Priestley may refer to:

Places

* Priestley, West Virginia, US, an unincorporated community * Priestley Glacier, a major valley glacier in Antarctica * Priestley (lunar crater), on the far side of the Moon * Priestley (Martian crater) * 5577 Priestley, an inner main belt asteroid

People

Arts

* Alice Priestley (born 1962), Canadian children's writer and illustrator * Bel Priestley (born 2003), English actress and internet personality * Brian Priestley (born 1940), English jazz writer, pianist and arranger * Joanna Priestley (born 1950), American film director and animator * Chris Priestley (born 1958), British children's book author and illustrator * Jason Priestley (born 1969), Canadian-American actor * J. B. Priestley (1894–1984), English writer and broadcaster * Mark Priestley (1976–2008), Australian actor * Rick Priestley (born 1959), British miniature wargame designer and author * Robert Priestley (1901–1986), American set decorator * Tom Priestley (born 1932), sound and film editor

Sciences

* Henry Priestley (biochemist) (1884–1961), Australian biochemist * Hilary Priestley, British mathematician * James Taggart Priestley (1903–1979), American surgeon * John Gillies Priestley (1879–1941), British physiologist * Joseph Hubert Priestley (1883–1944), British botanist *

Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley (; 24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, Unitarian, Natural philosophy, natural philosopher, English Separatist, separatist theologian, Linguist, grammarian, multi-subject educator and Classical libera ...

(1733–1804), British theologian, dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist * Maurice Priestley (1933–2013), emeritus professor of statistics at the University of Manchester * Raymond Priestley (1886–1974), British geologist and Antarctic explorer

Sports

* Adam Priestley (born 1990), Gibraltarian footballer * Akeem Priestley (born 1985), Jamaican footballer * Dennis Priestley (born 1950), English darts player * Donald Priestley (1887–1917), English cricketer * Gerry Priestley (1931–2020), English footballer * John Priestley (footballer) (1900–1980), Scottish footballer * Neil Priestley (born 1961), English cricketer * Robert Priestley (1911–2007), English cricketer * Tommy Priestley (1911–1985), Northern Irish footballer

Other

* Arthur Priestley (1865–1933), English Liberal Party politician and cricketer * Briggs Priestley (1831–1907), English cloth manufacturer and Liberal Party politician * Julian Priestley (1950–2017), Secretary-General of the European Parliament 1997–2007 * Mary Priestley (1925–2017), British music therapist * Monique Priestley, American politician from Vermont * Philip Priestley (1946–2022), British diplomat

Other uses

* Priestley College, a sixth-form college * The Priestley, a proscenium theatre * Dr. Priestley, a fictional investigator