Cunliffe as an English surname derives from a former place near

Rishton Rishton is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about west of Clayton-le-Moors and north east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from about 1894 to 1974. The population at the census of 2011 was 6,625. History I ...

, Lancashire. Notable people with the surname include: *

Baron Cunliffe Baron Cunliffe, of Headley in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1914 for Walter Cunliffe, Governor of the Bank of England from 1913 to 1918. the title is held by his grandson, the third Bar ...

, of Headley in the County of Surrey *

Barry Cunliffe Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, (born 10 December 1939), known as Barry Cunliffe, is a British archaeologist and academic. He was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2007. Since 2007, he has been an Emeri ...

(born 1939), Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford *

Bill Cunliffe William Henry Cunliffe Jr. (born June 26, 1956), is an American jazz pianist and composer. Early life Cunliffe was born in Andover, Massachusetts. He discovered music at an early age, with particular emphasis on classical music as well as jaz ...

, jazz pianist and composer *

Billy Cunliffe William Cunliffe (1897 – 10 August 1942) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Pemberton Rovers ...

, British rugby league footballer *

Charles Cunliffe Charles Morley Cunliffe (2 September 1858 – 15 October 1884) was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1877 to 1880. Cunliffe was one of Kent's leading slow bowlers of the time but was forced to give up cric ...

(1858–1884), English cricketer *

Cunliffe, Brooks Cunliffe, Brooks and Co. was a bank founded in Blackburn, Lancashire, England in 1792. The bank founded by cotton entrepreneur William Brooks (1762–1846) and Roger Cunliffe. In 1819, Samuel Brooks, son of one of the founders, opened a branch o ...

, bank founded in Blackburn, Lancashire, England in 1792 *

Cunliffe baronets The Cunliffe Baronetcy, of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 26 March 1759 for Sir Ellis Cunliffe, a slave trader and Member of Parliament for Liverpool. The fourth Baronet was ...

, of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster *

Cunliffe-Owen baronets The Cunliffe-Owen Baronetcy, of Bray in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 2 February 1920 for the industrialist Hugo Cunliffe-Owen. He was chairman and president of the British-Ameri ...

, of Bray in the County of Berkshire *

Dan Cunliffe Daniel Cunliffe (11 June 1875 – 28 December 1937) was an English footballer who had a rather nomadic career in which he played as an inside forward for several clubs, including Liverpool as well as making one appearance for England in 1900. C ...

(1875–1937), English footballer *

David Cunliffe David Richard Cunliffe (born 30 April 1963) is a New Zealand management consultant and former politician who was Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from September 2013 to September 2014. He was Member of Parlia ...

(born 1963), former New Zealand Labour Party Leader and Leader of the Opposition * David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton, JP, DL (1937–2006), British peer and politician *

Sir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd Baronet Sir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd Baronet (1755–1834) was the founder of the Royal Society of British Bowmen. Biography Foster Cunliffe was the son of Sir Robert Cunliffe, 2nd Baronet and Mary Wright. He succeeded to his father’s baronetcy on the ...

(1755–1834), founder of the Royal Society of British Bowmen *

Foster Cunliffe Sir Foster Hugh Egerton Cunliffe, 6th Baronet (17 August 1875 – 10 July 1916) was an English historian and first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University from 1895 to 1898, for Middlesex from 1897 to 1903 and for Marylebone Cricket Clu ...

, English cricketer *

Hugo Cunliffe-Owen Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, 1st Baronet (16 August 1870 – 14 December 1947) was an English industrialist. Childhood Cunliffe-Owen was born in Kensington, London, the younger son of Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen, director of the South Kensington Museu ...

(1870–1947), English industrialist *

Jack Cunliffe Jack Cunliffe (3 March 1921 – 5 February 1973) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England as a utility Back, e.g. or , ...

, rugby league footballer of the 1930s-1960s for Great Britain, England, British Empire XIII, and Wigan *

Jason Cunliffe (Hollyoaks) The following is a list of characters that first appeared on the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' in 2001, by first appearance. The year saw the introduction of many new characters including the Hunter family. Jason Cunliffe Jason Cunliffe ...

, a character from the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' *

Jason Cunliffe (footballer) Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe (born 23 October 1983) is a Guamanian The Chamorro people (; also CHamoru) are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, politically divided between the United States territory of Guam and the encompassing Comm ...

(born 1983), Guamanian footballer *

Jimmy Cunliffe James Nathaniel Cunliffe (5 July 1912 – 21 November 1986) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. Career Born in Blackrod, Cunliffe played club football for Haslingden, Adlington, Everton and Rochdale. Prior to his foo ...

