Coakley Explained

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

• Adam Coakley (born 1987), Scottish football striker
• Andy Coakley (1882–1963), US baseball pitcher born in Providence, Rhode Island
• Cheryl Coakley-Rivera (active 1995–2014), US politician from Massachusetts
• Daniel Coakley (born 1989), Filipino/US swimmer, member of Philippine team at 2007 Southeast Asian Games
• Dexter Coakley (born 1972), US American football linebacker
• Jackie Coakley (active 2014–2016), US student involved in sexual assault allegations reported in retracted article A Rape on Campus
• John Coakley (active 1994–2016), professor in School of Politics & International Relations, University College, Dublin
• Martha Coakley (born 1953), US Attorney General of Massachusetts
• Paul Stagg Coakley (born 1955), US Roman Catholic prelate
• Sarah Coakley (born 1951), English Anglican theologian
• Tommy Coakley (born 1947), Scottish football player and coach
• Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born 1966), US mainstream fiction author