Cooley is a surname of Anglo-Saxon and Irish origin.
- Alford W. Cooley (1873âÂÂ1913), justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court
- Alice Kingsbury Cooley (1839âÂÂ1910), British-born American actress, author, and poet
- Bertram Cooley (1874âÂÂ1935), South African cricketer
- Carroll Cooley (1935âÂÂ2023), American police detective
- Charles Horton Cooley (1864âÂÂ1929), American sociologist
- Chelsea Cooley (born 1983), Miss USA 2005
- Chris Cooley (born 1982), American professional football player
- David P. Cooley (1960âÂÂ2009), American test pilot
- Dennis Cooley (born 1944), Canadian poet, professor at the University of Manitoba
- Denton Cooley (1920âÂÂ2016), American physician and heart surgeon
- Ed Cooley (born 1969), American college basketball coach
- Emily M. J. Cooley (1831âÂÂ1917), American religious and temperance leader
- Garth Cooley (fl. 1980sâÂÂ2010s), American taekwondo competitor
- Gin Cooley (fl. 2000sâÂÂ2020s), American singer, model and psychotherapist
- Haskell Cooley (fl. 1970s), member of American southern gospel quartet The Cathedrals
- Horace S. Cooley (1806âÂÂ1850), American politician
- Jack Cooley (born 1991), American basketball player
- Jacquelin Smith Cooley (1883âÂÂ1965), American botanist and mycologist
- James Cooley (1926âÂÂ2016), American mathematician, developer of the CooleyâÂÂTukey fast Fourier transform
- Jodi Cooley (fl. 1990sâÂÂ2020s), American physicist
- Joe Cooley (1924âÂÂ1973), Irish accordionist
- John K. Cooley (1927âÂÂ2008), American journalist and author, specializing in terrorism and the Middle East
- Logan Cooley (born 2004), American ice hockey player
- Lou Cooley (dates unknown), American 19th-century gunfighter, friend of Wyatt Earp at the time of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1881)
- Mason Cooley (1927âÂÂ2002), American aphorist
- Mike Cooley (engineer) (1934âÂÂ2020), Irish-born engineer and workplace activist
- Mike Cooley (American football) (c. 1920âÂÂ1988), American football coach
- Mike Cooley (musician) (born 1966), American guitarist/singer/lyricist, and co-founder of the rock/alt country band, Drive-By Truckers
- Quinton Cooley (born 2001), American football player
- Rita Nealon Cooley (1919/1920âÂÂ2006), American political scientist
- Rusty Cooley (born 1970), American guitarist
- Ryan Cooley (born 1988), Canadian television actor
- Spade Cooley (1910âÂÂ1969), American western swing musician, murdered his wife
- Steve Cooley (born 1947), American prosecutor for Los Angeles County
- Thomas Cooley (architect) (1740âÂÂ1784), Irish architect
- Thomas Benton Cooley (1871âÂÂ1945), American pediatrician, first described ò-thalassemia
- Thomas F. Cooley (1943âÂÂ2021), American professor of economics at the New York University Stern School of Business
- Thomas M. Cooley (1824âÂÂ1898), American jurist, Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
- Thomas R. Cooley (1893âÂÂ1959), United States Navy admiral
- Tonya Cooley (born 1980), American actress and reality television personality
- Troy Cooley (born 1965), cricketer for the Tasmanian Tigers
- Wes Cooley (motorcyclist) (1956âÂÂ2021), American motorcycle racer
- Wes Cooley (politician) (1932âÂÂ2015), American politician, congressman from Oregon
- William Cooley (1783âÂÂ1863), American settler in Florida
- William Desborough Cooley (1795?âÂÂ1883), Irish geographer
- William T. Cooley (born 1966), American major general in the United States Air Force
- Winnifred Harper Cooley (1874âÂÂ1967), American feminist author
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