Namesakes
Stanley Baldwin
(m) 1867-1947 
British Prime Ministers 1923-1924; 1924-1929; 1935-1937
Stan Rowley
(m) 1876-1924
Olympic Medalists 1900 100 m; 200 m; 5000 m team; 60 m (bronze/gold)
William Stanley Braithwaite
(m) 1878-1962
Notable Writers
Arthur Eddington
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1882-1944
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Stanley Bruce
(m) 1883-1967
Australian Prime Ministers 1923-1929
Claude Jameson
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1886-1943
Olympic Medalists 1904 football (bronze)
Stan Coveleski
(m) 1889-1984
Hall-of-Famers 1969 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Stan Laurel
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1890-1965
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Bucky Harris
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1896-1977
Hall-of-Famers 1975 (baseball)
Mickey Cochrane
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1903-1962
Hall-of-Famers 1947 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1928; 1934 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Stanley B. Glover
(m) 1908-1964
Olympic Medalists 1928 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Carl Knowles
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1910-1981
Olympic Medalists 1936 basketball (gold)
Stanley Matthews
(m) 1915-2000
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Stanley Middleton
(m) 1919-2009
Notable Writers
Arthur Wint
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1920-1992
Olympic Medalists 1948; 1952 400 m; 4x400 m relay; 800 m (gold/silver)
Stan Musial
(m) 1920-2013
Hall-of-Famers 1969 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1943; 1946; 1948 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Stanley Cohen
(m) 1922-2020
Nobel Prize Winners 1986 (medicine)
Stan Lee
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1922-2018
Notable Writers
Stan Getz
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1927-1991
Grammy Award Winners 1965 Getz/Gilberto; The Girl from Ipanema (album of the year/record of the year)
Notable Musicians
Stanley Baker
(m) 1928-1976
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Stanley Kubrick
(m) 1928-1999
Notable Filmmakers
Gary Becker
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1930-2014
Nobel Prize Winners 1992 (economics)
Stan Jones
(m) 1931-2010
Hall-of-Famers 1991 (football)
Stan Vickers
(m) 1932-2013
Olympic Medalists 1960 20 km walk (bronze)
Malcolm Bradbury
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1932-2000
Notable Writers
Stanley Milgram
(m) 1933-1984
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Michael Dukakis
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1933-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Stanley Rother
(m) 1935-1981
Saints
Roy Emerson
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1936-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
M. Stanley Whittingham
(m) 1941-
Nobel Prize Winners 2019 (chemistry)
Stanley B. Prusiner
(m) 1942-
Nobel Prize Winners 1997 (medicine)
Jim McCarty
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1943-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1992 The Yardbirds
Stanley Cole
(m) 1945-2018
Olympic Medalists 1972 water polo (bronze)
Stan Smith
(m) 1946-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Stanley Kowalski
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire
Bill Smitrovich
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Stanley Dziedzic
(m) 1949-
Olympic Medalists 1976 freestyle wrestling (bronze)
Charles S. Dutton
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Paul Stanley
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1952-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2014 Kiss
Stan Lynch
(m) 1955-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2002 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Stanley Tucci
(m) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Fred McGriff
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1963-
Hall-of-Famers 2023 (baseball)
"Flat" Stanley Lambchop
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1964 Flat Stanley
Darren Hayes
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1972-
Notable Musicians
Stan Switek
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1984 Miami Vice
Olly Murs
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1984-
Notable Musicians
Ray Kowalski
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 Due South
Tom Holland
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1996-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Stan Marsh
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1997 South Park
Grant Holloway
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m) 1997-
Olympic Medalists 2020 110 m hurdles (silver)
Jack Hodgins
(a.k.a. Stanley) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Bones
Stanley Hudson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 The Office