Ridley

Ridley may refer to:

Places

• Ridley, Cheshire, a civil parish in Cheshire
• Ridley, a place in Kent
• Ridley, a place in Northumberland
• Ridley College, a boarding and day school in Ontario, Canada
• Ridley Melbourne – Mission & Ministry College, an evangelical theological college in Australia
• Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
• Ridley Road Market, a market situated in the London Borough of Hackney, North East London
• Ridley, Kent

Education

• Ridley College, a university preparatory boarding and day school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

People

• Arnold Ridley (1896–1984), Actor
• David Ridley (born 1954), is a former English cricketer
• Ridley Scott (born 1937), English-born film director
• F. A. Ridley (1897–1994), a British marxist, secularist, and writer
• George Ridley (disambiguation):
  • George Ridley (Liberal politician) (1818–1887), a Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1936–1944
  • George Ridley (Labour politician) (1886–1944), Member of Parliament for Clay Cross 1936–1944
• Harold Ridley (Jesuit) (Rev. "Hap" Ridley, 1939–2005), President of Loyola College, Maryland (1994–2005)
• Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist) (1906–2001), English ophthalmologist who pioneered intraocular lens implants
• Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956), English botanist largely responsible for establishing the rubber industry on the Malay peninsula
• Jack Ridley (1915–1957), American USAF test pilot
• Jasper Ridley (1920–2004), British writer known for historical biographies
• John Ridley (inventor) (1806–1887), best known for "Ridley's Stripper"
• Lancelot Ridley divinity rector of Stretham and father of Mark Ridley,
• Mark Ridley (physician) (1560–1624), English physician and mathematician
• Mark Ridley (zoologist) (born 1956), English zoologist
• Matt Ridley (born 1958), British science writer, financier
• Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley
• Malcolm Ridley, actor & writer
• Michèle-Louise Ridley-Cook, Proprietor and Curator-labonnevivante.com; Purveyors of African American Cultural Artifacts-Alexandria, VA
• Nicholas Ridley (martyr) (died 1555), English bishop martyred for his beliefs and support of Lady Jane Grey
• Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale (1929–1993), British politician, member of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet
• Viscount Ridley, a title created in 1900 for Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley
• Yvonne Ridley (born 1959), English journalist best known for her capture by the Taliban and subsequent conversion to Islam after release
• Ridley Pakenham-Walsh (1888–1966), CB MC (1888-1966) was General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District
• Mike Ridley (born 1963), retired professional ice hockey centre who played in the NHL for 12 seasons from 1985 until 1997
• Ian Ridley (1934–2008), Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL
• Alice Tan Ridley (born 1952), gospel and R&B singer and the mother of film star Gabourey Sidibe
• Philip Ridley (born 1967), British artist working with various media
• Alan Ridley, a rugby league player who played for Western Suburbs as a winger from 1931 to 1936. He was voted in the Wests Tigers Team of the Century and the Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the Century
• Greg Ridley (1947–2003), one of the more visible rock bassists in England, and a founding member of the rock band Humble Pie
• Ridley Jacobs (born 1967), left-handed batsman who was a regular fixture in the West Indian cricket team in the 1990s and 2000s
• John Ridley (born 1965), American film director, actor, and writer

Species

• Ridley's Bat, Myotis ridleyi, a species of vesper bat found in Indonesia and Malaysia
• Ridley's Leaf-nosed Bat, Hipposideros ridleyi, a bat species found in Malaysia and Singapore
• Ridley's worm lizard, Amphisbaena ridley, a reptile species
• Ridley sea turtle, a genus of sea turtles with two species:
  • Olive ridley sea turtle
  • Kemp's ridley sea turtle, the rarest sea turtle and is critically endangered

Other

• Ridley (Metroid), a recurring antagonist from the Metroid video game series
• Ridley, the female protagonist in the PS2 game Radiata Stories
• Ridley Corporation Limited and its subsidiaries including:
  • Ridley AgriProducts
  • Ridley Inc., manufacturer and marketer of livestock products
• Ridley (bicycles), a Belgian bicycle brand

See also

• ridleyi (disambiguation)
• Ridley's (disambiguation)