Bailey (surname)

Bailey is an occupational surname of English origin. Bailey is the 58th most common surname in England and is most commonly found in Jamaica.^[1]

A

• Aaron Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Aaron Bailey (American football) (born 1971), American football player
• Abe Bailey (1864–1940), South African diamond tycoon, politician, financier and cricketer
• Ace Bailey (1903–1992), Canadian ice hockey player
• Adrian Bailey (born 1945), British politician
• Sir Alan Bailey (born 1931), British civil servant
• Albert Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Albert Bailey (cricketer) (1872–1950), English cricketer whose name may have been Alfred
  • Albert Bailey (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 1930s
  • Albert Bailey (politician) (1915–1999), Australian politician
• Aleen Bailey (born 1980), Jamaican athlete
• Alexander Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alfred Marshall Bailey (1894–1978), American ornithologist and museum director
• Alfred Bailey (1905–1997), Canadian academic and poet
• Alice Bailey (1880–1949), British theosophist
• Allen Bailey (born 1989), American footballer
• Alvin Bailey (born 1991), American footballer
• Andrew Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Andrew Bailey (banker) (born 1959), British banker
  • Andrew Bailey (baseball) (born 1984), American baseball pitcher
• Angela Bailey (born 1962), Canadian athlete
• Anne Bailey (1742–1825), British-born American frontier scout
• Anne Howard Bailey (1924–2006), American writer
• Anne Bailey (ten-pin bowling) (born 1951), British ten-pin bowler
• Anthony Bailey (author) (born 1933), English author
• Anthony Bailey (interfaith campaigner) (born 1970), Irish-British-Antiguan campaigner and PR consultant
• Arthur Scott Bailey (1877–1949), American writer
• Arthur Bailey (fl.1904), Canadian Olympic rower

B

• Barbara Bailey Kennelly, née Barbara Bailey (born 1936), American politician
• Mary Barbara Bailey, née Barbara Bailey (1910–2003), English canoness and illustrator
• Barbara Bailey (born 19??), American politician in Washington State
• Ben, Benjamin and Benny Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ben Bailey (born 1970), American comedian
    • Benjamin Bailey (missionary) (1791–1871), British missionary in India
    • Benjamin Franklin Bailey (1875–1944), American electrical engineer
      • Benny Bailey (1925–2005), American jazz trumpeter
• Bert Bailey (1868–1953), New Zealand writer and actor
• Bill and Billy Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bill Bailey (outfielder) (1881–1967), Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Bill Bailey (pitcher) (1888–1926), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Bill Bailey (Spanish Civil War veteran) (1911–1995), Irish-American labor activist
  • Bill Bailey (dancer) (1912–1978), American tap dancer and moonwalk pioneer
  • Bill Bailey (American football) (1916–1990), former American football player
  • Bill Bailey (surfer) (1933–2009), known as "the father of British surfing"
  • Bill Bailey (Indiana) (born 1948), American businessman and politician
  • Bill Bailey (born 1964), British comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author
  • Bill Bailey (American actor) (born 19??), American actor and author
    • Billy Bailey (Gunfight at Hide Park) (died 1871), lawman who was murdered
    • Billy Bailey (1947–1996), American executed for murder
    • Billy Wayne Bailey (born 1957), former Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate
• Bob Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bob Bailey (actor) (1913–1983), American radio actor
  • Bob Bailey (ice hockey) (1931–2003), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Bob Bailey (baseball) (born 1942), American third baseman in Major League Baseball
  • Bob Bailey (politician) (born 1951), Canadian: member of the Ontario legislature
  • Bob Bailey (rugby league) , former New Zealand rugby league player and coach
• Boss Bailey (born 1979), American football player
• Bret Bailey (born 1964), Australian rules footballer
• Brett Bailey (born 1967), South African playwright, director and artist
• Brian Bailey (born 19??), Canadian fashion designer
• Bruce M. Bailey (born 1935), American author and humorist
• Buck Bailey (1896–1964), American baseball coach
• Buddy Bailey (born 1957), American baseball manager
• Bunty Bailey (born 1964), English model, dancer and actress
• Buster Bailey (1902–1967), American jazz clarinettist
• Byron Bailey (1930–1998), US American and Canadian footballer

