Stanley (name)

Persons with the given name

• Stanley Adams , American singer and lyricist
• Stanley Adams , American actor and screenwriter
• Stanley Adams
• Stanley T. Adams, American Army officer, recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Korean War
• Stan Arthur, U.S. Navy officer; Vice Chief of Naval Operations 1992–95
• Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer
• Stanley Baldwin, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Stanley Burrell, American rapper known as MC Hammer
• Stanley Cavell, American philosopher
• Stanley Chais, American investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal
• Stanley Clarke, American jazz and funk bassist
• Stanley Clements, American actor and comedian
• Stanley Cohen , American Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate
• Stan Cohen , British Labour politician
• Stanley Cohen , founder and president of Speakeasy Computing Corporation
• Stanley Cohen , Martin White Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics
• Stanley Norman Cohen, American geneticist
• Stanley G. Cohen, president of Five Towns College
• Stanley Donen, American film director and choreographer
• Stan Drake, American cartoonist
• Stanley Ann Dunham, American anthropologist, mother of Barack Obama
• Stanley Ellis , English linguistics scholar and broadcaster
• Stanley Ellis , English cricketer
• Stanley Fields , American biologist
• Stanley Fields , American actor
• Stanley Fischer, Israeli American economist
• Stanley Fisher, 24th Chief Justice of Ceylon
• Stanley Goble, Royal Australian Air Force commander
• Stanley G. Grizzle, Canadian citizenship judge and labour union activist
• Stanley Heaps, English architect responsible for the design of a number of stations on the London Underground system
• Stanley Johnson , American basketball player
• Stanley Johnson , British author and politician, writer on environmental and population issues, MEP 1979–1984
• Stanley Johnson , English solicitor and Conservative Party politician, MP 1918–1924
• Stanley Jones , British Olympic cyclist
• Stanley A. Klein, American neuroscientist
• Stanley H. Klein, American architect
• Stanley Kramer, American film director and producer
• Stanley Krippner, American psychologist, parapsychologist, and Professor of Psychology at Saybrook University
• Stanley Kubrick, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
• Stanley Kurtz, American conservative commentator
• Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, English comic actor, writer and film director
• Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, and publisher
• Stanley Lewis , Canadian sculptor
• Stanley Cornwell Lewis, British portrait painter and illustrator
• Stanley G. Love, American scientist and astronaut
• Stan Love , American basketball player
• Sir Stanley Matthews, British footballer
• Stanley Mazor, American electrical engineer and inventor
• Stanley A. McChrystal, former Commander, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan
• Stanley Middleton, British novelist
• Stanley Morgan Jr., American football player
• Stanley Nelson Jr., American documentary filmmaker
• Stanley Ocitti, Ugandan basketball player
• Stan Owen, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
• Stanley G. Payne, American historian and Hispanist
• Stanley Plotkin, American physician, vaccinologist, and immunologist
• Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist and biochemist
• Stanley Rogers Resor, American lawyer and military officer; 9th United States Secretary of the Army
• Stanley Jedidiah Samartha, Indian theologian
• Stanley Savige, Australian soldier and businessman
• Stanley Schmidt, American science fiction author and editor
• Stanley Shanfield, American inventor
• Stanley Shakespeare, American football player
• Stanley Sheff, Hollywood born director and writer
• Stanley Gerald Umphrey Shier, 18th Canadian Surgeon General
• Stanley Tillekeratne, former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
• Stanley Tucci, American actor, writer, producer and film director
• Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist
• Stanley Unwin , South African-born comedic writer and performer
• Stanley Unwin , British publisher, founder of George Allen and Unwin
• Stanley Wagner, several people
• Stanley J. Wawrzyniak, American Marine officer, recipient of two Navy Crosses during Korean War
• Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science fiction writer
• Stanley Wojcicki, Polish American emeritus professor and former chair of the physics department at Stanford University
• Stanley Wolpert, American historian and Indologist

