Boyle
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Boyle is a common Irish and Scottish surname of Norman origin. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrew Boyle (1919–1991), journalist and biographer
- Brendan F. Boyle (born 1977), politician
- Brian Boyle (born 1984), professional hockey player
- Brian J. Boyle, astrophysicist
- Buzz Boyle (1908–1978), Major League Baseball player
- Charles Boyle, 2nd Viscount Blesington (died 1732), Irish politician
- Charles Boyle (poet) (born 1951), UK poet
- Charles A. Boyle (1907–1959), U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Charles Cavendish Boyle (1849–1916), British colonial administrator
- Charles Edmund Boyle (1836–1888), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Charles P. Boyle (1892–1968), American cinematographer
- Chris Cornell (born 1964), musician, born Christopher Boyle
- Courtenay Boyle (1770-1844), British naval officer and MP
- Dan Boyle (ice hockey) (born 1976), professional ice hockey player
- Danny Boyle (born 1956), British film director, cousin of John Wayne
- Daryl Boyle (born 1987), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- David Boyle (author) (born 1958), economics author and journalist
- David Boyle (rugby league) (born 1959), former Australian rugby league player
- David Boyle (archaeologist) (1842–1911), Canadian educator and archaeologist
- David Boyle, Lord Boyle (1772–1853), Scottish judge and privy counsellor of the United Kingdom
- David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow (1833–1915), governor of New Zealand 1892–1897
- Ed Boyle, mayor of North Olmsted, Ohio from 1990 to 1998
- Eddie Boyle (1874–1941), Major League Baseball player
- Edward Courtney Boyle (1883–1967), English Royal Navy officer, First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Sir Edward Boyle, 1st Baronet (1848–1909), MP for Taunton 1906–1909, grandfather of Baron Boyle
- Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–1981), British Conservative Party politician, MP 1950–1970
- Edward C. Boyle, (died 1981), Allegheny County District Attorney for Pittsburgh from 1956-1964
- Edward G. Boyle, (1899–1977), Canadian set decorator
- Edward James Boyle, Sr. (1913-2002), U.S. federal judge
- Emmet D. Boyle (1879–1926), former Governor of Nevada
- Francis Boyle (born 1950), professor of international law
- Frankie Boyle (born 1972), Scottish comedian
- George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow (1766–1843), 4th Earl of Glasgow
- George Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow (1825–1890), Scottish politician
- Gert Boyle (born 1924), U.S. businesswoman
- Greg Boyle (priest) (born 1954), Jesuit priest in East Los Angeles
- Harris Boyle (c. 1953–1975), Northern Irish loyalist and Ulster Volunteer Force member
- Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle (1875–1941), anaesthesiologist
- Hugh Charles Boyle (1873–1950), American Roman Catholic bishop
- Hugh Boyle (golfer) (born 1936), Irish golfer
- Hugh Boyle Ewing (1826–1905), American diplomat, author and lawyer
- Jack Boyle (1866–1913), Major League Baseball player
- James Boyle (academic) (born 1959), professor of law
- James Boyle (broadcasting), BBC broadcaster
- James Boyle (Donegal politician) (1863–1936), Irish politician, Member of Parliament for West Donegal 1900–1902
- James Boyle (Fianna Fáil politician) (fl.1930s), Fianna Fáil Member of the 1934–1936 Seanad Éireann
- James Boyle Uniacke (1799–1858), Canadian politician
- Jane J. Boyle (born 1954), District judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- Jarrod Boyle, Washington winemaker
- Jeremiah Boyle (1818–1871), Union Brigadier General during the American Civil War
- Jimmy Boyle (artist) (born 1944), Scottish sculptor and novelist, former gangster
- Jimmy Boyle (baseball) (1904–1958), American baseball player
- Jimmy Boyle (footballer) (born 1972), former Scottish footballer
- John Boyle (bishop) (1563–1620), Bishop
- John Boyle (congressman) (1774–1835), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- John Robert Boyle (1870–1936), Albertan politician
- John Boyle (footballer) (born 1946), Scottish footballer
- John Boyle (UK politician) (c. 1870–1950), Unionist politician from Northern Ireland
- John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890), Irish poet and novelist
- Johnny Boyle, drummer for the Irish band, The Frames
- Joseph W. Boyle (1867–1923), Canadian adventurer
- Joshua Boyle, Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons
- Katie Boyle (born 1926), television presenter
- Kay Boyle (1902–1992), U.S. writer and political activist
- Kevin Boyle (historian) (born 1960), author and professor of history at Ohio State University
- Kevin Boyle (lawyer) (1943–2010), Northern Ireland-born human rights activist, barrister and educator
- Kevin J. Boyle (born 1980), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Lara Flynn Boyle (born 1970), U.S. actress
- Lauren Boyle (born 1987), New Zealand swimmer
- Lisa Boyle (born 1964), U.S. model
- Mark Boyle (1934–2005), Scottish artist
- Mark Boyle (snooker player) (born 1981), snooker player
