Bailey (surname)

Bailey is an English or Scottish surname. It is first recorded in Northumberland, where it was said to have been changed from Balliol due to the unpopularity of Scottish king John Balliol (d. 1314). There appears to be no historical evidence for this, and Bain concludes that the earliest form was Baillie or Bailli (recorded in the early 14th century). The origin of the name is most likely from Anglo-Norman bailli, the equivalent of bailiff; bailie remains a regional Scottish variant of the term bailiff. Alternatively, it has been suggested that the Norman name may have been locational, derived from Bailleul-En-Vimeu in Normandy.

A

 * Aaron Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Aaron Bailey (American football) (born 1971), American football player
 * Abe Bailey (1864–1940), South African diamond tycoon, politician, financier and cricketer
 * Abigail Abbot Bailey (1746–1815), American memoirist
 * Ace Bailey (1903–1992), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Adrian Bailey (born 1945), British politician
 * Sir Alan Bailey (1931–2023), British civil servant
 * Albert Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Albert Bailey (cricketer) (1872–1950), English cricketer whose name may have been Alfred
 * Albert Bailey (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 1930s
 * Bert Bailey (politician) (1915–1999), Australian politician
 * Aleen Bailey (born 1980), Jamaican athlete
 * Alexander Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alfred Marshall Bailey (1894–1978), American ornithologist and museum director
 * Alfred Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alfred Bailey (poet) (1905–1997), Canadian academic and poet
 * Alice Bailey (1880–1949), British theosophist
 * Alison Bailey, New Zealand academic
 * Alison Bailey, American academic
 * Allen Bailey (born 1989), American footballer
 * Alvin Bailey (born 1991), American footballer
 * Amari Bailey (born 2004), American NBA basketball player
 * Andrew Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Andrew Bailey (banker) (born 1959), British banker
 * Andrew Bailey (baseball) (born 1984), American baseball pitcher
 * Angela Bailey (1962–2021), Canadian athlete
 * Anne Bailey (1742–1825), British-born American frontier scout
 * Anne Bailey Colombo (born 1997), American soccer player
 * Anne Howard Bailey (1924–2006), American writer
 * Anne Bailey (ten-pin bowling) (born 1951), British ten-pin bowler
 * Anthony Bailey (author) (1933–2020), English author
 * Anthony Bailey (PR advisor) (born 1970), Irish-British-Antiguan campaigner and PR consultant
 * Antoinette Candia-Bailey (1974–2024), American academic administrator
 * Arthur Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people

B

 * Barbara B. Kennelly, née Barbara Bailey (born 1936), American politician
 * Barbara Bailey (artist), née Barbara Bailey (1910–2003), English canoness and illustrator
 * Barbara Bailey (politician) (born 19??), American politician in Washington State
 * Ben, Benjamin and Benny Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ben Bailey (born 1970), American comedian
 * Benjamin Bailey (missionary) (1791–1871), British missionary in India
 * Benjamin Franklin Bailey (1875–1944), American electrical engineer
 * Benny Bailey (1925–2005), American jazz trumpeter
 * Benjamin H. Bailey (1829–1919), American Unitarian minister
 * Bert Bailey (1868–1953), New Zealand writer and actor
 * Bill and Billy Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bill Bailey (outfielder) (1881–1967), Major League Baseball outfielder
 * Bill Bailey (pitcher) (1888–1926), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Bill Bailey (Spanish Civil War veteran) (1911–1995), Irish-American labor activist
 * Bill Bailey (dancer) (1912–1978), American tap dancer and moonwalk pioneer
 * Bill Bailey (American football) (1916–1990), American football player
 * Bill Bailey (surfer) (1933–2009), known as "the father of British surfing"
 * Bill Bailey (Indiana politician) (born 1948), American businessman and politician
 * Bill Bailey (born 1965), British comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author
 * Bill Bailey (American actor) (born 19??), American actor and author
 * Billy Bailey (Gunfight at Hide Park) (died 1871), lawman who was murdered
 * Billy Bailey (1947–1996), American executed for murder
 * Billy Wayne Bailey (1957–2023), former Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate
 * Bob Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bob Bailey (actor) (1913–1983), American radio actor
 * Bob Bailey (ice hockey) (1931–2003), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Bob Bailey (baseball) (1942–2018), American third baseman in Major League Baseball
 * Bob Bailey (politician) (born 1951), Canadian: member of the Ontario legislature
 * Bob Bailey (rugby league), former New Zealand rugby league player and coach
 * Boss Bailey (born 1979), American football player
 * Bret Bailey (born 1964), Australian rules footballer
 * Brett Bailey (born 1967), South African playwright, director and artist
 * Brenda Bailey, Canadian politician
 * Brian Bailey (born 19??), Canadian fashion designer
 * Bruce M. Bailey (born 1935), American author and humorist
 * Buck Bailey (1896–1964), American baseball coach
 * Buddy Bailey (born 1957), American baseball manager
 * Bunty Bailey (born 1964), English model, dancer and actress
 * Buster Bailey (1902–1967), American jazz clarinettist
 * Byron Bailey (1930–1998), American gridiron football player

