Halsey (surname)

Halsey is an English surname with several possible origins. It may be derived from Alsa, in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England. This place name was once known as Assey, and was recorded as Alsiesheye in 1268. Another possibility is that the name is derived from Halsway, in Somerset, England. The latter place name is derived from the Old English word elements hals ("neck") and weg ("way", "road").

People

• A. H. Halsey (1923–2014), British sociologist
• Alan Halsey (1949–2022), British poet
• Brad Halsey (1981–2014), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Brett Halsey (born 1933), American film actor
• David Halsey (1919–2009), Bishop of Carlisle (1972–1989)
• Delbert W. Halsey (1919–1942), United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
• Forrest Halsey (1877–1949), American screenwriter
• Francis Whiting Halsey (1851–1919), American journalist and historian
• Frederick A. Halsey (1856–1935), American mechanical engineer and economist
• Frederick Halsey (1839–1927), English politician
• George A. Halsey (1827–1894), American Republican Party politician
• Hugh Halsey (1794–1858), NYS Surveyor General 1845–1847
• Jehiel H. Halsey (1788–1867), U.S. Representative from New York
• John Halsey (privateer) (died 1708), colonial American privateer
• John Halsey (musician) (born 1945), English drummer
• Lionel Halsey (1872–1948), British Royal Navy officer
• Margaret Halsey (1910–1997), American writer
• Mark Halsey (born 1961), English football referee
• Neal Halsey (born 1945), American pediatrician
• Nicholas Halsey (born 1948), heir to the Halsey Baronetcy
• Sherman Halsey (1957–2013), American music video and television director
• Silas Halsey (1743–1832), U.S. Representative from New York
• Simon Halsey (born 1958), English choral conductor
• Sir Thomas Halsey, 3rd Baronet (1898–1970), English cricketer and naval officer
• Thomas Jefferson Halsey (1863–1951), American Representative from Missouri
• Thomas Plumer Halsey (1815–1854), British MP for Hertfordshire (1846–1854)
• Sir Walter Halsey, 2nd Baronet (1868–1950), British Army officer
• William F. Halsey Sr. (1853–1920), USN officer
• William Halsey Jr. (1882–1959), USN naval aviator and admiral in World War II
• William Halsey (mayor) (1770–1843), first mayor of Newark, New Jersey
• The Halsey baronets, created in 1920

Fictional characters

• Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, scientist and creator of the Spartan II project in the Halo series of books and video games.
• Dr. Allan Halsey, Dean of the Medical School at Miskatonic University in H. P. Lovecraft's short story "Herbert West–Reanimator".
• Charles Halsey, President of the United States in The Outer Limits episode "Trial by Fire".
• Lt. Halsey, munitions specialist of shuttle Independence in Armageddon
• Admiral Halsey of the Planetary Union in The Orville