Oxley (surname)

Oxley is an English surname, originating in Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and Staffordshire. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adam Oxley (born 1992), Australian rules footballer
 * Alan Oxley, Australian diplomat
 * Albert Oxley (1915–1994), English footballer
 * Bernard Oxley (1907–1975), English footballer
 * Bill Oxley (1918–1985), English professional rugby league footballer
 * Billy Oxley (1899–1951), English footballer
 * Cyril Oxley (1905-?), English footballer
 * Dana Oxley (born 1967), American judge
 * David Oxley (1920–1985), English actor
 * Deborah Oxley, Australian historian
 * Dennie Oxley (born 1970), American politician
 * Dinah Oxley (1948–2020), English golfer
 * George Oxley (died 1820), political figure in colonial Nova Scotia
 * Harrison Oxley (1933–2009), English organist
 * Henry Oxley (1858–1945), Canadian-born Major League baseball player
 * Henry Oxley (politician) (1826–1867), Australian politician
 * James Oxley (born 1961), Australian–American mathematician
 * James Macdonald Oxley (1855–1907), Canadian lawyer and an author of books for boys
 * Jennifer Oxley, American writer and television director
 * Jeremy Oxley, Australian musician, guitarist for 1980s band the Sunnyboys
 * John Oxley (disambiguation), several people
 * Joseph Oxley (c. 1779–1868), political figure in colonial Nova Scotia
 * Joseph W. Oxley (born 1958), American politician
 * Lawrence A. Oxley (1887–1973), American community leader appointed to Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet"
 * Melanie Oxley, Australian musician and songwriter
 * Mark Oxley (born 1990), English footballer
 * Mike Oxley (1944–2016), American politician
 * Paul Oxley, English songwriter living in Finland
 * Peter Oxley, Australian musician, bass player for The Sunnyboys
 * Philip Oxley (born 1965), English cricketer
 * Rob Oxley, British political consultant
 * Roslyn Oxley, Australian art dealer
 * Roy Oxley (1905–1980), British television set designer
 * Scott Oxley (born 1976), English professional footballer
 * Simon Oxley (born 1969), British graphic designer
 * Tanya Oxley (born 1979), Barbadian track and field sprinter
 * Thomas Oxley (1805–1886), Straits Settlements administrator
 * Tony Oxley (1938–2023), British jazz drummer
 * Tony Oxley (boxer) (1942–2015), English boxer
 * W. Oxley (Essex cricketer), eighteenth century English cricketer
 * Walter Oxley (1891–1978), British Army general
 * Will Oxley (born 1965), Australian sport sailor
 * William Oxley (1939–2020), English poet