C

• Caleb Bailey (1898–1957), American Marine Corps officer, pilot and athlete
• Cameron Bailey (born 19??), Canadian film critic and festival programmer
• Candace Bailey (born 1982), American actress
• Carey Bailey (born 1969), American football player and coach
• Carl Bailey (born 1958), American basketball player
• Carl Edward Bailey (1894–1948), American politician, 31st Governor of Arkansas
• Carlton Bailey (born 1964), American football linebacker
• Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1875–1961), American author of children's stories
• Catherine Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Catherine Hayes Bailey (1921–2014), American plant geneticist
  • Catherine Bailey (born 19??), English actress
• Champ Bailey (born 1978), American football player
• Charles and Charlie Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Charles Justin Bailey (1859–1946), American soldier
  • Charles Bailey (medium) (1870–1947), Australian apport medium
  • Charles P. Bailey (1910–1993), American pioneer in heart surgery
  • Charles W. Bailey (1929–2012), American journalist, newspaper editor and novelist
  • Charlie Bailey (born 1940), former American football coach
  • Charles R. Bailey (born 19??), American Army chaplain
  • Charles G. Bailey (born 196?), faculty manager of WMUL, Marshall University
    • Charlie Bailey (born 1940), American football coach
• Chip Bailey (1921–1963), New Zealand trade unionist
• Chris and Christopher Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Chris Bailey (Australian musician) (born 1950), member of the rock bands The Angels and Gang Gajang
  • Chris Bailey (musician) (born 1951), co-founder and singer of rock band The Saints
  • Chris Bailey (artist) (born 1965) New Zealand Māori carver and sculptor
  • Chris Bailey (tennis) (born 1968), English tennis player, TV sports commentator and property consultant
  • Chris Bailey (ice hockey) (born 1972), American ice hockey player
  • Chris Bailey (rugby league) (born 1982), Australian rugby league player
  • Chris Bailey (animator) (born 19??), American animator
    • Christopher Bailey (fashion designer) (born 1971), English fashion executive
    • Christopher Bailey (screenwriter) (born 19??), British lecturer and Doctor Who screenwriter
• Clifton George Bailey III (born 1967), Jamaican reggae artist known as Capleton
• Colin Bailey (drummer) (born 1934), British-born American jazz drummer
• Colin Bailey (born 19??), British museum director
• Corinne Bailey Rae (born 1979), British singer
• Cory Bailey (born 1971), American baseball pitcher
• Cullen Bailey (born 1985), Australian cricketer

D

• D. R. Shackleton Bailey (1917–2005), British classical scholar
• Damian Bailey (born 1991), Anguillan footballer
• Dan, Daniel and Danny Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Dan Bailey (1904–1982), American conservationist
  • Dan Bailey (American football) (born 1988), American football placekicker
    • Daniel A. Bailey (1894–1970), American politician in Pennsylvania
    • Daniel Bailey (born 1986), sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda
      • Danny Bailey (born 1964), English footballer
• Darrell Bailey, basketball fan known as Clipper Darrell
• Dave or David Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Dave Bailey (musician) (born 1926), American jazz drummer
  • Dave Bailey (athlete) (born 1945), Canadian track and field athlete
    • David Bailey (militia officer), American militia officer in the Illinois Militia
    • David Jackson Bailey (1812–1897), American politician
    • David Bailey (actor) (1933–2004), American actor
    • David Bailey (born 1938), English fashion and portrait photographer
    • David Bailey (cricketer, born 1943), English cricketer
    • David Bailey (cricketer, born 1944), English cricketer
    • David H. Bailey (born 1948), American mathematician
    • David Alan Bailey (born 1952), American child/teen actor
    • David Bailey (motocross) (born 1961), American racer
    • David A. Bailey (born 1961), British Afro-Caribbean curator, photographer and writer
    • David M. Bailey (1966–2010), American Christian singer-songwriter
    • David Bailey (economist) (born 1966), British academic and commentator
    • David Bailey (rugby league) (born 1969), New Zealand rugby league footballer
    • David Bailey (basketball) (born 1981), American basketball player
    • David Bailey (writer) (born 19??), British editor and science fiction author
• Dawayne Bailey (born 19??), American guitarist
• Dean Bailey (1967–2014), Australian rules football player and coach
• DeFord Bailey (1899–1982), American country musician
• Dennis Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Dennis Bailey (footballer born 1935), English association football player
  • Dennis Bailey (footballer born 1965), English association football player
  • Dennis Bailey (rugby league), British rugby league footballer of the 1990s
• Derek Bailey (guitarist) (1930–2005), British guitarist
• Derek Bailey (tribal chairman) (born 1972), Native American tribal chairman and US Congressional candidate
• Derrick Bailey (1918–2005), British cricketer and aviation entrepreneur
• Derrick Sherwin Bailey (1910–1984), British theologian
• Dion Bailey (born 1992), American football safety
• Dona Bailey (born 19??), American computer game designer
• Donald Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sir Donald Bailey (civil engineer) (1901–1985), British civil engineer
  • Donald Bailey (musician) (1934–2013), American jazz drummer
  • Donald A. Bailey (born 1945), American politician and lawyer
  • Donald Bailey (architect) (born ????), Australian architect
• Donovan Bailey (born 1967), Jamaican-Canadian athlete
• Dot Bailey (born 19??), New Zealand cricketer
• Doug Bailey (1933–2013), American political consultant
• Doug Bailey (footballer), Australian rules football

