Dudley is an English toponymic surname associated with the town of Dudley in West Midlands, England. Notable people with the surname include: Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick (c. 1530 – 1590), English general and patron of moderate Puritanism Andrew Dudley (c. 1507 – 1559), English soldier and courtier Anne Dudley (born 1956), English composer and pop musician Anne Dudley, maiden name of American poet Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612 – 1672) Benjamin Winslow Dudley (1785–1870), American surgeon and academic in Kentucky. Bill Dudley (1921–2010), American football player Billy Dudley (1931–1980), Nigerian political scientist Bob Dudley (born 1955), Chief Executive Officer of BP Carl Dudley (1910–1973), American film director and producer Charles Benjamin Dudley (1842–1909), American chemist Chris Dudley (born 1965), American basketball player Dave Dudley (1928–2003), American country singer Doc Dudley (1894–1975), Negro league baseball player Doris Dudley (1917-1965), American actress Dudd Dudley (1600–1684), pioneer English metallurgist Ed Dudley (1901–1963), American golfer Edmund Dudley (c. 1462 or 1471/1472–1510), English politician in the Tudor period Edward Bishop Dudley (1789–1855), American politician, 28th governor of North Carolina Ernest Dudley (1908–2006), British writer George Dudley (1894–1960), Canadian ice hockey administrator and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Lord Guildford Dudley (c. 1535 – 1554), husband of Lady Jane Grey Helena Dudley (1858–1932) American social worker, labor organizer, and pacifist Henry Sutton Dudley (1517–1568), English soldier, sailor, diplomat, and conspirator Homer Dudley (1896–1987), American inventor of the vocoder. James Dudley (1910–2004), American baseball player and professional wrestling manager and executive James B. Dudley (1859–1925), president of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Jane Dudley (1912–2001), American dancer, choreographer and teacher Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (1508/1509–1555), wife of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland Janet Dudley-Eshbach, President of Salisbury University, Maryland Jared Dudley (born 1985), American basketball player Jimmy Dudley (1909–1999), American sportscaster John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504–1553), English general, admiral and politician noted for trying to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne of England John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick (c. 1527 – 1554), son of the 1st Duke of Northumberland Joseph Dudley (1647–1720), a colonial governor of Massachusetts, son of Thomas Dudley Katherine Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (died 1620), daughter of the 1st Duke of Northumberland Margaret Johnson Erwin Dudley (1821–1863), American plantation owner Marion Dudley (1972–2006), American murderer Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney (c. 1530–1586), English lady-in-waiting, mother of Sir Philip Sydney Sir Matthew Dudley (1661–1721), English politician Nathan