  Persons with the family name

• Aileen Stanley, American popular singer
• Allan Stanley, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Alessandra Stanley, American journalist
• Antwaun Stanley, American singer, songwriter
• Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, English churchman, dean of Westminster
• Barney Stanley, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Bob Stanley , American former baseball player
• Bob Stanley , English musician
• Brian Stanley
• Charles Stanley
• Chase Stanley, Australian-New Zealand Rugby League player
• Christopher Stanley, American actor
• David S. Stanley, Union general in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
• Edward Stanley , English bishop of Norwich
• Edward Stanley
• Emily Stanley, American limnologist
• Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist
• Florence Stanley, American actress
• Francis Edgar Stanley, co-inventor of the Stanley Steamer
• Frank C. Stanley, late 19th-early 20th-century American popular singer; stage name for William S. Grinsted
• Freelan O. Stanley, co-inventor of the Stanley Steamer and founder of the Stanley Hotel
• Frederick Trent Stanley, American industrialist, founder of Stanley Works
• George F.G. Stanley, Canadian historian and designer of the Canadian flag
• Ginger Stanley, American model, actress and stunt woman
• Henrietta Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley, campaigner for women's education
• Henrietta Stanley Dull, American food writer
• Henry Stanley, American businessman and founder of Stanley Rule and Level Company, cousin of Frederick Trent Stanley
• Henry Stanley
• Henry Bruce 'Harry' Stanley, Scottish painter and decorator. The Death of Harry Stanley when he was mistakenly shot by police led to a protracted legal dispute.
• Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-American journalist and explorer, searched for Dr. Livingstone
• Ian Stanley, British musician
• James Stanley, several people
• John Stanley, several people
• Kim Stanley, American actress
• Matt Stanley, New Zealand comedian
• Mervin C. Stanley, New York politician
• Michael Stanley, American rock singer
• Mickey Stanley, American baseball player
• Mike Stanley, American baseball player
• Mike Stanley , New Zealand Olympic rower and sports administrator
• Millicent Preston-Stanley, Australian feminist and politician
• Nate Stanley, American football player
• Oliver Stanley, British politician
• Owen Stanley, British naval captain
• Owsley Stanley, American "underground" chemist, mass-produced LSD
• Paco Stanley, Mexican television entertainer, assassinated
• Paul Stanley, American rock guitarist and vocalist
• Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, one of the Stanley Brothers
• Richard Stanley , South African-born film director
• Richard P. Stanley, American mathematician at MIT
• Richard Stanley , British Conservative Party Member of Parliament 1950–1966
• Robbie Stanley, American auto racing driver
• Sidney Stanley, Polish-British businessman
• Sidney Stanley , South African cricketer
• Steven J. C. Stanley, Jamaican audio engineer and producer
• Steven M. Stanley, paleontologist
• The Stanley Brothers, Carter and Ralph, American bluegrass musicians
• Thomas Stanley , English author and translator
• Thomas Bahnson Stanley, American politician, governor of Virginia 1954–1958
• Venetia Stanley, English noblewoman
• Venetia Stanley, English socialite, intimate friend of H. H. Asquith
• Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist, virologist, and Nobel prize laureate
• William Stanley, British inventor and businessman
• William Stanley , fought at the Battle of Bosworth Field
• William Stanley , English military commander, under Queen Elizabeth I
• William Stanley, Jr., American physicist
• Winifred C. Stanley, U.S. Representative from New York

  English nobility and gentry

• any of the Stanley Baronets
• any of the Barons Stanley
• any of the Baron Stanley of Alderley
• Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, president of the Board of Trade, chairman of London Passenger Transport Board
• Lady Anne Stanley, possible heir to the English throne
• Anne Stanley, Countess of Ancram, wife of the 1st Earl of Ancram
• Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley, name used by many generations of the Stanley family
• Edward John Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield and Stanley of Alderley
• Henrietta Stanley, 4th Baroness Strange, English peeress
• Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby
• James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
• Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
• William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby