Ridgeway is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Aden Ridgeway, Australian Democrat politician
Brian Ridgeway (born 1984), Canadian football linebacker
C. W. Ridgeway, American football coach in the United States
Charles Ridgeway DD (1841–1927), the Bishop of Chichester from 1908 to 1919
Dante Ridgeway (born 1984), former American football wide receiver
Fred Ridgeway (1953–2012), Irish-born stage and television actor
Frederick Ridgeway (1848–1921), Anglican bishop from 1901 until his death 20 years later
Fritzi Ridgeway (1898–1961), American actress of the silent era
Greg Ridgeway, American criminologist
Hassan Ridgeway (born 1994), American football defensive tackle
James Ridgeway (born 1936), American investigative journalist
Jordan Ridgeway, fictional character on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives
Joseph West Ridgeway GCB GCMG KCSI PC (1844–1930), British civil servant and colonial governor
Luann Ridgeway, citizen-legislator and an attorney
Matthew B. Ridgeway, US general
Paula Ridgeway, key character in Random Harvest by James Hilton
Peter Ridgeway, Australian prosecutor and a former Deputy Director of Prosecutions in Fiji
Rick Ridgeway (born 1949), mountaineer, adventurer, environmentalist, writer, filmmaker and businessman
Suzanne Ridgeway (1918–1996), American film actress
Thomas Ridgeway (disambiguation)
West Ridgeway, British civil servant and colonial governor
William Ridgeway, British archaeologist and philologist
William Ridgeway (law reporter) (1765–1817), Irish barrister and law reporter