Peabody (surname)
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Peabody is a surname, and may refer to:
- Arthur Peabody (1858–1942), Campus architect for the University of Wisconsin from 1905 to 1915 and the state architect of Wisconsin from 1915 to 1938.
- Charles S. Peabody (1880–1935), American architect. Partner of Ludlow and Peabody.
- Dave Peabody (born 1948), English singer-songwriter, blues and folk musician, record producer and photographer
- Dwight Peabody (1894–1972), American football player
- Elizabeth Peabody (1804–1894), American educator
- Endicott Peabody (educator) (1857–1944), American Episcopal priest and founder of the Groton School for Boys
- Malcolm Endicott Peabody (1888–1974), reverend, son of Endicott Peabody
- Mary E. Peabody (1891–1981), civil-rights and anti-war activist in the 1960s, married to Malcolm Endicott Peabody.
- Marietta Endicott Peabody (1917–1991) socialite and political reporter, daughter of Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth Peabody.
- Endicott Peabody (1920–1997), American politician, governor of Massachusetts (1963–1965), son of Malcolm Endicott Peabody and Mary Elizabeth Peabody.
- Francis Greenwood Peabody (1847–1936), American minister and Harvard professor
- Frank Elmer Peabody (1914–1958), American paleontologist
- F. H. Peabody (fl. 1870s), American former vice-president (1874–1877) and director (1870–1879) of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company (1874–1877), the city of Peabody, Kansas is named in his honor[1]
- Francis S. Peabody (1858–1922), American businessman, founder of Peabody Energy as Peabody Coal in 1883
- Francis Weld Peabody (1881-1927), American physician
- Fanny Peabody Mason (1864–1948), American heiress, philanthropist
- George Peabody (1795–1869), American entrepreneur, London-based banker and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Institute, Museums, and Trust
- George Foster Peabody (1852–1938), American Southern banker and philanthropist for whom the Peabody Award is named
- Herbert E. Peabody (died 1930), American businessman
- James Hamilton Peabody (1852–1917), American politician, twice governor of Colorado (1903-1905 & 1905)
- Joseph Peabody (1757–1844), American shipowner and merchant of Salem, Massachusetts
- Catherine Endicott Peabody (1837–1898), American art patron, wife of John Lowell Gardner II and daughter of Joseph Peabody
- Lucy Whitehead McGill Waterbury Peabody (1861–1949), American Baptist missionary
- Nathaniel Peabody (1741–1823), American physician, Continental Congressman, state representative, and senator for New Hampshire
- Nathaniel Peabody (Boston) (1774–1855), American Boston Brahmin, father of Elizabeth Palmer, Mary Tyler, Sophia Amelia
- Raymond A. Peabody (1883–1973), American politician
- Richard R. Peabody (1892–1936), American author of The Common Sense of Drinking, a major influence on Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson
- Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809–1871), American painter and illustrator, wife of author Nathaniel Hawthorne
