Kelsey is an English surname and originated from an Old English place name in

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

, England. The place name derived from words meaning "Ceol's island" (Mills 1991). In modern times Kelsey has also become a given name for boys and girls in English-speaking countries. Kelsey comes from "island of the ships" in Irish and Scots, and "a dweller on the island, by the water" from Norwegian. Kelsey may refer to:

Actors

Edward Kelsey Edward Harry Kelsey (4 June 193023 April 2019) was an English actor. He was best known for voicing the role of Joe Grundy for 34 years in ''The Archers'' on BBC Radio 4 and for voicing various other characters on television. Early Life and ca ...

(1930–2019), English actor * Greg Kelsey (1893-1967), stage name of British-born actor William Gregory Kelsall *

Ian Kelsey Ian Kelsey (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Dave Glover in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', Patrick Spiller in the BBC medical drama '' Casualty'', DI Richard Mayne in the ITV crime drama '' Blue Mur ...

(born 1966), British television actor *

Linda Kelsey Linda Jean Kelsey is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Billie Newman on the CBS drama television series '' Lou Grant'' (1977–1982), which earned her three Golden Globe Award nominations and five Primetime Emmy Award nom ...

(born 1946), American television actress

Athletes

* Arthur Kelsey (1871–1955), English footballer *

Jack Kelsey Alfred John "Jack" Kelsey (19 November 1929 – 18 March 1992) was a Welsh international football goalkeeper, who also played for Arsenal. He is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers to play for Wales. Early life Jack Kelsey was born at ...

(1929–1992), Welsh football goalkeeper *

Lloyd Kelsey Lloyd, Lloyd's, or Lloyds may refer to: People * Lloyd (name), a variation of the Welsh word ' or ', which means "grey" or "brown" ** List of people with given name Lloyd ** List of people with surname Lloyd * Lloyd (singer) (born 1986), Americ ...

(1897–1948), American tug-of-war competitor

Politicians and public servants

Charles Kelsey (New York politician) Charles Kelsey (August 24, 1821 – April 15, 1866) was an American politician from New York. Life Kelsey was born on August 24, 1821, in Poughkeepsie, New York, the son of mechanic James Kelsey and Rachel Ellen DuBois. Kelsey learned carpentry ...

(1821–1866), American politician * Edwin B. Kelsey, American politician, lawyer, and businessman *

Thomas Kelsey Thomas Kelsey (died c. 1680) rose from obscurity as a "London tradesman" to become an important figure in the government of Oliver Cromwell. Kelsey enlisted in the New Model Army and fought on the side of Parliament during the English Civil W ...

(died c. 1680), important figure in the government of Oliver Cromwell * William H. Kelsey (1812–1879), U.S. Congressman (1855–1859) *

Tim Kelsey Tim Kelsey is CEO of Beamtree, an international pioneer in health data analytics based in Sydney, Australia. Beamtree (formerly PKS) is an Australian Healthcare company (ASX:BMT) that works around the world to better capture, manage and leverage ...

former National Director for Patients and Information in the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

Other

Benjamin Kelsey Benjamin or Ben Kelsey (1813 Kentucky – February 19, 1889 Los Angeles, California) was an early American pioneer of California with his brothers Andy and Sam Kelsey. He was a founder, often with one or more of his brothers, of several settleme ...

(1813–1889), California pioneer, husband of Nancy Kelsey. *

Benjamin S. Kelsey Benjamin Scovill Kelsey (March 9, 1906 – March 3, 1981) was an American aeronautical engineer and test pilot. Serving as America's chief fighter projects officer, he helped bring success in World War II to the United States Army Air Forces ...

(1906–1981), American Air Force test pilot and aeronautical engineer *

Carl Kelsey Carl Kelsey (September 2, 1870 in Grinnell, Iowa—October 15, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American sociologist and professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Biography A native of Grinnell, Iowa, Kelsey was educated ...

(1870–1953), American sociologist *

Frances Oldham Kelsey Frances Kathleen Kelsey ( Oldham; July 24, 1914 – August 7, 2015) was a Canadian-American pharmacologist and physician. As a reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), she refused to authorize thalidomide for market because sh ...

(1914–2015), naturalized American pharmacologist *

Henry Kelsey Henry Kelsey ( – 1 November 1724) was an English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. He is the first recorded European to have visited the present-day provi ...

(c. 1667–1724), English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company *

Hugh Kelsey Hugh Walter Kelsey (1926 – 18 March 1995) was a British bridge player and writer, best known for advanced books on the play of the cards. Life Kelsey was born and died in Edinburgh. He was a combatant in World War II, and subsequently lived ...

(1926–1995), Scottish bridge player and writer *

John Kelsey (cryptanalyst) John Kelsey is a cryptographer who works at NIST. His research interests include cryptanalysis and design of symmetric cryptography primitives (block ciphers, stream ciphers, cryptographic hash functions, MACs), analysis and design of cryptographi ...

, cryptographer currently working at NIST *

Nancy Kelsey Nancy Kelsey (August 1, 1823, in Barren County, Kentucky – August 10, 1896, in Cuyama, California) was a member of the Bartleson–Bidwell Party. She was the first white woman to travel overland from Missouri, seeing Utah and Nevada before cross ...

, California pioneer, first white American woman to walk into California, called the Betsy Ross of California for sewing the Bear Flag

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