# Waley

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**Waley** (/ˈweɪli/ WAY-lee) is a surname. Notable people with this name include:

- [Alison Waley](/source/Alison_Waley) (1901–2001), New Zealand poet, journalist, artist and writer
- [Arthur Waley](/source/Arthur_Waley) (born Arthur David Schloss; 1889–1966), English orientalist and sinologist
- [Daniel Waley](/source/Daniel_Waley) (1921–2017), British historian, manuscript specialist, and professor
- Harmon Metz Waley (1910–1984), American criminal convicted for his role in the [George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping](/source/George_Weyerhaeuser_kidnapping)
- [Jacob Waley](/source/Jacob_Waley) (1818–1873), English legal writer, grandfather of Charles Waley Cohen, Dorothea Waley Singer, and Robert Waley Cohen
- [Jim Waley](/source/Jim_Waley) (born 1948), Australian television presenter
- [Paul Waley](/source/Paul_Waley), British academic, great-nephew of Arthur Waley
- [Robert Waley](/source/Robert_Waley) (1889–1939), Australian coxswain
- [Samuel Waley](/source/Samuel_Waley) (born 1983), Tasmanian-born Australian rower
- [Simon Waley](/source/Simon_Waley) (1827–1875), English composer, banker, and leading figure in the Jewish community, younger brother of Jacob Waley

## Variants

### Waley Cohen

- [Charles Waley Cohen](/source/Charles_Waley_Cohen) (1879–1963), British soldier, barrister, and politician, brother of Dorothea Waley Singer
- [Dorothea Waley Singer](/source/Dorothea_Waley_Singer) (née Cohen; 1882–1964), British palaeographer and historian of science, sister of Robert Waley Cohen
- [Robert Waley Cohen](/source/Robert_Waley_Cohen) (1877–1952), British industrialist and prominent Jewish leader, father of Bernard Waley-Cohen

### Waley-Cohen

- [Freya Waley-Cohen](/source/Freya_Waley-Cohen) (born 1989), British-American composer
- [Joanna Waley-Cohen](/source/Joanna_Waley-Cohen) (born 1952), English academic
- [Robert Waley-Cohen](/source/Robert_Waley-Cohen) (born 1948), English entrepreneur, father of Sam Waley-Cohen
- [Sam Waley-Cohen](/source/Sam_Waley-Cohen) (born 1982), English jockey and entrepreneur
- [Waley-Cohen baronets](/source/Waley-Cohen_baronets), a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom - [Bernard Waley-Cohen](/source/Bernard_Waley-Cohen) (1914–1991), 1st Baronet, father of Stephen Waley-Cohen, Robert Waley-Cohen, and Joanna Waley-Cohen - [Stephen Waley-Cohen](/source/Stephen_Waley-Cohen) (born 1946), 2nd Baronet, theatre manager and producer, father of Freya Waley-Cohen

### Waleys

- [Thomas Waleys](/source/Thomas_Waleys) (fl. 1333), English theologian

## Other uses

- "[DJ Waley Babu](/source/DJ_Waley_Babu)", a 2015 Punjabi-Hindi hip-hop single
- *[Mehndi Waley Hath](/source/Mehndi_Waley_Hath)*, a 2000 Punjabi Pakistani film

## See also

- [Whaley (surname)](/source/Whaley_(surname))

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