Berkeley is a surname. It is also used, uncommonly, as a given name. The name is a habitation name from

Berkeley, Gloucestershire Berkeley ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, parish in the Stroud (district), Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Vale of Berkeley between the east bank of the River Severn and the M5 motorway. The town is ...

, England, itself derived from

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

''beorce léah'' meaning ''birch lea''. People with the name include: * The Berkeley family of England ** Baron Berkeley **

Berkeley baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Berkeley, both in the Baronetage of England. The Berkeley Baronetcy, of Wymondham in the County of Leicester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for Henry ...

** Anne Berkeley, Baroness Berkeley, lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife ** Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess of Ormond, wife of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond and daughter of the above **

Lady Henrietta Berkeley Lady Henrietta Berkeley (–1706) was an English aristocrat notorious for having an affair with her elder sister's husband, Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, Lord Grey of Warke. The affair began in 1681 when Berkeley was not yet an adult and ...

(born c. 1664, died 1706) * Anthony Berkeley Cox or Anthony Berkeley, writer *

Ballard Berkeley Ballard Blascheck (6 August 1904 – 16 January 1988), known professionally as Ballard Berkeley, was an English actor of stage and screen. He is best remembered for playing Major Gowen in the British television sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''. Life an ...

(1904–1988), English actor * Busby Berkeley, film choreographer * Edmund Berkeley (1909-1988), mathematician and computer scientist * Elizabeth Berkeley (c1713-1799), wife of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort *

George Berkeley George Berkeley (; 12 March 168514 January 1753) – known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne of the Anglican Church of Ireland) – was an Anglo-Irish philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called "immate ...

(1685–1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, Irish philosopher *

George Berkeley (died 1746) George Berkeley (1693? – 29 October 1746) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 26 years from 1720 to 1746. Early life Berkeley was the fourth and youngest son of Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley, and his wife Eliz ...

(1680–1746), MP for Dover 1720–1734 *

Grantley Berkeley The Honourable George Charles Grantley FitzHardinge Berkeley (10 February 1800 – 20 February 1881), known as Grantley Berkeley, was a British politician, writer and sportsman. Background and education Berkeley was the sixth son of Frederick Ber ...

(1800–1881), British politician, writer *

Humphrey Berkeley Humphry John Berkeley (21 February 192614 November 1994) was a British politician and author. He was noted for his three changes of parties and his early support for Gay rights in Britain, gay rights. He is also remembered for a series of hoax ...

(1926–1994), British politician * John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602–1678), English soldier *

John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton Admiral John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1663 – 27 February 1697) was an English admiral, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family. Biography He was the second son of John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, and succ ...

(1663–1697), English admiral *

Jon Berkeley Jon Berkeley (born 1962) is a Dublin-born illustrator and children's author. Background He travelled widely in the 1980s, working freelance in London, Sydney and Hong Kong before returning to Dublin in 1992, where he formed a loose coalitio ...

, author and illustrator * Sir

Lennox Berkeley Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley (12 May 190326 December 1989) was an English composer. Biography Berkeley was born on 12 May 1903 in Oxford, England, the younger child and only son of Aline Carla (1863–1935), daughter of Sir James Char ...

(1903–1989), English composer *

Mary Berkeley Mary Andray Berkeley (married name Berkeley-Agyepong (born 3 October 1965) is a female retired English long jumper. Athletics career Berkeley represented Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics. She represented England and won a silver medal ...

(born 1965), English long jumper *

Mary Berkeley (courtier) Mary Andray Berkeley (married name Berkeley-Agyepong (born 3 October 1965) is a female retired English long jumper. Athletics career Berkeley represented Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics. She represented England and won a silver medal ...

, alleged mistress of Henry VIII and mother of his son, John Perrot *

Matthew Berkeley Matthew Anthony Berkeley (born 3 August 1987) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in England, he made two appearances for the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team in 2011. Club career Born in Manchester, Berkeley began his career with ...

(born 1987), English footballer *

Michael Berkeley Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of Knighton, (born 29 May 1948) is an English composer, broadcaster on music and member of the House of Lords. Early life Berkeley is the eldest of the three sons of Elizabeth Freda (née Bernstein ...

(born 1948), British composer and broadcaster * Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803–1889), English cryptogramist and clergyman *

Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (c. 1717 – 15 October 1770), was a British courtier, member of parliament, and royal governor of the colony of Virginia from 1768 until his death in 1770. Life Norborne Berkeley was born about 1 ...

(1718–1770), Member of Parliament and governor of Virginia Colony * Randolph Carter Berkeley, a United States Marine Corps major general who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz. *

Reginald Cheyne Berkeley Reginald Cheyne Berkeley (18 August 1890 – 30 March 1935) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, and later a writer of stage plays, then a screenwriter in Hollywood. He had trained as a lawyer. He died in Los Angeles from pneumo ...

(1890–1935), British Liberal Party Member of Parliament 1922–1924, then a playwright and scriptwriter *

Theresa Berkeley Theresa Berkley or Berkeley (died September 1836) was a 19th-century English dominatrix who ran a brothel in Hallam Street, just to the east of Portland Place, Marylebone, London, specialising in flagellation. She is notable as the inventor of ...

(died 1836), London dominatrix * Sir William Berkeley (governor) (1605–1677), governor of Virginia * Sir William Berkeley (Royal Navy officer) (1639–1666), English naval officer and admiral *

Vivian Berkeley Vivian Berkeley (born August 9, 1941) is a Canadian two-time World Blind Lawn Bowling Champion, 1996 Paralympic Games Silver Medalist and 2002 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist. Over her 21-year decorated career (1994–2015), Vivi ...

(born 1941), blind Canadian lawn bowling champion and 1996 paralympic silver medalist *

Xander Berkeley Alexander Harper Berkeley (born December 16, 1955) is an American actor and voice actor. Since beginning his career in the early 1980s, he has appeared in over 200 film and television projects. His film roles include '' Terminator 2: Judgment Da ...

(born 1955), American actor

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