E

• Ed Bailey (1931–2007), American baseball player
• Edward Bailey (1814–1903), American missionary and painter
• Edward Battersby Bailey (1881–1965), English geologist
• Edwin Bailey (born 1959), American footballer
• Eion Bailey (born 1976), American actor
• Elisabeth Tova Bailey (born 19??), American writer
• Elizabeth Bailey (born 1938), American economist
• Erastus Michael Bailey, American singer-songwriter better known as Razzy Bailey
• Eric Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Eric Bailey (politician) (1905–1989), British Conservative Member of Parliament
  • Eric Bailey (GC) (1906–1946), Australian recipient of the George Cross
  • Eric Bailey (basketball) (born 1960), Australian basketball player
  • Eric Bailey (American football) (born 1963), American football player
• Everett Russell Bailey (1888–1932), American physician
• Ewan Bailey (born 1966), British actor

F

• F. Lee Bailey (born 1933), American attorney
• Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863–1948), American ornithologist
• Fran Bailey (born 1946), Australian politician
• Francis Lee Bailey (born 1933), American lawyer
• Frank Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Frank Bailey (financier) (1865–1953), New York businessman and philanthropist
  • Frank Bailey (footballer) (1907–1969), English association footballer
  • Frank I. Bailey, Jr. (born 1936), American politician
  • Frank Bailey (author) (born 1970), former aide to then Alaska governor Sarah Palin, and author
• Fred and Frederick Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Fred Bailey (1895–1972), American baseball player
    • Frederick Manson Bailey (1827–1915), Australian botanist
    • Frederick Marshman Bailey (1882–1967), known as Eric, British Intelligence officer and explorer
    • Frederick Bailey (cricketer) (1919–1985), English cricketer

G

• G. W. Bailey (born 1944), American actor
• Gamaliel Bailey (1807–1859), American journalist
• Garnet Bailey (1948–2001), Canadian hockey player
• Gary Bailey (born 1958), English footballer
• Gary Bailey (cricketer) (born 1966), English cricketer
• Gene Bailey (1893–1973), American baseball player
• Geoff Bailey (born 19??), British archaeologist
• Geoffrey Bailey (1899–19??), British WWI flying ace
• George Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • George Bailey (cricketer, born 1853) (1853–1926), Australian cricketer
  • George Edwin Bailey (1879–1965), British electrical engineer and industrialist
  • George Bailey (racing driver) (1900–1940), American racecar driver
  • George Bailey (athlete) (1906–2000), English steeplechase runner
  • George Bailey (footballer) (1919–1998), Australian rules footballer for Carlton and Perth
  • George Bailey (cricketer, born 1982) (born 1982), Australian cricketer
• Gerald Bailey (1903–1975), British politician
• Gillian Bailey (born 1955), British actress and academic
• Glenda Bailey (born 1958), British journalist
• Graeme Bailey (born 1943), Australian racing driver
• Graham Bailey (born 1920), English footballer
• Guy Bailey (born 1950), American educator

