Dudley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick (c. 1530–1590), English general and patron of moderate Puritanism
Andrew Dudley (c. 1507–1559), English soldier and courtier
Anne Dudley (born 1956), English composer and pop musician
Anne Dudley, maiden name of American poet Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672)
Benjamin Winslow Dudley (1785-1870), American surgeon and academic in Kentucky.
Bill Dudley (1921–2010), American football player
Billy Dudley (1931–1980), Nigerian political scientist
Bob Dudley (born 1955), Chief Executive Officer of BP
Carl Dudley (1910–1973), American film director and producer
Charles Benjamin Dudley (1842–1909), American chemist
Chris Dudley (born 1965), American basketball player
Dave Dudley (1928–2003), American country singer
Doc Dudley (1894-1975), Negro league baseball player
Dudd Dudley (1600–1684), pioneer English metallurgist
Ed Dudley (1901–1963), American golfer
Edmund Dudley (c. 1462 or 1471/1472–1510), English politician in the Tudor period
Edward Bishop Dudley (1789–1855), American politician, 28th governor of North Carolina
Ernest Dudley (1908–2006), British writer
Lord Guildford Dudley (c. 1535–1554), husband of Lady Jane Grey
Helena Dudley (1858-1932) American social worker, labor organizer, and pacifist
Henry Sutton Dudley (1517–1568), English soldier, sailor, diplomat, and conspirator
Homer Dudley (1896-1987), American inventor of the vocoder.
James Dudley (1910–2004), American baseball player and professional wrestling manager and executive
James B. Dudley (1859–1925), president of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Jane Dudley (1912–2001), American dancer, choreographer and teacher
Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (1508/1509–1555), wife of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Janet Dudley-Eshbach, President of Salisbury University, Maryland
Jared Dudley (born 1985), American basketball player
Jimmy Dudley (1909–1999), American sportscaster
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504–1553), English general, admiral and politician noted for trying to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne of England
John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick (c. 1527–1554), son of the 1st Duke of Northumberland
Joseph Dudley (1647–1720), a colonial governor of Massachusetts, son of Thomas Dudley
Katherine Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (c. 1538 or 1543 to 1545–1620), née Dudley, daughter of the 1st Duke of Northumberland
Margaret Johnson Erwin Dudley (1821-1863), American plantation owner from Mississippi in the Antebellum South.
Marion Dudley (1972–2006), American murderer
Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney (c. 1530 to 1535–1586), English lady-in-waiting at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, mother of Sir Philip Sydney
Nathan Dudley (1825–1910), acting brigadier general for the Union Army in the American Civil War
Owen Francis Dudley (1882–1952) English novelist and Priest
Paul Dudley (jurist) (1675–1751), Attorney General of Massachusetts, son of Joseph Dudley
Paul Dudley (American football) (born 1939)
Peter Dudley (1935–1983), English character actor
Richard M. Dudley, mathematics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–1588), favourite and suitor of Queen Elizabeth I of England
Robert Dudley (explorer) (1574–1649), English explorer and cartographer
Roger Dudley (between 1535 and 1545–1586?/1590), English soldier
Sherman H. Dudley (1872-1940), American vaudeville and minstrel show performer and producer, theater owner
Terence Dudley (1919–1988), British television director and producer
Theodore Robert Dudley (1936-1944), American botanist
Thomas Dudley (1576–1653), colonial magistrate and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Underwood Dudley (born 1937), American mathematician
William Dudley (colonel) (1766–1813), Kentucky militia officer in the War of 1812
William Dudley (bishop) (died 1483), Bishop of Durham
William C. Dudley (born 1952), economist at the New York Federal Reserve
William Edward Dudley (1868–1938), administrator in the British co-operative movement
William S. Dudley (born 1936), U.S. naval historian
William Wade Dudley (1842–1909), American soldier, lawyer and politician
Members of The Dudley Brothers, a professional wrestling stable (all American, with real names next to their lifespans):
Big Dick Dudley (1968–2002; Alex Rizzo)
Bubba Ray Dudley (born 1971; Mark LoMonaco)
Chubby Dudley (born c. 1970; Bay Ragni)
D-Von Dudley (born 1972; Devon Hughes)
Dances with Dudley (born c. 1970; Adolfo Bermudez)
Dudley Dudley (born 1968; Jeff Bradley)
Sign Guy Dudley (born 1970; Lou D'Angeli), wrestling manager and later a marketing executive outside of wrestling
Snot Dudley (born 1970; Michael Deek)
Spike Dudley (born 1970; Matthew Hyson)