C

 * Caleb Bailey (1898–1957), American Marine Corps officer, pilot and athlete
 * Calvin Bailey (born 1994) United States Marine Corps engineer
 * Cameron Bailey (born 19??), Canadian film critic and festival programmer
 * Candace Bailey (born 1982), American actress
 * Carey Bailey (born 1969), American football player and coach
 * Carl Bailey (born 1958), American basketball player
 * Carl E. Bailey (1894–1948), American politician, 31st Governor of Arkansas
 * Carlton Bailey (born 1964), American football linebacker
 * Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1875–1961), American author of children's stories
 * Catherine Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Catherine Hayes Bailey (1921–2014), American plant geneticist
 * Champ Bailey (born 1978), American football player
 * Charles and Charlie Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Charles Justin Bailey (1859–1946), American soldier
 * Charles Bailey (medium) (1870–1947), Australian apport medium
 * Charles P. Bailey (surgeon) (1910–1993), American pioneer in heart surgery
 * Charles W. Bailey II (1929–2012), American journalist, newspaper editor and novelist
 * Charlie Bailey (American football) (born 1940), former American football coach
 * Charles R. Bailey (born 19??), American Army chaplain
 * Charles G. Bailey (born 196?), faculty manager of WMUL, Marshall University
 * Chip Bailey (1921–1963), New Zealand trade unionist
 * Chloe Bailey (born 1998), American actress and singer-songwriter (of Chloe x Halle)
 * Chris and Christopher Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Chris Bailey (musician, born 1950), member of the rock bands The Angels and Gang Gajang
 * Chris Bailey (musician, born 1956), co-founder and singer of rock band The Saints
 * Chris Bailey (artist) (born 1965) New Zealand Māori carver and sculptor
 * Chris Bailey (tennis) (born 1968), English tennis player, TV sports commentator and property consultant
 * Chris Bailey (ice hockey) (born 1972), American ice hockey player
 * Chris Bailey (rugby league) (born 1982), Australian rugby league player
 * Chris Bailey (animator) (born 19??), American animator
 * Christopher Bailey (fashion designer) (born 1971), English fashion executive
 * Christopher Bailey (screenwriter) (born 19??), British lecturer and Doctor Who screenwriter
 * Cindy-Lu Bailey (born 1965), Australian deaf swimmer and the most decorated woman in Deaflympics history
 * Clarence Bailey (1963–2006), American football player
 * Clifton George Bailey III (born 1967), Jamaican reggae artist known as Capleton
 * Colin Bailey (drummer) (1934–2021), British-born American jazz drummer
 * Colin B. Bailey (born 19??), British museum director
 * Corinne Bailey Rae (born 1979), British singer
 * Cory Bailey (born 1971), American baseball pitcher
 * Cullen Bailey (born 1985), Australian cricketer

D

 * D. R. Shackleton Bailey (1917–2005), British classical scholar
 * Dan, Daniel and Danny Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Dan Bailey (conservationist) (1904–1982), American conservationist
 * Dan Bailey (American football) (born 1988), American football placekicker
 * Daniel A. Bailey (1894–1970), American politician in Pennsylvania
 * Daniel Bailey (born 1986), sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda
 * Danny Bailey (born 1964), English footballer
 * Darrell Bailey, basketball fan known as Clipper Darrell
 * Dave or David Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Dave Bailey (musician) (1926–2023), American jazz drummer
 * Dave Bailey (athlete) (1945–2022), Canadian track and field athlete
 * David Bailey (militia officer), American militia officer in the Illinois Militia
 * David Jackson Bailey (1812–1897), American politician
 * David Bailey (diplomat) (1830–1896), American politician and diplomat to China
 * David Bailey (actor) (1933–2004), American actor
 * David Bailey (born 1938), English fashion and portrait photographer
 * David Bailey (cricketer, born 1943), English cricketer
 * David Bailey (cricketer, born 1944), English cricketer
 * David H. Bailey (mathematician) (born 1948), American mathematician
 * David Bailey (motocross) (born 1961), American racer
 * David A. Bailey (born 1961), British Afro-Caribbean curator, photographer and writer
 * David M. Bailey (1966–2010), American Christian singer-songwriter
 * David Bailey (economist) (born 1966), British academic and commentator
 * David Bailey (rugby league) (born 1969), New Zealand rugby league footballer
 * David Bailey (basketball) (born 1981), American basketball player
 * David Bailey (writer) (born 19??), British editor and science fiction author
 * Dawayne Bailey (born 19??), American guitarist
 * Dean Bailey (1967–2014), Australian rules football player and coach
 * DeFord Bailey (1899–1982), American country musician
 * Dennis Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Dennis Bailey (footballer born 1935), English association football player
 * Dennis Bailey (footballer born 1965), English association football player
 * Dennis Bailey (rugby league), British rugby league footballer of the 1990s
 * Derek Bailey (guitarist) (1930–2005), British guitarist
 * Derek Bailey (tribal chairman) (born 1972), Native American tribal chairman and US Congressional candidate
 * Dermot Bailey (born 1994), British professional wheelchair tennis player
 * Derrick Bailey (1918–2005), British cricketer and aviation entrepreneur
 * Derrick Sherwin Bailey (1910–1984), British theologian
 * Dion Bailey (born 1992), American football safety
 * Dona Bailey (born 19??), American computer game designer
 * Donald Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Sir Donald Bailey (civil engineer) (1901–1985), British civil engineer
 * Donald Bailey (musician) (1934–2013), American jazz drummer
 * Donald A. Bailey (1945–2020), American politician and lawyer
 * Donald Bailey (architect) (born ????), Australian architect
 * Donovan Bailey (born 1967), Jamaican-Canadian athlete
 * Dot Bailey (born 19??), New Zealand cricketer
 * Doug Bailey (1933–2013), American political consultant
 * Doug Bailey (footballer), Australian rules football

