Townley
Townley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- A. C. Townley, American political organizer, founder the National Non-Partisan League
- Alvin Townley, American author who writes about adventure with a greater purpose
- Athol Townley, Australian politician and Minister for Defence
- Ben Townley, professional motocross rider originating from Taupo, New Zealand
- Charles Townley, English country gentleman, antiquary and collector of the Townley Marbles
- Charles Townley , long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London
- Doody Townley, driver of standardbred racehorses in New Zealand
- Fred Townley, architect who designed many buildings in Vancouver, Canada
- Frederick Townley-Smith, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the Canadian House of Commons
- George Townley, the sixth Bishop of Hull in the modern era from 1957 until 1965
- Henry Townley Heald, president of Armour Institute of Technology from 1938 to 1940
- Jack Townley, American screenwriter
- James Townley, English dramatist and anonymous playwright
- Jimmy Townley, English professional footballer
- John Townley, musician who was a member of the folk-rock group The Magicians from 1965 to 1966
- John Wes Townley, former NASCAR Nationwide Series driver
- Jonathan Townley Crane, American clergyman, author and abolitionist
- Max Townley, British land agent, agriculturist and politician
- Michael Townley, US citizen living in the United States under terms of the federal witness protection program
- Michael Townley , former Tasmanian senator
- Rex Townley, Australian politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party in Tasmania from 1950 to 1956
- Richard Greaves Townley, English Whig politician
- Richard Townley, the 8th son of Nicholas Townley of Littleton and Joanne White
- Robert Townley Caldwell, the Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1906 to 1914
- Roderick Townley, American author of juvenile, young adult, and adult books
- Sidney Dean Townley, American astronomer and geodeticist
- Simon Townley, piano player and composer
- Thomas Townley, Canadian lawyer and the eighth Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
- Thomas Townley , English soldier, cricketer and amateur jockey
- Toke Townley,, English actor
- Sir Walter Townley, British ambassador
- William Townley,, English football player and coach
- William Townley Mitford, Victorian Conservative Party politician in Britain
- Winfield Townley Scott, American poet, critic and diarist
