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Waley

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Waley (/ˈwli/ WAY-lee) is a surname. Notable people with this name include:

  • Alison Waley (1901–2001), New Zealand poet, journalist, artist and writer
  • Arthur Waley (born Arthur David Schloss; 1889–1966), English orientalist and sinologist
  • Daniel Waley (1921–2017), British historian, manuscript specialist, and professor
  • Harmon Metz Waley (1910–1984), American criminal convicted for his role in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping
  • Jacob Waley (1818–1873), English legal writer, grandfather of Charles Waley Cohen, Dorothea Waley Singer, and Robert Waley Cohen
  • Jim Waley (born 1948), Australian television presenter
  • Paul Waley, British academic, great-nephew of Arthur Waley
  • Robert Waley (1889–1939), Australian coxswain
  • Samuel Waley (born 1983), Tasmanian-born Australian rower
  • Simon Waley (1827–1875), English composer, banker, and leading figure in the Jewish community, younger brother of Jacob Waley

Variants

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Waley Cohen

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  • Charles Waley Cohen (1879–1963), British soldier, barrister, and politician, brother of Dorothea Waley Singer
  • Dorothea Waley Singer (née Cohen; 1882–1964), British palaeographer and historian of science, sister of Robert Waley Cohen
  • Robert Waley Cohen (1877–1952), British industrialist and prominent Jewish leader, father of Bernard Waley-Cohen

Waley-Cohen

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Waleys

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Other uses

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See also

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