Boyle
Boyle is an Irish and Scottish surname of Gaelic or Norman origin. In the northwest of Ireland it is one of the most common family names. Notable people with the surname include:
Disambiguation
- Adam Boyle, multiple people
- Charles Boyle, multiple people
- David Boyle, multiple people
- Edward Boyle, several people
- Henry Boyle, multiple people
- James Boyle , multiple people
- John Boyle, multiple people
- Kevin Boyle, several people
- Mark Boyle, multiple people
- Mary Boyle, several people
- Peter Boyle, multiple people
- Richard Boyle, multiple people
- Robert Boyle, multiple people
- Stephen Boyle, multiple people
- Tommy Boyle, several people
Arts and media
- Alicia Boyle, Irish artist
- Charles P. Boyle, American cinematographer
- Chris Cornell, musician, born Christopher Boyle
- Danny Boyle, British film director, cousin of John Wayne
- Derek Paul Jack Boyle, American visual artist
- Edward G. Boyle,, Canadian set decorator
- Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian
- George Frederick Boyle, Australian-American composer
- Ina Boyle, Irish composer
- James Boyle, BBC broadcaster
- Jimmy Boyle , Scottish sculptor and novelist, former gangster
- Johnny Boyle, drummer for the Irish band, The Frames
- Katie Boyle, television presenter
- Lara Flynn Boyle, U.S. actress
- Louise Boyle, U.S. photographer
- Mark Boyle, Scottish artist
- Peter Boyle, U.S. actor
- Ray Boyle, American actor
- Robert F. Boyle, director and production designer
- Ruth-Ann Boyle, singer of the British group Olive
- Shary Boyle, Canadian artist
- Susan Boyle, Scottish singer and a contestant on the 3rd series of Britain's Got Talent
- Troy Boyle, U.S. comic book artist and writer
- Zoe Boyle, English actress
Military
- Courtenay Boyle, British naval officer and MP
- Dermot Boyle, Marshal of the Royal Air Force
- Edward Courtney Boyle, English Royal Navy officer, First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Jeremiah Boyle, Union Brigadier General during the American Civil War
- Thomas Boyle, U.S. Navy officer
Politics, government, and law
- Brendan Boyle, politician
- Cavendish Boyle, British colonial administrator
- Charles Boyle, 2nd Viscount Blesington, Irish politician
- Charles A. Boyle, U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Charles Edmund Boyle, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow, governor of New Zealand 1892–1897
- David Boyle, Lord Boyle, Scottish judge and privy counsellor of the United Kingdom
- Sir Edward Boyle, 1st Baronet, MP for Taunton 1906–1909, grandfather of Baron Boyle
- Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, British Conservative Party politician, MP 1950–1970
- Edward C. Boyle,, Allegheny County District Attorney for Pittsburgh from 1956 to 1964
- Edward James Boyle Sr., U.S. federal judge
- Emmet D. Boyle, former Governor of Nevada
- Francis Boyle, professor of international law
- George Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow, Scottish politician
- Harris Boyle, Northern Irish loyalist and Ulster Volunteer Force member
- Hugh Boyle Ewing, American diplomat, author and lawyer
- James Boyle , professor of law
- James Boyle , Irish politician, Member of Parliament for West Donegal 1900–1902
- James Boyle , Fianna Fáil Member of the 1934–1936 Seanad Éireann
- James Boyle Uniacke, Canadian politician
- Jane J. Boyle, District judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- John Boyle , member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- John Boyle , Unionist politician from Northern Ireland
- John Robert Boyle, Albertan politician
- Joshua Boyle, Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons
- Kenneth Boyle, American politician and lawyer
- Kevin Boyle , Northern Ireland-born human rights activist, barrister and educator
- Kevin J. Boyle, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Larry Monroe Boyle, Associate Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
- Mike Boyle, mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
- Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington, governor of Limerick
- Patricia Boyle, American judge
- Sarah Patton Boyle, Virginian civil rights activist
- Terrence Boyle, U.S. judge
- W. A. Boyle, president of the United Mine Workers of America union, 1963–1972
- William M. Boyle, American Democratic political activist from Kansas
Religion
- Greg Boyle, Jesuit priest in East Los Angeles
- Hugh Charles Boyle, American Roman Catholic bishop
- John Boyle , Bishop
- Richard Boyle , Archbishop of Tuam
Sciences, math, and medicine
- Brian J. Boyle, astrophysicist
- David Boyle , Canadian educator and archaeologist
- Elette Boyle, American and israeli computer scientist and cryptographer
- Helen Boyle, Irish-British physician and psychologist
- Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle, anesthesiologist
- Phelim Boyle, quantitative finance academic
- Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish natural philosopher
