# Hurley (surname)

Hurley is an English and Irish surname. It is most often a habitational name derived from Old English hyrne 'corner' plus leah 'woodland clearing'. In Ireland it may be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó hUrthuile 'descendant of Urthuile.

## People with the surname

* Alexander Hurley (1871–1913), British performer
* Andrew Hurley (academic), English translator of Spanish literature
* Andrew Michael Hurley (born 1975), English novelist
* Andy Hurley (born 1980), American drummer
* Annette Hurley (born 1955), Australian Senator
* Billy Hurley III (born 1982) American professional golfer
* An American family involved with basketball:
** Bob Hurley (born 1947), high school coach and Hall of Famer
** His older son Bobby Hurley (born 1971), former player and current coach
** His younger son Dan Hurley (born 1973), former player and current coach
* Bruce Hurley (1934–2020), American politician
* Chad Hurley (born 1977), American businessman
* Charles Hurley (disambiguation), multiple people
* Chris Hurley (footballer) (born 1943), English former footballer
* Chris Hurley (police officer), Queensland police officer involved in the 2004 Palm Island death in custody
* Clyde Hurley (1916–1963), American Big Band Era musician
* David Hurley (born 1953) Retired Australian General and Governor of New South Wales, Governor-general of Australia
* David Hurley (singer) (born 1962), English countertenor and member of the King's Singers
* Denis Hurley (disambiguation), multiple people
* Dick Hurley (1847–aft. 1916), American baseball player
* Douglas G. Hurley (born 1966), NASA astronaut
* Eddie Hurley (1908–1969), American baseball umpire
* Elizabeth Hurley (born 1965), British model and actress
* Eric Hurley (born 1985), professional baseball pitcher
* Evelyn Hurley (1915–2024), American nun and educator
* Francis Thomas Hurley (1927–2016), American Roman Catholic archbishop
* Francis X. Hurley (1903–1976), American politician
* Frank Hurley (1885–1962), Australian photographer, member of Ernest Shackleton's exploration team
* Frank Hurley (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s, and 1940s
* George Hurley (born 1958), drummer for The Minutemen, and Firehose
* Graham Hurley (born 1946), novelist
* James Francis Hurley (born c. 1966), English murderer
* Colonel John Hurley (fl. 1694), Jacobite and Rapparee
* Joseph L. Hurley (1898–1956), American politician
* Kameron Hurley, American science fiction/fantasy writer and Hugo Award winner
* Luke Hurley (born 1957), New Zealand songwriter
* Marcus Hurley (1883–1941), American cyclist
* Mark Joseph Hurley (1919–2001), American Roman Catholic bishop
* Marty Hurley (1946–2011), American marching band musician
* Michael Hurley (disambiguation), multiple people
* Myke Hurley, British podcaster
* Patrick J. Hurley (1883–1963), American soldier, statesman and diplomat
* Patrick Hurley
* Paul Hurley (born 1946), former American ice hockey player
* Peter Hurley, Australian Broadcasting Corporation board member
* Rosalind Hurley (1929–2004), knighted for service to medicine, science and law
* Ryan Hurley (born 1975), former West Indian cricketer
* Steven Hurley (born 1962), American music producer and DJ
* Ted Hurley (born 1945), Irish mathematician
* Tonya Hurley, American writer and director
* William Hurley (disambiguation), multiple people