Berkeley (surname) explained

Berkeley is a surname. It is also used, uncommonly, as a given name. The name is a habitation name from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, itself derived from Old English beorce léah meaning birch lea. People with the name include:

• The Berkeley family of England
  • Baron Berkeley
  • Berkeley baronets
  • Anne Berkeley, Baroness Berkeley, lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife
  • Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess of Ormond, wife of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond and daughter of the above
  • Lady Henrietta Berkeley (born c. 1664, died 1706)
• Anthony Berkeley Cox or Anthony Berkeley, writer
• Ballard Berkeley (1904–1988), English actor
• Busby Berkeley, film choreographer
• Edmund Berkeley (1909–1988), mathematician and computer scientist
• Elizabeth Berkeley (c1713-1799), wife of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort
• George Berkeley (1685–1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, Irish philosopher
• George Berkeley (died 1746) (1680–1746), MP for Dover 1720–1734
• Grantley Berkeley (1800–1881), British politician, writer
• Humphrey Berkeley (1926–1994), British politician
• John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602–1678), English soldier
• John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1663–1697), English admiral
• Jon Berkeley, author and illustrator
• Sir Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989), English composer
• Mary Berkeley (born 1965), English long jumper
• Mary Berkeley (courtier), alleged mistress of Henry VIII and mother of his son, John Perrot
• Matthew Berkeley (born 1987), English footballer
• Michael Berkeley (born 1948), British composer and broadcaster
• Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803–1889), English cryptogramist and clergyman
• Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (1718–1770), Member of Parliament and governor of Virginia Colony
• Randolph Carter Berkeley, a United States Marine Corps major general who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz.
• Reginald Cheyne Berkeley (1890–1935), British Liberal Party Member of Parliament 1922 - 1924, then a playwright and scriptwriter
• Theresa Berkeley (died 1836), London dominatrix
• Sir William Berkeley (governor) (1605–1677), governor of Virginia
• Sir William Berkeley (Royal Navy officer) (1639–1666), English naval officer and admiral
• Vivian Berkeley (born 1941), blind Canadian lawn bowling champion and 1996 paralympic silver medalist
• Xander Berkeley (born 1955), American actor

See also

• Berkeley (given name)
• Berkley (disambiguation)
• Lord Berkeley (disambiguation)
• George Berkeley (disambiguation)
• Barclay