Shipley is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
A. Q. Shipley (Allan Quay Shipley) (born 1986), American football lineman Ann Shipley (1899–1981), Canadian politician Arthur Shipley (1861–1927), British zoologist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge Braden Shipley (born 1992), American baseball player Burton Shipley (1890–1976), first Maryland Terrapins men's basketball coach Debra Shipley (born 1957), British politician Don Shipley (stage director), Canadian stage director Don Shipley (Navy SEAL), American Navy SEAL Heather Shipley, American environmental engineer and academic administrator Jenny Shipley (born 1952), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999 John Shipley (poker player) (born 1960), English poker player John Shipley, Baron Shipley (born 1946), Liberal Democrat peer in the House of Lords Jonathan Shipley (1714–1788), English bishop Jordan Shipley (born 1985), American football wide receiver Joseph Twadell Shipley (1893–1981), American drama critic, author, editor and professor Mike Shipley (1956–2013), Australian record producer and mixer Rebecca Shipley, British mathematician, Professor of Healthcare Engineering at University College London Reece Shipley (1921–1998), American country musician Ruth Shipley (1885–1966), head of the Passport Division of the U.S. State Department Tom Shipley, musician in the 1970s folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley Tony Shipley (born 1953), former State Representative in Tennessee Walter V. Shipley (1935–2019), American banker Wil Shipley (born 1969), software developer Will Shipley (born 2002), American football player William Shipley (1715–1803), English drawing master, social reformer and inventor, who founded what became the Royal Society of Arts