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People

Albert Paley Albert Paley (born 1944) is an American modernist metal sculptor. Initially starting out as a jeweler, Paley has become one of the most distinguished and influential metalsmiths in the world. Within each of his works, three foundational element ...

(born 1944), a modernist American metal sculptor * A. G. V. Paley, British army officer and first Chief of the Defence Staff of Ghana * Edward Paley (1823–1895), Lancaster architect *

Frederick Apthorp Paley Frederick Apthorp Paley (14 January 1815 – 8 December 1888), was an English classical scholar. Life Born at Easingwold in Yorkshire, to Rev. Edmund Paley and Sarah (née Apthorp), he was the grandson of William Paley, and brother of architect E.G ...

(1815–1888), English classical scholar *

Grace Paley Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 – August 22, 2007) was an American short story author, poet, teacher, and political activist. Paley wrote three critically acclaimed collections of short stories, which were compiled in the Pulitzer Prize and Na ...

(1922–2007), writer and peace activist * Henry Paley (1859–1946), Lancaster architect, son of Edward *

Maureen Paley Maureen Paley (born 1953Sleeman, Elizabeth (ed.) ''The International Who's Who of Women'' (London and New York: Routledge, 2002), p. 431. Entry on Paley available as snippet viehere/ref>) is the American owner of a contemporary art gallery in B ...

(born 1953), an American art dealer, based in London, England *

Nina Paley Nina Carolyn Paley (born May 3, 1968) is an American cartoonist, animator, and free culture movement, free culture activist. She was the artist and often the writer of the comic strips ''Nina's Adventures'' and ''Fluff'', after which she worked ...

American cartoonist, animator and free culture activist *

Princess Olga Paley Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley (2 December 1865 – 2 November 1929) was the morganatic second wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia. Early life and first marriage She was born as Olga Karnovich in Saint Petersburg, the daught ...

, second wife of

Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (russian: Павел Александрович; 3 October 1860 – 28 January 1919) was the sixth son and youngest child of Emperor Alexander II of Russia by his first wife, Empress Maria Alexandrov ...

Raymond Paley Raymond Edward Alan Christopher Paley (7 January 1907 – 7 April 1933) was an English mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical analysis before dying young in a skiing accident. Life Paley was born in Bournemouth, Engl ...

(1907–1933), mathematician * Reid Paley, musician *

Vladimir Paley Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley (russian: Князь Владимир Павлович Палей; 9 January 1897 – 18 July 1918) was a Russian nobleman and poet who was murdered by the Bolsheviks when he was 21 years old. Life He was born ...

(1897–1918), Russian poet, son of Olga *

William Paley William Paley (July 174325 May 1805) was an English clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian. He is best known for his natural theology exposition of the teleological argument for the existence of God in his work ''Natu ...

(1743–1805), Christian apologist and philosopher *

William S. Paley William Samuel Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990) was an American businessman, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS) from a small radio network into ...

(1901–1990), broadcaster

Other uses

* Paley, Seine-et-Marne, a commune of the Seine-et-Marne ''département'', in France *

Paley Street Paley Street is a small village in the civil parishes of White Waltham and Bray, Berkshire, Bray in the England, English county of Berkshire. It is situated about south of Maidenhead and west of Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor. By the later medieval ...

, a village in Berkshire {{disambig, surname Surnames of Anglo-Saxon origin