Berkeley (surname)

Berkeley is a surname. It is also used, uncommonly, as a given name. People with the name include:

• The Berkeley family of England
• Baron Berkeley
• Berkeley baronets
• Anne Berkeley, Baroness Berkeley (c.1496–1564), lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife
• , wife of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond and daughter of the above
• Lady Henrietta Berkeley (born c. 1664, died 1706)
• Anthony Berkeley Cox or Anthony Berkeley (1893–1971), writer
• Ballard Berkeley (1904–1988), English actor
• Busby Berkeley (1895–1976), film choreographer
• Edmund Berkeley (1909–1988), mathematician and computer scientist
• Elizabeth Berkeley (c1713–1799), wife of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort
• George Berkeley (1685–1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, Irish philosopher
• George Berkeley (died 1746) (1680–1746), MP for Dover 1720–1734
• Grantley Berkeley (1800–1881), British politician, writer
• Humphrey Berkeley (1926–1994), British politician
• John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602–1678), English soldier
• John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1663–1697), English admiral
• Jon Berkeley (born 1962), author and illustrator
• Sir Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989), English composer
• Mary Berkeley (born 1965), English long jumper
• , alleged mistress of Henry VIII and mother of his son, John Perrot
• Matthew Berkeley (born 1987), English footballer
• Michael Berkeley (born 1948), British composer and broadcaster
• Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803–1889), English cryptogramist and clergyman
• Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (1718–1770), Member of Parliament and governor of Virginia Colony
• Randolph Carter Berkeley (1875–1960), United States Marine Corps major general who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz
• Reginald Cheyne Berkeley (1890–1935), British Liberal Party Member of Parliament 1922–1924, then a playwright and scriptwriter
• Sir Robert Berkeley (1584–1656), judge and MP for Worcester
• Robert G.W. Berkeley (1898–1969), landowner, high sheriff and cricketer
• Theresa Berkeley (died 1836), London dominatrix
• Sir William Berkeley (governor) (1605–1677), governor of Virginia
• Sir William Berkeley (Royal Navy officer) (1639–1666), English naval officer and admiral
• Vivian Berkeley (1941–2025), blind Canadian lawn bowling champion and 1996 paralympic silver medalist
• Xander Berkeley (born 1955), American actor

See also

• Berkeley (given name)
• Berkley (disambiguation)
• Lord Berkeley (disambiguation)
• George Berkeley (disambiguation)
• Barclay

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