Hammersley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ben Hammersley Ben Hammersley FRSA FRGS (born 3 April 1976) is a British technologist, strategic foresight consultant, futurist, keynote speaker, broadcaster and systems developer, based in New York City. He specializes on Adaptive Futurism and Cognitive Risk ...

(born 1976), British photojournalist *

Charles E. Hammersley Charles E. Hammersley was an American politician. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a Democrat and was a candidate for governor in 1930, when he ran against Philip La Follette and lost. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convent ...

(died 1957), American politician * Frederick Hammersley (1824–1901), Major-General and the first Inspector of Gymnasia in the British Army * Frederick Hammersley (1858-1924), British Army officer, commanded the

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by his division during the Gallipoli Campaign *

Frederick Hammersley Frederick Hammersley (January 5, 1919 – May 31, 2009) was an American abstract painter. His participation in the 1959 '' Four Abstract Classicists'' exhibit secured his place in art history. Early years Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt ...

(1919–2009), American abstract painter * James Astbury Hammersley (1815–1869), English painter, and teacher of art and design *

John Hammersley John Michael Hammersley, (21 March 1920 – 2 May 2004) was a British mathematician best known for his foundational work in the theory of self-avoiding walks and percolation theory. Early life and education Hammersley was born in Helensburgh i ...

(1920–2004), British mathematician *

Martyn Hammersley Martyn Hammersley (born 1949) is a British sociologist whose main publications cover social research methodology and philosophical issues in the social sciences. Biography He studied sociology as an undergraduate at the London School of Economi ...

(born 1949) British sociologist *

Peter Hammersley Rear Admiral Peter Gerald Hammersley CB OBE (nicknamed Spam; 18 May 1928 – 16 January 2020) was an English Royal Navy officer who served from 1946 to 1982. Hammersley won a scholarship to Britannia Royal Naval College to train as a deck o ...

(1928–2020), British admiral *

Rachel Hammersley Rachel Hammersley is Professor of Intellectual History at Newcastle University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and an editorial board member for the journals '' History of European Ideas'' and Global Intellectual History'. Fr ...

(born 1974) British historian *

Rodolfo Hammersley Rodolfo Hammersley (born June 10, 1889, date of death unknown) was a Chilean track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Valparaíso and was the father of Andrés Hammersley and Arturo Hammersley.

(born 1889, date of death unknown), Chilean track and field athlete *

Samuel Hammersley Samuel Schofield Hammersley (22 December 1892 – 28 March 1965) was an industrialist and Conservative Party politician in UK. Educated Hulme Grammar School, Oldham, and King's College, Cambridge. In 1915 during World War I he joined East Lancas ...

(1892–1965), Conservative Party politician in England *

William Hammersley William Josiah Sumner Hammersley (25 September 1826 – 15 November 1886) was an English-born first-class cricketer and sports journalist in Victoria, Australia, one of the four men credited with setting down the original rules of Australian rule ...

(1826–1886), sports journalist in Australia

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