Oxley (surname)
Oxley is an English surname, originating in Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and Staffordshire. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Oxley, Australian rules footballer
- Alan Oxley, Australian diplomat.
- Alan Rice-Oxley, British flying ace during World War I
- Bernard Oxley, English footballer
- Bill Oxley, English professional rugby league footballer
- Cyril Oxley, English footballer
- David Oxley, English actor
- George Oxley, political figure in colonial Nova Scotia
- Harrison Oxley, English organist
- Henry Oxley, Canadian-born Major League baseball player
- James Oxley, Australian–American mathematician
- James Macdonald Oxley, Canadian lawyer and an author of books for boys
- Jeremy Oxley, Australian musician, guitarist for 1980s band the Sunnyboys
- John Oxley, Australian explorer
- John Oxley, several more people
- Joseph Oxley, political figure in colonial Nova Scotia
- Joseph W. Oxley, American Republican Party politician
- Lawrence A. Oxley, American community leader appointed to Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet"
- Melanie Oxley, Australian musician and songwriter
- Mark Oxley. English professional footballer
- Mark Rice-Oxley, English journalist
- Mike Oxley, United States congressman and co-sponsor to the Sarbanes–Oxley Act
- Paul Oxley, English songwriter/lyricist/producer living in Finland
- Philip Oxley, English cricketer
- Peter Oxley, Australian musician, bass player for The Sunnyboys
- Roy Oxley, British television set designer
- Scott Oxley, English professional footballer
- Tanya Oxley, Barbadian track and field sprinter
- Tim Rice-Oxley, British musician
- Tony Oxley, British jazz drummer
- W. Oxley, eighteenth century English professional cricketer
