Peebles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alison Peebles, Scottish actress *

Andy Peebles Robert Andrew Peebles (born 1948) is a British radio DJ, television presenter, and cricket commentator. Born in London, Peebles attended Bishop's Stortford College. He began as a nightclub DJ in the late 1960s. Peebles was resident DJ at the C ...

, British disc jockey *

Ann Peebles Ann Lee Peebles (born April 27, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter who gained celebrity for her Memphis soul albums of the 1970s for Hi Records. Two of her most popular songs are " I Can't Stand the Rain", which she wrote with her husband ...

, American singer * Antony Peebles, British pianist *

Curtis Peebles Curtis Peebles (May 4, 1955 – June 25, 2017) was an American aerospace historian for the Smithsonian Institution, a researcher and historian for the Dryden Flight Research Center, and the author of several books dealing with aviation and aerial ...

, aerospace historian * David Peebles, Scottish Renaissance composer * Florence Peebles, American biologist *

George Peebles George Peebles (22 January 1936 – 16 October 2016) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Dunfermline Athletic for most of his career, helping the club win the 1960–61 Scottish Cup. Peebles provided an assist for the firs ...

, Scottish footballer *

H. M. Peebles Howard Maxwell Peebles (7 March 1872 – 15 November 1944)''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995'' was an English entomologist who specialised in butterflies. The Peebles family own ...

, English entomologist *

Ian Peebles Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Sc ...

, English cricketer *

James Martin Peebles James Martin Peebles (March 23, 1822 – February 15, 1922) was an American physician, prolific author and organizer of many professional, medical, and Psychic/Spiritualist religious associations. Biography Peebles was born in Whitingham, Verm ...

, American author, organizer *

John Peebles John Peebles (1872 – January 5, 1948) was a Canadian politician. Born in Albion Corners, Ontario, Peebles moved to Hamilton as a small child, and eventually established a jewellery business. He was elected as an alderman covering the city at ...

, Canadian politician *

Mario Van Peebles Mario Van Peebles (born January 15, 1957) is an American film director and actor best known for directing and starring in ''New Jack City'' in 1991 and '' USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage'' in 2016. He is the son of actor and filmmaker Melvin Va ...

, American actor, son of Melvin Van Peebles *

Mary Louise Peebles Mary Louise Peebles, née Parmelee (1833–1915), was an American author of children’s stories who wrote under the name Lynde Palmer.''New York Times'', April 26, 1915 Life Mary Louise Peebles was the daughter of Elias Ripley Parmelee and E ...

, American children's writer as Lynde Palmer * Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, writer and director *

P. J. E. Peebles Phillip James Edwin Peebles (born April 25, 1935) is a Canadian- American astrophysicist, astronomer, and theoretical cosmologist who is currently the Albert Einstein Professor in Science, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He is widely regar ...

, Canadian-American cosmologist and

Nobel Laureate The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make out ...

* R. Donahue Peebles, African-American hotel developer * Richard Peebles, Scottish singer known as

Rikki Rikki is a given name of feminine and masculine usage. It is of Europe, European, East Asia, East Asian, and South Asia, South Asian origins. Notable people with the name include: Rikki(born 1990), Jewish-American pop princess * Rikki (Japanese sing ...

* Robert Hibbs Peebles, American botanist *

Sarah Peebles Sarah Peebles is a Toronto-based Canadian - American composer, improviser and installation artist originally from Minnesota (USA). Much of her work explores digitally manipulated found sound, unconventional methods of amplification, and distinct ap ...

, American composer

Fictional characters

* Melvin Peebles, character on ''The Magilla Gorilla Show'' {{surname, Peebles