List of Famous people with last name Walmsley

Jim Walmsley is an American long-distance runner. An ultra-trail specialist, he won the JFK 50 Mile in 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Lake Sonoma 50 in 2016 and 2018 and the Tarawera Ultramarathon in 2017. He holds several course records and fastest known times, including the Western States 100, set in 2018 and further improved by 21 minutes in 2019. He was named UltraRunner of the Year for four years in a row - 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. In addition, he qualified and ran in the 2020 Olympic trials in the marathon with his 2019 qualifying performance at the Houston half-marathon. While competing in the Hoka One One Project Carbon X 100K Challenge on May 5, 2019 he set a new unofficial world best for the 50 mile distance, completing it in 4:50:07. Walmsley won the World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships in 2019.

Francis Joseph Walmsley was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of the Forces from 1979 to 2002.

Dame Emma Natasha Walmsley is the chief executive officer (CEO) of GlaxoSmithKline. She succeeded Sir Andrew Witty, who retired in March 2017. Before GSK, she worked for L'Oréal for 17 years, and was a non-executive director of Diageo until September 2016. She grew up Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

Jon Walmsley is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, actor, and producer.

William Walmsley (1892-1961) was with William Lyons a co-founder of the Swallow Sidecar Company, which later became the Jaguar car company.