Akroyd is an
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national id ...
surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Annette Beveridge
Annette Susannah Beveridge (née Akroyd) (1842–1929) was a British Orientalist known for her translation of the '' Humayun-nama'' and the ''Babur-nama''.
Background and education
Annette Akroyd's father William Akroyd was a Unitarian industr ...
(née Akroyd; 1842–1929), British Orientalist
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Bayly Akroyd (1850–1926), English cricketer
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Edward Akroyd
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Akroyd (1810–1887), English manufacturer, was born into a textile manufacturing family in 1810, and when he died in 1887, he still owned the family firm. He inherited "James Akroyd & Sons Ltd." from his father in 1 ...
(1810–1887), English manufacturer
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Joe Akroyd, English loudspeaker manufacturer
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Swainson Akroyd (1848–1925), English cricketer
See also
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Aykroyd Aykroyd is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Dan Aykroyd (born 1952), Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter and musician; brother of Peter
* James P. Aykroyd (1810−1835), early American composer, music teacher, mus ...
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Ackroyd
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Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine
The Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine, named after its inventor Herbert Akroyd Stuart and the manufacturer Richard Hornsby & Sons, was the first successful design of an internal combustion engine using heavy oil as a fuel. It was the first to use a se ...
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English-language surnames