthalmologist

Harrison Ridley Jr. (1938–2009), American radio broadcaster

Harry Ridley (1904–1989), English footballer

Harry Ridley (cricketer) (1868–1949), New Zealand cricketer

Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956), English botanist

Humphrey Ridley (1653–1708), English physician

I

Ian Ridley (1934–2008), Australian rules footballer

J

Jack Ridley (baseball) (born 1905), American Negro leagues baseball player

Jack Ridley (engineer) (1919–2006), New Zealand civil engineer and politician

Jack Ridley (pilot) (1915–1957), American aeronautical engineer and test pilot

Jack Ridley (swim coach), American competitive swimmer and swim coach

James Ridley (1736–1765), English author

James Ridley (footballer) (born 1889), English footballer

Jane Ridley (born 1953), British biographer

Jason Ridley (born 1977), American politician from Georgia

Jasper Ridley (banker) (1887–1951), British banker

Jasper Ridley (historian) (1920–2004), British writer known for historical biographies

Jeanne Clare Ridley (1925–2007), American sociologist, statistician and demographer

Jessica Ridley (born 1985), Canadian singer-songwriter

Jim Ridley (1945–2008), Canadian baseball player

Joan Ridley (1903–1983), British tennis player

Jody Ridley (born 1942), American NASCAR driver

John Ridley (born 1965), American film director, actor, and writer

L

Lancelot Ridley (died 1576), English clergyman and theologian, father of physician Mark Ridley

Larry Ridley (born 1937), American jazz bassist

Lee Ridley (born 1981), English footballer

Lee Ridley (comedian) (born 1980), English stand-up comedian

M

Mabel Ridley (1895–1938), African-American singer

Malcolm Ridley (born 1962), English actor and writer

Mark Ridley (physician) (1560–1624), English physician and mathematician

Mark Ridley (zoologist) (born 1956), English zoologist

Mark Ridley-Thomas (born 1954), American politician and felon

Martin Ridley (1861–1936), English photographer

Matt Ridley (born 1958), British science writer, financier, 5th Viscount Ridley

Matthew Ridley (barrister) (1711–1778), English barrister, coal magnate and businessman

Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley (1842–1904), British statesman

Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley (1874–1916), British politician

Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley (1902–1964), British landowner and race car driver

Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley (1925–2012), British courtier

Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet (1745–1813), British landowner and politician

Sir Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Baronet (1778–1836), British politician

Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet (1807–1877), British politician

N

Nicholas Ridley (martyr) (died 1555), English bishop

Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale (1929–1993), British politician

Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (1779–1854), British politician

P

Philip Ridley (born 1960), British artist

R

Ralph Ridley (born 1904), English football goalkeeper

Reginald Ridley (1883–1971), New Zealand cricketer

Riley Ridley (born 1996) American football player

Rita Ridley (1946–2013), English runner

Rosalind Ridley (born 1949), British neuropsychologist

Roy Ridley (1890–1969), British academic, writer and poet

S

Samuel Ridley (1864–1944), British industrialist and politician

Sandra Ridley, Canadian poet

Sebastian Claude Ridley (1853–1924), English organist, pianist and composer

Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (born 1987), American politician

Stevan Ridley (born 1989), American football player

Stuart Oliver Ridley (1853–1935), English cleric and zoologist

T

Thomas Ridley (1799–1879), merchant and political figure in Newfoundland

Thomas H. Ridley (1828–1904), merchant and political figure in Newfoundland, son of Thomas Ridley the merchant

Thomas Ridley (cricketer) (1858–1945), English barrister, clergyman and cricketer

Todd Ridley (born 1969), Australian rules footballer

Tony Ridley (born 1933), British civil engineer and academic

U

Ursula Ridley, Viscountess Ridley (1904–1967), British magistrate, campaigner and charity worker

W

Wally Ridley (1913–2007), British record producer and songwriter

William Ridley (Presbyterian missionary) (1819–1878), English Presbyterian missionary and linguist in Australia

William Ridley (bishop) (1836–1911), English Anglican missionary in Canada

William Henry Ridley (1816–1882), Anglican priest and author

William Ridley-Colborne (1814–1846), British politician

Y

Yvonne Ridley (born 1958), English journalist