List of Famous people with last name Wiley

Samira Wiley

First Name Samira
Born on April 15, 1987 (age 37)
Height 158 cm | 5'2

Samira Denise Wiley is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Poussey Washington in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019) and as Moira in the Hulu dystopian drama series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–present), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

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Kehinde Wiley

Kehinde Wiley is an American portrait painter based in New York City, who is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of African Americans, frequently referencing the work of Old Master paintings. He was commissioned in 2017 to paint a portrait of former President Barack Obama for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, which has portraits of all previous American presidents. The Columbus Museum of Art, which hosted an exhibition of his work in 2007, describes his work as follows: "Wiley has gained recent acclaim for his heroic portraits which address the image and status of young African-American men in contemporary culture."

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Maya Wiley

First Name Maya
Last Name Wiley
Born on November 30, 1964 (age 60)

Maya Wiley is an American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist. She served as the board chair of the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), having been appointed to that role in September 2016. Prior to her role at the CCRB, Wiley served as counsel to the Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio. Wiley is the senior vice president for Social Justice at The New School, and the Henry Cohen Professor of Urban Policy and Management at the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment. Wiley was announced as an MSNBC Legal Analyst on August 27, 2018. On October 7, 2020, Wiley announced that she would run for the position of Mayor of New York City in the 2021 New York City mayoral election.

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Harvey Washington Wiley

First Name Harvey
Last Name Wiley
Born on October 18, 1844
Died on June 30, 1930 (aged 85)

Harvey Washington Wiley was an American chemist who fought for the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and subsequently worked at the Good Housekeeping Institute laboratories. He was the first commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration. Wiley was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1910.

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Susan Jane Wiley

First Name Susan
Born on September 20, 1962 (age 62)
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William T. Wiley

First Name William
Last Name Wiley
Born on October 21, 1937
Died on April 25, 2021 (aged 83)

William T. Wiley is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, performance, and pinball. At least some of Wiley's work has been referred to as funk art.

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Don Craig Wiley

First Name Don
Last Name Wiley
Born on October 21, 1944
Died on November 1, 2001 (aged 57)

Don Craig Wiley was an American structural biologist.

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Jan Wiley

Jan Harriet Wiley
First Name Jan
Last Name Wiley
Died on May 26, 1993 (aged 23)

Jan Wiley was an American film actress.

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Elizabeth Louisa Wiley

First Name Elizabeth
Last Name Wiley
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Alexander Wiley

First Name Alexander
Last Name Wiley
Born on May 26, 1884
Died on May 26, 1967 (aged 83)

Alexander Wiley was a Republican who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member.

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