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associated with the town of Dudley in West Midlands, England. Notable people with the surname include: *
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, KG (c. 1530 – 21 February 1590) was an English nobleman and general, and an elder brother of Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Their father was John Dudley, Duk ...
(c. 1530 – 1590), English general and patron of moderate Puritanism *
Andrew Dudley Sir Andrew Dudley, KG (c. 1507 – 1559) was an English soldier, courtier, and diplomat. A younger brother of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, he served in Henry VIII's navy and obtained court offices under Edward VI. In 1547&n ...
(c. 1507 – 1559), English soldier and courtier *
Anne Dudley Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genre ...
(born 1956), English composer and pop musician * Anne Dudley, maiden name of American poet
Anne Bradstreet Anne Bradstreet (née Dudley; March 8, 1612 – September 16, 1672) was the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Puritan figure in ...
(c. 1612 – 1672) * Benjamin Winslow Dudley (1785–1870), American surgeon and academic in Kentucky. *
Bill Dudley William McGarvey "Bullet Bill" Dudley (December 24, 1921 – February 4, 2010) was an American professional football player in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, and Washington Redskins. He was inducte ...
(1921–2010), American football player * Billy Dudley (1931–1980), Nigerian political scientist *
Bob Dudley Robert Warren Dudley (born September 14, 1955) is an American-born businessman who is a former group chief executive of BP. He had been president and chief executive of TNK-BP and on June 18, 2010, was assigned to be BP executive in charge of t ...
(born 1955), Chief Executive Officer of BP *
Carl Dudley Carl Ward Dudley (1910–1973) was an American film director and producer. He was best known for directing and producing short travelogues. Biography Early life Carl Ward Dudley was born on December 31, 1910, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Career H ...
(1910–1973), American film director and producer *
Charles Benjamin Dudley Charles Benjamin Dudley (July 14, 1842 – December 21, 1909) was a U.S. chemist who was an early proponent of standardisation in industry. Dudley was born in Oxford, New York, and owing to family circumstances, had to wait until 1867 before ...
(1842–1909), American chemist *
Chris Dudley Christen Guilford Dudley (born February 22, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player and politician. He played 886 games across 16 seasons in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets, Portland Trail Blazers, New Yo ...
(born 1965), American basketball player *
Dave Dudley Dave Dudley (born David Darwin Pedruska; May 3, 1928 – December 22, 2003) was an American country music singer best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his semi-slurred bass. His signature song was " Six Da ...
(1928–2003), American country singer *
Doc Dudley Charles Arthur "Doc" Dudley, Jr, (January 10, 1894 – January 24, 1975) was an American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a ...
(1894–1975), Negro league baseball player * Doris Dudley (1917-1965), American actress * Dudd Dudley (1600–1684), pioneer English metallurgist * Ed Dudley (1901–1963), American golfer *
Edmund Dudley Edmund Dudley (c. 1462Gunn 2010 or 1471/147217 August 1510) was an English administrator and a financial agent of King Henry VII. He served as a leading member of the Council Learned in the Law, Speaker of the House of Commons and Presi ...
(c. 1462 or 1471/1472–1510), English politician in the Tudor period *
Edward Bishop Dudley Edward Bishop Dudley (December 15, 1789 – October 30, 1855) was the 28th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1836 to 1841. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Jacksonian from 1829 to 1831. Early life B ...
(1789–1855), American politician, 28th governor of North Carolina *
Ernest Dudley Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen (23 July 1908 – 1 February 2006), known professionally as Ernest Dudley, was an English actor, dramatist, novelist, journalist and screenwriter. Biography Personal life Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen was born in ...
(1908–2006), British writer * George Dudley (1894–1960), Canadian ice hockey administrator and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee *
Lord Guildford Dudley Lord Guildford Dudley (also spelt Guilford) ( 1535 – 12 February 1554) was an English nobleman who was married to Lady Jane Grey. King Edward VI had declared her his heir, and she occupied the English throne from 10 July until 19 Ju ...
(c. 1535 – 1554), husband of Lady Jane Grey *
Helena Dudley Helena Dudley (August 31, 1858 – September 29, 1932) was an American social worker, labor organizer, and pacifist. As director of Denison House in Boston from 1893 to 1912, she was an influential leader in the early settlement ...
(1858–1932) American social worker, labor organizer, and pacifist *
Henry Sutton Dudley Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Dudley (1517–1568) was an English Admiral, soldier, diplomat, and conspirator of the Tudor period. Early life and family Born in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, Henry Dudley was the second son of John Sutton, 3rd Baron ...
(1517–1568), English soldier, sailor, diplomat, and conspirator * Homer Dudley (1896–1987), American inventor of the vocoder. *
James Dudley James Dudley (May 12, 1910 – June 1, 2004) was an American baseball player, professional wrestling manager, and professional wrestling executive. He played Negro league baseball for nine years but is best known for his time with the World ...
(1910–2004), American baseball player and professional wrestling manager and executive * James B. Dudley (1859–1925), president of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University *
Jane Dudley Jane Dudley (April 3, 1912 – September 19, 2001) was an American modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Inspired by her mentor, choreographer Martha Graham, Dudley helped bring her movement inspired by social ills to the American Dance Fe ...
(1912–2001), American dancer, choreographer and teacher * Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (1508/1509–1555), wife of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland * Janet Dudley-Eshbach, President of Salisbury University, Maryland *
Jared Dudley Jared Anthony Dudley (born July 10, 1985) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A forward, he played college basketball for ...