- Robert William Boyle, Canadian physicist, co-inventor of sonar
- Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist
Sports
- Brian Boyle, professional hockey player
- Buzz Boyle, Major League Baseball player
- Dan Boyle , professional ice hockey player
- Daryl Boyle, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- David Boyle, Australian rugby league footballer
- Eddie Boyle, Major League Baseball player
- Hugh Boyle , Irish golfer
- Jack Boyle, Major League Baseball player
- Jim Boyle, American football player
- Jimmy Boyle , American baseball player
- Jimmy Boyle , former Scottish footballer
- John Boyle, Scottish footballer
- John Boyle, Scottish footballer
- Lauren Boyle, New Zealand swimmer
- Millie Boyle, Australian rugby union player
- Morrie Boyle, Australian rugby league footballer
- Patrick Boyle , Scottish footballer
- Rachael Boyle, Scottish footballer
- Raelene Boyle, Australian athlete
- Richard Boyle , New Zealand sprint canoeist
- Richard Boyle , British rowing coxswain and medallist at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Ryan Boyle, U.S. lacrosse player
- Ryan Boyle , rugby league player
- Stephen Boyle, Australian footballer
- Steve Boyle , Scottish boxer
- Steve Boyle , English rugby union player
- Terry Boyle, Former footballer from Wales
- Tim Boyle , American football player
- Tommy Boyle , football player who played for Barnsley, Burnley, and Wrexham
- Tommy Boyle , football player who played for Sheffield United, Manchester United, and Northampton Town
- Tony Boyle, New Zealand cricketer
- Wesley Boyle, Football midfielder
Writers
- Andrew Boyle, journalist and biographer
- Charles Boyle , UK poet
- David Boyle , economics author and journalist
- John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish poet and novelist
- Kay Boyle, U.S. writer and political activist
- Kevin Boyle , author and professor of history at Ohio State University
- Nicholas Boyle, British literature historian
- Patrick Boyle , Irish writer
- T. Coraghessan Boyle, U.S. novelist and short story writer
Other
- Gert Boyle, German-born American businesswoman
- Jarrod Boyle, American winemaker
- Joseph W. Boyle, Canadian adventurer
- Lisa Boyle, American model
- Mark Boyle , Scottish snooker player
- Paul Boyle, British geographer and academic administrator
- Sarah Boyle, wife of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
- Timothy Boyle, American businessman
Members of Boyle family headed by the Earl of Cork
- Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Lord Treasurer of Ireland
- Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
- Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan, Irish politician
- Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington, Anglo-Irish politician
- Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, architect
- John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, writer and friend of Jonathan Swift
- Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl of Cork, British and Irish politician
- Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork, Irish peer
- Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork, Irish soldier and peer
- Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork, British politician
- Charles Boyle, 10th Earl of Cork, Irish soldier and peer
- William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery, Admiral of the Fleet
- John Boyle, 14th Earl of Cork, Irish peer
- Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Irish soldier, statesman and dramatist
- Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, author, soldier and statesman
- Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, Lord Treasurer of Ireland
- Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon, Privy Councillor and governor of County Cork
- Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, field marshal
- Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon, Irish politician
- Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon, 2nd Earl of Shannon, Irish politician
- Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon, Irish politician
- Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon, 4th Earl of Shannon, British politician
- Henry Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon, British politician
- William George Boyle, British soldier and politician
- Mary Boyle, Countess of Cork and Orrery, 18th-century British literary hostess
Members of Clan Boyle headed by the Earl of Glasgow
- David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow, Scottish politician
- John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow, Scottish politician
- John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow, Scottish politician
- George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow, British peer
- James Carr-Boyle, 5th Earl of Glasgow, British politician and naval commander
- Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow, British politician and chief of Clan Boyle