Easley is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Annie Easley (1933-2011), American computer scientist, mathematician and rocket scientist
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Charles Easley, Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
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Damion Easley
Jacinto Damion Easley (born November 11, 1969) is an American former professional baseball player who is currently an assistant hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). While primarily a second baseman throughou ...
(born 1969), baseball player
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David Easley
David Alan Easley (born 1950s) is an American economist. Easley is the Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science and is a professor of information science at Cornell University.
He was previously an overseas fellow of Churchill College at C ...
, Chair of the Economics department at Cornell University
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Ed Easley (born 1985), American baseball player
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Jeff Easley
Jeff Easley (born 1954) is an oil painter who creates fantasy artwork for role-playing games, comics, and magazines, as well as non-fantasy commercial art.
Early life
Easley was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky in 1954. He spent time drawing as ...
(born 1954), graphic artist, works in Dungeons and Dragons books
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Kenny Easley
Kenneth Mason Easley Jr. (born January 15, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a strong safety in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s. He played college football for the UCLA Bruin ...
(born 1959), American football player
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Michael Easley (disambiguation), multiple people
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Mike Easley
Michael Francis Easley (born March 23, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 72nd governor of North Carolina from 2001 to 2009. He is the first
governor of North Carolina to have been convicted of a felony.
A member of ...
(born 1950), politician
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Nick Easley (born 1997), American football player
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Stephen Easley
Stephen Easley (September 4, 1952 – August 14, 2013) was an American businessman and politician.
Education and early life
Easley was born in Indiana to Jack and Alice Easley. Easley received his bachelor's degree from Purdue University ...
(1952–2013), American businessman and politician
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Walt Easley
Walter Edward Easley (September 8, 1957 – February 14, 2013) was a fullback in the NFL and USFL.
He played his college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers, running for 1,773 yards and 19 touchdowns. In the NFL, he played two years fo ...
(1957–2013), American football player
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Easley Blackwood Sr. (1903–1992), contract bridge player, administrator and author
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Easley Blackwood Jr.
Easley R. Blackwood Jr. (April 21, 1933 – January 22, 2023) was an American professor of music, concert pianist, composer (sometimes using unusual tunings), and the author of books on music theory, including his research into the properties of ...
(1933–2023), musician
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