Bailey (surname)
Bailey is an occupational surname of English or possibly Norman origin.
A
- Aaron Bailey, multiple people
- * Aaron Bailey , American football player
- Abe Bailey, South African diamond tycoon, politician, financier and cricketer
- Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player
- Adrian Bailey, British politician
- Sir Alan Bailey, British civil servant
- Albert Bailey, multiple people
- * Albert Bailey , English cricketer whose name may have been Alfred
- * Albert Bailey, English rugby league footballer of the 1930s
- * Albert Bailey , Australian politician
- Aleen Bailey, Jamaican athlete
- Alexander Bailey, multiple people
- Alfred Marshall Bailey, American ornithologist and museum director
- Alfred Bailey, Canadian academic and poet
- Alice Bailey, British theosophist
- Alison Bailey, New Zealand academic
- Alison Bailey, American academic
- Allen Bailey, American footballer
- Alvin Bailey, American footballer
- Andrew Bailey, multiple people
- * Andrew Bailey , British banker
- * Andrew Bailey , American baseball pitcher
- Angela Bailey, Canadian athlete
- Anne Bailey, British-born American frontier scout
- Anne Howard Bailey, American writer
- Anne Bailey , British ten-pin bowler
- Anthony Bailey , English author
- Anthony Bailey , Irish-British-Antiguan campaigner and PR consultant
- Arthur Bailey, multiple people
B
- Bailey Bailey
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly, née Barbara Bailey, American politician
- Mary Barbara Bailey, née Barbara Bailey, English canoness and illustrator
- Barbara Bailey, American politician in Washington State
- Ben, Benjamin and Benny Bailey, multiple people
- * Ben Bailey, American comedian
- ** Benjamin Bailey , British missionary in India
- ** Benjamin Franklin Bailey, American electrical engineer
- ** Benny Bailey, American jazz trumpeter
- ** Benjamin H. Bailey, American Unitarian minister
- Bert Bailey, New Zealand writer and actor
- Bill and Billy Bailey, multiple people
- * Bill Bailey , Major League Baseball outfielder
- * Bill Bailey , Major League Baseball pitcher
- * Bill Bailey , Irish-American labor activist
- * Bill Bailey , American tap dancer and moonwalk pioneer
- * Bill Bailey , former American football player
- * Bill Bailey , known as "the father of British surfing"
- * Bill Bailey , American businessman and politician
- * Bill Bailey, British comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author
- * Bill Bailey , American actor and author
- ** Billy Bailey , lawman who was murdered
- ** Billy Bailey, American executed for murder
- ** Billy Wayne Bailey, former Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate
- Bob Bailey, multiple people
- * Bob Bailey , American radio actor
- * Bob Bailey , Canadian ice hockey player
- * Bob Bailey , American third baseman in Major League Baseball
- * Bob Bailey , Canadian: member of the Ontario legislature
- * Bob Bailey , former New Zealand rugby league player and coach
- Boss Bailey, American football player
- Bret Bailey, Australian rules footballer
- Brett Bailey, South African playwright, director and artist
- Brian Bailey, Canadian fashion designer
- Bruce M. Bailey, American author and humorist
- Buck Bailey, American baseball coach
- Buddy Bailey, American baseball manager
- Bunty Bailey, English model, dancer and actress
- Buster Bailey, American jazz clarinettist
- Byron Bailey, US American and Canadian footballer
C
- Caleb Bailey, American Marine Corps officer, pilot and athlete
- Calvin Bailey United States Marine Corps engineer
- Cameron Bailey, Canadian film critic and festival programmer
- Candace Bailey, American actress
- Carey Bailey, American football player and coach
- Carl Bailey, American basketball player
- Carl Edward Bailey, American politician, 31st Governor of Arkansas
- Carlton Bailey, American football linebacker
- Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author of children's stories
- Catherine Bailey, multiple people
- * Catherine Hayes Bailey, American plant geneticist
- Champ Bailey, American football player
- Charles and Charlie Bailey, multiple people
- * Charles Justin Bailey, American soldier
- * Charles Bailey , Australian apport medium
- * Charles P. Bailey, American pioneer in heart surgery
- * Charles W. Bailey, American journalist, newspaper editor and novelist
- * Charlie Bailey, former American football coach
- * Charles R. Bailey, American Army chaplain
- * Charles G. Bailey, faculty manager of WMUL, Marshall University
- ** Charlie Bailey, American football coach
- Chip Bailey, New Zealand trade unionist
