Townsend (name)
Townsend is a topographic surname of Yorkshire and Norfolk origin, indicating residence at the extremity of a city or burgh Popular variants are Townshend, and Townend.
Given name
- Townsend Bell, motor racing driver
- Townsend Coleman, American voice actor
- Townsend Cromwell, oceanographer
- Townsend Dodd, US Army aviator
- Townsend Harris, 19th century American merchant and politician
- Townsend Hoopes, former Undersecretary of the US Air Force
- Townsend Saunders, Olympic medalist in wrestling
- Townsend Scudder, US Congressman from New York
- Townsend Whelen, American hunter, soldier, writer, outdoorsman and rifleman
Middle name
- Charles Townsend Ludington, American aviator
- Cyrus Townsend Brady, American journalist
- Frederick Townsend Martin, American author
- Frederick Townsend Ward, American mercenary
- James Townsend Saward, English barrister and forger
- John Townsend Trowbridge, American author
- Light Townsend Cummins, American educator and historian
- Lynn Townsend White, Jr., American professor
- Sylvia Townsend Warner, English novelist and poet
- Thomas Townsend Brown, American inventor
Surname
Townsend
- A. A. Townsend, American pioneer and politician
- Alf Townsend, rugby league footballer of the 1920s for New Zealand
- Amos Townsend, American politician
- Andros Townsend, English football player
- Andy Townsend, Irish soccer player
- Anna Townsend, American silent film actress
- Anel Townsend, Peruvian politician
- Ben Townsend, English football player
- Bertha Townsend, American tennis player
- Bill Townsend, American entrepreneur
- Boris Townsend, English physicist
- Brian Townsend, American poker player
- Camilla Townsend, American historian
- Cathy Townsend, Canadian ten-pin bowler
- Charles Townsend
- Chauncy Townsend, British politician
- Chris Townsend
- Clinton Paul Townsend, American chems
- M. Clifford Townsend, former Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana
- Cyril Townsend, Sir Cyril David Townsend, British politician.
- Dallas Townsend, Dallas S. Townsend, Jr., American broadcaster
- Darian Townsend, South African swimmer
- Dave Townsend, contemporary British musician
- David Townsend
- Deshea Townsend, American football player
- Devin Townsend, Canadian musician
- Douglas Townsend, American composer
- Dwight Townsend, U.S. Representative from New York
- E. Reginald Townsend, American politician and journalist
- Ed Townsend, song writer
- Eddie Townsend, boxing trainer
- Edward D. Townsend, Adjutant General of the United States Army
- Eliza Townsend, American poet
- Elizabeth Sthreshley Townsend, American inventor
- Emma Jose Townsend, British recipient of the Empire Gallantry Medal
- Emily Vermeule, née Emily Dickinson Townsend
- F. H. Townsend, British cartoonist and illustrator.
- Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security Adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush
- Francis Townsend, creator of the proposal for an old-age pension plan during the Great Depression
- Franklin Townsend, 47th Mayor of Albany, New York, Adjutant General of the State of New York
- Frederick Townsend, Union Army officer in the Civil War, Adjutant General of New York
- Fred Townsend, American politician
- Gareth Townsend, English cricketer and cricket coach
- George Alfred Townsend, war correspondent
- George Fyler Townsend, British writer and translator
- Gregor Townsend, Scottish rugby player
- Harry Everett Townsend WWI war artist
- Henry Townsend , Anglican missionary
- Henry Townsend , American blues singer, guitarist and pianist
- Henry Townsend , early American colonist born in Norwich, Norfolk, England
- Henry Townsend , American colonist born in Oyster Bay
- Howard Townsend, physician and lecturer in Albany, New York
- James Townsend, several people
- Jill Townsend, American actress
- John Townsend , American psychologist and author
- John Townsend , American basketball player
- John Townsend , Australian rules footballer
- John Townsend , 37th mayor of Albany, NY
- John Townsend , early American settler in Oyster Bay, Long Island
- John Townsend, American politician
- John Townsend , British politician and Member of Parliament for Greenwich
- John Townsend , Irish MP for Dingle, Doneraile and Castlemartyr
- John G. Townsend, Jr., American businessman and politician, Governor and Senator from Delaware
- John Kirk Townsend, American naturalist
- John Rowe Townsend, British children's author
- John Sealy Townsend, Irish physicist
- John Selby Townsend, American politician
- Johnny Townsend, American football player
- Joseph Townsend, English minister and economist
- Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American politician
- Lady Juliet Townsend, British writer and Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
- Larry Townsend, American politician
- Lauren Townsend, several people
- Lena Townsend, British politician
- Les Townsend, Australian cricket umpire
- Leslie Townsend
- Mark Lee Townsend, American rock guitarist
- Mary Ashley Townsend, American poet and writer
- Michael Townsend, English footballer
- Mike Townsend, American football player
- Norman Townsend, Australian cricket umpire
- Paul Townsend, British physicist
- Peter Townsend , British air-soldier and royal-family associate
- Peter Townsend , economist and author
- Primi Townsend, British actress
- Ralph Townsend, American author and activist
- Randolph Townsend, American politician
- Raymond Townsend, American basketball player
- Richard Townsend , Irish mathematical physicist
- Richard Townsend, colonel of Oliver Cromwell's army
- Robert Townsend, several people
- Ryan Townsend, Australian footballer
- Simon Townsend, Australian television presenter
- Solomon Townsend, Revolutionary War era ship captain and ironworker
- Stacy Townsend, fictional character in Doctor Who
- Stephen J. Townsend, United States army officer
- Stuart Townsend, Irish actor and director
- Sue Townsend, English writer and humorist
- Tammy Townsend, American actress and singer
- Taylor Townsend
- Tom Townsend, English bridge player
- Tom Townsend, name of Captain Flag, fictional character
- Tommy Townsend, American football player
- Veronica Townsend, fictional character
- Wade Townsend, American baseball pitcher
- Wallace Townsend, American lawyer and politician
- Washington Townsend, American politician
- Willard Saxby Townsend, African-American labour leader
- William Townsend, several people
- William Cameron Townsend, prominent Christian missionary and founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators
- Yulia Townsend, Russian-born New Zealand singer
Fictional characters
- Mia Townsend, main character portrayed by American actress Josie Maran in the 2005 video game
Townshend
- Anne Townshend, English Puritan
- Aurelian Townshend, English poet
- Cenzo Townshend, English music producer
- Charles Townshend
- The Honorable Charlotte Anne Townshend, English landowner and daughter of the 9th Viscount Galway
- Chauncy Hare Townshend, English poet and collector
- Cliff Townshend, musician
- Dorothea Petrie Townshend Carew, poet, writer and the editor of a literary magazine
- Emma Townshend, writer and musician, daughter of Pete Townshend
- George Townshend
- Graeme Townshend, retired ice hockey forward
- Henry Townshend
- John Townshend, several people
- Pete Townshend, guitarist and songwriter of The Who
- Robert "Fuzz" Townshend, British drummer
- Simon Townshend, musician
- Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
- William Townshend
Townesend
- Stephen Townesend, 16th-century Dean of Exeter