Hadley (name)

Hadley is a both a surname and a given name that is a transferred use of a place name of

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 ...

origin that means “heather field.” The name has increased in popularity in recent years for girls in the United States and has ranked among the top 200 names used for American girls since 2011. Spelling variants such as Hadlee and Hadleigh are also in wide use. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *

Arthur Twining Hadley Arthur Twining Hadley (, ; April 23, 1856 – March 6, 1930) was an American economist who served as President of Yale University from 1899 to 1921. Biography He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of James Hadley, Professor of Greek at Y ...

(1856–1930), American economist *

Arthur Hadley (footballer) Arthur Hadley (5 May 1876–1963) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse and Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The te ...

(1876–1963), English footballer *

Bert Hadley Robert C. Hadley (April 12, 1882 – December 30, 1968) was an American stage and early silent film actor who appeared in over sixty motion pictures between 1912 and 1927. Hadley quit acting as he approached middle age to later become a succes ...

(1882–1968), American actor *

David Hadley David Frederick Hadley (born November 14, 1964) is an American businessman and former politician, who served in the California State Assembly, representing the 66th Assembly District, which consists of most of the South Bay region of Los Angel ...

(born 1964), American businessman and former politician * Della Hadley (born 1929), American politician *

George Hadley George Hadley (12 February 1685 – 28 June 1768) was an English lawyer and amateur meteorologist who proposed the atmospheric mechanism by which the trade winds are sustained, which is now named in his honour as Hadley circulation. As a key ...

, meteorologist * George Hadley (footballer) (1893–1963), half-back for Southampton, Aston Villa, and Coventry City *

Hap Hadley Alvan Cordell "Hap" Hadley (March 16, 1895 – August 4, 1976) was an American artist specializing in pen and ink representations of popular subjects. He created posters for various films, including Buster Keaton's '' The General'' (1926) an ...

(1895-1976), American artist *

Harry Hadley Harry Hadley (26 October 1877 – 22 October 1947) was an English professional football player and manager. He played once for the England national team. Playing career Hadley was born in Barrow-in-Furness. Having had little junior football e ...

(1877–1942), England international footballer *

Henry Hadley (died 1914) Henry Hadley (27 March 1863 – 5 August 1914) was an English civilian who was fatally shot in Germany, allegedly while resisting arrest, on 3 August 1914, the day before the United Kingdom's entry into the First World War. He is sometimes descri ...

, "first British casualty" of World War I *

Henry Kimball Hadley Henry Kimball Hadley (20 December 1871 – 6 September 1937) was an American composer and Conducting, conductor.''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'', 8th edition, p. 692 Early life Hadley was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, t ...

, US composer * Herbert S. Hadley (1872–1927), Governor of Missouri *

Jackson Hadley Jackson Hadley (May 22, 1815March 3, 1867) was an American businessman and Democratic politician. He served three years each in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing Milwaukee County. Biography Born in Livonia, New York, he wa ...

, American businessman and politician *

Jerry Hadley Jerry Hadley (June 16, 1952 – July 18, 2007) was an American operatic tenor. He received three Grammy awards for his vocal performances in the recordings of ''Jenůfa'' (2004 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording), ''Susannah'' (1995 Grammy Awar ...

(1952–2007), American opera tenor *

John Hadley John Hadley (16 April 1682 – 14 February 1744) was an English mathematician, and laid claim to the invention of the octant, two years after Thomas Godfrey claimed the same. Biography He was born in Bloomsbury, London the eldest son of ...

(1682–1744), astronomer and inventor of the octant *

John Hadley (chemist) John Hadley (1731 – 5 November 1764) was an English chemist and physician. Born in London to Henry Hadley, he was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1753. In 1756 he was appointed the fourth Professor of Chemistry ...

(1731–1764), cooperated with Benjamin Franklin on latent heat experiments * John Hadley (philosopher) (born 1966), Australian philosopher *

John V. Hadley John Vestal Hadley (c. 1839–1842 – November 17, 1915) was an United States of America, American lawyer, politician, judge, historian, and writer who served in the Indiana Senate and as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 2, 18 ...

(c. 1839–1842–1915), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * Joshua Hadley, Republic of Texas politician *

Patrick Hadley Patrick Arthur Sheldon Hadley (5 March 1899 – 17 December 1973) was a British composer. Biography Patrick Sheldon Hadley was born on 5 March 1899 in Cambridge. His father, William Sheldon Hadley, was at that time a fellow of Pembroke Co ...

, British composer *

Ray Hadley Raymond Morris Hadley OAM (born 27 September 1954) is an Australian talkback radio broadcaster and a rugby league football commentator for Channel Nine. He presents 2GB Sydney's Monday to Friday morning show, and leads the Continuous Call T ...

, Australian radio broadcaster * Stephen Hadley, United States National Security Advisor * Thomas Jefferson Hadley, American Revolutionary war captain *

Tony Hadley Anthony Patrick Hadley (born 2 June 1960) is an English pop singer. He rose to fame in the 1980s as the lead singer of the new wave band Spandau Ballet and launched a solo career following the group's split in 1990. Hadley returned to the ban ...

, British pop singer and lead voice of Spandau Ballet during the 1980s * William M. Hadley, American educator Given name: *

Hadley Fraser Robert Hugh "Hadley" Fraser (born 21 April 1980) is an English actor and singer. He made his West End debut as Marius in ''Les Misérables''. He also originated the role of Tiernan in the Broadway show '' The Pirate Queen''. Life and career ...

, British theatre actor *

Hadley Freeman Hadley Clare Freeman (born 15 May 1978) is an American British journalist based in London. She writes for ''The Sunday Times'', having previously written for ''The Guardian''. Early life Freeman was born in New York City to a Jewish family. ...

, UK fashion journalist *

Hadley Richardson Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (November 9, 1891 – January 22, 1979) was the first wife of American author Ernest Hemingway. The two married in 1921 after a courtship of less than a year, and moved to Paris within months of being married. In Paris, ...

, first wife of Ernest Hemingway, grandmother to Margaux and Mariel Hemingway *

Hadley Wickham Hadley Alexander Wickham (born 14 October 1979) is a statistician from New Zealand and Chief Scientist at Posit, PBC (former RStudio Inc.) and an adjunct Professor of statistics at the University of Auckland, Stanford University, and Rice Un ...

, data scientist and software developer Fictional characters: * Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, character in the TV series ''House'' {{given name, type=both English-language surnames English toponymic surnames