Waley

Waley is a surname. Notable people with this name include:


 * Alison Waley (1901–2001), New Zealand poet, journalist, artist and writer
 * Arthur Waley (born Arthur David Schloss; 1889–1966), English orientalist and sinologist
 * Daniel Waley (1921–2017), British historian, manuscript specialist, and professor
 * Harmon Metz Waley (1910–1984), American criminal convicted for his role in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping
 * Jacob Waley (1818–1873), English legal writer, grandfather of Charles Waley Cohen, Dorothea Waley Singer, and Robert Waley Cohen
 * Jim Waley (born 1948), Australian television presenter
 * Paul Waley, British academic, great-nephew of Arthur Waley
 * Robert Waley (1889–1939), Australian coxswain
 * Samuel Waley (born 1983), Tasmanian-born Australian rower
 * Simon Waley (1827–1875), English composer, banker, and leading figure in the Jewish community, younger brother of Jacob Waley

Waley Cohen

 * Charles Waley Cohen (1879–1963), British soldier, barrister, and politician, brother of Dorothea Waley Singer
 * Dorothea Waley Singer (née Cohen; 1882–1964), British palaeographer and historian of science, sister of Robert Waley Cohen
 * Robert Waley Cohen (1877–1952), British industrialist and prominent Jewish leader, father of Bernard Waley-Cohen

Waley-Cohen

 * Freya Waley-Cohen (born 1989), British-American composer
 * Joanna Waley-Cohen (born 1952), English academic
 * Robert Waley-Cohen (born 1948), English entrepreneur, father of Sam Waley-Cohen
 * Sam Waley-Cohen (born 1982), English jockey and entrepreneur
 * Waley-Cohen baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
 * Bernard Waley-Cohen (1914–1991), 1st Baronet, father of Stephen Waley-Cohen, Robert Waley-Cohen, and Joanna Waley-Cohen
 * Stephen Waley-Cohen (born 1946), 2nd Baronet, theatre manager and producer, father of Freya Waley-Cohen

Waleys

 * Thomas Waleys (fl. 1333), English theologian

Other uses

 * "DJ Waley Babu", a 2015 Punjabi-Hindi hip-hop single
 * Mehndi Waley Hath, a 2000 Punjabi Pakistani film