Riley (surname)
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Riley is a surname
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...

 of English or Irish origin. The English version derives from the Old English words rye, and leah (meaning 'wood' or 'clearing'). The Gaelic
Gaels
The Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....

 version is Ó Raghallaigh
Ó Raghallaigh
Ó Raghallaigh is a surname of Gaelic-Irish origin.-Overview:It is usually anglicised as Reilly, Riley and O'Reilly. The original form of the name, Ó Raghallaigh, denotes "grandson of Raghallach", the name Raghallach thought to be derived from the compounds ragh and ceallach .The Ó Raghallaigh...

.

It may refer to:
  • Andy Riley
    Andy Riley
    Andy Riley is a British author, cartoonist, comics scriptwriter, and television screenwriter.Riley has written several best-selling cartoon books, The Book of Bunny Suicides , Return of the Bunny Suicides, The Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides, Dawn of the Bunny Suicides, Great Lies To Tell Small...

     (born 1970), British writer and cartoonist
  • Arthur Riley
    Arthur Riley
    Arthur Riley was a South African who played football for Liverpool.-Life and playing career:Born in Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Riley played for Boksburg F.C before being signed by Reds manager Matt McQueen in the August of 1925, he made his debut on the 24 October 1925 in a First Division...

     (born 1903), South African footballer
  • Audrey Riley
    Audrey Riley
    Audrey Riley is a cellist and string arranger based in the UK. Riley trained at the Guildhall School of Music with Leonard Stehn and was a cellist for Virginia Astley from 1983 to 1986 and a one-time auxiliary member of The Family Cat. She has been a member of the post-minimalist band Icebreaker...

    , English cellist
  • Bennett C. Riley (1790–1853), American military governor of California before it became a US state
  • Bernard Riley
    Bernard Riley
    Bernard Riley is a former American football defensive lineman. He is currently the defensive line coach at the University of Tennessee at Martin in Martin, Tennessee.-Pro career:...

     (born 1981), American football player
  • Bill Riley
    Bill Riley
    William James "Bill" Riley is a retired Canadian ice hockey player, and was the third black player in the National Hockey League....

     (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Billy Riley
    Billy Riley
    For the rockabilly musician, see Billy Lee Riley.For the 19th-century baseball player, see Billy Riley .Billy Riley was a practitioner and teacher of Catch Wrestling...

    , English catch wrestling instructor
  • Billy Lee Riley
    Billy Lee Riley
    Billy Lee Riley was an American rockabilly musician, singer, record producer and songwriter. His most memorable recordings included "Rock With Me Baby," and "Red Hot".-Biography:...

     (1933–2009), American musician
  • Ben Riley
    Ben Riley
    Ben Riley is an American hard bop drummer known for his work with Thelonious Monk, as well as Alice Coltrane, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Kenny Barron, and as member of the group Sphere...

     (born 1933), American jazz drummer
  • Bob Riley
    Bob Riley
    Bob Riley may refer to:* Bob Riley, 52nd Governor of Alabama* Bob C. Riley, acting Governor of Arkansas for 11 days in 1975* Bob Riley , sports car designer and founder of Riley Technologies...

     (born 1944), American politician, Governor of Alabama
  • Bob C. Riley
    Bob C. Riley
    Bob Cowley Riley was an American educator and politician who served as Acting Governor of Arkansas for 11 days in 1975. He had previously been a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1946 to 1950, the mayor of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, in 1966 and 1967, and the eighth Lieutenant...

     (1924–1994), American politician, briefly Governor of Arkansas in 1975
  • Boots Riley
    Boots Riley
    Boots Riley is an American musician, vocalist, writer, and public speaker most known for being the front man and producer of The Coup as well as the front man for Street Sweeper Social Club.-Biography:...

    , American vocalist
  • Bob Riley
    Riley & Scott
    Riley & Scott Cars Inc. was a racing constructor and racing team that primarily provided chassis for various forms of motorsport, but worked primarily in sports car racing. It was founded in 1990 by Bob Riley and Mark Scott.-Sports car racing:...

    , founder of race car company Riley & Scott
  • Bridget Riley
    Bridget Riley
    Bridget Louise Riley CH CBE is an English painter who is one of the foremost proponents of Op art.-Early life:...

     (born 1931), British op-art painter
  • Bridgett Riley
    Bridgett Riley
    Bridgett Riley is a female boxer and motion picture stuntwoman from Oakville, Missouri. While working as a stewardess for an airline she decided to learn martial arts. The interest in the sport came from her brother Patrick's strong interest in mixed martial arts. She trained with her brother and...

