Coakley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Adam Coakley
Adam Thomas Coakley (born 19 October 1987 in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker. He is the son of property tycoon Tom Coakley, who in 2007 expressed an interest in buying Motherwell where his son was a player. Coakley quit ...
(born 1987), Scottish football striker
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Andy Coakley
Andrew James Coakley (November 20, 1882 – September 27, 1963) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1902–1906), Cincinnati Reds (1907–1908), Chicago Cubs (1908–1909), and New York H ...
(1882–1963), US baseball pitcher born in Providence, Rhode Island
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Cheryl Coakley-Rivera
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera (previously Cheryl A. Rivera) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, she served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2014.
In the legislature, she represented t ...
(active 1995–2014), US politician from Massachusetts
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Daniel Coakley (born 1989), Filipino/US swimmer, member of Philippine team at 2007 Southeast Asian Games
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Dexter Coakley
William Dexter Coakley (born October 20, 1972) is a former American football linebacker who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was a third round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys in the 1997 NFL Draft, out of Division ...
(born 1972), US American football linebacker
*Jackie Coakley (active 2014–2016), US student involved in sexual assault allegations reported in retracted article
A Rape on Campus
"A Rape on Campus" is a retracted, defamatory ''Rolling Stone'' magazine article written by Sabrina Erdely and originally published on November 19, 2014, that describes a purported group sexual assault at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Ch ...
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John Coakley
John Coakley is an emeritus professor in the School of Politics & International Relations at University College Dublin, where he was formerly director of the Institute of British-Irish Studies. He also holds the title of Distinguished Internati ...
(active 1994–2016), professor in School of Politics & International Relations, University College, Dublin
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Martha Coakley
Martha Mary Coakley (born July 14, 1953) is an American lobbyist and lawyer who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. Prior to serving as Attorney General, she was District Attorney of Middlesex County from 1999 to 2007 ...
(born 1953), US Attorney General of Massachusetts
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Paul Stagg Coakley (born 1955), US Roman Catholic prelate
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Sarah Coakley
Sarah Anne Coakley (born 1951) is an English Anglican priest, systematic theologian and philosopher of religion with interdisciplinary interests. She is an honorary professor at the Logos Institute, the University of St Andrews, after she step ...
(born 1951), English Anglican theologian
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Tommy Coakley
Thomas Coakley (born 21 May 1947) is a Scottish former football player and coach. Coakley, who played as a right winger, made 95 league appearances in a professional career which saw him play in Scotland, England, and the United States. After ret ...
(born 1947), Scottish football player and coach
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Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born 1966), US mainstream fiction author
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