- Chris and Christopher Bailey, multiple people
- * Chris Bailey , member of the rock bands The Angels and Gang Gajang
- * Chris Bailey , co-founder and singer of rock band The Saints
- * Chris Bailey New Zealand Māori carver and sculptor
- * Chris Bailey , English tennis player, TV sports commentator and property consultant
- * Chris Bailey , American ice hockey player
- * Chris Bailey , Australian rugby league player
- * Chris Bailey , American animator
- ** Christopher Bailey , English fashion executive
- ** Christopher Bailey , British lecturer and Doctor Who screenwriter
- Cindy-Lu Bailey, Australian deaf swimmer and the most decorated woman in Deaflympics history
- Clifton George Bailey III, Jamaican reggae artist known as Capleton
- Colin Bailey , British-born American jazz drummer
- Colin Bailey, British museum director
- Corinne Bailey Rae, British singer
- Cory Bailey, American baseball pitcher
- Cullen Bailey, Australian cricketer
D
- D. R. Shackleton Bailey, British classical scholar
- Damian Bailey, Anguillan footballer
- Dan, Daniel and Danny Bailey, multiple people
- * Dan Bailey , American conservationist
- * Dan Bailey , American football placekicker
- ** Daniel A. Bailey, American politician in Pennsylvania
- ** Daniel Bailey, sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda
- *** Danny Bailey, English footballer
- Darrell Bailey, basketball fan known as Clipper Darrell
- Dave or David Bailey, multiple people
- * Dave Bailey , American jazz drummer
- * Dave Bailey , Canadian track and field athlete
- ** David Bailey, American militia officer in the Illinois Militia
- ** David Jackson Bailey, American politician
- ** David Bailey , American politician and diplomat to China
- ** David Bailey , American actor
- ** David Bailey, English fashion and portrait photographer
- ** David Bailey, English cricketer
- ** David Bailey, English cricketer
- ** David H. Bailey , American mathematician
- ** David Bailey , American racer
- ** David A. Bailey, British Afro-Caribbean curator, photographer and writer
- ** David M. Bailey, American Christian singer-songwriter
- ** David Bailey , British academic and commentator
- ** David Bailey , New Zealand rugby league footballer
- ** David Bailey , American basketball player
- ** David Bailey , British editor and science fiction author
- Dawayne Bailey, American guitarist
- Dean Bailey, Australian rules football player and coach
- DeFord Bailey, American country musician
- Dennis Bailey, multiple people
- * Dennis Bailey, English association football player
- * Dennis Bailey, English association football player
- * Dennis Bailey, British rugby league footballer of the 1990s
- Derek Bailey , British guitarist
- Derek Bailey , Native American tribal chairman and US Congressional candidate
- Derrick Bailey, British cricketer and aviation entrepreneur
- Derrick Sherwin Bailey, British theologian
- Dion Bailey, American football safety
- Dona Bailey, American computer game designer
- Donald Bailey, multiple people
- * Sir Donald Bailey , British civil engineer
- * Donald Bailey , American jazz drummer
- * Donald A. Bailey, American politician and lawyer
- * Donald Bailey , Australian architect
- Donovan Bailey, Jamaican-Canadian athlete
- Dot Bailey, New Zealand cricketer
- Doug Bailey, American political consultant
- Doug Bailey, Australian rules football
E
- Ed Bailey, American baseball player
- Edward Bailey, American missionary and painter
- Edward Battersby Bailey, English geologist
- Edwin Bailey, American footballer
- Eion Bailey, American actor
- Elisabeth Tova Bailey, American writer
- Elizabeth Bailey, American economist
- Ellene Alice Bailey, American inventor and designer
- Emma Bailey, first American woman auctioneer
- Erastus Michael Bailey, American singer-songwriter better known as Razzy Bailey
- Eric Bailey, multiple people
- * Eric Bailey , British Conservative Member of Parliament
- * Eric Bailey , Australian recipient of the George Cross
- * Eric Bailey , Australian basketball player
- * Eric Bailey , American football player
- Everett Russell Bailey, American physician
F
- F. Lee Bailey, American attorney
- Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, American ornithologist
- Fran Bailey, Australian politician
- Francis Lee Bailey, American lawyer
- Frank Bailey, multiple people
- * Frank Bailey , New York businessman and philanthropist
- * Frank Bailey , English footballer
- * Frank Bailey , English footballer
- * Frank I. Bailey, Jr., American politician
- * Frank Bailey , former aide to then Alaska governor Sarah Palin, and author
