Ackroyd is an English surname. 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 Anthony Michael Ackroyd (born 30 June 1958) is an Australian comedian, writer, musician, actor, speaker, and teacher. He is the creator and CEO of his company, Life Of Anthony. Biography Ackroyd was born in Hobart, Tasmania and grew up in the su ...

(born 1958), Australian comedian, speaker and writer * Archibald Ackroyd (1897–1968), English cricketer * Barry Ackroyd (born 1954), English cinematographer *

Christa Ackroyd Christa Marion Ackroyd is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known as a former presenter for the regional TV news programmes ''Calendar'' (for ITV Yorkshire) and ''BBC Look North''. Early life Ackroyd, whose father was a policeman, at ...

(born 1957), British journalist and broadcaster * Christian Ackroyd (born 1974), former senior Army Officer, pilot and aviation leader. *

Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, 1st Baronet Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd, 1st Baronet (4 September 1892 – 11 April 1973) was the 628th Lord Mayor of London. Career The son of Benjamin Bately Ackroyd and Emily Armitage, he attended school in Dewsbury, followed by the University of Lon ...

(1892–1973), Lord Mayor of London 1955–56 *

David Ackroyd David Ackroyd (born May 30, 1940) is an American actor, who first came to prominence in soap operas such as ''The Secret Storm'' and ''Another World (TV series), Another World''. Early life On May 30, 1940, Ackroyd was born in East Orange, N ...

(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 Joyce Irene Ackroyd, (23 November 1918 – 30 August 1991) was an Australian academic, translator, author and editor. She was a scholar of Japanese language and literature. Early life Ackroyd apparently acquired an interest in Japan during h ...

(1918–1991), Australian academic, translator, author and editor *

Norman Ackroyd Norman Ackroyd (26 March 1938 – 16 September 2024) was an English visual artist known primarily for his etchings and work with aquatint. He lived and was based in Bermondsey, London. Background Ackroyd was born on 26 March 1938 in Leeds, Yo ...

(1938–2024), English artist *

Peter Ackroyd Peter Ackroyd (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William ...

(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 Sir Timothy John Robert Whyte Ackroyd, 3rd Baronet (born 7 October 1958), known as Timothy Ackroyd, is an England, English actor. Ackroyd was born on 7 October 1958 to Sir John Robert Whyte Ackroyd, 2nd Baronet, and Jennifer Eileen McLeod Bisho ...

(born 1958), English actor

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{{surname, Ackroyd English-language surnames

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