People
- Surname
- Alan Ridley, Rugby league player who played for Western Suburb
- Alice Tan Ridley (b.1952), gospel and R&B singer
- Arnold Ridley (1896–1984), English actor
- David Ridley (b.1954), English cricketer
- F. A. Ridley (1897–1994), British marxist, secularist, and writer
- 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 1936–1944
- Greg Ridley (1947–2003), 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
- 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
- Jasper Ridley (1920–2004), British writer known for historical biographies
- John Ridley (b.1965), American film director, actor, and writer
- John Ridley (footballer) (b.1952), English soccer player
- John Ridley (inventor) (1806–1887), best known for "Ridley's Stripper"
- John S. Ridley, Canadian politician
- Lancelot Ridley divinity rector of Stretham and father of Mark Ridley,
- Malcolm Ridley, actor & writer
- Mark Ridley (physician) (1560–1624), English physician and mathematician
- Mark Ridley (zoologist) (born 1956), English zoologist
- Matt Ridley (b.1958), British science writer, financier
- Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley
- Maurice Roy Ridley (1890-1969), academic, writer and poet
- Mike Ridley (b.1963), Ice hockey centre
- Nicholas Ridley (martyr) (died 1555), English bishop
- Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale (1929–1993), British politician
- Philip Ridley (b.1967), British artist working with various media
- Yvonne Ridley (b.1959), English journalist
- Given name
- Ridley Jacobs (b.1967), West Indian cricketer
- Ridley Pakenham-Walsh (1888–1966), British General
- Ridley Scott (b.1937), English-born film director
- Title
- Viscount Ridley, a title created in 1900 for Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley
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