H

• H. B. Bailey (1936–2003), American racing driver
• H. C. Bailey (1878–1961), British writer
• H. E. Bailey (died 1976), Oklahoma politician
• Hachaliah Bailey (1775–1845), American circusman
• Harold Walter Bailey (1899–1996), English linguistic scholar
• Harold Bailey (gridiron football) (born 1957), American football player
• Harry Bailey (footballer) (1919–1996), footballer for Leicester Fosse
• Harry Bailey (1922–1985), Australian psychiatrist
• Harvey Bailey (1887–1979), American bank robber
• Helen Bailey (1965–2016), British author
• Henry Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Henry Bailey (Canadian politician) (1818–1897), politician in Nova Scotia
  • Henry Bailey (Australian politician) (1876–1962), Australian politician
  • Henry Bailey (American football) (born 1973), American football wide receiver
• Homer Bailey (born 1986), American baseball player
• Horace Bailey (1881–1960), English footballer

I

• Ian Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ian Bailey (footballer) (born 1956), English footballer
  • Ian Bailey (author) (born 1959), head buyer and later financial director of Games Workshop
  • Ian Bailey (British Army soldier) (born 1959), Corporal in the Parachute Regiment who won the Military Medal during the Falklands War
• Imogen Bailey (born 1977), Australian model

J

• J. A. Bailey (born 1930), English cricketer and cricket administrator
• J. Michael Bailey (born 1957), American psychologist and professor at Northwestern University
• J. O. Bailey (1903–1979), American literary academic
• J. R. Bailey (1932–1980), American singer-songwriter
• Jack Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Bailey (footballer, born 1901) (1901–????), English football player
  • Jack Bailey (actor) (1907–1980), American actor and daytime game show host
  • Jack Bailey (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1986), English football player
• Jackson Bailey (1925–1996), American academic (Japanese language, culture and history)
• Jacob Bailey (author) (1731–1808), Church of England clergyman and author
• Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811–1857), American naturalist
• James Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • James Bailey (U.S. politician) (1801–1880), mayor of Houston, Texas
  • James Bailey (classical scholar) (c.1802–1864), English schoolmaster
  • James E. Bailey (1822–1885), United States Senator from Tennessee
  • James Bailey (British politician) (1840–1910), British Conservative Party politician, MP 1895–1906
  • James Montgomery Bailey (1841–1894), American journalist
  • James Anthony Bailey (1847–1906), co-founder of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
  • James E. Bailey (Medal of Honor) (fl. 1870s) recipient during the Indian Wars
  • James R. A. Bailey (1919–2000), founder and original editor of Drum magazine
  • James Bailey (basketball) (born 1957), American Basketball player
  • James Bailey (rugby union) (born 1983), English rugby union footballer for Gloucester RFC
  • James Bailey (footballer) (born 1988), English footballer
  • James Bailey (author) (born 19??), American author and TV actor
  • James Thomas Bailey (born 19??), founder of ComedySportz Los Angeles
• Jay Bailey (1944–2001), American biochemical engineer
• Jeff Bailey (born 1978), American baseball player
• Jeffrey Scott Bailey (born 1970), American actor
• Jennifer Bailey (born 1996), British acrobatic gymnast
• Jenny Bailey (born 1962), British politician
• Jerry D. Bailey (born 1957), American jockey and broadcaster
• Jim Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jim Bailey (cricketer) (1908–1988), English cricketer
  • Jim Bailey (baseball) (born 1934), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jim Bailey (American football) (born 1948), American football player
  • Jim Bailey (entertainer) (1949–2015), American singer, actor, and female impressionist
• Joe Bailey (ice hockey) (born 19??), Canadian ice hockey player
• Joel John Bailey (born 1980), American soccer player
• Joh Bailey (born 19??), Australian hairdresser
• John Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • John Bailey (minister) (1643–1697), English dissenting minister, later in life in New England
  • John Bailey (agriculturist) (1750-1819), English agriculturist and engraver
  • John Bailey (Massachusetts) (1786–1835), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
  • John Bailey Denton (1814–1893), British surveyor and civil engineer
  • John William Bailey (1831-1914), British miniature painter
  • John Mosher Bailey (1838–1916), U.S. Representative from New York
  • John Bailey (critic) (1864-1931), English literary critic, lecturer, and chairman of the National Trust
  • John Bailey (New South Wales politician) (1871–1947), Australian politician
  • John O. Bailey (1880–1959), State supreme court justice from Oregon
  • John Edgar Bailey (1897-1958), Northern Irish politician
  • John Moran Bailey (1904–1975), United States politician, chair of the Democratic National Committee
  • John Bailey (British actor) (1912 - 1989), British screen and TV actor
  • John Bailey (luthier) (1931–2011), maker of fine guitars in England
  • John Bailey (cinematographer) (born 1942), American cinematographer
  • John Bailey (American actor) (1947–1994), a.k.a. Jack Baker
  • John Bailey (footballer, born 1950), English football player and chairman
  • John Preston Bailey (born 1951), United States federal judge
  • John Bailey (Australian politician) (born 1954), Australian politician
  • John Bailey (footballer, born 1957), English football player
  • John Bailey (footballer, born 1969), English football player
  • John Bailey (rugby league) (born 19??), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
  • John Bailey (producer) (born 19??), Canadian recording engineer, producer
  • John Bailey (Irish politician) member of Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council
• Jonathan Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joseph Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet (1783–1858), Welsh Member of Parliament for Worcester and Breconshire
  • Joseph Bailey (congressman) (1810–1885), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
  • Joseph Bailey (politician born 1812) (1812–1850), British MP
  • Joseph Bailey (general) (1825–1867), American Civil War general
  • Joseph M. Bailey (1833-1895), American jurist and politician
  • Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk (1840–1906), British MP and Lord
  • Joseph Weldon Bailey (1862–1929), United States Congressman and Senator from Texas
  • Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr. (1892–1943), Congressman from Texas and son of Joseph Weldon Bailey
  • Joseph Bailey (cricketer) (born 1942), Bermudian cricketer
  • Joseph Bailey (author) (born 19??), American author and psychologist
• Josh Bailey (born 1989), Canadian hockey player, NY Islanders
• Josiah Bailey (1873–1946), American politician
• Judith Bailey (born 19??), American university president
• Judy Bailey (born 1953), New Zealand television personality
• Julian Bailey (born 1961), British racing driver
• Julian Bailey (actor) (born 1977), Canadian actor
• Julian Bailey (rugby league) (born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer
• Julie Bailey (born 19??), British campaigner against poor NHS hospital care
• Justin Bailey (born 1995), American ice hockey forward

