Bulkeley or Bulkley is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
Elisabeth Rivers-Bulkeley (1924-2006), Austrian stock broker
Henry Bulkeley (c. 1641–1698), English courtier and politician
James Michael Freke Bulkeley (1761–1796), Nova Scotian civil servant and political figure
John D. Bulkeley (1911–1996), American Vice Admiral in United States Navy
Morgan Bulkeley (1837–1922), American politician, business and sports executive
Peter Bulkley (1583–1659), English-born Puritan preacher and American colonist of Massachusetts
Richard Bulkeley (died 1621) (fl.1563-1621), Welsh politician in the Elizabethan era
Richard Bulkeley (governor) (1717-1800), Irish-born colonial governor of Nova Scotia
Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley (died 1688), MP for Anglesey 1660–61, Caernarvonshire 1675–79, and Anglesey 1685–89
Robert Bulkeley (died 1702), son of 2nd Viscount, MP for Beaumaris 1701–02
Robert J. Bulkley (1880–1965), American Congressman and Senator from Ohio
Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Viscount Bulkeley (1585–1659), North Welsh landowner and Royalist supporter during the English Civil War
Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley (1752–1822), English aristocrat and politician
