Audley (surname)

Audley is a surname of Old English origin derived from the village of Audley, Staffordshire. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Anselm Audley (born 1982), British fantasy writer
 * Eleanor Audley (1905–1991), American actress
 * Henry de Audley (1175–1246), English baron
 * Hugh Audley (1577–1662), English moneylender and lawyer in the 17th century
 * Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1291–1347), English lord
 * James Audley (disambiguation), several people
 * John Audley (disambiguation), several people
 * Margaret Audley (disambiguation), several people
 * Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley (1318–c.1350), English noblewoman
 * Maxine Audley (1923–1992), English actress
 * Michael Audley (1913–1995), American film director
 * Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden (1488–1544), Lord Chancellor under Henry VIII
 * Tom Audley (born 1986), English rugby player

Fictional characters:
 * Charles Audley, protagonist of the Georgette Heyer historical romance novel about the Battle of Waterloo, An Infamous Army
 * David Audley, protagonist in the series of eponymous British espionage thrillers by Anthony Price
 * Julian Audley, Earl of Worth, protagonist of the Georgette Heyer historical romance novel, Regency Buck
 * Lucy Audley, protagonist of the Mary Elizabeth Braddon's sensational novel Lady Audley's Secret