E

 * Ed Bailey (1931–2007), American baseball player
 * Edward Bailey (1814–1903), American missionary and painter
 * Edward Battersby Bailey (1881–1965), English geologist
 * Edwin Bailey (born 1959), American gridiron football player
 * Edwin C. Bailey (1816–1890), American newspaper editor and postmaster
 * Eion Bailey (born 1976), American actor
 * Elisabeth Tova Bailey, American writer
 * Elizabeth Bailey (1938–2022), American economist
 * Ellene Alice Bailey (1853–1897), American inventor and designer
 * Elles Bailey, English blues rock singer, songwriter, and pianist
 * Emma Bailey (died 1999), first American woman auctioneer
 * Erastus Michael Bailey, American singer-songwriter better known as Razzy Bailey
 * Eric Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Eric Bailey (politician) (1905–1989), British Conservative Member of Parliament
 * Eric Bailey (GC) (1906–1946), Australian recipient of the George Cross
 * Eric Bailey (basketball) (born 1960), Australian basketball player
 * Eric Bailey (American football) (born 1963), American football player
 * Everett Russell Bailey (1888–1932), American physician

F

 * F. Lee Bailey (1933–2021), American attorney
 * Florence Merriam Bailey (1863–1948), American ornithologist
 * Fran Bailey (born 1946), Australian politician
 * Frank Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Frank Bailey (financier) (1865–1953), New York businessman and philanthropist
 * Frank Bailey (footballer, born 1800s) (fl. 1901–1902), English footballer
 * Frank Bailey (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1969), English footballer
 * Frank I. Bailey Jr. (born 1936), American politician
 * Frank Bailey (author) (born 1970), former aide to then Alaska governor Sarah Palin, and author
 * Fred and Frederick Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Fred Bailey (1895–1972), American baseball player
 * Frederick Manson Bailey (1827–1915), Australian botanist
 * Frederick Marshman Bailey (1882–1967), known as Eric, British Intelligence officer and explorer
 * Frederick Bailey (cricketer) (1919–1985), English cricketer

G

 * G. W. Bailey (born 1944), American actor
 * Gamaliel Bailey (1807–1859), American journalist
 * Garnet Bailey (1948–2001), Canadian hockey player
 * Gary Bailey (born 1958), English footballer
 * Gene Bailey (1893–1973), American baseball player
 * Geoff Bailey (born 19??), British archaeologist
 * Geoffrey Bailey (1899–19??), British WWI flying ace
 * George Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * George Bailey (cricketer, born 1853) (1853–1926), Australian cricketer
 * George Edwin Bailey (1879–1965), British electrical engineer and industrialist
 * George Bailey (racing driver) (1900–1940), American racecar driver
 * George Bailey (athlete) (1906–2000), English steeplechase runner
 * George Bailey (footballer) (1919–1998), Australian rules footballer for Carlton and Perth
 * George Bailey (1919–2001), American journalist and editor, director of Radio Liberty
 * George Bailey (cricketer, born 1982) (born 1982), Australian cricketer
 * Gerald Bailey (1903–1975), British politician
 * Gillian Bailey (born 1955), British actress and academic
 * Glenda Bailey (born 1958), British journalist
 * Graeme Bailey (born 1943), Australian racing driver
 * Graham Bailey (born 1920), English footballer
 * Guy Bailey (born 1950), American educator

