- Haley, Bill Haley, William John Clifton Haley Jr. - United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981)
--1 is a kind of rock star
- Haley, Alex Haley - United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)
--2 is a kind of writer, author