Buckley

Buckley can refer to several articles:

Phrases

• "Buckley's chance", or simply "Buckley's", derived from the life of English convict William Buckley (1780–1856)
• "It Tastes Awful. And It Works.", a highly successful cough syrup marketing slogan of the W.K. Buckley Ltd. pharmaceutical company

Geographical

Australia

• Buckley River Important Bird Area, Queensland

United Kingdom

• Buckley, Flintshire, north-east Wales
• Buckley, Greater Manchester, suburban area of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England

United States

• Buckley, Illinois
• Buckley, Michigan
• Buckley, Washington
• Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado

People

• Buckley, a surname originating from England and Ireland
• Christopher Buckley (novelist), a novelist
• Dennis J. Buckley, Jr., a United States Navy sailor who was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for his actions during World War II
• Jean Buckley, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Lord Buckley, an American stage performer, recording artist, monologist, and hip poet/comic.
• Michael Buckley (author), an American children’s book author
• Michael Buckley (Internet celebrity)
• Tim Buckley, American musician
• Jeff Buckley, American musician
• William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and commentator

Fictional characters

• Buckley, a character on the American television series King of the Hill

Organizations

• The Buckley School (California), Los Angeles K-12 school
• The Buckley School (New York City), K-9 boys school
• Buckley Country Day School, Roslyn, New York N-8 school
• Buckley's, Canadian pharmaceutical corporation
• Buckley Hall (HM Prison), prison in Buckley, Rochdale, England
• Buckley Hall, historic manor of Rochdale, England
• Buckley & Nunn, former department store in Melbourne, Australia

Ships

• USS Buckley (DE-51), a United States Navy destroyer escort in commission from 1943 to 1946
• USS Dennis J. Buckley, the name of more than one United States Navy ship

See also

• Buck (disambiguation)