     (born 1973), American boxer
  • Burke Riley
    Burke Riley
    Burke Riley was an American legislator, lawyer and public official on territorial, state and national levels.He was a signer of the Alaska Constitution, elected as one of seven at-large delegates from the First Division....

     (1914–2006), American state legislator
  • Charles Owen Leaver Riley
    Charles Owen Leaver Riley
    Charles Owen Leaver Riley was a clergyman and the first Anglican archbishop of Perth, Western Australia.Riley was born in Birmingham, Warwick, the eldest child of Rev. Lawrence William Riley, vicar of St Cross, Knutsford, England, and his wife Emma, née Shaw...

     (1854–1929), the first Anglican Archbishop of Perth
  • Charley Riley
    Charley Riley
    -Professional career:Charley Riley was a top featherweight boxing contender in the 1940s and 1950s. He achieved nationwide recognition in the United States with a trio of exciting fights with ex-NBA featherweight champ Phil Terranova. First, he lost via a one-punch body shot knockout on February...

    , American boxer
  • Charlotte Riley
    Charlotte Riley
    Charlotte Riley is an English actress. She is best known for her role Sarah Hurst in Easy Virtue and as Catherine Earnshaw in ITV's adaptation of Wuthering Heights.-Personal life:...

     (born 1981), English actress
  • Chris Riley (golfer) (born 1973), professional American golfer
  • Chris Riley (priest)
    Chris Riley (Priest)
    Father Chris Riley, AM is an Australian Roman Catholic priest who founded and is CEO of the charity Youth Off The Streets. He is a member of the Salesian order....

     (born 1954), Australian Priest and prominent youth worker
  • Chris Riley (footballer)
    Chris Riley (footballer)
    Chris Riley is an American soccer player, currently playing for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Second Division.-External links:*...

    , American USL Second Division soccer player
  • Christopher Riley
    Christopher Riley
    Christopher Riley is a British writer, broadcaster and film maker specialising in the history of science. He has a PhD from Imperial College, University of London where he pioneered the use of digital elevation models in the study of mountain range geomorphology and evolution...

     (born 1967), English writer and film maker
  • Daniel Aloysius Riley
    Daniel Aloysius Riley
    Daniel Aloysius Riley was a Canadian politician.Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, he received a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1940....

     (1916–1984), Canadian politician
  • Dave Riley
    Dave Riley
    - Biography :Originally from Detroit, Riley worked as an assistant audio engineer for George Clinton's stable of Parliament-Funkadelic bands. He is credited on albums Trombipulation and The Electric Spanking of War Babies...

    , American musician
  • Delbert Riley
    Delbert Riley
    Delbert Riley is a Canadian First Nations leader of Chippewa background. He was chief of the National Indian Brotherhood from 1980 to 1982....

    , Canadian First Nations leader
  • Denise Riley
    Denise Riley
    Denise Riley is an English poet and philosopher who began to be published in the 1970s. Her poetry is remarkable for its paradoxical interrogation of selfhood within the lyric mode. Her critical writings on motherhood, women in history, identity, and philosophy of language, are recognised as an...

     (born 1948), English professor of literature
  • Dorothy Comstock Riley
    Dorothy Comstock Riley
    Dorothy Comstock Riley was a lawyer and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving on the Michigan Supreme Court and the first woman to serve on the Michigan Court of Appeals...

     (1924–2004), American lawyer and judge
  • Doug Riley
    Doug Riley
    Doug Riley, CM was a Canadian musician. Born in Toronto, Ontario and informally referred to as "Doctor Music", he spent two decades with the Famous People Players as its musical director, besides his participation on over 300 album projects in various genres...

    , Canadian musician
  • Duncan Riley
    Duncan Riley
    Duncan Riley is a blogger and a co-founder of b5media. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.-Biography:...

     (born 1975), Australian internet political writer
  • Eric Riley
    Eric Riley
    Eric Riley is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2nd round of the 1993 NBA Draft. Riley played for the Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics in five NBA seasons, averaging 3.1...

     (born 1970), American basketball player
  • Forbes Riley
    Forbes Riley
    Forbes Riley is an American film and television actress. She was born in Long Island, attended Oceanside High School. Forbes skipped a grade and graduated High School a year early, Class of 1977. She named Miss Teenage New York. Her TV debut was with Bob Hope on NBC in the Miss Teenage America...