H

 * H. B. Bailey (1936–2003), American racing driver
 * H. C. Bailey (1878–1961), British writer
 * H. E. Bailey (died 1976), Oklahoma politician
 * Hachaliah Bailey (1775–1845), American circusman
 * Halle Bailey (born 2000), American actress and singer-songwriter (of Chloe x Halle)
 * Harold Walter Bailey (1899–1996), English linguistic scholar
 * Harold Bailey (gridiron football) (born 1957), American football player
 * Harry Bailey (footballer) (1919–1996), footballer for Leicester Fosse
 * Harry Bailey (1922–1985), Australian psychiatrist
 * Harvey Bailey (1887–1979), American bank robber
 * Hedley Bailey (1895–1968), English footballer
 * Helen Bailey (1965–2016), British author
 * Henry Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Henry Bailey (Canadian politician) (1818–1897), politician in Nova Scotia
 * Henry Bailey (Australian politician) (1876–1962), Australian politician
 * Henry Bailey (American football) (born 1973), American football wide receiver
 * Homer Bailey (born 1986), American baseball player
 * Horace Bailey (1881–1960), English footballer

I

 * Ian Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ian Bailey (footballer) (born 1956), English footballer
 * Ian Bailey (author) (born 1959), head buyer and later financial director of Games Workshop
 * Ian Bailey (British Army soldier) (born 1959), Corporal in the Parachute Regiment who won the Military Medal during the Falklands War
 * Imogen Bailey (born 1977), Australian model
 * Irving Widmer Bailey (1884–1967), American botanist

J

 * J. A. Bailey (1930–2018), English cricketer and cricket administrator
 * J. Michael Bailey (born 1957), American psychologist and professor at Northwestern University
 * J. O. Bailey (1903–1979), American literary academic
 * J. R. Bailey (1932–1980), American singer-songwriter
 * Jack Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jack Bailey (footballer, born 1901) (1901–????), English football player
 * Jack Bailey (actor) (1907–1980), American actor and daytime game show host
 * Jack Bailey (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1986), English football player
 * Jackson Bailey (1925–1996), American academic (Japanese language, culture and history)
 * Jacob Bailey (author) (1731–1808), Church of England clergyman and author
 * Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811–1857), American naturalist
 * Jake Bailey (American football) (born 1997), American football player
 * James Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * James Bailey (American politician) (1801–1880), mayor of Houston, Texas
 * James Bailey (classical scholar) (c. 1802 – 1864), English schoolmaster
 * James E. Bailey (1822–1885), United States Senator from Tennessee
 * James Bailey (British politician) (1840–1910), British Conservative Party politician, MP 1895–1906
 * James Montgomery Bailey (1841–1894), American journalist
 * James Anthony Bailey (1847–1906), co-founder of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
 * James E. Bailey (Medal of Honor) (fl. 1870s) recipient during the Indian Wars
 * James R. A. Bailey (1919–2000), founder and original editor of Drum magazine
 * James Bailey (basketball) (born 1957), American Basketball player
 * James Bailey (rugby union) (born 1983), English rugby union footballer for Gloucester RFC
 * James Bailey (footballer) (born 1988), English footballer
 * James Thomas Bailey (born 19??), founder of ComedySportz Los Angeles
 * JaQuan Bailey (born 1997), American football player
 * Jay Bailey (1944–2001), American biochemical engineer
 * Jeff Bailey (born 1978), American baseball player
 * Jenni Murray née Jennifer Bailey, English broadcaster and writer
 * Jennifer Bailey (born 1996), British acrobatic gymnast
 * Jennings Bailey (1867–1963), U.S. federal judge
 * Jenny Bailey (born 1962), British politician
 * Jerry Bailey (born 1957), American jockey and broadcaster
 * Jim Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jim Bailey (cricketer) (1908–1988), English cricketer
 * Jim Bailey (baseball) (1934–2022), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Jim Bailey (American football) (born 1948), American football player
 * Jim Bailey (entertainer) (1949–2015), American singer, actor, and female impressionist
 * Joe Bailey (ice hockey) (born 19??), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Joel John Bailey (born 1980), American soccer player
 * Joh Bailey (born 19??), Australian hairdresser
 * John Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * John Bailey (minister) (1643–1697), English dissenting minister, later in life in New England
 * John Bailey (agriculturist) (1750–1819), English agriculturist and engraver
 * John Bailey (Massachusetts politician) (1786–1835), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
 * John Bailey Denton (1814–1893), British surveyor and civil engineer
 * John William Bailey (1831–1914), British miniature painter
 * John Mosher Bailey (1838–1916), U.S. Representative from New York
 * John Bailey (critic) (1864–1931), English literary critic, lecturer, and chairman of the National Trust
 * John Frederick Bailey (1866–1938), Australian botanist
 * John Bailey (New South Wales politician) (1871–1947), Australian politician
 * John O. Bailey (1880–1959), State supreme court justice from Oregon
 * John Edgar Bailey (1897–1958), Northern Irish politician
 * John Moran Bailey (1904–1975), United States politician, chair of the Democratic National Committee
 * John Bailey (British actor) (1912–1989), British screen and TV actor
 * John Bailey (luthier) (1931–2011), maker of fine guitars in England
 * John Bailey (cinematographer) (1942–2023), American cinematographer
 * John Bailey (American actor) (1947–1994), a.k.a. Jack Baker
 * John Bailey (footballer, born 1950), English football player and chairman
 * John P. Bailey (born 1951), United States federal judge
 * John Bailey (Australian politician) (born 1954), Australian politician
 * John Bailey (footballer, born 1957), English football player
 * John Bailey (footballer, born 1969), English football player
 * John Bailey (rugby league) (born 1954), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
 * John Bailey (producer) (born 19??), Canadian recording engineer, producer
 * John Bailey (Irish politician) member of Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council
 * Jonathan Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Joseph Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet (1783–1858), Welsh Member of Parliament for Worcester and Breconshire
 * Joseph Bailey (congressman) (1810–1885), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
 * Joseph Bailey (Sudbury MP) (1812–1850), British MP
 * Joseph Bailey (general) (1825–1867), American Civil War general
 * Joseph M. Bailey (1833–1895), American jurist and politician
 * Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk (1840–1906), British MP and Lord
 * Joseph Weldon Bailey (1862–1929), United States Congressman and Senator from Texas
 * Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. (1892–1943), Congressman from Texas and son of Joseph Weldon Bailey
 * Joseph Bailey (cricketer) (born 1942), Bermudian cricketer
 * Joseph Bailey (author) (born 19??), American author and psychologist
 * Josh Bailey (born 1989), Canadian hockey player, NY Islanders
 * Josiah Bailey (1873–1946), American politician
 * Judith Bailey (academic) (born 1946), American university president
 * Judith Bailey (composer) (born 1941), Cornish composer and conductor
 * Judy Bailey (born 1953), New Zealand television personality
 * Julian Bailey (racing driver) (born 1961), British racing driver
 * Julian Bailey (actor) (born 1977), Canadian actor
 * Julian Bailey (rugby league) (born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Julie Bailey (born 19??), British campaigner against poor NHS hospital care
 * Justin Bailey (born 1995), American ice hockey forward