- Fred and Frederick Bailey, multiple people
- * Fred Bailey, American baseball player
- ** Frederick Manson Bailey, Australian botanist
- ** Frederick Marshman Bailey, known as Eric, British Intelligence officer and explorer
- ** Frederick Bailey , English cricketer
G
- G. W. Bailey, American actor
- Gamaliel Bailey, American journalist
- Garnet Bailey, Canadian hockey player
- Gary Bailey, English footballer
- Gary Bailey , English cricketer
- Gene Bailey, American baseball player
- Geoff Bailey, British archaeologist
- Geoffrey Bailey, British WWI flying ace
- George Bailey, multiple people
- * George Bailey , Australian cricketer
- * George Edwin Bailey, British electrical engineer and industrialist
- * George Bailey , American racecar driver
- * George Bailey , English steeplechase runner
- * George Bailey , Australian rules footballer for Carlton and Perth
- * George Bailey , Australian cricketer
- Gerald Bailey, British politician
- Gillian Bailey, British actress and academic
- Glenda Bailey, British journalist
- Graeme Bailey, Australian racing driver
- Graham Bailey, English footballer
- Guy Bailey, American educator
H
- H. B. Bailey, American racing driver
- H. C. Bailey, British writer
- H. E. Bailey, Oklahoma politician
- Hachaliah Bailey, American circusman
- Harold Walter Bailey, English linguistic scholar
- Harold Bailey , American football player
- Harry Bailey , footballer for Leicester Fosse
- Harry Bailey, Australian psychiatrist
- Harvey Bailey, American bank robber
- Helen Bailey, British author
- Henry Bailey, multiple people
- * Henry Bailey , politician in Nova Scotia
- * Henry Bailey , Australian politician
- * Henry Bailey , American football wide receiver
- Homer Bailey, American baseball player
- Horace Bailey, English footballer
I
- Ian Bailey, multiple people
- * Ian Bailey , English footballer
- * Ian Bailey , head buyer and later financial director of Games Workshop
- * Ian Bailey , Corporal in the Parachute Regiment who won the Military Medal during the Falklands War
- Imogen Bailey, Australian model
- Irving Widmer Bailey, American botanist
J
- J. A. Bailey, English cricketer and cricket administrator
- J. Michael Bailey, American psychologist and professor at Northwestern University
- J. O. Bailey, American literary academic
- J. R. Bailey, American singer-songwriter
- Jack Bailey, multiple people
- * Jack Bailey , English football player
- * Jack Bailey , American actor and daytime game show host
- * Jack Bailey , English football player
- Jackson Bailey, American academic
- Jacob Bailey , Church of England clergyman and author
- Jacob Whitman Bailey, American naturalist
- Jake Bailey , American football player
- James Bailey, multiple people
- * James Bailey , mayor of Houston, Texas
- * James Bailey , English schoolmaster
- * James E. Bailey, United States Senator from Tennessee
- * James Bailey , British Conservative Party politician, MP 1895–1906
- * James Montgomery Bailey, American journalist
- * James Anthony Bailey, co-founder of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
- * James E. Bailey recipient during the Indian Wars
- * James R. A. Bailey, founder and original editor of Drum magazine
- * James Bailey , American Basketball player
- * James Bailey , English rugby union footballer for Gloucester RFC
- * James Bailey , English footballer
- * James Bailey , American author and TV actor
- * James Thomas Bailey, founder of ComedySportz Los Angeles
- Jay Bailey, American biochemical engineer
- Jeff Bailey, American baseball player
- Jenni Murray née Jennifer Bailey, English broadcaster and writer
- Jennifer Bailey, British acrobatic gymnast
- Jenny Bailey, British politician
- Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey and broadcaster
- Jim Bailey, multiple people
- * Jim Bailey , English cricketer
- * Jim Bailey , American Major League Baseball pitcher
- * Jim Bailey , American football player
- * Jim Bailey , American singer, actor, and female impressionist
- Joe Bailey , Canadian ice hockey player
- Joel John Bailey, American soccer player
- Joh Bailey, Australian hairdresser
- John Bailey, multiple people
- * John Bailey , English dissenting minister, later in life in New England
- * John Bailey , English agriculturist and engraver
- * John Bailey , Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- * John Bailey Denton, British surveyor and civil engineer
- * John William Bailey, British miniature painter
- * John Mosher Bailey, U.S. Representative from New York
- * John Bailey , English literary critic, lecturer, and chairman of the National Trust
