Ridley - People

People

Surname
  • Alan Ridley, Rugby league player who played for Western Suburb
  • Alice Tan Ridley (b.1952), gospel and R&B singer
  • Arnold Ridley (1896–1984), English actor
  • David Ridley (b.1954), English cricketer
  • F. A. Ridley (1897–1994), British marxist, secularist, and writer
  • George Ridley (Labour politician) (1886–1944), British Member of Parliament for Clay Cross 1936–1944
  • George Ridley (Liberal politician) (1818–1887), British Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1936–1944
  • Greg Ridley (1947–2003), 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
  • Ian Ridley (1934–2008), Australian rules footballer
  • Jack Ridley (engineer) (1919–2006), New Zealand civil engineer and politician
  • Jack Ridley (pilot) (1915–1957), Colonel in the USAF
  • Jasper Ridley (1920–2004), British writer known for historical biographies
  • John Ridley (b.1965), American film director, actor, and writer
  • John Ridley (footballer) (b.1952), English soccer player
  • John Ridley (inventor) (1806–1887), best known for "Ridley's Stripper"
  • John S. Ridley, Canadian politician
  • Lancelot Ridley divinity rector of Stretham and father of Mark Ridley,
  • Malcolm Ridley, actor & writer
  • Mark Ridley (physician) (1560–1624), English physician and mathematician
  • Mark Ridley (zoologist) (born 1956), English zoologist
  • Matt Ridley (b.1958), British science writer, financier
  • Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley
  • Maurice Roy Ridley (1890-1969), academic, writer and poet
  • Mike Ridley (b.1963), Ice hockey centre
  • Nicholas Ridley (martyr) (died 1555), English bishop
  • Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale (1929–1993), British politician
  • Philip Ridley (b.1967), British artist working with various media
  • Yvonne Ridley (b.1959), English journalist
Given name
  • Ridley Jacobs (b.1967), West Indian cricketer
  • Ridley Pakenham-Walsh (1888–1966), British General
  • Ridley Scott (b.1937), English-born film director
Title
  • Viscount Ridley, a title created in 1900 for Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley

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