     (born 1960), American actress
  • Frank Riley
    Frank Riley
    Frank N. Riley was an American athlete, and member of the Irish American Athletic Club. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London....

    , American athlete
  • Freida J. Riley
    Freida J. Riley
    Freida Joy Riley was an American science and math teacher. She taught at Big Creek High School in War, West Virginia during the late 1950s and early 1960s while suffering from Hodgkin's disease.-Life:...

     (1937–1969), American math and science teacher
  • Gary Riley
    Gary Riley
    Gary Riley is a former American character actor with about thirty credits encompassing theatrical and made-for-TV films as well as episodes of TV series.A native of St...

     (born 1963), American actor
  • Gina Riley
    Gina Riley
    Gina Riley is an Australian actress, writer, singer and comedian.Riley became a popular television performer in the sketch shows Fast Forward, its successor Full Frontal, Big Girl's Blouse and Something Stupid. In the latter she was also a producer and writer...

     (born 1961), Australian actor, writer, singer and comedian
  • Gwendoline Riley
    Gwendoline Riley
    Gwendoline Riley is an English writer, born in 1979. Born in London, she attended Manchester Metropolitan University.Her first book, Cold Water, was named one of the five outstanding debut novels of 2002 by The Guardian 'Weekend' magazine and also won a Betty Trask Award. Sick Notes followed in...

     (born 1979), English writer
  • Harold William Hounsfield Riley (1877–1946), Canadian politician from Alberta
  • Harold Riley (artist)
    Harold Riley (artist)
    Harold Riley was born in Salford in 1934, his father was a jazz musician and his mother was a school teacher. At the age of 17 he won a scholarship to the Slade and went on to study in Florence and Spain before returning to Salford, where he has lived ever since. As a student he became a good...

     (born 1934), English artist
  • Herman Riley
    Herman Riley
    Herman Riley was a tenor saxophone jazz performer. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he was noted for his performances with, among others, Count Basie, Etta James and Jimmy Smith.-As Sideman:With Bobby Hutcherson...

     (1933–2007), American saxophone player
  • Herlin Riley
    Herlin Riley
    Herlin Riley is an American Neo-bop jazz drummer. Along with other notable musicians such as Wynton Marsalis and Wessel Anderson, he is a member of the New York jazz group, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra....

     (born 1957), American jazz drummer
  • Hu Riley
    Hu Riley
    Huston "Hu" S. Riley, Private First Class, Company F, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division is the soldier struggling through the surf in Robert Capa's iconic image from Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.-References:...

    , American World War II soldier
  • Isaac Riley
    Isaac Riley
    Isaac Riley was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1915 as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (1852–1926), Canadian politician
  • Ivan Riley
    Ivan Riley
    Ivan Harris Riley was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the bronze medal.-References:...

     (1900–1943), American Olympic athlete
  • Jack Riley (actor) (born 1935), American comedian and actor
  • Jack Riley (ice hockey b. 1910) (1910–1994), Irish ice hockey player
  • Jack Riley (ice hockey b. 1919)
    Jack Riley (ice hockey b. 1919)
    John Patrick "Jack" Riley is a retired professional ice hockey player and executive. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.Riley played nine seasons of professional hockey, primarily in the Eastern Hockey League for the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Falcons and Washington Lions...

     (born 1919), Canadian ice hockey player
  • James Riley (Captain)
    James Riley (Captain)
    James Riley was the Captain of the United States merchant ship Commerce.-Sufferings in Africa:Riley led his crew through the Sahara Desert after they were shipwrecked off the coast of Western Sahara in August 1815, and wrote a book on their ordeal detailing his memoirs...

     Captain of the American merchant ship Commerce
  • James Riley (soccer player) (born 1982), American soccer winger for the New England Revolution
  • James Whitcomb Riley
    James Whitcomb Riley
    James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the Hoosier Poet and Children's Poet for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively...

     (1849–1916), American writer and poet
  • Jeannie C. Riley
    Jeannie C. Riley
    Jeannie C. Riley is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA" , which missed becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time...

     (born 1945), American country and gospel music singer
  • Jim Riley (American football) (born 1945), American football player
  • Jo Riley
    Jo Riley
    Josephine Riley, usually Jo Riley, is a British writer, translator, theatre actor, and schoolteacher. Dr. Riley has written and translated several books about theatre arts, especially Chinese theatre...

