Boyle

For other uses, see Boyle (disambiguation).

Boyle is a common Irish and Scottish surname of Norman origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Boyle (disambiguation), multiple people
• Andrew Boyle (1919–1991), journalist and biographer
• Brendan F. Boyle (born 1977), politician
• Brian Boyle (born 1984), professional hockey player
• Brian J. Boyle, astrophysicist
• Buzz Boyle (1908–1978), Major League Baseball player
• Charles Boyle, 2nd Viscount Blesington (died 1732), Irish politician
• Charles Boyle (poet) (born 1951), UK poet
• Charles A. Boyle (1907–1959), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Charles Cavendish Boyle (1849–1916), British colonial administrator
• Charles Edmund Boyle (1836–1888), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• Charles P. Boyle (1892–1968), American cinematographer
• Chris Cornell (born 1964), musician, born Christopher Boyle
• Courtenay Boyle (1770-1844), British naval officer and MP
• Dan Boyle (ice hockey) (born 1976), professional ice hockey player
• Danny Boyle (born 1956), British film director, cousin of John Wayne
• Daryl Boyle (born 1987), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow (1833–1915), governor of New Zealand 1892–1897
• David Boyle (archaeologist) (1842–1911), Canadian educator and archaeologist
• David Boyle (author) (born 1958), economics author and journalist
• David Boyle, Lord Boyle (1772–1853), Scottish judge and privy counsellor of the United Kingdom
• David Boyle (rugby league) (born 1959), former Australian rugby league player
• Eddie Boyle (1874–1941), Major League Baseball player
• Sir Edward Boyle, 1st Baronet (1848–1909), MP for Taunton 1906–1909, grandfather of Baron Boyle
• Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–1981), British Conservative Party politician, MP 1950–1970
• Edward C. Boyle, (died 1981), Allegheny County District Attorney for Pittsburgh from 1956-1964
• Edward Courtney Boyle (1883–1967), English Royal Navy officer, First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Edward G. Boyle, (1899–1977), Canadian set decorator
• Edward James Boyle, Sr. (1913-2002), U.S. federal judge
• Emmet D. Boyle (1879–1926), former Governor of Nevada
• Francis Boyle (born 1950), professor of international law
• Frankie Boyle (born 1972), Scottish comedian
• George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow (1766–1843), 4th Earl of Glasgow
• George Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow (1825–1890), Scottish politician
• George Frederick Boyle (1886–1948), Australian-American composer
• Gert Boyle (born 1924), U.S. businesswoman
• Greg Boyle (priest) (born 1954), Jesuit priest in East Los Angeles
• Harris Boyle (c. 1953–1975), Northern Irish loyalist and Ulster Volunteer Force member
• Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle (1875–1941), anaesthesiologist
• Hugh Boyle Ewing (1826–1905), American diplomat, author and lawyer
• Hugh Charles Boyle (1873–1950), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Hugh Boyle (golfer) (born 1936), Irish golfer
• Ina Boyle (1889–1967), Irish composer
• Jack Boyle (1866–1913), Major League Baseball player
• James Boyle (academic) (born 1959), professor of law
• James Boyle (broadcasting), BBC broadcaster
• James Boyle (Donegal politician) (1863–1936), Irish politician, Member of Parliament for West Donegal 1900–1902
• James Boyle (Fianna Fáil politician) (fl.1930s), Fianna Fáil Member of the 1934–1936 Seanad Éireann
• James Boyle Uniacke (1799–1858), Canadian politician
• Jane J. Boyle (born 1954), District judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• Jarrod Boyle, Washington winemaker
• Jeremiah Boyle (1818–1871), Union Brigadier General during the American Civil War
• Jim Boyle (born 1962), American football player
• Jimmy Boyle (artist) (born 1944), Scottish sculptor and novelist, former gangster
• Jimmy Boyle (baseball) (1904–1958), American baseball player
• Jimmy Boyle (footballer) (born 1972), former Scottish footballer
• John Boyle (bishop) (1563–1620), Bishop
• John Boyle (congressman) (1774–1835), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• John Boyle (footballer born 1946), Scottish footballer
• John Boyle (footballer born 1986), Scottish footballer
• John Boyle (UK politician) (c. 1870–1950), Unionist politician from Northern Ireland
• John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890), Irish poet and novelist
• John Robert Boyle (1870–1936), Albertan politician
• Johnny Boyle, drummer for the Irish band, The Frames
• Joseph W. Boyle (1867–1923), Canadian adventurer
• Joshua Boyle, Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons
• Katie Boyle (born 1926), television presenter
• Kay Boyle (1902–1992), U.S. writer and political activist
• Kevin Boyle (historian) (born 1960), author and professor of history at Ohio State University
• Kevin Boyle (lawyer) (1943–2010), Northern Ireland-born human rights activist, barrister and educator
• Kevin J. Boyle (born 1980), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Lara Flynn Boyle (born 1970), U.S. actress
• Lauren Boyle (born 1987), New Zealand swimmer
• Lisa Boyle (born 1964), U.S. model
• Mark Boyle (1934–2005), Scottish artist
• Mark Boyle (snooker player) (born 1981), snooker player
• Mike Boyle (born 1944), mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
• Morrie Boyle, Australian rugby league footballer
• Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington (1709–1769), governor of Limerick
• Nicholas Boyle (born 1946), British literature historian
• Patricia Boyle (1937–2014), American judge
• Patrick Boyle (footballer) (born 1987), Scottish footballer
• Patrick Boyle (writer) (1905–1982), Irish writer
• Peter Boyle (1935–2006), U.S. actor
• Phelim Boyle (born 1941), quantitative finance academic
• Raelene Boyle (born 1951), Australian athlete
• Ray Boyle (born 1925), American actor
• Richard Boyle (bishop) (c.1574–1644), Archbishop of Tuam
• Richard Boyle (canoeist) (born 1961), New Zealand sprint canoeist
• Richard Boyle (rower) (1888-1953), British rower and medallist at the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Robert Boyle (1627–1691), Anglo-Irish natural philosopher
• Robert F. Boyle (1909–2010), director and production designer
• Robert William Boyle (1883–1955), Canadian physicist, co-inventor of sonar
• Ruth-Ann Boyle (born 1970), singer of the British group Olive
• Ryan Boyle (born 1981), U.S. lacrosse player
• Ryan Boyle (rugby league) (born 1987), rugby league player
• Sarah Boyle (1609–1633), Irish 17th-century Lady
• Shary Boyle (born 1972), Canadian artist
• Stephen Boyle (born 1953), Australian footballer
• Steve Boyle (rugby union) (born 1953), English rugby union player
• Steve Boyle (boxer) (born 1962), Scottish boxer
• Susan Boyle (born 1961), Scottish singer and a contestant on the 3rd series of Britain's Got Talent
• T. Coraghessan Boyle (born 1948), U.S. novelist and short story writer
• Terrence Boyle (born 1945), U.S. judge
• Terry Boyle (born 1958), Former footballer from Wales
• Thomas Boyle (1775–1825), U.S. Navy officer
• Timothy Boyle (born 1949), U.S. businessman
• Tommy Boyle (footballer born 1886) (1886–1940), football player who played for Barnsley, Burnley, and Wrexham
• Tommy Boyle (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1972), football player who played for Sheffield United, Manchester United, and Northampton Town
• Troy Boyle (born 1966), U.S. comic book artist and writer
• W. A. Boyle (1904–1985), president of the United Mine Workers of America union, 1963–1972
• Wesley Boyle (born 1979), Football midfielder
• Willard Boyle (1924–2011), Canadian physicist
• William M. Boyle (1903–1961), American Democratic political activist from Kansas