- Mike Boyle (born 1944), mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
- Morrie Boyle, Australian rugby league footballer
- Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington (1709–1769), governor of Limerick
- Nicholas Boyle (born 1946), British literature historian
- Patricia Boyle (1937–2014), American judge
- Patrick Boyle (footballer) (born 1987), Scottish footballer
- Patrick Boyle (writer) (1905–1982), Irish writer
- Peter Boyle (1935–2006), U.S. actor
- Phelim Boyle (born 1941), quantitative finance academic
- Raelene Boyle (born 1951), Australian athlete
- Richard Boyle (bishop) (c.1574–1644), Archbishop of Tuam
- Richard Boyle (rower) (1888-1953), British rower and medallist at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Richard Boyle (canoeist) (born 1961), New Zealand sprint canoeist
- Robert Boyle (1627–1691), English natural philosopher
- Robert F. Boyle (1909–2010), director and production designer
- Robert William Boyle (1883–1955), Canadian physicist, co-inventor of sonar
- Russell Lambert Boyle (1880-1915), Lieutenant Colonel, 10th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Died of Wounds at 2nd Battle of Ypres, April 1915.
- Ruth-Ann Boyle (born 1970), singer of the British group Olive
- Ryan Boyle (born 1981), U.S. lacrosse player
- Ryan Boyle (rugby league) (born 1987), rugby league player
- Sarah Boyle (1609–1633), Irish 17th-century Lady
- Stephen Boyle (born 1953), Australian footballer
- Steve Boyle (born 1953), English rugby union player
- Susan Boyle (born 1961), Scottish singer and a contestant on the 3rd series of Britain's Got Talent
- T. Coraghessan Boyle (born 1948), U.S. novelist and short story writer
- Terrence Boyle (born 1945), U.S. judge
- Terry Boyle (born 1958), Former footballer from Wales
- Thomas Boyle (1775–1825), U.S. Navy officer
- Tommy Boyle (1888–1940), Burnley footballer
- Troy Boyle (born 1966), U.S. comic book artist and writer
- W. A. Boyle (1904–1985), president of the United Mine Workers of America union, 1963–1972
- Wesley Boyle (born 1979), Football midfielder
- Willard Boyle (1924–2011), Canadian physicist
- William M. Boyle (1903–1961), American Democratic political activist from Kansas
Members of Boyle family headed by the Earl of Cork
- Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (1566–1643), Lord Treasurer of Ireland
- Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington (1612–1698), Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
- Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan (1639–1694), Irish politician
- Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington (died 1704), Anglo-Irish politician
- Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694–1753), architect
- John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork (1707–1762), writer and friend of Jonathan Swift
- Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl of Cork (1729–1764), British and Irish politician
- Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork (1742–1798), Irish peer
- Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork (1767–1856), Irish soldier and peer
- Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork (1829–1904), British politician
- Charles Boyle, 10th Earl of Cork (1861–1925), Irish soldier and peer
- William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery (1873–1967), Admiral of the Fleet
- John Boyle, 14th Earl of Cork (1916–2003), Irish peer
- Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery (1621–1679), Irish soldier, statesman and dramatist
- Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1674–1731), author, soldier and statesman
- Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton (1669–1725), Lord Treasurer of Ireland
- Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon (1623–1699), Privy Councillor and governor of County Cork
- Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon (1675–1740), Field Marshal
- Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon (1682–1764), Irish politician
- Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon (1727–1807), 2nd Earl of Shannon, Irish politician
- Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon (1771–1842), Irish politician
- Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon (1809–1868), 4th Earl of Shannon, British politician
- Henry Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon (1833–1890), British politician
- William George Boyle (1830–1908), British soldier and politician
- Mary Boyle, Countess of Cork and Orrery (1746–1840), 18th-century British literary hostess
Members of Clan Boyle headed by the Earl of Glasgow
- David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow (1666–1733), Scottish politician
- John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow (1688–1740), Scottish politician
- John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow (1714–1775), Scottish politician
- James Carr-Boyle, 5th Earl of Glasgow (1792–1869), British politician and naval commander
- Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow (born 1939), British politician and chief of Clan Boyle
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