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Ridley is a surname and given name that originated from locations in Cheshire, Kent, Northumberland, and Essex counties in England. The name derives from Old English, either hrēod (reeds) + lēah (wood or clearing), or rydde (cleared land) + lēah.[1][2][3]

Surname[edit]

  • Aaron Ridley, British philosopher
  • Aaron J. Ridley, American atmospheric researcher
  • Adam Ridley (born 1942), British economist
  • Alan Ridley (1910–1993), Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s
  • Alice Tan Ridley (born 1952), gospel and R&B singer
  • Andrew Ridley (born 1968), Australian cricketer
  • Arnold Ridley (1896–1984), English actor
  • Bill Ridley (1934–2019), American basketball player
  • Brian Ridley (born 1931), British solid-state physicist
  • Calvin Ridley (born 1994), American football player
  • Cicely Ridley (1927–2008), British-American applied mathematician
  • Daisy Ridley (born 1992), English actress
  • David Ridley (born 1954), English cricketer
  • F. A. Ridley (1897–1994), British marxist, secularist, and writer
  • Fred Ridley (born 1952), American amateur golfer and golf administrator
  • Florida Ruffin Ridley (1861–1943), African-American civil rights activist, teacher, writer, and editor
  • Gary Ridley (1945-2022), American engineers
  • George Ridley (Labour politician) (1886–1944), British Member of Parliament
  • George Ridley (Whig politician) (1818–1887), British Member of Parliament
  • Greg Ridley (1942–2003), English rock bassist
  • Harold Ridley (Jesuit) (1939–2005), President of Loyola College, Maryland (1994–2005)
  • Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist) (1906–2001), English ophthalmologist
  • Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956), English botanist
  • Humphrey Ridley (1653–1708), English physician
  • Ian Ridley (1934–2008), Australian rules footballer
  • Jack Ridley (engineer) (1919–2006), New Zealand civil engineer and politician
  • Jack Ridley (pilot) (1915–1957), American aeronautical engineer, and U.S. Air Force test pilot and officer
  • James Ridley (footballer), English footballer
  • Jane Ridley (born 1953), British biographer
  • Jasper Nicholas Ridley (1887–1951), British banker
  • Jasper Ridley (1920–2004), British writer known for historical biographies
  • Jeanne Clare Ridley (1925–2007), American sociologist, statistician, and demographer
  • John Ridley (born 1965), American film director, actor, and writer
  • John Ridley (footballer) (born 1952), English soccer player
  • John Ridley (inventor) (1806–1887), best known for “Ridley’s Stripper”
  • John S. Ridley (1882–1934), Canadian politician
  • Lancelot Ridley (died 1576), divinity rector of Stretham and father of physician Mark Ridley
  • Mabel Ridley (1895–1938), African-American singer
  • Malcolm Ridley (born 1966), actor and writer
  • Mark Ridley (physician) (1560–1624), English physician and mathematician
  • Mark Ridley (zoologist) (born 1956), English zoologist
  • Matt Ridley (born 1958), British science writer, financier
  • Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley (1842–1904), British politician and statesman
  • Roy Ridley (1890–1969), academic, writer and poet
  • Mike Ridley (born 1963), ice hockey centre
  • Nicholas Ridley (martyr) (died 1555), English bishop
  • Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale (1929–1993), British politician
  • Philip Ridley (born 1964), British artist
  • Riley Ridley (born 1996) American football player
  • Rita Ridley (1946–2013), English runner
  • Rosalind Ridley (born 1949) Neuropsychologist
  • Stevan Ridley (born 1989), American football player
  • Yvonne Ridley (born 1958), English journalist

Given name[edit]

See also[edit]

  • Viscount Ridley, a title created in 1900 for Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom. J.R. Smith. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-7884-0456-6.
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (17 November 2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2253. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9.
  3. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia; Hardcastle, Kate (27 July 2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-157854-0.