K

• Kate Bailey (born 1982), Australian Paralympic swimmer
• Kathryn Ann Bailey (born 1943) American politician known as Kay Bailey Hutchison
• Keith Bailey (born 1964), Irish cricketer
• Kelly Bailey (composer) (born 19??), New Zealand composer and game designer
• Kenneth Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Kenneth Bailey (Australian lawyer) (1898–1972), Australian public servant
  • Kenneth D. Bailey (1910–1942), US Marines officer
  • Kenneth D. Bailey (sociologist) (born 1943), American sociologist
• Kevin Bailey (poet) (born 1954), British poet
• Kevin Bailey (politician) (born 19??), Texas state representative, 1991–2009
• Kid Bailey, (dates unknown), American Mississippi Delta bluesman
• Kyle Bailey (basketball) (born 1982), American basketball player

L

• Laura Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Laura Bailey (model) (born 1972), English model
  • Laura Bailey (voice actress) (born 1981), American actress
• Lee Bailey (born 1972), Scottish footballer
• Len Bailey (1926–1997), British automobile designer
• Leonard Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Leonard Bailey (inventor) (1825–1905), inventor/toolmaker and patentor of the Plane (tool)
  • Leonard L. Bailey (born 1942), surgeon who transplanted heart of baboon into Baby Fae
• LeRoy Bailey Jr. Senior Pastor of The First Cathedral
• Liam Bailey (born 1983), English musician and singer
• Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858–1954), American botanist
• Lorna Bailey (born 1978), British ceramic artist
• Lucy Bailey (born 19??), British theatre director
• Luke Bailey (rugby league) (born 1980), Australian rugby league international
• Luke Bailey (actor) (born 1984), British actor
• Lydia Bailey (printer) (1779–1869), American printer

