Kelley is a variant of the Irish surname Kelly. == People with the surname == Abby Kelley (1811–1887), Quaker abolitionist and social reformer; mentor of Susan B. Anthony Alfred Kelley (1789–1859), American lawyer, canal builder, railroad magnate, and legislator Alton Kelley, American artist Ann Kelley (writer), British writer Ann E. Kelley, American neurosurgeon (1954–2007), American neuroscientist Augustine B. Kelley (1883–1957), US Congressman from Pennsylvania, grandfather of Sheila Kelly …