(born 1912), English footballer who played as an inside forward *

John Cunliffe (author) John Arthur Cunliffe (16 June 1933 – 20 September 2018) was an English children's book author and television presenter who created the characters of ''Postman Pat'' and ''Rosie and Jim''. Biography Cunliffe was born in Colne, Lancashire, the ...

(1933–2018), British children's book author who created Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim *

John Cunliffe (footballer born 1930) John Cunliffe (4 February 1930 – 15 November 1975) was an English footballer who played on the left wing. He made 309 appearances in the Football League, scoring 55 goals. Signed to Port Vale for almost the whole of the 1950s, he was on th ...

(1930–1975), English footballer *

John Cunliffe (footballer born 1984) John Cunliffe (born 8 August 1984) is an English former professional footballer. Career College and amateur Born in Bolton, Cunliffe was a schoolboy trainee with both Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers, before moving to the United States ...

, English football player *

Lawrence Cunliffe Lawrence Cunliffe (born 25 March 1929) is a retired British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh from 1979 to 2001. Early life Cunliffe was born in Walkden, Lancashire, in 1929. He was a National Coal Board e ...

(born 1929), British Labour Party politician *

Marcus Cunliffe Marcus Falkner Cunliffe (1922–1990) was a British scholar who specialized in cultural and military American Studies. He was particularly interested in comparing how Europeans viewed Americans and how Americans viewed Europeans.It was in the US ...

(1922–1990), British historian and academic *

Mitzi Cunliffe Mitzi Solomon Cunliffe (January 1, 1918 – December 30, 2006) was an American sculptor. She was most famous for designing the golden trophy in the shape of a theatrical mask that would go on to represent the British Academy of Film and Televi ...

(1918–2006), American sculptor *

Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton Nicholas John Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton (4 September 1939 – 21 March 2021), styled Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister from 1974 to 2006, was a British peer. The younger grandson of the first Earl, he became Earl of Swinton on the death of his ...

(born 1939), British peer *

Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton, (1 May 1884 – 27 July 1972), known as Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton between 1935 and 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950 ...

, GBE, CH, MC, PC (1884–1972), British Conservative politician *

R. Cunliffe Gosling Robert Cunliffe Gosling DL (15 June 1868 – 8 April 1922), was a Victorian-era footballer who played as a speedy inside forward for the renowned amateur clubs Old Etonians and the Corinthians. He captained the England team on one, possibly tw ...

DL (1868–1922), Victorian-era footballer *

Robert Cunliffe (disambiguation) Robert Cunliffe may refer to: Sports * Robert Cunliffe (cricketer) (born 1973), English cricketer * Bobby Cunliffe (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2000), winger for Manchester City, Chesterfield and Southport * Bobby Cunliffe (footballer, born 1945 ...

, several people *

Roger Cunliffe, 3rd Baron Cunliffe Roger Cunliffe, 3rd Baron Cunliffe (born 12 January 1932), is a retired architect and consulting project manager. He specialised in project strategy, particularly for office buildings, museums and exhibition complexes, and for city planning, both ...

(born 1932), retired management consultant and former project manager *

Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron Masham Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron Masham (1857-24 January 1917) was an English baron and industrialist. He was born in 1857, the son of Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham, and was educated at Harrow and St John's College, Oxford. Like his father, ...

(1857–1917), English baron and industrialist *

Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet, (30 September 1819 – 9 June 1900) was an English barrister, banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1869 and 1892. Life Brooks was the son of Samuel Brooks ...

(1819–1900), son of Samuel Brooks *

Stella Cunliffe Stella Vivian Cunliffe (12 January 1917 – 20 January 2012) was a British statistician. She was the first female president of the Royal Statistical Society. Education and early career Cunliffe was educated at Parsons Mead School, Ashtead, Sur ...

MBE (born 1917), Director of Statistics at the British Home Office *

Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister, Dowager Countess of Swinton, Baroness Masham of Ilton, (''née'' Sinclair; born ) is a crossbench member of the House of Lords. She is the senior life peer. She is Vice President of the Snowdon Trust, f ...

(born 1935), crossbench member of the House of Lords * Tom Cunliffe, British yachting journalist, author and broadcaster *

Walter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe Walter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe, GBE (3 December 1855 – 6 January 1920) was a British banker who established the merchant banking business of Cunliffe Brothers (after 1920, Goschens and Cunliffe) in London, and who was Governor of the Ban ...

, GBE (1855–1920), Governor of the Bank of England from 1913 to 1918 *

Whit Cunliffe Whittaker Cunliffe (15 December 1875 – 1 May 1966) was an English comic singer. The historian and critic W. J. MacQueen-Pope described Cunliffe as a "great singer of great songs and the epitome of what made Music Hall." Biography Whit Cunliff ...

(1876–1966), English comic singer

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