Ackroyd

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

* Alan Ackroyd (born 1948), English rugby league footballer
* Albert Akroyd, English rugby league player
* 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
* Christian Ackroyd (born 1974), former senior Army Officer, pilot and aviation leader.
* 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

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* The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926 novel by Agatha Christie
* The Mrs Ackroyd Band, a band in Manchester, England
* Aykroyd
* Akroyd

## References

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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.
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.

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