Easterly may refer to anything facing, located in, or coming from, the

East East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...

, particularly: * Easterlies, the

trade winds The trade winds or easterlies are the permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region. The trade winds blow mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisph ...

which blow primarily east-to-west in tropical regions

People

* Catharine F. Easterly (born 1970), American judge in Washington, D.C. * Chris Easterly, American screenwriter *

Dick Easterly Richard B. Easterly (born April 13, 1939) is a former American gridiron football player. He played wide receiver the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats in 1963. Easterly played col ...

(born 1939), American football player * Harry Easterly (1922–2005), American golf administrator *

Jamie Easterly James Morris Easterly (born February 17, 1953) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues for the Atlanta Braves (1974–79), Milwaukee Brewers (1981–83) and Cleveland Indians (1983–87). On June 30, ...

(born 1953), American baseball player *

Jen Easterly Jen Easterly is an American intelligence and former military official who is serving as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration. She was confirmed by a voice vote in the Senate on July 12, ...

(born 1968), American intelligence officer *

Ted Easterly Theodore Harrison Easterly (April 20, 1885 – July 6, 1951) was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Naps (1909–1912), Chicago White Sox (1912–1913) and Kansas City Packers (1914–1915). Easterly batted left-ha ...

(1885–1951), American baseball player *

Thomas Martin Easterly Thomas Martin Easterly (October 3, 1809 – March 12, 1882) was a 19th-century American daguerreotypist and photographer. One of the more prominent and well-known daguerreotypists in the Midwest United States during the 1850s, his studio became o ...

(1809–1882), American photographer *

William Easterly William Russell Easterly (born September 7, 1957) is an American economist, specializing in economic development. He is a professor of economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and co-director of NYU’s Development Research Insti ...

(born 1957), American economist

Places

Easterly, Texas Easterly is an unincorporated community in Robertson County, Texas, United States. Easterly is located on U.S. Route 79, northeast of Franklin. History Easterly was settled in the 1870s under the name Acorn. Its first residents were former resi ...

, an unincorporated community in Robertson County, Texas

People

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