Berkeley (surname)

Berkeley is a surname. It is also used, uncommonly, as a given name. The name is a habitation name from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, itself derived from Old English beorce léah meaning birch lea. People with the name include:


 * The Berkeley family of England
 * Baron Berkeley
 * Berkeley baronets
 * Anne Berkeley, Baroness Berkeley, lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife
 * Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess of Ormond, wife of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond and daughter of the above
 * Lady Henrietta Berkeley (born c. 1664, died 1706)
 * Anthony Berkeley Cox or Anthony Berkeley, writer
 * Ballard Berkeley (1904–1988), English actor
 * Busby Berkeley, film choreographer
 * Edmund Berkeley (1909–1988), mathematician and computer scientist
 * Elizabeth Berkeley (c1713-1799), wife of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort
 * George Berkeley (1685–1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, Irish philosopher
 * George Berkeley (died 1746) (1680–1746), MP for Dover 1720–1734
 * Grantley Berkeley (1800–1881), British politician, writer
 * Humphrey Berkeley (1926–1994), British politician
 * John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602–1678), English soldier
 * John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1663–1697), English admiral
 * Jon Berkeley, author and illustrator
 * Sir Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989), English composer
 * Mary Berkeley (born 1965), English long jumper
 * Mary Berkeley (courtier), alleged mistress of Henry VIII and mother of his son, John Perrot
 * Matthew Berkeley (born 1987), English footballer
 * Michael Berkeley (born 1948), British composer and broadcaster
 * Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803–1889), English cryptogramist and clergyman
 * Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (1718–1770), Member of Parliament and governor of Virginia Colony
 * Randolph Carter Berkeley, a United States Marine Corps major general who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz.
 * Reginald Cheyne Berkeley (1890–1935), British Liberal Party Member of Parliament 1922–1924, then a playwright and scriptwriter
 * Theresa Berkeley (died 1836), London dominatrix
 * Sir William Berkeley (governor) (1605–1677), governor of Virginia
 * Sir William Berkeley (Royal Navy officer) (1639–1666), English naval officer and admiral
 * Vivian Berkeley (born 1941), blind Canadian lawn bowling champion and 1996 paralympic silver medalist
 * Xander Berkeley (born 1955), American actor