Cooley is a surname of Anglo-Saxon and Irish origin.
Charles Cooley (1864–1929), American sociologistChelsea Cooley (born 1983), Miss USA 2005Chris Cooley (American football) (born 1982), American professional football playerDavid P. Cooley (1960–2009), American test pilotDennis Cooley (born 1944), Canadian poet, professor at the University of ManitobaDenton Cooley (1920−2016), American physician and heart surgeonEd Cooley (born 1969), basketball coachHaskell Cooley, member of American southern gospel quartet The CathedralsHorace S. Cooley (1806-1850), American politicianJames Cooley (born 1926), American mathematician, developer of the Cooley–Tukey fast Fourier transformJoe Cooley (1924–1973), Irish accordionistJohn K. Cooley (1927–2008), American journalist and author, specializing in terrorism and the Middle EastLou Cooley (dates unknown), American 19th-century gunfighter, friend of Wyatt Earp at the time of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1881)Mason Cooley (1927–2002), American aphoristMike Cooley (engineer) (born 1934), Irish-born engineer and workplace activistMike Cooley (football coach) (c. 1920–1988), US football coachMike Cooley (born 1966), American guitarist/singer/lyricist, and co-founder of the rock/alt country band, Drive-By TruckersRusty Cooley, American guitaristRyan Cooley (born 1988), Canadian television actorSpade Cooley (1910–1969), American western swing musician, murdered his wifeStephen Cooley (born 1947), American prosecutor for Los Angeles CountyThomas B. Cooley (1871–1945), American Pediatrician, first described ß-ThalassemiaThomas F. Cooley, American professor of economics at the New York University Stern School of BusinessThomas M. Cooley (1824–1898), American jurist, Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme CourtTonya Cooley (born 1980), reality television personalityTroy Cooley (born 1965), cricketer for the Tasmanian TigersWes Cooley (born 1932), American politician, congressman from OregonWes Cooley (motorcyclist) (born 1956), American motorcycle racerWilliam Cooley (1783–1863), Florida PioneerWilliam Desborough Cooley (1795?–1883), Irish geographerWinnifred Harper Cooley (1874—1967), American feminist author