Wiley (name)

Wiley is a name. It may refer to:

Given name

• Wiley Brooks (1936–2016), founder of the Breatharian Institute of America
• Wiley Young Daniel (1946–2019), American judge
• Wiley Lynn (1888–1932), American prohibition agent, known for killing Bill Tilghman
• 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

• 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 (disambiguation), several people
• 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
• Racchel Wiley, American poet, performer and activist
• 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
• Susan "Genie" Wiley (born 1957), American feral child
• 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

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

See also

• Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer
• Wylie § People