Wolsey is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Allan Wolsey Cardinall (1887–1956), British colonial administrator Carleton Wolsey Washburne (1889–1968), American educator Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (1827–1897), American lawyer and politician Elisha Wolsey Peck (1799–1888), American chief justice Henry Wolsey Bayfield (1795–1885), British naval officer and surveyor Laurence Wolsey (born 1945), Belgian-English mathematician Louis Wolsey (1877–1953), American rabbi Thomas Wolsey (1473–1530), English statesman and cardinal William Wolsey, Protestant martyr
See also Woolsey (surname) Wolseley (surname)