People
- The Hamersley family, a wealthy and well-connected family in early colonial Western Australia, including:
- Edward Hamersley (senior) (1810–1874)
- Edward Hamersley (junior) (1835 or 1836 – 1921)
- Samuel Hamersley (1842–1896)
- Vernon Hamersley (1871–1946)
- Other people with the surname
- Sir Hugh Hamersley (1565–1636), 17th century businessman and Lord Mayor of London
- Michael Hamersley, American tax lawyer and corporate whistleblower against the accounting firm KPMG's tax shelter fraud
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