- * John Bailey , Australian politician
- * John O. Bailey, State supreme court justice from Oregon
- * John Edgar Bailey, Northern Irish politician
- * John Moran Bailey, United States politician, chair of the Democratic National Committee
- * John Bailey , British screen and TV actor
- * John Bailey , maker of fine guitars in England
- * John Bailey , American cinematographer
- * John Bailey , a.k.a. Jack Baker
- * John Bailey, English football player and chairman
- * John Preston Bailey, United States federal judge
- * John Bailey , Australian politician
- * John Bailey, English football player
- * John Bailey, English football player
- * John Bailey , Australian rugby league footballer and coach
- * John Bailey , Canadian recording engineer, producer
- * John Bailey member of Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council
- Jonathan Bailey, multiple people
- Joseph Bailey, multiple people
- * Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet, Welsh Member of Parliament for Worcester and Breconshire
- * Joseph Bailey , U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- * Joseph Bailey , British MP
- * Joseph Bailey , American Civil War general
- * Joseph M. Bailey, American jurist and politician
- * Joseph Russell Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk, British MP and Lord
- * Joseph Weldon Bailey, United States Congressman and Senator from Texas
- * Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr., Congressman from Texas and son of Joseph Weldon Bailey
- * Joseph Bailey , Bermudian cricketer
- * Joseph Bailey , American author and psychologist
- Josh Bailey, Canadian hockey player, NY Islanders
- Josiah Bailey, American politician
- Judith Bailey , American university president
- Judith Bailey , Cornish composer and conductor
- Judy Bailey, New Zealand television personality
- Julian Bailey, British racing driver
- Julian Bailey , Canadian actor
- Julian Bailey , Australian rugby league footballer
- Julie Bailey, British campaigner against poor NHS hospital care
- Justin Bailey, American ice hockey forward
K
- Kate Bailey, Australian Paralympic swimmer
- Kathryn Ann Bailey American politician known as Kay Bailey Hutchison
- Keith Bailey, Irish cricketer
- Kelly Bailey , New Zealand composer and game designer
- Kenneth Bailey, multiple people
- * Kenneth Bailey , Australian public servant
- * Kenneth D. Bailey, US Marines officer
- * Kenneth D. Bailey , American sociologist
- Kevin Bailey , British poet
- Kevin Bailey , Texas state representative, 1991–2009
- Kid Bailey,, American Mississippi Delta bluesman
- Kyle Bailey , American basketball player
L
- Laura Bailey, multiple people
- * Laura Bailey , English model
- * Laura Bailey , American actress
- Lee Bailey, Scottish footballer
- Len Bailey, British automobile designer
- Leonard Bailey, multiple people
- * Leonard Bailey , inventor/toolmaker and patentor of the Plane
- * Leonard L. Bailey, surgeon who transplanted heart of baboon into Baby Fae
- Lepha Eliza Bailey, American writer and lecturer
- LeRoy Bailey Jr. Senior Pastor of The First Cathedral
- Liam Bailey, English musician and singer
- Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist
- Lowell Bailey, American biathlete
- Lorna Bailey, British ceramic artist
- Lucy Bailey, British theatre director
- Luke Bailey , Australian rugby league international
- Luke Bailey , British actor
- Lydia Bailey , American printer
M
- Madilyn Bailey, American singer-songwriter
- Madison Bailey, American actress
- Malcolm Bailey , English footballer
- Malcolm Bailey, English footballer
- Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey American pioneer, missionary, and author
- Margaret Bailey, Australian teacher
- Marian Breland Bailey, American psychologist
- Marion Bailey, British actress
- Mark Bailey, multiple people
- * Mark Bailey , Canadian diplomat
- * Mark Bailey , English rugby player, headmaster and professor of Medieval History
- * Mark Bailey , American baseball catcher
- * Mark Bailey , American conductor and composer of Slavic sacred music
- * Mark Bailey , New Zealand cricketer
- * Mark Bailey , English footballer
- * Mark Bailey , Australian politician
- Markus Bailey, American football player
- Martin B. Bailey, American lawyers and politician
- Mathis Bailey, American-Canadian novelist and fiction writer
- Mat Bailey, English footballer
- Matt Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player
- Maurice Bailey, American basketball player
- Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, World Record for longest time adrift at Sea
