People
- The British Huxley family:
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895), British biologist, supporter of Charles Darwin and inventor of the term 'agnosticism'
- Leonard Huxley (writer) (1860–1933), British writer and editor, son of Thomas Henry
- Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), British writer, son of Leonard
- Sir Julian Huxley (1887–1975), British biologist and author, son of Leonard
- Sir Andrew Huxley (born 1917), British physiologist and biophysicist, son of Leonard
- Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997), British writer, daughter-in-law of Leonard
- Sir Leonard Huxley (physicist) (1902–1988), Australian physicist, second cousin once-removed of Thomas Huxley
- Others with the surname Huxley
- David Huxley, Australian ice hockey player
- Julian Huxley (rugby union)
- Hugh Huxley (born 1924), British biologist, and Professor of Biology at Brandeis University
- Martin Huxley, British mathematician
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