     (born 20th c., Josephine Riley), UK writer, translator, actor, specialized in Chinese theatre
  • Joe Riley (artist)
    Joe Riley (artist)
    Joseph Vergel "Joe" Riley was a U.S. visual and plastic artist based in Dallas, Texas. A painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and special effects makeup artist, he made horror designs for latex masks and for films, such as the vampire movie Blade: Trinity from Marvel Comics, as well as conceptual art for...

     (1964–2007), U.S. artist, special effects artist, SubGenius
  • Joe Riley (hockey)
    Joe Riley (hockey)
    Joe Riley was a retired ice hockey player. He was born in Medford, Massachusetts. Riley helped lead Dartmouth College to two Frozen Fours during his career. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002. His brothers John and Bill are also in the USHOF.-External links:*...

     (1923–1976), U.S. ice hockey player
  • Joe Riley (rugby league)
    Joe Riley (rugby league)
    Joseph "Joe" G. Riley was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s who at representative level played for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax, playing at , i.e. number 3 or 4...

    , British rugby league footballer
  • John Riley (poet) (1937–1978), English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival
  • John H. Riley
    John H. Riley
    John H. Riley was an American attorney and railroad transportation administrator. He was born in New york and raised in Danbury, CT, and moved to Minnesota after graduating from law school....

     (1947–1994), American attorney and railroad transportation administrator
  • John J. Riley
    John J. Riley
    John Jacob Riley was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, husband of Corinne Boyd Riley.Born on a farm near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Riley attended the public schools in Orangeburg County....

     (1895–1962), American politician, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
  • John P. Riley, Jr.
    John P. Riley, Jr.
    John P. Riley is an American former ice hockey player and coach. The hockey coach at West Point for more than 35 years, Riley coached the United States to the gold medal at the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics. He played for the U.S. Olympic team at the 1948 St...

     or Jack Riley (born 1920), American ice hockey coach
  • Jon Riley
    Jon Riley
    Jon Patrick Riley , also known as John Patrick O'Riley, , a United States Army private, was one of the several hundred immigrant Catholic Irishmen who defected from the US Army and formed the Saint Patrick's Battalion to fight for Mexico in the 1846-48 Mexican-American War...

     (1805–1850), Irish-American US Army officer who deserted to fight for Mexico in the Mexican war
  • Jonathon Riley (born 1955), British Army officer
  • Joseph Harvey Riley
    Joseph Harvey Riley
    Joseph Harvey Riley was an American ornithologist.Born in Falls Church, Virginia, Riley was employed at the Smithsonian Institution from 1896 until his death, becoming Associate Curator of the Division of Birds in 1932.-Sources:*...

     (1873–1941), U.S. ornithologist, Smithsonian Institution
  • Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
    Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
    Joseph P. Riley, Jr. is an American politician who is the long-time Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. He is the longest serving mayor in the United States that is still living and in office.-Biography:...

     (born 1943), U.S. politician, Charleston mayor
  • Julia Riley
    Julia Riley
    Julia M. Riley a Fellow of Girton College, works at the Cavendish Astrophysics Group, University of Cambridge in the area of radio astronomy. In 1974, along with Fanaroff, she wrote a famous paper classifying radio galaxies into two types based on their morphology . These became known as...

    , English astrophysicist
  • Karon Riley
    Karon Riley
    Karon J. Riley is an gridiron football defensive lineman who most recently played for the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League-High school career:...

     (born 1978), American football player
  • Ken Riley
    Ken Riley
    Kenneth Jerome Riley is a former professional American Football defensive back who played his entire career for the Cincinnati Bengals, in the American Football League in 1969 and in the NFL from 1970 through 1983...

     (born 1947), American football player
  • Kent Riley
    Kent Riley
    Kentigan Peter "Kent" Riley is an English actor, born in Fazakerley, Liverpool, & brought up in Lydiate, where he attended St Gregory's Junior School, where he caught the bug for acting, starring in many of the schools performing arts projects...

    , English actor
  • Larry Riley
    Larry Riley
    Larry Riley, who has 23 years of experience in the NBA, is the General Manager of the Golden State Warriors, replacing Chris Mullin in 2009.A graduate of Chadron State with an honors degree in education, Riley was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993...

     (1952–1992), American actor
  • Lawrence Riley
    Lawrence Riley
    Lawrence Riley was a successful American playwright and screenwriter. He gained fame in 1934 as the author of the Broadway hit Personal Appearance, which was turned by Mae West into the classic film Go West, Young Man , starring herself.-Biography:Riley was a Princeton University alumnus and a...

