Dudley (1825–1910), acting brigadier general for the Union Army in the American Civil War Owen Francis Dudley (1882–1952) English novelist and Priest Paul Dudley (jurist) (1675–1751), Attorney General of Massachusetts, son of Joseph Dudley Paul Dudley (American football) (born 1939) Peter Dudley (1935–1983), English character actor Richard M. Dudley (1938–2020), mathematics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Robert Charles Dudley (1826–1900), British painter. Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–1588), favourite and suitor of Queen Elizabeth I Robert Dudley (explorer) (1574–1649), English explorer and cartographer Roger Dudley (between 1535 and 1545–1586?/1590), English soldier Sherman H. Dudley (1872–1940), American vaudeville performer and producer, theater owner Terence Dudley (1919–1988), British television director and producer Theodore Robert Dudley (1936–1994), American botanist Thomas Dudley (1576–1653), colonial magistrate and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Underwood Dudley (born 1937), American mathematician Uriah Dudley (1852–1909), mine manager in Australia William Dudley (colonel) (1766–1813), Kentucky militia officer in the War of 1812 William Dudley (bishop) (died 1483), Bishop of Durham William C. Dudley (born 1952), economist at the New York Federal Reserve William Edward Dudley (1868–1938), administrator in the British co-operative movement William S. Dudley (born 1936), U.S. naval historian William Wade Dudley (1842–1909), American soldier, lawyer and politician Members of The Dudley Brothers, a professional wrestling stable (all American, with real names next to their lifespans): Big Dick Dudley (1968–2002; Alex Rizzo) Bubba Ray Dudley (born 1971; Mark LoMonaco) Chubby Dudley (born c. 1970; Bay Ragni) D-Von Dudley (born 1972; Devon Hughes) Dances with Dudley (born c. 1970; Adolfo Bermudez) Dudley Dudley (wrestler) (born 1968; Jeff Bradley) Sign Guy Dudley (born 1970; Lou D'Angeli), wrestling manager and later a marketing executive outside of wrestling Snot Dudley (born 1970; Michael Deek) Spike Dudley (born 1970; Matthew Hyson) See also Dudley (disambiguation) References English-language surnames English toponymic surnames