Coakley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adam Coakley (born 1987), Scottish football striker Andy Coakley (1882–1963), US baseball pitcher born in Providence, Rhode Island Cheryl Coakley-Rivera (active 1995–2014), US politician from Massachusetts Daniel Coakley (born 1989), Filipino/US swimmer, member of Philippine team at 2007 Southeast Asian Games Dexter Coakley (born 1972), US American football linebacker Jackie Coakley (active 2014–2016), US student involved in sexual assault allegations reported in retracted article A Rape on Campus John Coakley (active 1994–2016), professor in School of Politics & International Relations, University College, Dublin Marion Coakley (1896–1968), American actress Martha Coakley (born 1953), US Attorney General of Massachusetts Paul Stagg Coakley (born 1955), US Roman Catholic prelate Richard Coakley (born 1983), Irish rower Sarah Coakley (born 1951), English Anglican theologian Sheridan Coakley, British interior designer Tommy Coakley (born 1947), Scottish football player and coach Vincent Coakley (1955–2020), Irish Gaelic footballer Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born 1966), US mainstream fiction author