Beardsley is an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert R. Beardsley, builder of

Albert R. Beardsley House Ruthmere, formerly the Albert and Elizabeth Beardsley Residence, is a three-story Beaux-Arts mansion that is the most prominent historic residence in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Built in 1910, the Ruthmere Mansion is now open to the publ ...

in Elkhart, Indiana *

Alfred Beardsley ''State of Nevada v. Orenthal James Simpson, et al.'' was a criminal case prosecuted in 2007–2008 in the U.S. state of Nevada, primarily involving the retired American football player Simpson. On the night of September 13, 2007, a group of ...

, memorabilia dealer involved in the O. J. Simpson robbery case *

Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 187216 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Woodblock printing in Japan, Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He ...

(1872–1898), English illustrator and poet *

Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley (October 21, 1775 – March 24, 1855) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada and New Brunswick. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1775, the son of John Beardsley, chaplain in a loyalis ...

(1775–1855), Canadian lawyer, judge and politician *

Chris Beardsley Christopher Kellan Beardsley (born 28 February 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the fitness coach at club Burton Albion. Beardsley played youth football with Mickleover Sports and Derby Count ...

(born 1984), English footballer *

Craig Beardsley Craig Russell Beardsley (born 1960) is an American former competition swimmer who was a world record-holder in the 200-meter butterfly for three years in the early 1980s. Although he qualified as a member of the ill-fated 1980 U.S. Olympic Tea ...

(born 1960), American swimmer *

Dick Beardsley Dick Beardsley (born March 21, 1956) is an American long-distance runner best known for tying for first place with Inge Simonsen in the inaugural 1981 London Marathon and his close finish with Alberto Salazar in the 1982 Boston Marathon. Ru ...

(born 1956), American marathoner * Don Beardsley (born 1946), Scottish footballer * Doug Beardsley (born 1941), Canadian poet and educator * Eben Edwards Beardsley (1808–1892), American clergyman * Eleanor Beardsley, American radio correspondent based in Paris *

Fred Beardsley Frederick William Beardsley (13 July 1856 – 1939) was an English association football, footballer, chiefly associated with the foundation of Arsenal F.C., Arsenal Football Club. Beardsley was the first ever Vice-captain of what was to be Arse ...

(1856–1929), English footballer associated with the foundation of Arsenal F.C. *

Grenville Beardsley Grenville Beardsley II (January 12, 1898 – June 3, 1960) was Attorney General of Illinois from 1959 to 1960.'Illinois Blue Book 1959-1960,' Biographical Sketch of Grenville Beardsley, pg. 98 Early life and education Beardsley was born in ...

, Illinois Attorney General for 1959–1960 *

Helen Beardsley Helen Eileen Beardsley (née Brandmeir, formerly North; April 5, 1930 – April 26, 2000) was the mother of a noted blended family of twenty children — eight by her first marriage to Richard North, ten stepchildren from her second husban ...

(1930–2000), American mother of a blended family with 20 children and writer about her family experiences *

Henry M. Beardsley Henry Mahan Beardsley (October 20, 1858 – April 19, 1938) was an attorney, civic leader, and the Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1906 to 1907. Early life Henry Beardsley was born on a farm near Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio one of six ...

(1858–1938), Mayor of Kansas City * Jason Beardsley (born 1989), English footballer * John Beardsley (cleric) (1732–1808), Canadian clergyman * John Beardsley (colonel) (1816–1906), Union Army colonel *

John Beardsley (New York politician) John Beardsley (November 9, 1783 – May 11, 1857) was an American farmer, merchant, banker and politician from New York. Life He was born on November 9, 1783, in Southbury, Connecticut, the son of Eliakim Beardsley (1744–1798) and Esther (Sher ...

(1783–1857), American politician * Joseph W. Beardsley (1820–1868), Wisconsin politician * Kevin Beardsley, former New Zealand sprinter *

Levi Beardsley Levi Beardsley (November 13, 1785 – March 19, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was the son of Obadiah Beardsley (1763–1841) and Eunice (Moore) Beardsley (1765–1811). He was born on the Beardsley's farm where ...

(1785–1857), New York lawyer and politician *

Mabel Beardsley Mabel Beardsley (24 August 1871 – 8 May 1916) was an English Victorian actress and elder sister of the famous illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, who according to her brother's biographer, "achieved mild notoriety for her exotic and flamboyant appeara ...

(1871–1916), English actress *

Melville W. Beardsley Melville Whitnel Beardsley (10 October 1913 in Kansas City, Missouri – 26 November 1998 in Carmel, California) was the American inventor and aeronautical engineer whose pioneering efforts may have contributed to the invention of the hover ...

(1913–1998), American inventor and aeronautical engineer *

Mimi Alford Marion Fay "Mimi" Alford (née Beardsley; born May 7, 1943) is an American woman who allegedly had an affair with President John F. Kennedy while she served as an intern in the White House press office between 1962 and 1963. Despite the affai ...

(born 1943), née Beardsley, American woman who allegedly had an affair with President John F. Kennedy *

Monroe Beardsley Monroe Curtis Beardsley (; December 10, 1915 – September 18, 1985) was an American philosopher of art. Biography Beardsley was born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and educated at Yale University (B.A. 1936, Ph.D. 1939), where he re ...

(1915–1985), American philosopher *

Peter Beardsley Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE (born 18 January 1961) is an English football coach and former footballer who played as a forward or midfielder between 1979 and 1999. In 1987, he set a record transfer fee in the English game and represented his coun ...

(born 1961), English footballer * Ralph Beardsley (1891–1920), American racecar driver *

Samuel Beardsley Samuel Beardsley (February 6, 1790 – May 6, 1860) was an American attorney, judge and legislator from New York. During his career he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, New York Attorney General, United States Att ...

(1790–1860), New York lawyer and politician * Sidney Burr Beardsley (1823–1890), justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court *

William Beardsley (disambiguation) William Beardsley may refer to: * William Beardsley (politician) (born 1942), American politician from Maine *William Beardsley (settler) William Beardsley (1605–1661) was one of the first settlers of Stratford, Connecticut (abt. 1635). Biography ...

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