M

• Madilyn Bailey, American singer-songwriter
• Malcolm Bailey (footballer, born 1937) (born 1937), English footballer
• Malcolm Bailey (born 1950), English footballer
• Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey (c.1812–1882) American pioneer, missionary, and author
• Margaret Bailey (1879–1955), Australian teacher
• Marian Breland Bailey (1920–2001), American psychologist
• Marion Bailey (born 1951), British actress
• Mark Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mark Bailey (diplomat) (born 1951), Canadian diplomat
  • Mark Bailey (rugby union) (born 1960), English rugby player, headmaster and professor of Medieval History
  • Mark Bailey (baseball) (born 1961), American baseball catcher
  • Mark Bailey (conductor) (born 1962), American conductor and composer of Slavic sacred music
  • Mark Bailey (cricketer) (born 1970), New Zealand cricketer
  • Mark Bailey (footballer) (born 1976), English footballer
  • Mark Bailey (politician) (born 19??), Australian politician
• Mat Bailey (born 1986), English footballer
• Matt Bailey (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
• Maurice Bailey (born 1981), American basketball player
• Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, World Record for longest time adrift at Sea (117 days)
• Max Bailey (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
• McKinley Bailey (born 19??), Iowan politician
• Michael and Mike Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Michael Buckworth Bailey (1827–1899)), British Anglican missionary to Japan
  • Michael Bailey (cricketer) (born 1954), retired English cricketer
  • Michael Bailey (environmentalist) (born 1954), Canadian member of Greenpeace Foundation
  • Michael Bailey (Canadian football) (born 1982), Canadian footballer for the Toronto Argonauts
  • Michael Bailey (businessman) (born 19??), British CEO of Compass Group
    • Mike Bailey (footballer) (born 1942), English footballer
    • Mike Bailey (actor) (born 1988), English actor
    • Mike Bailey (weatherman), Australian radio presenter and politician
• Mildred Bailey (1907–1951), American singer

N

• Nat Bailey (1902–1978), Canadian restaurateur (White Spot)
• Nathan Bailey (died 1742), English lexicographer
• Neil Bailey (born 1958), English football player, coach and assistant manager
• Nicholas Bailey (born 1971), British actor
• Nick Bailey (born 19??), American guitarist and songwriter
• Nicky Bailey (born 1984), English footballer
• Norma Bailey (born 1949), Canadian film director
• Norman Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Norman Bailey (footballer) (1857–1923)
  • Norman Bailey (musician) (1913–1984), American musician with the Lawrence Welk orchestra
  • Norman Bailey (government official) (born 1931), senior staffer of the US National Security Council
  • Norman Bailey (bass-baritone) (born 1933), British opera singer

O

• Oliver Bailey (born 1982), English cricketer

P

• Patricia Bailey (born 19??), American politician found guilty of voter fraud in Illinois
• Patrick Bailey (born 1985), American football linebacker
• Paul Dayton Bailey (1906–1987), American writer
• Paul Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
• Pearce Bailey (neurologist) (1865–1922), American neurologist and psychiatrist
• Pearl Bailey (1918–1990), American singer and actress
• Peter Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
• Phil Bailey (born 1980), Australian rugby league player
• Philip James Bailey (1816–1902), British poet
• Philip Bailey (born 1951), American singer
• Philip Bailey (cricket writer) (born 1953), British cricket statistician

R

• Ralph Emerson Bailey (1878–1948), American congressman from Missouri
• Ray Bailey (1935–2012), Tasmanian politician
• Raymond Bailey (1904–1980), American actor
• Raymond Bailey (sportsman) (born 1944), English cricketer and footballer
• Razzy Bailey (born 1939), American singer-songwriter
• Rebecca Bailey (born 1974), New Zealand Olympic road cyclist
• Richard W. Bailey (1939–2011), American linguist
• Richard William Bailey (1885–1957), British mechanical engineer
• Rob and Robert Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Rob Bailey (cricketer) (born 1963), English cricketer
  • Rob Bailey (director) (born 19??), English television director
  • Rob Bailey (musician) (born 19??), Australian musician
    • Robert D. Bailey, Sr. (1883–1963), American judge, involved in the Matewan Massacre trials
    • Robert L. Bailey (1892–1957), 5th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
    • Robert D. Bailey, Jr. (1912–1994), American politician who served as West Virginia Secretary of State
    • Robert Bailey (geographer) (born 1939), American geographer
    • Robert E. Bailey (born 19??), U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
    • Robert Bailey (American football) (born 1968), American football player
    • Robert Bailey, Jr. (born 1990), American actor
• Robin Bailey (1919–1999), English actor
• Robin Wayne Bailey (born 1952), American writer
• Rodney Bailey (born 1979), American football defensive end
• Roger Bailey (rugby league) (born 19??), New Zealand rugby league international
• Roger Bailey (born 1970), American baseball player
• Ron and Ronald Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ron Bailey (rugby league) (1914–1989), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 40s
  • Ron Bailey (politician) (1926–2015), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party
    • Ronald Bailey (cricketer) (1923–1990), English cricketer
    • Ronald Bailey (born 1953), American author and editor of books on economics, ecology and biotechnology
• Roy Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Roy Bailey (politician) (born 1928), Canadian Progressive Conservative politician from Saskatchewan
  • Roy Bailey (footballer) (1932–1993), English professional footballer
  • Roy Bailey (folk singer) (born 1935), British socialist folk singer
• Russ Bailey (1897–1949), American football center
  • Ryan Bailey (water polo) (born 1975), American water polo player
  • Ryan Bailey (cricketer) (born 1982), South African cricketer
  • Ryan Bailey (rugby league) (born 1983), English rugby league footballer
  • Ryan Bailey (athlete) (born 1989), American sprinter
  • Ryan C. Bailey (born 19??), American chemist

