Lindley is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alfred Lindley (1904–1951), American lawyer and sportsmanAudra Lindley (1918–1997), American actressAugustus Frederick Lindley (1840–1873), Royal Navy officer involved in the Taiping reform movement in ChinaButch Lindley (1948–1990), American NASCAR racerCharles Lindley (1865–1957), Swedish socialist and trade union activistDavid Lindley (musician) (born 1944), American guitaristDavid Lindley (physicist) (born 1956), British theoretical physicist and authorDebbie Lindley (born 1973), British TV presenter and journalistDennis Lindley (1923–2013), British statisticianDick Lindley, English professional footballerEarl Lindley (1933–2012), Canadian professional football playerEric Lindley (born 1982), American artist, writer, and musicianFred Lindley (born 1878), English Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham 1923–31Fleetwood Lindley, the last surviving person to have viewed Abraham Lincoln's bodyFlorence Lindley, British school headmistressFlorrie Lindley, fictional character in British TV soap opera Coronation StreetSir Francis Lindley (1872–1950), British diplomatHilda Lindley, American environmentalistHoward Lindley (died 1972), Australian journalist and filmmakerIsaac Lindley (1904–1989), Peruvian businessmanJacob Lindley (1774–1857), first president of Ohio UniversityJames Lindley (born 1981), English footballerJames Johnson Lindley (1822–1891), U.S. Representative from MissouriJen Lindley, fictional character in American TV drama Dawson's CreekJohn Lindley (1799–1865), English botanist, gardener and orchidologistJohn Lindley (cinematographer) (born 1951), American cinematographerJonathan Lindley (1756–1828), one of the original settlers of Orange County, IndianaLeta Lindley (born 1972), American professional golferLouis Burton Lindley, Jr., better known as the actor Slim PickensMark Lindley (born 1937), American musicologist and historianMaurice Lindley (1915–1994), English football player, coach and managerNathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley (1828–1921), English jurist, son of John LindleyPaul Lindley (born 1966), English businessmanRichard Lindley (author) (born 1949), English authorRobert Lindley (1776–1855), English cellistRyan Lindley (born 1989), American footballerSimon Lindley (born 1948), British organist, choirmaster, conductor and composerSiri Lindley (born 1969), American triathlete and coachThomas Jefferson Lindley (1843–1915), American Civil War soldier, farmer and politicianTinsley Lindley (1865–1940), English footballerTrevard Lindley (born 1986), American footballerWalter C. Lindley (1880–1958), United States federal judgeWilliam Lindley (cellist) (1802–1865), English cellistWilliam Lindley (1808–1900), English civil engineerSir William Heerlein Lindley (1853–1917), British civil engineer, son of William Lindley