Townend is a surname. Notable people with the surname include *

Annie Quayle Townend Annie Quayle Townend (née Moore; c.1845 – 1914) was an Australian-New Zealand heiress and philanthropist. Biography Townend's birthplace and date have been recorded as Sydney around 1845 and elsewhere as Tasmania in 1843. Her parents were G ...

(c.1845–1914), Australian-born New Zealand heiress and philanthropist *

Gertrude Townend Gertrude Catherine Townend was a British nurse and suffragette. She provided, with Nurse Catherine Pine, a care home for suffragettes recovering from imprisonment and force-feeding, and participated in suffragette gatherings. Nursing career ...

, British nurse and

suffragette A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to members ...

John Townend John Ernest Townend (12 June 1934 – 18 August 2018) was a British politician who was a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party. Early years The son of Charles Hope and Dorothy Townend, he was born on 12 June 1934 in Kingston upon Hu ...

, British politician *

Oliver Townend Oliver David Townend (born 15 November 1982) is a British eventing rider competing at the international three-day level. His wins include team gold at the 2007, 2009 and 2017 European Championships and wins at Badminton Horse Trials, Burghley Ho ...

, British event rider *

Peter Townend (novelist) Peter (Robert Gascoigne) Townend (6 March 1935 – 6 June 1999was a thriller writer, photographer, bit-part actor and journalist. Life and work Townend was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, Westminster and St Pauls, London. He won an open c ...

, British novelist, thriller writer, photographer and journalist *

Stuart Townend (headmaster) Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Stuart Townend (24 April 1909 – 26 October 2002) was a British military officer, athlete, headmaster, and politician. Townend was the first headmaster to educate an heir to the British throne, having founded Hill ...

, British athlete, soldier and school headmaster *

Tosh Townend Tosh Townend (born March 12, 1985) is a professional skateboarder from Huntington Beach, California. He is married to entrepreneur and Shark Tank alumna Nicole Townend, (formerly DeJesus— born November 13, 1985). Together, they have a daughter ...

, American skateboarder

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