S

• Sam, Samantha and Samuel Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sam Bailey (singer) (born 1977), British singer, winner of the 2013 series of the UK's X Factor
    • Samantha Bailey (born 2001), American actress
      • Samuel Bailey (1791–1870), British philosopher and writer
• Sarah Bailey (born 1977), British Paralympian swimmer and cyclist now known as Dame Sarah Storey
• Scott Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Scott Field Bailey (1916–2005), bishop
  • Scott Bailey (curler) (born 1970), Canadian curler
  • Scott Bailey (ice hockey) (born 1972), ice hockey player
  • Scott Bailey (actor) (born 1978), American actor
• Sean Bailey (born 19??), American television and film producer
• Shaun Bailey (born 1971), British Conservative politician and political advisor
• Shaun Bailey (born 1990), English cricketer
• Sir Sidney Bailey (1882–1942), British Royal Navy Admiral
• Simon Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Simon Bailey (priest) (1955–1995), Anglican priest and writer
  • Simon T. Bailey (born 1968), American speaker, author, life coach and entrepreneur
  • Simon Bailey (archivist) (born 19??), Keeper of the Archives at the University of Oxford in England
• Sly Bailey, British newspaper executive
• Solon Irving Bailey (1854–1931), American astronomer
• Spencer Bailey (born c.1986), American 3 year old survivor of United Airlines Flight 232 air crash in 1989
• Stacey Bailey (born 1962), American football player
• Sir Stanley Bailey (1926–2008), senior British police officer
• Stanley John Bailey (1901–1980),British professor of law and legal writer
• Stefan Bailey (born 1987), English footballer
• Steve and Steven Bailey, multiple people
  • Steve Bailey (baseball) (born 1942), baseball player
  • Steve Bailey (born 1960), American bassist
    • Steven W. Bailey, American actor
• Stuart Bailey (born 1977), British graphic designer

T

• Tania Bailey (born 1979), British squash player
• Tanya Bailey (born 1981), Australian BMX cyclist
• Teddy Bailey (born 1944), American footballer
• Temple Bailey (c.1869–1963), American writer
• Terry Bailey (born 1947), English footballer
• Theodorus Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Theodorus Bailey (politician) (1758–1828), United States senator from New York
  • Theodorus Bailey (officer) (1805–1877), naval officer in the U.S. Civil War and the senator's nephew
• Thomas Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Thomas Bailey (priest) (died 1657), 17th century religious controversialist
  • Thomas Bailey (topographer) (1785–1856), topographer and writer
  • Thomas P. Bailey (1867–1949), American educator
  • Thomas Jennings Bailey (1867–1963), U.S. federal judge
  • Thomas L. Bailey (1888–1946), American politician, Governor of Mississippi, 1944–1946
  • Thomas A. Bailey (1902–1983), historian and textbook author
  • Thomas H. Bailey (born 19??), American founder of mutual fund Janus
• Thurl Bailey (born 1961), American basketball player
• Tim Bailey (born 19??), Australian journalist, radio and TV presenter and sports reporter
• Toby Bailey (born 1975), American sports agent and former basketball player
• Toby Bailey (cricketer) (born 1976), English wicketkeeper
• Tom Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Tom Bailey (footballer) (born 1888), footballer who played for Lincoln City and Stoke
  • Tom Bailey (American football) (1949–2005), American football player
  • Tom Bailey (musician) (born 1954), English musician
  • Tom Bailey (author) (born 1961), American author and editor
  • Tom Bailey (cricketer) (born 1991), cricketer
• Trevor Bailey (1923–2011), English cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster
• Trevor Bailey (rugby league) (born 1962), Australian rugby league footballer