- Max Bailey, Australian rules footballer
- McKinley Bailey, Iowan politician
- Michael and Mike Bailey, multiple people
- * Michael Buckworth Bailey ), British Anglican missionary to Japan
- * Michael Bailey , retired English cricketer
- * Michael Bailey , Canadian member of Greenpeace Foundation
- * Michael Bailey , Canadian footballer for the Toronto Argonauts
- * Michael Bailey , British CEO of Compass Group
- ** Mike Bailey , English footballer
- ** Mike Bailey , English actor
- ** Mike Bailey, Australian radio presenter and politician
- Mildred Bailey, American singer
N
- Nat Bailey, Canadian restaurateur
- Natalya Bailey, American aerospace engineer
- Nathan Bailey, English lexicographer
- Neil Bailey, English football player, coach and assistant manager
- Nicholas Bailey, British actor
- Nick Bailey, American guitarist and songwriter
- Nicky Bailey, English footballer
- Norma Bailey, Canadian film director
- Norman Bailey, multiple people
- * Norman Bailey
- * Norman Bailey , American musician with the Lawrence Welk orchestra
- * Norman Bailey , senior staffer of the US National Security Council
- * Norman Bailey , British opera singer
O
- Oliver Bailey, English cricketer
P
- Patricia Bailey, American politician found guilty of voter fraud in Illinois
- Patrick Bailey, American football linebacker
- Paul Dayton Bailey, American writer
- Paul Bailey, multiple people
- Pearce Bailey , American neurologist and psychiatrist
- Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress
- Peter Bailey, multiple people
- Phil Bailey, Australian rugby league player
- Philip James Bailey, British poet
- Philip Bailey, American singer
- Philip Bailey , British cricket statistician
R
- Ralph Emerson Bailey, American congressman from Missouri
- Ray Bailey, Tasmanian politician
- Raymond Bailey, American actor
- Raymond Bailey , English cricketer and footballer
- Razzy Bailey, American singer-songwriter
- Rebecca Bailey, New Zealand Olympic road cyclist
- Richard W. Bailey, American linguist
- Richard William Bailey, British mechanical engineer
- Rob and Robert Bailey, multiple people
- * Rob Bailey , English cricketer
- * Rob Bailey , English television director
- * Rob Bailey , Australian musician
- ** Robert D. Bailey, Sr., American judge, involved in the Matewan Massacre trials
- ** Robert L. Bailey, 5th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
- ** Robert D. Bailey, Jr., American politician who served as West Virginia Secretary of State
- ** Robert Bailey , American geographer
- ** Robert E. Bailey, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
- ** Robert Bailey , American football player
- ** Robert Bailey, Jr., American actor
- Robin Bailey, English actor
- Robin Wayne Bailey, American writer
- Rodney Bailey, American football defensive end
- Roger Bailey , New Zealand rugby league international
- Roger Bailey, American baseball player
- Ron and Ronald Bailey, multiple people
- * Ron Bailey , Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s
- * Ron Bailey , New Zealand politician of the Labour Party
- ** Ronald Bailey , English cricketer
- ** Ronald Bailey, American author and editor of books on economics, ecology and biotechnology
- Rosanne Bailey, United States military officer
- Roy Bailey, multiple people
- * Roy Bailey , Canadian Progressive Conservative politician from Saskatchewan
- * Roy Bailey , English professional footballer
- * Roy Bailey , British socialist folk singer
- Russ Bailey, American football center
- Ruth Bailey, American actress
- * Ryan Bailey , American water polo player
- * Ryan Bailey , South African cricketer
- * Ryan Bailey , English rugby league footballer
- * Ryan Bailey , American sprinter
- * Ryan C. Bailey, American chemist
S
- Sam, Samantha and Samuel Bailey, multiple people
- * Sam Bailey , British singer, winner of the 2013 series of the UK's X Factor
- ** Samantha Bailey, American actress
- *** Samuel Bailey, British philosopher and writer
- Sarah Bailey, British Paralympian swimmer and cyclist now known as Dame Sarah Storey
- Scott Bailey, multiple people
- * Scott Field Bailey, bishop
- * Scott Bailey , Canadian curler
- * Scott Bailey , ice hockey player
- * Scott Bailey , American actor
- Sean Bailey, American television and film producer
- Sergio Bailey, American football player
- Shaun Bailey, British Conservative politician and political advisor
- Shaun Bailey, English cricketer
- Sir Sidney Bailey, British Royal Navy Admiral
- Simon Bailey, multiple people
- * Simon Bailey , Anglican priest and writer
