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Harley

type of motorcycle, by 1968, short for Harley-Davidson motorcycle manufacturer founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., 1905 by engine designer William S. Harley (1880-1943) and Arthur Davidson. The surname Harley is attested from mid-12c., literally "dweller at the hares' wood." Harley Street in London from the 1830s was associated with eminent physicians and used metonymically for "medical specialists collectively."

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Harley (surname)

Harley is a surname, and may refer to

  • Albert Harley, English footballer
  • Alex Harley (1936 - 1969), A Scottish professional footballer
  • Bill Harley, children's entertainer
  • Bob Harley (1888 - 1958), a former top Canadian soccer player from the 1920s
  • Brilliana Harley, letter writer and a figure in the English Civil War
  • Chic Harley, Ohio State football player 1916–1919
  • David Harley, English security commentator, author, and musician
  • Dick Harley (1872 - 1952), a Major League Baseball player
  • Edward Harley (Parliamentarian) (1624–1700), father of the 1st Earl of Oxford
  • Edward Harley (1664–1735), his second son
  • Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, (1689–1741)
  • Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, (1699–1755), son of Edward Harley (1664–1735)
  • Frank Harley, a former Australian rules footballer
  • Harry Harley (born 4 June 1926), a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Heidi Harley, American linguist
  • Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (1694 - 1755), an English noblewoman
  • John Brian Harley (1932-1991), English geographer
  • Jim Harley (1917 - 1989), a former English footballer
  • John Harley (16th-century bishop) (died 1558), Bishop of Hereford
  • John Harley (Dean) (1728 – 1788), Dean of Windsor and Bishop of Hereford (second son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford)
  • John Pritt Harley (1786–1858), an English actor
  • Jon Harley, English footballer
  • Joseph Auty Harley, former Mayor of Nelson, New Zealand
  • Joseph Emile Harley, American politician
  • Les Harley (born 26 September 1946), an English former professional footballer
  • Leslie Harley (born October 26, 1912), an Australian boxer
  • Margaret Cavendish-Harley
  • Robert Harley (1579–1656), English politician of the seventeenth century
  • Robert Harley (c. 1706–1774), an English Member of Parliament (younger son of Edward Harley (1664-1735))
  • Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, British Lord Treasurer
  • Robert Harley, a British comedy writer and performer
  • Rufus Harley, American jazz musician
  • Ryan Harley (born 22 January 1985), a professional English footballer
  • Steve Harley, British musician
  • Thomas Harley (1730 – 1804), Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament (younger son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford)
  • Tom Harley, Australian rules footballer
  • Trevor Harley, a psychologist and Head of the School of Psychology at the University of Dundee
  • William S. Harley, co-founder and first chief engineer of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Harley (given name)

Harley is an American male/female given name.

People called Harley include:

  • Harley Allen (born January 23, 1956), an American country singer and songwriter
  • Harley Alexander-Sule, English singer in Rizzle Kicks
  • Harley Brinsfield, an American radio personality and host of The Harley Show
  • Harley Boss (1908 - 1964), a Major League Baseball first baseman
  • Harley True Burton (1888 - 1964), a Texas historian, college president, and mayor
  • Harley H. Christy (1870 – 1950), a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy
  • Harley Cross (born 1978), an American film and television actor
  • Harley Desjarlais, a regional Métis leader in Canada
  • Harley Dillinger (1894 - 1959), an American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Harley Earl, car designer and coachbuilder, the first styling chief at General Motors
  • Harley Flanagan (born 1968), musician and member of the 1980s hardcore punk band Cro-Mags
  • Harley Flanders, an American mathematician
  • Harley Frank, a First Nations leader in southern Alberta, Canada
  • Harley Granville-Barker (1877 – 1946), an English actor, director, producer, critic and playwright
  • Harley Hisner (born November 6, 1926), a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball
  • Harley Hotchkiss (born 1927), a Canadian businessman
  • Harley M. Jacklin (1889-1970), an American politician
  • Harley Martin Kilgore (1893 - 1956), a United States Senator from West Virginia
  • Harley Eugene Knox (1899 – 1956), an American independent politician from California
  • Harley Jane Kozak (born January 28, 1957), an American actress and author
  • Harley Lewis (born May 5, 1971), an American professional wrestler
  • Harley Marques Silva (born July 6, 1975), a Brazilian beach volleyball champion
  • Harley A. Martin (1880-1951), an American politician
  • Harley McCollum (1916 – 1984), an American football tackle
  • Harley Parker (1915 – 1992), a Canadian artist, designer, curator, professor and scholar
  • Harley Pasternak (born August 6, 1974), a Canadian personal trainer, public speaker and author
  • Harley Payne (1868 - 1935), a former American professional baseball player
  • Harley Peyton, an American television producer and writer
  • Harley Leland Race (born April 11, 1943), a retired American professional wrestler and current promoter
  • Harley Refsal, an American artist and woodcarver
  • Harley Rutledge (1926 - 2006), an American physics professor and ufologist
  • Harley Schwadron, an American cartoonist
  • Harley Sewell (born April 18, 1931), a former American football guard
  • Harley Orrin Staggers (1907 – 1991), a Democratic U.S. politician
  • Harley O. Staggers, Jr. (born February 22, 1951), a Democratic U.S. politician
  • Harley Oliver Teets (1906 - 1957), American law enforcement official and warden of San Quentin State Prison
  • Harley Venton (born December 12, 1953), an American actor

Usage examples of "harley".

ANGLE ON Ann, who is next to Cal, the policeman, now in leather jacket and leaning on his Harley motorcycle.

Milo drove us all out to lunch at a nearby restaurant which as usual was crammed with Lambourn people: Martha and Harley held splendid court as the new owners of Gold Cup winner Datepalm and were pink with gratification over the compliments to their purchase.

Harley, thumbed the starter button, used the long heavy shift to slide the gearwheel into place, rolled in a little throttle, released the clutch, and rode across the highway.

Wall and was purportedly the diary of a man named Harley Janks whom no one remembered.

And here, encased in a mausoleum bedecked with quartz minarets, was Eduard Pendregast, a well-known Harley Street doctor in eighteenth-century London.

Most of the motorcycles were equipped with riding pegs for the drivers to rest their boots on for comfort, but a couple of the Harleys had floorboards to accommodate passengers.

Charles Whittaker, 12 Harley Road, Abingdon, Oxon Teacher and Helen Patricia Whittaker his wife of the same address.

A low drone at first, the sound bloomed into the full blown roar of a Harley Hog, a loud, rude two cylinder steed, blam blam blamming in the dark.

We got back on the Harley, circled the crowd and their Airstreams, and parked out of sight.

Harley explained that he'd had a small branch pharmacy up at the hospital until one day without explanation or warning, Hodges just kicked him out.

Appleton might be okay even if Johnny Marinville had highsided his Harley and fucked himself up bigtime, he had looked like the sort of man who could (blazers and rep ties notwithstanding) accept the idea that sometimes things went wrong.

Instead, that morning, he had found a long piece about how Gwyn Barry had switched agents, controversially taking his custom from Harley, Dexter, Fielding to Gal Aplanalp.

Speeding until they dared go no faster, Able Team tore up the trail with their heavy semi-chopped Harleys, scraping fancy stone steps with their crankcases, rutting beds of rare California wild flowers.

He practices dermatology in Harley Street and uses Neil's supply house.

Leaving the burglar chain engaged, she peered out to see Harley Fist, swaying on his feet, his eyes red-rimmed, his face sullen and stubbled, a livid bruise discoloring one side of his chin and jaw.