Priestley
Priestley may refer to:
Places
- 5577 Priestley, an inner main belt asteroid
- Priestley, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Priestley College, a sixth-form college
- Priestley Glacier, a major valley glacier in Antarctica
- The Priestley, a proscenium theatre
Craters
- Priestley (lunar crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon
- Priestley (Martian crater)
People with the surname
Sports
- Adam Priestley (born 1990), Gibraltarian footballer
- Akeem Priestley (born 1985), Jamaican footballer
- Dennis Priestley (born 1950), English darts player
- Gerry Priestley (born 1931), footballer whose clubs included Grimsby Town and Halifax Town
- Neil Priestley (born 1961), English cricketer
- Tommy Priestley (1911–1985), Northern Irish footballer
Arts
- Brian Priestley (born 1940), English jazz writer, pianist and arranger
- Chris Priestley (born 1958), British children's book author and illustrator
- Jason Priestley, Canadian-American actor who starred in Beverly Hills, 90210
- J. B. Priestley (1894–1984), English writer and broadcaster
- Mark Priestley (1976–2008), Australian actor
- Robert Priestley (1901–1986), American set decorator
- Tom Priestley (born 1932), sound and film editor
Sciences
- Henry Priestley (1884–1961), Australian biochemist
- Hilary Priestley, British mathemematician after whom Priestley spaces are named.
- Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), British theologian, dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist
- Maurice Priestley, emeritus professor of statistics at the University of Manchester
- Raymond Priestley (1886–1974), British geologist and Antarctic explorer
Other
- Arthur Priestley, English Liberal Party politician and cricketer
- Briggs Priestley (1831–1907), English cloth manufacturer and Liberal Party politician
- Julian Priestley (born 1950), Secretary-General of the European Parliament 1997–2007
- Mary Priestley (born 1925), British music therapist
- Philip Priestley (born 1946), British diplomat
- Dr. Priestley, a fictional investigator
See also
- Priestly, a surname
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