Manly (name)

Manly is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *

Alexander Manly Alexander (or Alex) Lightfoot Manly (May 13, 1866– October 5, 1944) was an newspaper owner and editor who lived in Wilmington, North Carolina. With his brother, Frank G. Manly, as co-owner, he published the ''Daily Record'', the state's only d ...

(1866–1944), newspaper editor *

Charles Manly Charles Manly (May 13, 1795May 1, 1871) was a lawyer who served as the 31st governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1849 to 1851. He was the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office. After one two-year term, Manly was defea ...

(1795–1871), US governor *

Charles M. Manly Charles Matthews Manly (1876–1927) was an American engineer. Manly helped Smithsonian Institution Secretary Samuel Pierpont Langley build The Great Aerodrome, which was intended to be a manned, powered, winged flying machine. Manly made major ...

(1876–1927), aviation pioneer *

James Manly James Douglas Manly (born 29 October 1932) is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands from 1980 to 1988. A member of the New Democratic Party, he also was a clergyman, facto ...

(born 1932), Canadian New Democratic MP *

John Matthews Manly John Matthews Manly (September 2, 1865 — April 2, 1940) was an American professor of English literature and philology at the University of Chicago. Manly specialized in the study of the works of William Shakespeare and Geoffrey Chaucer. His eight ...

(1865–1940), American professor of English literature *

Matthias Evans Manly Matthias Evans Manly (1801–1881) was a jurist who served as a justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1860 to 1865. He was the brother of North Carolina Governor Charles Manly and the son-in-law of state Supreme Court Judge William Gast ...

(1801–1881), American justice *

Paul Manly Paul Manly is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nanaimo—Ladysmith from 2019 until 2021. A member of the Green Party of Canada, he was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on May 6, 2019, making ...

(born 1964), Canadian Green MP, son of Jim *

William L. Manly William Lewis Manly (April 6, 1820 – February 5, 1903) was an American pioneer of the mid-19th century. He was first a fur hunter, a guide of westward bound caravans, a seeker of gold, and then a farmer and writer in his later years. H ...

(1820–1903), 1849 California Gold Rush pioneer Given name: *

Manly Barton Manly George Barton (born March 14, 1949) is an American politician. He is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 109th District, being first elected in 2011. He is a member of the Republican party. References 194 ...

(born 1949), American politician *

Manly Palmer Hall Manly Palmer Hall (18 March 1901 – 29 August 1990) was a Canadian author, lecturer, astrologer and mystic. Over his 70-year career he gave thousands of lectures and published over 150 volumes, of which the best known is ''The Secret T ...

(1901–1990), Canadian author and mystic *

Manly Miles Manly Miles (July 20, 1826 – February 15, 1898) was an American zoologist and agriculturalist. Manly Miles was born at Homer, New York, the son of Manly Miles, a soldier of the Revolution, and Mary Cushman, a lineal descendant of Miles Standish ...

(1826–1898), American zoologist and agriculturalist *

Manly Wade Wellman Manly Wade Wellman (May 21, 1903 – April 5, 1986) was an American writer. While his science fiction and fantasy stories appeared in such pulps as ''Astounding Stories'', ''Startling Stories'', ''Unknown'' and ''Strange Stories'', Wellman is ...

(1903–1986), American writer {{given name, type=both Given names Surnames English-language surnames Surnames of English origin Surnames of British Isles origin