Members of Boyle family headed by the Earl of Cork

• Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (1566–1643), Lord Treasurer of Ireland
• Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington (1612–1698), Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
• Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan (1639–1694), Irish politician
• Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington (died 1704), Anglo-Irish politician
• Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694–1753), architect
• John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork (1707–1762), writer and friend of Jonathan Swift
• Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl of Cork (1729–1764), British and Irish politician
• Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork (1742–1798), Irish peer
• Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork (1767–1856), Irish soldier and peer
• Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork (1829–1904), British politician
• Charles Boyle, 10th Earl of Cork (1861–1925), Irish soldier and peer
• William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery (1873–1967), Admiral of the Fleet
• John Boyle, 14th Earl of Cork (1916–2003), Irish peer
• Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery (1621–1679), Irish soldier, statesman and dramatist
• Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1674–1731), author, soldier and statesman
• Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton (1669–1725), Lord Treasurer of Ireland
• Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon (1623–1699), Privy Councillor and governor of County Cork
• Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon (1675–1740), Field Marshal
• Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon (1682–1764), Irish politician
• Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon (1727–1807), 2nd Earl of Shannon, Irish politician
• Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon (1771–1842), Irish politician
• Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Shannon (1809–1868), 4th Earl of Shannon, British politician
• Henry Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon (1833–1890), British politician
• William George Boyle (1830–1908), British soldier and politician
• Mary Boyle, Countess of Cork and Orrery (1746–1840), 18th-century British literary hostess

Members of Clan Boyle headed by the Earl of Glasgow

• David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow (1666–1733), Scottish politician
• John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow (1688–1740), Scottish politician
• John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow (1714–1775), Scottish politician
• James Carr-Boyle, 5th Earl of Glasgow (1792–1869), British politician and naval commander
• Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow (born 1939), British politician and chief of Clan Boyle

See also

• Boyle, County Roscommon, Irish town
• Clan Boyle
• O'Boyle