Cunliffe

Cunliffe as an English surname derives from a former place near Rishton, Lancashire.^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Baron Cunliffe, of Headley in the County of Surrey
• Barry Cunliffe (born 1939), Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford
• Bill Cunliffe (born 1956), American jazz pianist and composer
• Billy Cunliffe (1897–1942), British rugby league footballer
• Charles Cunliffe (1858–1884), English cricketer
• Christopher Cunliffe (born 1955) British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Derby
• Cunliffe baronets, of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster
• Cunliffe-Owen baronets, of Bray in the County of Berkshire
• Dan Cunliffe (1875–1937), English footballer
• David Cunliffe (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 (1755–1834), founder of the Royal Society of British Bowmen
• Foster Cunliffe (1875–1916), English cricketer
• Foster Cunliffe (rugby union) (1854–1927), English rugby union player
• Hannah Cunliffe (born 1996), American athlete
• Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, 1st Baronet (1870–1947), English industrialist
• Jack Cunliffe (1921–1973), English rugby league footballer
• Jason Cunliffe (Hollyoaks), a character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Jason Cunliffe (footballer) (born 1983), Guamanian footballer
• Jimmy Cunliffe (1912–1988), English footballer who played as an inside forward
• John Cunliffe (author) (1933–2018), British children's book author who created Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim
• John Cunliffe (footballer born 1930) (1930–1975), English footballer
• John Cunliffe (footballer born 1984), English football player
• Lawrence Cunliffe (1929–2025), British Labour Party politician
• Marcus Cunliffe (1922–1990), British historian and academic
• Mitzi Cunliffe (1918–2006), American sculptor
• Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton (1939–2021), British peer
• Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton, GBE, CH, MC, PC (1884–1972), British Conservative politician
• R. Cunliffe Gosling DL (1868–1922), Victorian-era footballer
• Robert Cunliffe (disambiguation), several people
• Roger Cunliffe, 3rd Baron Cunliffe (born 1932), retired management consultant and former project manager
• Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 2nd Baron Masham (1857–1917), English baron and industrialist
• Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet (1819–1900), son of Samuel Brooks
• Stella Cunliffe MBE (1917–2012), Director of Statistics at the British Home Office
• Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton (1935–2023), crossbench member of the House of Lords
• Tom Cunliffe (born 1947), British yachting journalist, author and broadcaster
• Walter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe, GBE (1855–1920), Governor of the Bank of England from 1913 to 1918
• Whit Cunliffe (1876–1966), English comic singer