K

 * Kate Bailey (born 1982), Australian Paralympic swimmer
 * Kathryn Ann Bailey (born 1943) American politician known as Kay Bailey Hutchison
 * Keith Bailey (cricketer) (born 1964), Irish cricketer
 * Keith Bailey (soccer)
 * Kelly Bailey (composer) (born 19??), New Zealand composer and game designer
 * Kenneth Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Kenneth Bailey (lawyer) (1898–1972), Australian public servant
 * Kenneth D. Bailey (1910–1942), US Marines officer
 * Kenneth D. Bailey (sociologist) (born 1943), American sociologist
 * Kevin Bailey (poet) (born 1954), British poet
 * Kevin Bailey (politician) (born 19??), Texas state representative, 1991–2009
 * Kid Bailey, (dates unknown), American Mississippi Delta bluesman
 * Kyle Bailey (basketball) (born 1982), American basketball player

L

 * Laura Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Laura Bailey (born 1981), American voice actress
 * Laura Bailey (model) (born 1972), English model
 * Lawrence Dudley Bailey (1819–1891), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
 * Lee Bailey (born 1972), Scottish footballer
 * Len Bailey (1926–1997), British automobile designer
 * Leonard Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Leonard Bailey (inventor) (1825–1905), inventor/toolmaker and patentor of the Plane (tool)
 * Leonard Lee Bailey (1942–2019), surgeon who transplanted heart of baboon into Baby Fae
 * Lepha Eliza Bailey (1845−1924), American writer and lecturer
 * LeRoy Bailey Jr. Senior Pastor of The First Cathedral
 * Levin C. Bailey (c. 1892–1952), judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals
 * Liam Bailey (born 1983), English musician and singer
 * Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858–1954), American botanist
 * Lowell Bailey (born 1981), American biathlete
 * Lorna Bailey (born 1978), British ceramic artist
 * Lucy Bailey (born 19??), British theatre director
 * Luke Bailey (rugby league) (born 1980), Australian rugby league international
 * Luke Bailey (actor) (born 1984), British actor
 * Lydia Bailey (printer) (1779–1869), American printer
 * Leslie Patrick Bailey (1953–1993) Member of the "Dirty Dozen" given two whole life tariff's for the murders of Barry George Lewis and Mark Anthony Tildesley