- * Simon T. Bailey, American speaker, author, life coach and entrepreneur
- * Simon Bailey , Keeper of the Archives at the University of Oxford in England
- Sly Bailey, British newspaper executive
- Solon Irving Bailey, American astronomer
- Spencer Bailey, American 3 year old survivor of United Airlines Flight 232 air crash in 1989
- Stacey Bailey, American football player
- Sir Stanley Bailey, senior British police officer
- Stanley John Bailey, British professor of law and legal writer
- Stefan Bailey, English footballer
- Steve and Steven Bailey, multiple people
- * Steve Bailey , baseball player
- * Steve Bailey, American bassist
- ** Steven W. Bailey, American actor
- Stuart Bailey, British graphic designer
T
- Tania Bailey, British squash player
- Tanya Bailey, Australian BMX cyclist
- Teddy Bailey, American footballer
- Temple Bailey, American writer
- Terry Bailey, English footballer
- Theodorus Bailey, multiple people
- * Theodorus Bailey , United States senator from New York
- * Theodorus Bailey , naval officer in the U.S. Civil War and the senator's nephew
- Thomas Bailey, multiple people
- * Thomas Bailey , 17th century religious controversialist
- * Thomas Bailey , topographer and writer
- * Thomas P. Bailey, American educator
- * Thomas Jennings Bailey, U.S. federal judge
- * Thomas L. Bailey, American politician, Governor of Mississippi, 1944–1946
- * Thomas A. Bailey, historian and textbook author
- * Thomas H. Bailey, American founder of mutual fund Janus
- Thurl Bailey, American basketball player
- Tim Bailey, Australian journalist, radio and TV presenter and sports reporter
- Toby Bailey, American sports agent and former basketball player
- Toby Bailey , English wicketkeeper
- Tom Bailey, multiple people
- * Tom Bailey , footballer who played for Lincoln City and Stoke
- * Tom Bailey , American football player
- * Tom Bailey , English musician
- * Tom Bailey , American author and editor
- * Tom Bailey , cricketer
- Trevor Bailey, English cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster
- Trevor Bailey , Australian rugby league footballer
V
- Vernon Bailey, multiple people
- * Vernon Orlando Bailey, US naturalist
- * Vernon Howe Bailey, US artist and photographer
- Victor Bailey, multiple people
- * Victor Albert Bailey, British-Australian physicist
- * Victor Bailey , American bass guitar player
- * Victor Bailey , American football player
- Brigadier General Vivian Bailey Irish-born general in the British Army in the First World War
W
- W. P. Bailey, English cricketer
- Warren Worth Bailey, American congressman from Pennsylvania
- Wendell Bailey, American congressman from Missouri
- Wesley Bailey, American newspaper editor and
- Wilford S. Bailey, American academic administrator
- Wilfrid Norman Bailey, British mathematician
- Wilfred Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk, British peer and soldier
- William Bailey, multiple people
- * William J. Bailey, British-born physician and politician in the Oregon Country
- * William Henry Bailey, American author, lawyer, and statesman
- * Sir William Bailey , British engineer, businessman, and local politician
- * William Francis Bailey, American politician and judge
- * William Trist Bailey, British-born American land developer
- * William Heap Bailey, British amateur footballer
- * William Bailey Lamar, American politician and lawyer
- * William Frederick Bailey, Irish lawyer and writer
- * William Bailey , English cricketer
- * William Bailey , Australian cricketer
- * William J. A. Bailey, Harvard University dropout who falsely claimed to be a doctor of medicine
- * William Bailey , American actor
- * William Bailey , British Olympic cyclist
- * William Bailey , member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1930–1935
- * William H. Bailey, artist
- * William Bruce Bailey, American rock singer-songwriter known as Axl Rose
- ** Willie Bailey, American politician in Mississippi
Z
- Zac Bailey, Australian rules footballer
Fictional Characters
- Beetle Bailey, eponymous cartoon character of Mort Walker
- Beth Bailey, fictional character from Spooks
- George Bailey, lead character in the 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life"
- Harry Bailey, fictional character from the British soap opera
- Kelly Bailey, fictional character from the British TV series Misfits
- Miranda Bailey, fictional character from Grey's Anatomy
- Rachel Bailey, fictional character from English TV show Scott and Bailey
- Sarah Bailey, a lead character in the film The Craft
- Will Bailey, fictional character from The West Wing