Thornley (surname) explained

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

• Ben Thornley (born 1975), English footballer
• David Thornley (1935–1978), Irish politician
• Douglas Thornley (born 1959), American architect
• Georges William Thornley (1857–1935), French painter and printmaker
• Ian Thornley, leader of Thornley, a Canadian rock band
• Irvine Thornley (1883–1955), English footballer
• Jeni Thornley (born 1948), Australian feminist documentary filmmaker
• John Thornley (footballer, born 1885), English footballer
• John Thornley (footballer, born 1875), English footballer
• Kerry Wendell Thornley (1938–1998), American Discordian, anarchist, objectivist, Zen Buddhist
• Peter Thornley (born 1941), English professional wrestler who fought under the name Kendo Nagasaki
• Victoria Thornley (born 1987), Welsh rower