M

 * Madilyn Bailey, American singer-songwriter
 * Madison Bailey (born 1999), American actress
 * Malcolm Bailey (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2016), English footballer
 * Malcolm Bailey (footballer, born 1950) (1950–2017), English footballer
 * Margaret Ann Bailey (1879–1955), Australian teacher
 * Margaret E. Bailey (1915–2014), the first black United States Army Nurse Corps colonel
 * Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey (c. 1812 – 1882) American pioneer, missionary, and author
 * Marian Breland Bailey (1920–2001), American psychologist
 * Marion Bailey (born 1951), British actress
 * Mark Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Mark Bailey (diplomat) (1951–2021), Canadian diplomat
 * Mark Bailey (rugby union) (born 1960), English rugby player, headmaster and professor of Medieval History
 * Mark Bailey (baseball) (born 1961), American baseball catcher
 * Mark Bailey (conductor) (born 1962), American conductor and composer of Slavic sacred music
 * Mark Bailey (cricketer) (born 1970), New Zealand cricketer
 * Mark Bailey (footballer) (born 1976), English footballer
 * Mark Bailey (politician) (born 19??), Australian politician
 * Markus Bailey (born 1997), American football player
 * Martin B. Bailey (1857–1934), American politician and lawyer
 * Mathis Bailey (born 1981), American-Canadian novelist and fiction writer
 * Mat Bailey (born 1986), English footballer
 * Matt Bailey (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Maurice Bailey (born 1981), American basketball player
 * Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, World Record for longest time adrift at Sea (117 days)
 * Max Bailey (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
 * McKinley Bailey (born 19??), Iowan politician
 * Michael and Mike Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Michael Buckworth Bailey (1827–1899)), British Anglican missionary to Japan
 * Michael Bailey (cricketer) (born 1954), retired English cricketer
 * Michael Bailey (environmentalist) (born 1954), Canadian member of Greenpeace Foundation
 * Michael Bailey (Canadian football) (born 1982), Canadian football player for the Toronto Argonauts
 * Michael Bailey (businessman) (born 19??), British CEO of Compass Group
 * Mike Bailey (footballer) (born 1942), English footballer
 * Mike Bailey (actor) (born 1988), English actor
 * Mike Bailey (weatherman), Australian radio presenter and politician
 * Mildred Bailey (1907–1951), American singer
 * Millie Bailey (1918–2022), American WWII veteran, civil servant, and volunteer

N

 * Nancy Bailey (1863–1913), UK indexer of Hansard and The Times
 * Nat Bailey (1902–1978), Canadian restaurateur
 * Nathan Bailey (died 1742), English lexicographer
 * Neil Bailey (born 1958), English football player, coach and assistant manager
 * Nellah Massey Bailey (1893–1956), American politician and librarian
 * Nicholas Bailey (born 1971), British actor
 * Nicky Bailey (born 1984), English footballer
 * Norma Bailey (born 1949), Canadian film director
 * Norman Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Norman Bailey (footballer) (1857–1923)
 * Norman Bailey (musician) (1913–1984), American musician with the Lawrence Welk orchestra
 * Norman Bailey (government official) (born 1931), senior staffer of the US National Security Council
 * Norman Bailey (bass-baritone) (1933–2021), British opera singer

O

 * Oakley Hoopes Bailey (1843–1947), US maker of panoramic maps
 * Oliver Bailey (born 1982), English cricketer

P

 * Patricia Bailey (born 19??), American politician found guilty of voter fraud in Illinois
 * Patrick Bailey (born 1985), American football linebacker
 * Paul Dayton Bailey (1906–1987), American writer
 * Paul Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Pearce Bailey (1865–1922), American neurologist and psychiatrist
 * Pearl Bailey (1918–1990), American singer and actress
 * Peter Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Phil Bailey (born 1980), Australian rugby league player
 * Philip James Bailey (1816–1902), British poet
 * Philip Bailey (born 1951), American singer
 * Philip Bailey (statistician) (born 1953), British cricket statistician

