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Ridley may refer to:
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- England
- Elsewhere
[edit] Education
- Ridley College, a university preparatory boarding and day school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
[edit] People
- Arnold Ridley (1896–1984), Actor
- David Ridley (born 1954), is a former English cricketer
- Ridley Scott (born 1937), English-born film director
- F. A. Ridley (1897–1994), a British marxist, secularist, and writer
- George Ridley (disambiguation):
- Harold Ridley (Jesuit) (Rev. "Hap" Ridley, 1939–2005), President of Loyola College, Maryland (1994–2005)
- Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist) (1906–2001), English ophthalmologist who pioneered intraocular lens implants
- Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956), English botanist largely responsible for establishing the rubber industry on the Malay peninsula
- Jack Ridley (1915–1957), American USAF test pilot
- Jasper Ridley (1920–2004), British writer known for historical biographies
- John Ridley (inventor) (1806–1887), best known for "Ridley's Stripper"
- Lancelot Ridley divinity rector of Stretham and father of Mark Ridley,
- Mark Ridley (physician) (1560–1624), English physician and mathematician
- Mark Ridley (zoologist) (born 1956), English zoologist
- Matt Ridley (born 1958), British science writer, financier
- Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley
- Malcolm Ridley, actor & writer
- Michèle-Louise Ridley-Cook, Proprietor and Curator-labonnevivante.com; Purveyors of African American Cultural Artifacts-Alexandria, VA
- Nicholas Ridley (martyr) (died 1555), English bishop martyred for his beliefs and support of Lady Jane Grey
- Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale (1929–1993), British politician, member of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet
- Viscount Ridley, a title created in 1900 for Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley
- Yvonne Ridley (born 1959), English journalist best known for her capture by the Taliban and subsequent conversion to Islam after release
- Ridley Pakenham-Walsh (1888–1966), CB MC (1888-1966) was General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District
- Mike Ridley (born 1963), retired professional ice hockey centre who played in the NHL for 12 seasons from 1985 until 1997
- Ian Ridley (1934–2008), Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL
- Alice Tan Ridley (born 1952), gospel and R&B singer and the mother of film star Gabourey Sidibe
- Philip Ridley (born 1967), British artist working with various media
- Alan Ridley, a rugby league player who played for Western Suburbs as a winger from 1931 to 1936. He was voted in the Wests Tigers Team of the Century and the Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the Century
- Greg Ridley (1947–2003), one of the more visible rock bassists in England, and a founding member of the rock band Humble Pie
- Ridley Jacobs (born 1967), left-handed batsman who was a regular fixture in the West Indian cricket team in the 1990s and 2000s
- John Ridley (born 1965), American film director, actor, and writer
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