Copley (surname) explained

Copley is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Al Copley (born 1952), American jazz pianist
• Amber Copley, American beauty queen
• Antony Copley (1937–2016), British historian
• Dale Copley (born 1991), Australian rugby league player
• David C. Copley (1952–2012), American newspaper publisher
• Evan Copley (1930–2018), American academic and composer
• Florrie Copley, Jersey cricketer
• Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet (1653–1709), English landowner
• Henri Édouard de Copley, interim Governor of Guadeloupe from 1764 to 1765
• Ira Clifton Copley (1864–1947), American publisher and politician
• James S. Copley (1916–1973), American publisher and journalist
• John Copley (producer) (born 1933), British theatre producer
• John Copley (artist) (1875–1950), British artist
• John Singleton Copley (1738–1815), Anglo-American portrait painter
• John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1772–1863), British lawyer and politician
• Martin Copley (conservationist) (1940–2014), Australian conservationist
• Mary Sibbey Copley (1843–1929), American philanthropist
• Michael Copley, British musician
• Paul Copley (born 1944), British actor
• Pheonix Copley (born 1992), American ice hockey goaltender
• Rebecca Copley, American soprano opera singer
• Samuel William Copley (1859–1937), English businessman in Australia
• Sharlto Copley (born 1973), South African actor
• Terence Copley (1946–2011), British author
• Teri Copley (born 1961), American actress
• Tom Copley (born 1985), British politician
• Vince Copley (1936–2022), Aboriginal Australian activist, elder, and leader
• William Copley (artist) (1919–1996), American artist
• William Copley (Queensland politician) (1906–1975), Australian trade union activist
• William Copley (South Australian politician) (1845–1925)