Chorley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ben Chorley (born 1982), English football player Charles Chorley (c. 1810 – 1874), English journalist and man of letters Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808–1872), English music critic John Rutter Chorley (1806–1867), English scholar of Spanish literature Matt Chorley (born 1982), British broadcaster Richard Chorley (1927–2002), English geographer Baron Chorley, peer of the United Kingdom