(born 1985), American basketball player * Jimmy Dudley (1909–1999), American sportscaster * John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504–1553), English general, admiral and politician noted for trying to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne of England * John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick (c. 1527 – 1554), son of the 1st Duke of Northumberland * Joseph Dudley (1647–1720), a colonial governor of Massachusetts, son of Thomas Dudley *
Katherine Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon Katherine Hastings (née Dudley), Countess of Huntingdon (c. 1538 or 1543–1545 – 14 August 1620) was an English noblewoman. She was the youngest surviving daughter of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and his wife, ...
(died 1620), daughter of the 1st Duke of Northumberland * Margaret Johnson Erwin Dudley (1821–1863), American plantation owner * Marion Dudley (1972–2006), American murderer *
Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney Lady Mary Sidney (née Dudley; c. 1530–1535Adams 2008c – 9 August 1586) was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Elizabeth I, and the mother of Sir Philip Sidney and Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke. A daughter of ...
(c. 1530–1586), English lady-in-waiting, mother of Sir Philip Sydney * Sir Matthew Dudley (1661–1721), English politician *
Nathan Dudley Nathan Augustus Monroe Dudley (August 20, 1825 – April 29, 1910) was a soldier who served as a colonel of Volunteers and sometimes as an acting brigadier general of Volunteers for the Union Army during the American Civil War. He later served ...
(1825–1910), acting brigadier general for the Union Army in the American Civil War * Owen Francis Dudley (1882–1952) English novelist and Priest * Paul Dudley (jurist) (1675–1751), Attorney General of Massachusetts, son of Joseph Dudley * Paul Dudley (American football) (born 1939) *
Peter Dudley Peter Dudley (21 June 1935 – 20 October 1983) was an English character actor best known for his role as Bert Tilsley in the ITV television series ''Coronation Street''; a role he played continuously from 1979 until his death in 19 ...
(1935–1983), English character actor *
Richard M. Dudley Richard Mansfield Dudley (July 28, 1938 – January 19, 2020) was Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Education and career Dudley was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his BA at Harvard College and receive ...
(1938–2020), mathematics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Robert Charles Dudley (1826–1900), British painter. * Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–1588), favourite and suitor of Queen Elizabeth I * Robert Dudley (explorer) (1574–1649), English explorer and cartographer * Roger Dudley (between 1535 and 1545–1586?/1590), English soldier * Sherman H. Dudley (1872–1940), American vaudeville performer and producer, theater owner *
Terence Dudley Terence Dudley (28 September 1919 – 25 December 1988) was a British television director, producer and screenwriter who worked on many programmes for the BBC. Dudley produced the BBC science fiction series ''Doomwatch'' (1970—72), and direct ...
(1919–1988), British television director and producer * Theodore Robert Dudley (1936–1944), American botanist * Thomas Dudley (1576–1653), colonial magistrate and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony *
Underwood Dudley Underwood Dudley (born January 6, 1937) is an American mathematician. His popular works include several books describing crank mathematics by people who think they have squared the circle or done other impossible things. Career Dudley was b ...
(born 1937), American mathematician *
Uriah Dudley Uriah Dudley FIAME (c. 1852 – 8 February 1909) was a mining engineer, inventor and mine manager in Broken Hill, New South Wales and in Western Australia. He was secretary, Mine Managers Association of Broken Hill from 1890 and general secretary ...
(1852–1909), mine manager in Australia * William Dudley (colonel) (1766–1813), Kentucky militia officer in the War of 1812 *
William Dudley (bishop) William Dudley (died 1483) was Dean of Windsor and then Bishop of Durham. Born William Sutton, of Dudley, he was a younger son of John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley. He was made a canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor and Dean of the Chapel Royal in ...
(died 1483), Bishop of Durham * William C. Dudley (born 1952), economist at the New York Federal Reserve *
William Edward Dudley Sir William Edward Dudley (29 May 1868 – 7 May 1938) was an administrator in the British co-operative movement and a local politician. He lived in Runcorn, Cheshire, throughout his life and, after working with Bridgewater Navigation, he joine ...
(1868–1938), administrator in the British co-operative movement * William S. Dudley (born 1936), U.S. naval historian * William Wade Dudley (1842–1909), American soldier, lawyer and politician * Members of
The Dudley Brothers The Dudley Brothers were a professional wrestling stable active in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1995 and 1999. The gimmick of the group was that, despite their obvious differences in physical appearance and race, the members were all s ...
, a professional wrestling stable (all American, with real names next to their lifespans): **
Big Dick Dudley Alexander Rizzo (January 12, 1968 – May 16, 2002) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Big Dick Dudley. Rizzo was best known for his appearances with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based professional wrestling pr ...
(1968–2002; Alex Rizzo) **
Bubba Ray Dudley Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and Impact Wrestling under the ring name Bully Ray. He was previously known as one-half of The Dudley Boyz tag tea ...
(born 1971; Mark LoMonaco) ** Chubby Dudley (born c. 1970; Bay Ragni) ** D-Von Dudley (born 1972; Devon Hughes) **
Dances with Dudley Adolfo Bermudez is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1995 to 1996 as a member of the Dudley family under the ring name Dances with Dudley (sometimes abbreviated to D.W. D ...
(born c. 1970; Adolfo Bermudez) **
Dudley Dudley (wrestler) Jeffrey Bradley (born 1973) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1995 as a member of the Dudley Brothers under the ring name Dudley Dudley. Early life Bradley was bo ...
(born 1968; Jeff Bradley) ** Sign Guy Dudley (born 1970; Lou D'Angeli), wrestling manager and later a marketing executive outside of wrestling **
Snot Dudley Michael Deek (born June 21, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling on the independent circuit under the ring name Anthony Michaels. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling as a member of T ...
(born 1970; Michael Deek) **
Spike Dudley Matthew Jonathan Hyson (born August 13, 1970) is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Spike Dudley. Prior to WWE, Hyson began performing as Spike Dudley in the 1990s with ...
(born 1970; Matthew Hyson)


See also

* * Dudley (disambiguation)


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