Waley ( ) is a surname. Notable people with this name include:
Alison Waley (1901–2001), New Zealand poet, journalist, artist and writer Arthur Waley (born Arthur David Schloss; 1889–1966), English orientalist and sinologist Daniel Waley (1921–2017), British historian, manuscript specialist, and professor Harmon Metz Waley (1910–1984), American criminal convicted for his role in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping Jacob Waley (1818–1873), English legal writer, grandfather of Charles Waley Cohen, Dorothea Waley Singer, and Robert Waley Cohen Jim Waley (born 1948), Australian television presenter Paul Waley, British academic, great-nephew of Arthur Waley Robert Waley (1889–1939), Australian coxswain Samuel Waley (born 1983), Tasmanian-born Australian rower Simon Waley (1827–1875), English composer, banker, and leading figure in the Jewish community, younger brother of Jacob Waley
Variants Waley Cohen Charles Waley Cohen (1879–1963), British soldier, barrister, and politician, brother of Dorothea Waley Singer Dorothea Waley Singer (née Cohen; 1882–1964), British palaeographer and historian of science, sister of Robert Waley Cohen Robert Waley Cohen (1877–1952), British industrialist and prominent Jewish leader, father of Bernard Waley-Cohen
Waley-Cohen Freya Waley-Cohen (born 1989), British-American composer Joanna Waley-Cohen (born 1952), English academic Robert Waley-Cohen (born 1948), English entrepreneur, father of Sam Waley-Cohen Sam Waley-Cohen (born 1982), English jockey and entrepreneur Waley-Cohen baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Bernard Waley-Cohen (1914–1991), 1st Baronet, father of Stephen Waley-Cohen, Robert Waley-Cohen, and Joanna Waley-Cohen Stephen Waley-Cohen (born 1946), 2nd Baronet, theatre manager and producer, father of Freya Waley-Cohen
Waleys Thomas Waleys (fl. 1333), English theologian
Other uses "DJ Waley Babu", a 2015 Punjabi-Hindi hip-hop single Mehndi Waley Hath, a 2000 Punjabi Pakistani film
See also
Whaley (surname)