     (1896–1974), American playwright
  • Lisa Riley
    Lisa Riley
    Lisa Riley is a British television presenter and actress probably best known for playing the role of Mandy Dingle in the television soap opera Emmerdale and succeeding Jeremy Beadle on You've Been Framed.-Career:...

     (born 1976), English actress and broadcaster
  • Malcolm Riley
    Malcolm Riley
    Malcolm Riley is a composer and author most associated for his work as a scholar of the work of Percy Whitlock.-Life and works:Malcolm Riley was born on 9 June 1960 in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England...

     (born 1960), British musician and author
  • Marc Riley
    Marc Riley
    Marc Riley is a British musician, alternative rock critic and radio DJ on BBC 6 Music. Formerly a member of The Fall, he had his own record label, In-Tape, and also worked as a record plugger...

     (born 1961), British musician, critic, and disc jockey
  • Mark Riley (American radio host) (born 1951), American radio host
  • Mark Riley (journalist)
    Mark Riley (journalist)
    Mark Riley is an Australian journalist, who is chief political reporter for Seven News based in Canberra.Riley started his journalism career in 1979 at The Newcastle Herald, where he covered the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. He soon moved to The Sydney Morning Herald, where he worked in politics...

    , Australian television presenter
  • Martin Riley (disambiguation)
  • Matt Riley
    Matt Riley
    Matthew Paul Riley is on the York Revolution. He went to Sacramento City College.-Baseball career:...

     (born 1979), American baseball player
  • Melanie Riley
    Melanie Riley
    Melanie Claire Riley is a corporate and public affairs expert who co-founded Bell Yard, a "litigation PR, crisis communications and reputation management consultancy", with Richard Elsen in 2002...

     (born 1968), American businessperson
  • Michael Riley
    Michael Riley
    Michael Riley is a Canadian actor and graduate of the National Theatre School in Montreal, Canada in 1984. Riley's first appearance was in the film No Man's Land...

     (born 1962), Canadian actor
  • Michael Riley (artist)
    Michael Riley (artist)
    Michael Riley was an Australian Indigenous photographer and film-maker, and co-founder of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative. A significant figure in Contemporary Indigenous Australian art, Riley's work is held by many public art institutions including the National Gallery of Australia.-Life...

     (1960–2004), Australian artist
  • Mike Riley
    Mike Riley
    Michael Joseph "Mike" Riley is an American football coach, currently the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers of the Pacific-12 Conference...

     (born 1952), American college football coach
  • Nancy Riley
    Nancy Riley
    Nancy C. Riley represented Oklahoma State Senate District 37 which is located in Tulsa County and includes Bixby, Jenks, Lotsee, Tulsa and Sand Springs from 2000 to 2008. Riley grew up in Tulsa and graduated from Edison High School. She attended Oklahoma Christian College for three years, then...

     (born 1958), American state senator
  • Pat Riley
    Pat Riley
    Patrick James "Pat" Riley is an American professional basketball executive, and a retired coach and player in the NBA. Currently, he is team president of the Miami Heat. Widely regarded as one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time, Riley has served as the head coach of five championship teams...

     (born 1945), American professional basketball coach
  • Patrick Riley, American guitarist
  • Patrick T. Riley
    Patrick T. Riley
    Patrick Thomas Riley is Michael Oakeshott Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is notable for his translations of the political writings of Gottfried Leibniz and his research on social contract theory, as well as the history of universal jurisprudence...

    , American political theorist
  • Paul Riley
    Paul Riley
    Paul Riley is a Scottish actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Winston Ingram in the Scottish sitcom, Still Game. He previously worked on the sketch show Chewin' the Fat, the show that Still Game was a spin-off from...

    , Scottish actor and comedian
  • Peter Riley
    Peter Riley
    Peter Riley is a contemporary English poet, essayist, and editor. Riley is known as a Cambridge poet, part of the group vaguely associated with J. H. Prynne which today is acknowledged as an important epicenter of innovative poetry in the United Kingdom. Riley was an editor and major contributor...

     (born 1940), English poet
  • Raven Riley
    Raven Riley
    Raven Riley is an American pornographic actress, appearing online and on DVDs. Riley won the top spot on Front magazine's "Top 20 Girls of the Web" and appeared on its March 2007 cover....

