Berkeley (surname)

Berkeley is a surname. It is also used, uncommonly, as a given name. The name is a habitation name from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, itself derived from Old English beorce léah meaning birch lea. People with the name include:

The Berkeley family of England
- Baron Berkeley
- Berkeley baronets
- Anne Berkeley, Baroness Berkeley, lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife
- Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess of Ormond, 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, writer
Ballard Berkeley (1904–1988), English actor
Busby Berkeley, 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, author and illustrator
Sir Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989), English composer
Mary Berkeley (born 1965), English long jumper
Mary Berkeley (courtier), 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, a 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
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 (born 1941), blind Canadian lawn bowling champion and 1996 paralympic silver medalist
Xander Berkeley (born 1955), American actor

See also