Cooley is a surname of Anglo-Saxon and Irish origin.
Alford W. Cooley (1873–1913), justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court Alice Kingsbury Cooley (1839–1910), British-born American actress, author, and poet Bertram Cooley (1874–1935), South African cricketer Carroll Cooley (1935–2023), American police detective Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929), American sociologist Chelsea Cooley (born 1983), Miss USA 2005 Chris Cooley (born 1982), American professional football player David P. Cooley (1960–2009), American test pilot Dennis Cooley (born 1944), Canadian poet, professor at the University of Manitoba Denton Cooley (1920−2016), American physician and heart surgeon Ed Cooley (born 1969), American college basketball coach Emily M. J. Cooley (1831–1917), American religious and temperance leader Garth Cooley (fl. 1980s–2010s), American taekwondo competitor Gin Cooley (fl. 2000s–2020s), American singer, model and psychotherapist Haskell Cooley (fl. 1970s), member of American southern gospel quartet The Cathedrals Horace S. Cooley (1806–1850), American politician Jack Cooley (born 1991), American basketball player Jacquelin Smith Cooley (1883–1965), American botanist and mycologist James Cooley (1926–2016), American mathematician, developer of the Cooley–Tukey fast Fourier transform Jodi Cooley (fl. 1990s–2020s), American physicist Joe Cooley (1924–1973), Irish accordionist John K. Cooley (1927–2008), American journalist and author, specializing in terrorism and the Middle East Logan Cooley (born 2004), American ice hockey player Lou Cooley (dates unknown), American 19th-century gunfighter, friend of Wyatt Earp at the time of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1881) Mason Cooley (1927–2002), American aphorist Mike Cooley (engineer) (1934–2020), Irish-born engineer and workplace activist Mike Cooley (American football) (c. 1920–1988), American football coach Mike Cooley (musician) (born 1966), American guitarist/singer/lyricist, and co-founder of the rock/alt country band, Drive-By Truckers Quinton Cooley (born 2001), American football player Rita Nealon Cooley (1919/1920–2006), American political scientist Rusty Cooley (born 1970), American guitarist Ryan Cooley (born 1988), Canadian television actor Spade Cooley (1910–1969), American western swing musician, murdered his wife Steve Cooley (born 1947), American prosecutor for Los Angeles County Thomas Cooley (architect) (1740–1784), Irish architect Thomas Benton Cooley (1871–1945), American pediatrician, first described β-thalassemia Thomas F. Cooley (1943–2021), American professor of economics at the New York University Stern School of Business Thomas M. Cooley (1824–1898), American jurist, Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court Thomas R. Cooley (1893–1959), United States Navy admiral Tonya Cooley (born 1980), American actress and reality television personality Troy Cooley (born 1965), cricketer for the Tasmanian Tigers Wes Cooley (motorcyclist) (1956–2021), American motorcycle racer Wes Cooley (politician) (1932–2015), American politician, congressman from Oregon William Cooley (1783–1863), American settler in Florida William Desborough Cooley (1795?–1883), Irish geographer William T. Cooley (born 1966), American major general in the United States Air Force Winnifred Harper Cooley (1874–1967), American feminist author Ken Cooley (1953-present) American California State Assemblyman
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