Q

 * Quinn Bailey (born 1995), American football player

R

 * Ralph Emerson Bailey (1878–1948), American congressman from Missouri
 * Ray Bailey (1935–2012), Tasmanian politician
 * Raymond Bailey (1904–1980), American actor
 * Raymond Bailey (sportsman) (born 1944), English cricketer and footballer
 * Razzy Bailey (1939–2021), American singer-songwriter
 * Rebecca Bailey (born 1974), New Zealand Olympic road cyclist
 * Richard W. Bailey (1939–2011), American linguist
 * Richard William Bailey (1885–1957), British mechanical engineer
 * Rob and Robert Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Rob Bailey (cricketer) (born 1963), English cricketer
 * Rob Bailey (director) (born 19??), English television director
 * Rob Bailey (musician) (born 19??), Australian musician
 * Robert D. Bailey Sr. (1883–1963), American judge, involved in the Matewan Massacre trials
 * Robert L. Bailey (1892–1957), 5th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
 * Robert D. Bailey Jr. (1912–1994), American politician who served as West Virginia Secretary of State
 * Robert Bailey (geographer) (born 1939), American geographer
 * Robert E. Bailey (born 19??), U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
 * Robert Bailey (American football) (born 1968), American football player
 * Robert Bailey Jr. (born 1990), American actor
 * Robin Bailey (1919–1999), English actor
 * Robin Wayne Bailey (born 1952), American writer
 * Rodney Bailey (born 1979), American football defensive end
 * Roger Bailey (rugby league) (born 19??), New Zealand rugby league international
 * Roger Bailey (born 1970), American baseball player
 * Ron and Ronald Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ron Bailey (rugby league) (1914–1989), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s
 * Ron Bailey (politician) (1926–2015), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party
 * Ronald Bailey (cricketer) (1923–1990), English cricketer
 * Ronald Bailey (born 1953), American author and editor of books on economics, ecology and biotechnology
 * Rosanne Bailey (1950–2016), United States military officer
 * Roy Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Roy Bailey (politician) (1928–2018), Canadian Progressive Conservative politician from Saskatchewan
 * Roy Bailey (footballer, born 1932) (1932–1993), English professional footballer
 * Roy Bailey (folk singer) (1935–2018), British socialist folk singer
 * Russ Bailey (1897–1949), American football center
 * Ruth Bailey (1913–1989), American actress
 * Ryan Bailey (water polo) (born 1975), American water polo player
 * Ryan Bailey (cricketer) (born 1982), South African cricketer
 * Ryan Bailey (rugby league) (born 1983), English rugby league footballer
 * Ryan Bailey (sprinter) (born 1989), American sprinter
 * Ryan C. Bailey (born 19??), American chemist

S

 * Sam, Samantha and Samuel Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Sam Bailey (born 1977), British singer, winner of the 2013 series of the UK's X Factor
 * Samantha Bailey (born 2001), American actress
 * Samuel Bailey (1791–1870), British philosopher and writer
 * Sarah Bailey (born 1977), British Paralympian swimmer and cyclist now known as Dame Sarah Storey
 * Sarah Lord Bailey (1856–1922), elocutionist and teacher
 * Scott Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Scott Bailey (bishop) (1916–2005), bishop
 * Scott Bailey (curler) (born 1970), Canadian curler
 * Scott Bailey (ice hockey) (born 1972), ice hockey player
 * Scott Bailey (actor) (born 1978), American actor
 * Sean Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Sean Bailey (born 19??), American television and film producer
 * Sean Bailey (climber) (born 1996), American rock climber
 * Sean Bailey (sprinter) (born 1997), Jamaican springer
 * Sergio Bailey (born 1994), American football player
 * Shaun Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Shaun Bailey (London politician) (born 1971), a member of the London Assembly and former Conservative candidate for Mayor of London
 * Shaun Bailey (West Bromwich MP) (born 1992), Conservative Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West
 * Shaun Bailey (cricketer) (born 1990), player for Northamptonshire
 * Sir Sidney Bailey (1882–1942), British Royal Navy Admiral
 * Simon Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Simon Bailey (priest) (1955–1995), Anglican priest and writer
 * Simon Bailey (archivist) (born 19??), Keeper of the Archives at the University of Oxford in England
 * Sly Bailey, British newspaper executive
 * Solon Irving Bailey (1854–1931), American astronomer
 * Spencer Bailey (born c. 1986), American 3-year-old survivor of United Airlines Flight 232 air crash in 1989
 * Stacey Bailey (born 1962), American football player
 * Sir Stanley Bailey (1926–2008), senior British police officer
 * Stanley John Bailey (1901–1980), British professor of law and legal writer
 * Stefan Bailey (born 1987), English footballer
 * Steve and Steven Bailey, multiple people
 * Steve Bailey (baseball) (born 1942), baseball player
 * Steve Bailey (born 1960), American bassist
 * Steven W. Bailey, American actor
 * Stuart Bertolotti-Bailey (born 1977), British graphic designer
 * Sydney D. Bailey (1916–1995), English author and pacifist