V

• Vernon Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Vernon Orlando Bailey (1864–1942), US naturalist
  • Vernon Howe Bailey (1874–1953), US artist and photographer
• Victor Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Victor Albert Bailey (1895–1964), British-Australian physicist
  • Victor Bailey (musician) (1960–2016), American bass guitar player
  • Victor Bailey (American football) (born 1970), American football player

W

• W. P. Bailey (fl.1864–1871), English cricketer
• Warren Worth Bailey (1855–1928), American congressman from Pennsylvania
• Wendell Bailey (born 1940), American congressman from Missouri
• Wesley Bailey (1808–1889), American newspaper editor and
• Wilfrid Norman Bailey (1893–1961), British mathematician
• Wilfred Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk (1891–1948), British peer and soldier
• William Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • William J. Bailey (1807–1876), British-born physician and politician in the Oregon Country
  • William Henry Bailey (1831–1908), American author, lawyer, and statesman
  • Sir William Bailey (engineer) (1838-1913), British engineer, businessman, and local politician
  • William Francis Bailey (1842–1915), American politician and judge
  • William Trist Bailey (1846–1910), British-born American land developer
  • William Heap Bailey (1847–1926), British amateur footballer
  • William Bailey Lamar (1853–1928), American politician and lawyer
  • William Frederick Bailey (1857–1917), Irish lawyer and writer
  • William Bailey (cricketer, born 1870) (1870–1930), English cricketer
  • William Bailey (cricketer, born 1898) (1898–1983), Australian cricketer
  • William J. A. Bailey (1884–1949), Harvard University dropout who falsely claimed to be a doctor of medicine
  • William Bailey (actor) (1886–1962), American actor
  • William Bailey (cyclist) (1888–1971), British Olympic cyclist
  • William Bailey (politician) (1889–1975), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1930–1935
  • William H. Bailey (born 1930), artist
  • William Bruce Bailey (born 1962), American rock singer-songwriter known as Axl Rose
  • William A. Bailey (dates unknown), author of Australian railway books
    • Willie Bailey (born 1946), American politician in Mississippi

Fictional Characters

• Beetle Bailey, eponymous cartoon character of Mort Walker
• Beth Bailey, fictional character from Spooks
• Harry Bailey (Coronation Street), fictional character from the British soap opera
• Kelly Bailey (Misfits), fictional character from the British TV series Misfits
• Miranda Bailey, fictional character from Grey's Anatomy
• Paul Bailey (comics), fictional character from the Marvel Universe
• Rachel Bailey, fictional character from English TV show Scott and Bailey
• Will Bailey, fictional character from The West Wing

References

1. 1 2 "Bailey Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk.  Retrieved 23 January 2014

See also

• Bailey (disambiguation)
• Bayley (disambiguation)
• Baillie (surname)
• Bayly (surname)
• Bailey v. Alabama, a Supreme Court of the United States case which overturned the peonage laws of Alabama
• Andy Bailey Provincial Park, in British Columbia, Canada
• The Bill Bailey trilogy by Catherine Cookson
• Carl Bailey Company Building, historic commercial building in North Little Rock, Arkansas
• RNLB H F Bailey (disambiguation), several RNLI lifeboats
• H. E. Bailey Turnpike, toll road in southwestern Oklahoma
• Henry Bailey (sternwheeler), a sternwheel steamboat that operated on Puget Sound
• Jonathan Bailey House (disambiguation), either of two buildings on the American Register of Historic Places
• Lea Bailey Light Railway, narrow gauge heritage railway in the United Kingdom
• Lydia Bailey (novel), 1947 historical novel
• Lydia Bailey, 1952 American film from the book of the same title
• Port Bailey Seaplane Base, public seaplane base in the Kodiak Islands, Alaska
• R. D. Bailey Lake, reservoir in West Virginia, USA
• Sam Bailey Building, historic school building in Griffin, Georgia, U.S.
• Scott & Bailey British detective drama series that debuted on ITV on 29 May 2011