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Ridley may refer to:
Places
England
- Ridley, Cheshire, a civil parish in Cheshire
- Ridley, Kent
- Ridley, Northumberland
- Ridley Road Market, a market situated in the London Borough of Hackney, North East London
Elsewhere
Education
- Ridley College, a university preparatory boarding and day school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
- Ridley College (Melbourne), an evangelical theological college in Melbourne, Australia
- Ridley Hall, Cambridge, a theological college in the evangelical tradition of the Church of England (named for the martyr bishop Nicholas)
- Ridley School District, in Pennsylvania, USA
- Ridley High School, in Folsom, Pennsylvania, USA
People
Surname
- Adam Ridley (born 1942), British economist
- Alan Ridley (1910–1993), Rugby league player who played for Western Suburb
- Alice Tan Ridley (born 1952), gospel and R&B singer
- Arnold Ridley (1896–1984), English actor
- Calvin Ridley (born 1994), American football player
- Daisy Ridley (born 1992), English actress
- David Ridley (born 1954), English cricketer
- F. A. Ridley (1897–1994), British marxist, secularist, and writer
- Florida Ruffin Ridley (1861–1943), African-American civil rights activist, teacher, writer, and editor
- George Ridley (Labour politician) (1886–1944), British Member of Parliament for Clay Cross 1936–1944
- George Ridley (Liberal politician) (1818–1887), British Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Greg Ridley (1942–2003), English rock bassist
- Harold Ridley (Jesuit) (1939–2005), President of Loyola College, Maryland (1994–2005)
- Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist) (1906–2001), English ophthalmologist
- Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956), English botanist
- Humphrey Ridley (1653–1708), English physician
- Ian Ridley (1934–2008), Australian rules footballer
- Jack Ridley (engineer) (1919–2006), New Zealand civil engineer and politician
- Jack Ridley (pilot) (1915–1957), Colonel in the USAF
- Jane Ridley (born 1953), British biographer
- Jasper Nicholas Ridley (1887–1951), British banker
- Jasper Ridley (1920–2004), British writer known for historical biographies
- John Ridley (born 1965), American film director, actor, and writer
- John Ridley (footballer) (born 1952), English soccer player
- John Ridley (inventor) (1806–1887), best known for "Ridley's Stripper"
- John S. Ridley (1882–1934), Canadian politician
- Lancelot Ridley (died 1576), divinity rector of Stretham and father of physician Mark Ridley
- Mabel Ridley (1895–1938), African-American singer
- Malcolm Ridley (born 1966), actor and writer
- 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 (1842–1904), British politician and statesman
- Maurice Roy Ridley (1890–1969), academic, writer and poet
- Mike Ridley (born 1963), ice hockey centre
- Nicholas Ridley (martyr) (died 1555), English bishop
- Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale (1929–1993), British politician
- Philip Ridley (born 1964), British artist working with various media
- Rita Ridley (1946–2013), English runner
- Stevan Ridley (born 1989), American football player for the New England Patriots
- Yvonne Ridley (born 1958), English journalist
- William Ridley (engraver) (1764–1838), British engraver
Given name
- Ridley Jacobs (born 1967), West Indian cricketer
- Ridley Pakenham-Walsh (1888–1966), British general
- Ridley Scott (born 1937), English film director
Title
- Viscount Ridley, a title created in 1900 for Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley
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 (Lepidochelys olivacea), found in warm and tropical waters
- Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), found in the North Atlantic and on the coast of North America
Other
- Ridley (Metroid), a recurring antagonist from the Metroid video game series
- Ridley Silverlake, 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
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