Thornley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*
Ben Thornley (born 1975), English footballer
*
David Thornley
David Thornley (31 July 1935 – 18 June 1978) was an Irish Labour Party politician and university professor at Trinity College Dublin.
Life
Born in Surrey, England, David Thornley took out Irish citizenship. He received a BA and PhD at Trini ...
(1935–1978), Irish politician
*
Douglas Thornley (born 1959), American architect
*
Georges William Thornley (1857–1935), French painter and printmaker
*
Ian Thornley
Ian Thornley (born July 21, 1972) is a Canadian rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is best known for his band Big Wreck as well as Thornley, his solo project during the 2000s.
Career
Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Thornley stud ...
, leader of Thornley, a Canadian rock band
*
Irvine Thornley (1883–1955), English footballer
*
Jeni Thornley
Jeni Thornley (born 1948) is an Australian feminist documentary filmmaker, writer, film valuer and research associate at University of Technology, Sydney. Since leaving her job as Manager of the Women's Film Fund at the Australian Film Commiss ...
(born 1948), Australian feminist documentary filmmaker
*
John Thornley (footballer, born 1885), English footballer
*
John Thornley (footballer, born 1875), English footballer
*
Kerry Wendell Thornley
Kerry Wendell Thornley (April 17, 1938 – November 28, 1998) was an American author. He is known as the co-founder (along with childhood friend Greg Hill) of Discordianism, in which context he is usually known as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst or sim ...
(1938–1998), American Discordian, anarchist, objectivist, Zen Buddhist
*
Peter Thornley
Peter William Thornley (born 19 October 1941) is an English retired professional wrestler who was best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki. The character of Nagasaki was a Japanese samurai with a mysterious past and reputed powers of h ...
(born 1941), English professional wrestler who fought under the name
Kendo Nagasaki
Kendo Nagasaki is a professional wrestling stage name, used as a gimmick of that of a Japanese Samurai warrior with a mysterious past and even supernatural powers of hypnosis. The name derives from the modern martial art of Japanese fencing ( K ...
*
Victoria Thornley
Victoria Thornley (born 30 November 1987) is a Welsh rower. She won a silver medal for Great Britain with Katherine Grainger in the women's double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was also a member of the Great Britain team that finishe ...
(born 1987), Welsh rower
{{surname, Thornley