Peck (surname)

Peck is a surname which can have two meanings. Either "one who dwells near the foot of a peak" or "one who deals in weights and measures". The name is thought to, but not proven to, originate in the Nottinghamshire/East Midlands England, or Denbighshire in Wales.

## List of people surnamed Peck

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* Annie Smith Peck (1850–1935), American mountaineer
* Archibald Peck (born 1983), Canadian professional wrestler
* Archie A. Peck (1894–1978), American Medal of Honor recipient
* Arthur Peck (1889–1975), soldier in the British military
* Austin Peck (born 1971), American actor
* Bethuel Peck (1788–1862), New York physician and politician
* Bob Peck (1945–1999), English actor
* Bob Peck (American football) (1891–1932), American football player
* Brian Peck (born 1960), American actor and convicted sex offender
* Carolyn Peck (born 1966), American women's basketball coach
* Charles Horton Peck, (1833–1917), American mycologist
* Cyrus Wesley Peck (1871–1956), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Dale Peck (born 1967), American novelist
* Danielle Peck (born 1978), country-rock singer
* Donald Peck (1930–2022), American flutist
* Edmund Peck (1850–1924), Anglican missionary in Canada
* Sir Edward Peck (British Civil Servant) (1915–2009), British ambassador, climber and author
* Edward Peck (born 1929), United States retired diplomat
* Elisha Peck (1789–1851), American businessman
* Everett Peck (1950–2022), American cartoonist and animator
* Evie Peck, American actress
* Ethan Peck (born 1986), American actor
* Fay Peck (1931 – 2016) was an American Expressionist artist.
* Francis Peck (1692–1743), British antiquarian
* Gayle Peck, better known as Julie London (1926–2000), American singer
* Ged Peck (1947–2015), British guitarist
* George Peck (disambiguation), several people
* Gordon H. Peck (1857–1921), New York assemblyman
* Gregory Peck (1916–2003), American actor
* Harrison J. Peck (1842–1913), American politician and newspaper editor
* Harry Thurston Peck (1856–1914), American classical scholar
* Ian Peck (born 1957), English cricketer
* J. Eddie Peck (John Edward Peck, born 1958), American actor
* James Peck (disambiguation), several people
* Jamie Peck, British geographer
* Jamie Peck (podcaster), American writer and podcaster
* Jedediah Peck (1748–1821), American educationalist
* Jesse Truesdell Peck (1811–1883), bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
* Jim Peck (born 1943), American game show host
* John Peck (disambiguation), several people
* Josh Peck (born 1986), American actor
* Judith Peck, American artist
* Justin Peck (born 1987), New York City Ballet dancer
* M. Scott Peck (Morgan Scott Peck, 1936–2005), American psychiatrist and author
* Mary Peck, birth name of Mary Butterworth (1686–1775), American counterfeiter
* Mary Gray Peck (1867–1957), American journalist, suffragist, clubwoman
* Maryly Van Leer Peck, university president and founder
* Matt Peck (born 1980), Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
* Nat Peck (1925–2015), American jazz trombonist
* Nicholeen P. Peck, American politician
* Orrin Peck (1860–1921), American painter
* Ralph Brazelton Peck (1912–2008), American Civil Engineer and soil mechanics expert
* Richard Peck (disambiguation), several people
* Robert Peck (disambiguation), several people
* Roxy Peck, American statistics educator
* Terry Peck (1938–2006), a Falkland Islander who aided British forces in the Falklands War
* Theodore S. Peck (1843–1918), Civil War veteran
* Tiler Peck (born 1989), New York City Ballet principal dancer
* Tom Peck (born 1953), American racing driver
* William Peck (disambiguation), several people

## Fictional characters

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* Mr. Peck, a character in the American sitcom It's Garry Shandling's Show
* Charlie Peck, a character in the 2019 thriller movie The Intruder
* Walter Peck, a character in the 1984 American supernatural comedy movie Ghostbusters

## See also

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* G. W. Peck, mathematical group pseudonym
* Pieck (surname)

Surname list

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