title: Coyle
text: # Coyle
  
  Coyle is a surname of Irish origin.
  
  ## People sharing this surname
  
  * Andrew Coyle (contemporary), British law professor and prison official
  * Anthony Coyle (American football) (born 1996), American football player
  * Bill Coyle (baseball) (1871–1941), American baseball player
  * Bill Coyle (born ?), American poet
  * Brendan Coyle (born 1963), English actor
  * Brian Coyle (1944–1991), American gay rights activist
  * Brock Coyle (born 1990) American Football Player
  * Charles Delmer Coyle (1887–1954), Canadian politician from Ontario; MP from Elgin 1945–54
  * Charlie Coyle (born 1992), American ice hockey player
  * Charlotte Coyle (born 1982), Northern Ireland plus-size model
  * Cleo Coyle or Alice Alfonsi, American author
  * Colm Coyle (born 1965), Irish Gaelic football player and manager
  * Craig Coyle (born 1980), Scottish footballer
  * Dallas Coyle (contemporary), American guitarist
  * David Coyle (born 1970) Scottish guitarist and music producer
  * Denise Coyle (born 1953), American politician from New Jersey; state legislator since 2008
  * Diane Coyle (born 1961), English economist
  * Eithne Coyle (1897–1985), Irish Republican
  * Eric Coyle (born 1963), American football player
  * Fay Coyle (1933–2007), Northern Ireland football player
  * Frank Coyle (1886–1947), American Olympic track and field athlete
  * Harold Coyle (born 1952), American author of war novels (Team Yankee)
  * Henry Coyle (boxer) (born 1987), Irish boxer
  * Henry Coyle (politician) (died 1979), Irish army officer and politician; TD for Mayo North
  * Iain Coyle (born 1968), British TV presenter and producer
  * James Coyle (rugby league) (born 1985), English rugby league player
  * James Coyle (1873–1921), American Roman Catholic priest
  * Joey Coyle (1953–1993), American longshoreman who found $1.2 million that had fallen from an armored car
  * John Coyle (footballer) (1932–2016), Scottish football player
  * John Coyle (speed skater) (born 1968), American speed skater
  * Liam Coyle (born 1968), Northern Ireland football player
  * Marion Coyle (born 1954), Irish member of the Provisional IRA
  * Mark Coyle (born 1969), Athletics director at the University of Minnesota
  * Mark J. Coyle (c. 1965–2007), American political consultant
  * Matt Coyle (born 1971), English-born Australian artist and novelist
  * Michael Coyle (politician) (born 1948), Northern Ireland nationalist politician; member of the Northern Ireland Assembly 2002
  * Michael Patrick Coyle (born 1957), American composer
  * Nadine Coyle (born 1985), Irish pop singer
  * Owen Coyle (born 1966), Scottish-born football player playing for Ireland
  * Pat Coyle (lacrosse) (born 1969), Canadian lacrosse player
  * Pat Coyle (basketball) (contemporary), American basketball coach
  * Reg Coyle (1917–1998), Australian Australian Rules Footballer
  * Richard Coyle (born 1972), English actor
  * Richard Coyle (pirate) (died 1738), English pirate
  * Robert Everett Coyle (1930-2012), United States federal judge
  * Robert J. Coyle, American Roman Catholic bishop
  * Ronnie Coyle (born 1964), Scottish football player
  * Rose Coyle (1914–1988), American beauty queen; Miss America 1936
  * Ross Coyle (born 1937), American football player
  * Roy Coyle (born 1946), Northern Ireland football player and coach
  * T. Thorn Coyle (born 1965), American neopaganist author
  * Thomas Coyle (rugby league) (born 1988), English rugby league player
  * Thomas Coyle (accused of murder) (fl. 1871), Canadian acquitted of the murder of George Campbell
  * Tim Coyle (born 1960), Australian cricketer
  * Tommy Coyle (born 1989), British professional boxer
  * Tony Coyle (born 1976), South African footballer
  * Tyler Coyle (born 1998), American football player
  * William R. Coyle (1878–1962), American politician from Pennsylvania; U.S. representative 1925–33
  
  ## Fictional characters sharing this surname
  
  * Eddie Coyle, protagonist of the novel and film The Friends of Eddie Coyle
  * Malcolm Coyle, character on the American television series Oz
  * Joseph Coyle, security guard at the casino in Ocean's Eleven
  * Dr. Coyle, a scientist from Arms
  * Coyle, a fictional military tutor in Benjamin Britten's opera Owen Wingrave and in the short story by Henry James on which it was based
  