Midgley (surname)

Midgley is an English surname which originates from the place name of Midgley, near Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire. Notable people with the name include:

• Craig Midgley (born 1976), English football manager and former player
• G. C. J. Midgley (1921–1997), British philosopher of language
• Hannah Midgley (born 1993), British actress
• Harry Midgley (1893–1957), British politician
• John Edward Maurice Midgley (1935–2023), British biochemist
• Magdalena Midgley (1952–2014), British archaeologist
• Mary Midgley (1919–2018), British philosopher of ethics and animal rights
• Robin Midgley (1934–2007), British theatre, television and radio director
• Roger Midgley (1924–2019) British field hockey player
• Thomas Midgley (footballer) (1856–1957) was a British professional footballer
• Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889–1944), American mechanical and chemical engineer
• Waldo Midgley (1888–1986) was an American artist, including as a depictor of the Black Rock of the Great Salt Lake
• The Midgley family, a British family of opera singers:
  • Gladys Midgley (1911–2005) soprano singer
  • Walter Midgley (1914–1980) operatic tenor
  • Vernon Midgley (born 1940), tenor singer
  • Maryetta Midgley (born 1942), soprano singer