T

 * Tania Bailey (born 1979), British squash player
 * Tanya Bailey (born 1981), Australian BMX cyclist
 * Teddy Bailey (born 1944), American footballer
 * Temple Bailey (c. 1869 – 1963), American writer
 * Terry Bailey (born 1947), English footballer
 * Theodorus Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Theodorus Bailey (politician) (1758–1828), United States senator from New York
 * Theodorus Bailey (officer) (1805–1877), naval officer in the U.S. Civil War and the senator's nephew
 * Thomas Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Thomas Bailey (priest) (died 1657), 17th century religious controversialist
 * Thomas Bailey (topographer) (1785–1856), topographer and writer
 * Thomas P. Bailey (1867–1949), American educator
 * Thomas L. Bailey (1888–1946), American politician, Governor of Mississippi, 1944–1946
 * Thomas A. Bailey (1902–1983), historian and textbook author
 * Thomas H. Bailey (born 19??), American founder of mutual fund Janus
 * Thurl Bailey (born 1961), American basketball player
 * Tim Bailey (born 19??), Australian journalist, radio and TV presenter and sports reporter
 * Toby Bailey (born 1975), American sports agent and former basketball player
 * Toby Bailey (cricketer) (born 1976), English wicketkeeper
 * Tom Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Tom Bailey (footballer) (1888–after 1914), footballer who played for Lincoln City and Stoke
 * Tom Bailey (American football) (1949–2005), American football player
 * Tom Bailey (musician) (born 1956), English musician
 * Tom Bailey (author) (born 1961), American author and editor
 * Tom Bailey (cricketer) (born 1991), cricketer
 * Trevor Bailey (1923–2011), English cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster
 * Trevor Bailey (rugby league) (born 1962), Australian rugby league footballer

V

 * Vernon Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Vernon Orlando Bailey (1864–1942), US naturalist
 * Vernon Howe Bailey (1874–1953), US artist and photographer
 * Victor Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Victor Albert Bailey (1895–1964), British-Australian physicist
 * Victor Bailey (musician) (1960–2016), American bass guitar player
 * Victor Bailey (American football) (born 1970), American football player
 * Brigadier General Vivian Bailey (1869–1938) Irish-born general in the British Army in the First World War

W

 * W. P. Bailey (fl.1864–1871), English cricketer
 * Warren Worth Bailey (1855–1928), American congressman from Pennsylvania
 * Wendell Bailey (born 1940), American congressman from Missouri
 * Wesley Bailey (1808–1889), American newspaper editor and
 * Wilford S. Bailey (1921–2000), American academic administrator
 * Wilfrid Norman Bailey (1893–1961), British mathematician
 * Wilfred Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk (1891–1948), British peer and soldier
 * William Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * William J. Bailey (1807–1876), British-born physician and politician in the Oregon Country
 * William Henry Bailey (1831–1908), American author, lawyer, and statesman
 * Sir William Bailey (engineer) (1838–1913), British engineer, businessman, and local politician
 * William Francis Bailey (1842–1915), American politician and judge
 * William Trist Bailey (1846–1910), British-born American land developer
 * William Heap Bailey (1847–1926), British amateur footballer
 * William Bailey Lamar (1853–1928), American politician and lawyer
 * William Frederick Bailey (1857–1917), Irish lawyer and writer
 * William Bailey (cricketer, born 1870) (1870–1930), English cricketer
 * William Bailey (cricketer, born 1898) (1898–1983), Australian cricketer
 * William J. A. Bailey (1884–1949), Harvard University dropout who falsely claimed to be a doctor of medicine
 * William Bailey (actor) (1886–1962), American actor
 * William Bailey (cyclist) (1888–1971), British Olympic cyclist
 * William Bailey (Canadian politician) (1889–1975), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1930–1935
 * William H. Bailey (artist) (1930–2020), artist
 * William Bruce Bailey (born 1962), American rock singer-songwriter known as Axl Rose
 * Willie Bailey (born 1946), American politician in Mississippi

Z

 * Zac Bailey (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
 * Zack Bailey (born 1995), American football player

Fictional characters

 * Beetle Bailey, eponymous cartoon character of Mort Walker
 * Beth Bailey, fictional character from Spooks
 * George Bailey, lead character in the 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life"
 * Harry Bailey (Coronation Street), fictional character from the British soap opera
 * June, Ulysses, and Isabella Christy Bailey, fictional characters from Wonder Park
 * Kelly Bailey (Misfits), fictional character from the British TV series Misfits
 * Kira Bailey, American Girl character, "Girl of the Year" for 2021
 * Miranda Bailey, fictional character from Grey's Anatomy
 * Rachel Bailey, fictional character from English TV show Scott and Bailey
 * Sarah Bailey, a lead character in the film The Craft
 * Will Bailey, fictional character from The West Wing
 * The Bailey family on Coronation Street, consisting of:
 * James Bailey
 * Ed Bailey
 * Michael Bailey
 * Aggie Bailey
 * Ronnie Bailey