Ackroyd

Ackroyd is an English surname.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alan Ackroyd, rugby league footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s
  • Alfred Ackroyd (1858–1927), English cricketer
  • Anthony Ackroyd (born 1958), Australian comedian, speaker and writer
  • Archibald Ackroyd (1897–1968), English cricketer
  • Barry Ackroyd (born 1954), English cinematographer
  • Christa Ackroyd (born 1957), British journalist and broadcaster
  • Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, 1st Baronet (1892–1973), Lord Mayor of London 1955–56
  • David Ackroyd (born 1940), American actor
  • Harold Ackroyd (1877–1917), British Army medical officer, awarded the Victoria Cross
  • Haughton Ackroyd (1894–1979), English footballer
  • Heather Ackroyd, British visual artist, of Ackroyd & Harvey
  • Jack Ackroyd (1926–1992), Canadian chief of police and civil servant
  • Jane Ackroyd (born 1957), English sculptor
  • Jenny Ackroyd (1950–2004), English vascular surgeon
  • John Ackroyd (disambiguation), various people
  • Joseph Ackroyd (1847–1915), New York politician
  • Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991), Australian academic, translator, author and editor
  • Norman Ackroyd (born 1938), English artist
  • Peter Ackroyd (born 1949), English biographer, novelist and critic
  • Peter Ackroyd (Biblical scholar) (1917–2005), British Old Testament scholar
  • Poppy Ackroyd (born 1982), British composer, pianist and violinist
  • Thomas Raven Ackroyd (1861–1946), English bank manager and politician
  • Timothy Ackroyd (born 1958), English actor

See also

References
  1. Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  2. Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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