Cunliffe

Cunliffe as an English surname derives from a former place near Rishton, Lancashire.

Notable people with the surname include:
 * Baron Cunliffe, of Headley in the County of Surrey
 * Barry Cunliffe (born 1939), Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford
 * Bill Cunliffe (born 1956), American jazz pianist and composer
 * Billy Cunliffe (1897–1942), British rugby league footballer
 * Charles Cunliffe (1858–1884), English cricketer
 * Cunliffe baronets, of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster
 * Cunliffe-Owen baronets, of Bray in the County of Berkshire
 * Dan Cunliffe (1875–1937), English footballer
 * David Cunliffe (born 1963), former New Zealand Labour Party Leader and Leader of the Opposition
 * David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton, JP, DL (1937–2006), British peer and politician
 * Sir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd Baronet (1755–1834), founder of the Royal Society of British Bowmen
 * Foster Cunliffe (1875–1916), English cricketer
 * Foster Cunliffe (rugby union) (1854–1927), English rugby union player
 * Hugo Cunliffe-Owen (1870–1947), English industrialist
 * Jack Cunliffe (1921–1973), English rugby league footballer
 * Jason Cunliffe (Hollyoaks), a character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
 * Jason Cunliffe (footballer) (born 1983), Guamanian footballer
 * Jimmy Cunliffe (1912–1988), English footballer who played as an inside forward
 * John Cunliffe (author) (1933–2018), British children's book author who created Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim
 * John Cunliffe (footballer born 1930) (1930–1975), English footballer
 * John Cunliffe (footballer born 1984), English football player
 * Lawrence Cunliffe (born 1929), British Labour Party politician
 * Marcus Cunliffe (1922–1990), British historian and academic
 * Mitzi Cunliffe (1918–2006), American sculptor
 * Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton (1939–2021), British peer
 * Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton, GBE, CH, MC, PC (1884–1972), British Conservative politician
 * R. Cunliffe Gosling DL (1868–1922), Victorian-era footballer
 * Robert Cunliffe (disambiguation), several people
 * Roger Cunliffe, 3rd Baron Cunliffe (born 1932), retired management consultant and former project manager
 * Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron Masham (1857–1917), English baron and industrialist
 * Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet (1819–1900), son of Samuel Brooks
 * Stella Cunliffe MBE (1917–2012), Director of Statistics at the British Home Office
 * Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton (1935–2023), crossbench member of the House of Lords
 * Tom Cunliffe (born 1947), British yachting journalist, author and broadcaster
 * Walter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe, GBE (1855–1920), Governor of the Bank of England from 1913 to 1918
 * Whit Cunliffe (1876–1966), English comic singer