Chorley (surname) explained

Chorley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ben Chorley (born 1982), English football player
• Charles Chorley (c. 1810 – 1874), journalist and man of letters
• Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808–1872), English music critic
• John Rutter Chorley (1806–1867), English scholar of Spanish literature
• Richard Chorley (1927–2002), English geographer
• Baron Chorley, peer of the United Kingdom