Gurley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Akai Gurley (c. 1986–2014), African American shot and killed by mistake by a New York City policeman Bill Gurley (born 1966), American venture capitalist Buck Gurley (born 1978), former American college and professional football player Fred Gurley (1889–1976), president and executive committee chairman of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Henry Hosford Gurley (1788–1833), member of U.S. House of Representatives for Louisiana James Gurley (1939–2009), American musician John A. Gurley (1813–1863), Civil War–era Ohio congressman Michael Gurley, American musician O.W. Gurley, (1867-1935), businessman and real-estate developer known for being a founder of Greenwood District Phineas Densmore Gurley (1816–1868), Chaplain of the U.S. Senate and Presbyterian pastor in Washington, D.C. Ralph Randolph Gurley (1797–1872), clergyman and a major force in the American Colonization Society Roger Gurley (born 1965), football coach and referee from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Todd Gurley (born 1994), American football player Tony Gurley (born 1956), American businessman and political figure from North Carolina Tori Gurley (born 1987), American football player William Gurley (1821–1887) co-founded what is now known as Gurley Precision Instruments in Troy, New York State Zenas H. Gurley, Sr. (1801–1871), leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
See also Rebecca Gurley Bace (1955-2017), computer security expert and pioneer in intrusion detection Helen Gurley Brown (1922–2012), author and longtime editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964), feminist socialist organizer