Wakley is a name that was brought to England by the ancestors of the Wakley family when they migrated to the region after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Notable people Ralph Wakley (born 1941), American biathlete Thomas Wakley (1795–1862), English surgeon and founding editor of The Lancet James G. Wakley (1825–1886), the son of Thomas Wakley and the joint editor of The Lancet Thomas Henry Wakley (1821–1907), the son of Thomas Wakley and the joint editor of The Lancet
See also Stuart Wakley Fleetwood (born in 1986), English footballer Cooper v Wakley, English tort law case
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