     (born 1986), American adult-film actress
  • Richard Riley
    Richard Riley
    Richard Wilson Riley , American politician, was United States Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton and the 111th Governor of South Carolina. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

     (born 1933), American politician, Governor of South Carolina 1979 – 1987
  • Rob Riley
    Rob Riley
    Robert Riley was an Aboriginal activist advancing Indigenous issues in Australia.Soon after his birth, he was removed from his family and placed in state care at Sister Kate's in Queens Park, Western Australia. He was almost ten years old before he knew his mother was alive and was reunited with...

    , Australian Aboriginal activist
  • Ronald Riley
    Ronald Riley
    Ronald "Ron" Riley is a retired field hockey striker from Australia, who twice won the silver medal with the Men's National Team, first at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and then eight years later, at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was educated at the St...

     (born 1947), Australian Olympic field hockey player
  • Ruth Riley
    Ruth Riley
    Ruth Ellen Riley is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association . Her Notre Dame team won the NCAA women's championship in 2001, and her Detroit Shock team won the WNBA championship in 2003 and 2006...

     (born 1979), American basketball player
  • Sam Riley
    Sam Riley
    Sam Riley is an English actor and singer.-Early life:Riley was born in Menston in the Metropolitan District of Bradford in West Yorkshire, the son of "a textile agent and nursery-school teacher". He was educated at Uppingham School...

     (born 1980), English actor
  • Samantha Riley
    Samantha Riley
    Samantha Linette Riley is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of Aboriginal descent of the 1990s who competed for Australia in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, winning three medals...

     (born 1972), Australian swimmer
  • Steve Riley
    Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
    Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys are a Grammy Award-nominated Cajun band from southern Louisiana. The band formed in 1988 and has since recorded 10 albums, nine of which are on Rounder Records....

    , American accordianist, singer
  • Steve Riley (drummer) (born 1956), American drummer
  • Talulah Riley
    Talulah Riley
    Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn is an English actress whose films include Pride and Prejudice, St Trinian's, The Boat That Rocked and St...

     (born 1985), English actress
  • Teddy Riley (jazz)
    Teddy Riley (jazz)
    Theodore Riley, better known as Teddy Riley was a jazz trumpet player and bandleader. On occasion he also sang and played flugelhorn....

     (1924–1992), American jazz trumpeter
  • Teddy Riley (producer) (born 1967), American producer, singer, songwriter, and musician
  • Terry Riley
    Terry Riley
    Terrence Mitchell Riley, is an American composer intrinsically associated with the minimalist school of Western classical music and was a pioneer of the movement...

     (born 1935), American composer
  • Thomas Riley (disambiguation)
  • Trevor Riley
    Trevor Riley
    Trevor John Riley QC is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court on 1 February 1999 and Chief Justice on 27 September 2010....

     (born 1948), Australian judge
  • Victor Riley
    Victor Riley
    Victor Allan Riley is a former American football player who played offensive tackle. Riley played college football for Auburn University. He was drafted in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, with whom he played for four seasons...

     (born 1972), American football player
  • Wayne Riley
    Wayne Riley
    Wayne Riley is an Australian professional golfer.Riley was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1977, and started out on the PGA Tour of Australasia...

     (born 1962), Australian golfer
  • William Riley (disambiguation)


Fictional people:
  • Joe Riley, in the TV series One Life to Live (1968–present)
  • Joe Riley (James Dunn), in the movie The Golden Gloves Story
    The Golden Gloves Story
    The Golden Gloves Story is a 1950 American film directed by Felix E. Feist. It tells the story of boxer Nick Martel as he competes in the Golden Gloves tournament. During the competition he falls in love with Patti, the daughter of Joe Riley, a boxing referee.-Cast:*James Dunn ... Joe Riley*Dewey...

    (1951)
  • Joe Riley (Eddie Quillan), in the movie Jungle Raiders
    Jungle Raiders
    Jungle Raiders is a Columbia film serial.-Cast:* Kane Richmond as Bob Moore* Eddie Quillan as Joe Riley, Bob Moore's comedy sidekick* Veda Ann Borg as Cora Bell* Carol Hughes as Zara, the High Priestess* Janet Shaw as Ann Reed...

    (1945)
  • Cpl. Scott Riley, A character in Call of Duty: United Offensive
    Call of Duty: United Offensive
    Call of Duty: United Offensive is an expansion pack for the first-person shooter computer game, Call of Duty. It was developed by Gray Matter Interactive, with contributions from Pi Studios, and published by Activision...


See also

  • O'Riley (disambiguation)
  • Reilly (disambiguation)
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