Toynbee is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arnold Toynbee (1852–1883), British economic historian *

Arnold Joseph Toynbee Arnold Joseph Toynbee (; 14 April 1889 – 22 October 1975) was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of comparative history, international history at the London School of Economic ...

(1889–1975), British historian * Geoffrey Toynbee (1885–1914), English cricketer * Henry Toynbee (1819–1909), British merchant sailor and meteorologist *

Jocelyn Toynbee Jocelyn Mary Catherine Toynbee, (3 March 1897 – 31 December 1985) was an English archaeologist and art historian. "In the mid-twentieth century she was the leading British scholar in Roman artistic studies and one of the recognized authoriti ...

(1897–1985), British archaeologist and art historian *

Joseph Toynbee Joseph Toynbee FRS (30 December 1815 Another son, Harry Valpy Toynbee (1861–1941), was the father of universal historian Arnold J. Toynbee, and archaeologist and art historian Jocelyn Toynbee. He died on 7 July 1866, at 18, Saville Row, M ...

(1815–1866), British physician, pioneer of

otolaryngology Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspeciality within medicine that deals with the surgical a ...

Matthew Toynbee Matthew Hall Toynbee (born 29 November 1956) is a former New Zealand first-class cricketer for Central Districts. Born in Nelson, Toynbee attended Nelson College from 1970 to 1974. He was a member of the school's 1st XI cricket team for four ...

(born 1956), New Zealand cricketer *

Paget Toynbee Paget Jackson Toynbee, FBA (1855–1932) was a British Dante scholar. Robert Hollander has described Toynbee as 'the most influential Dantean scholar of his time'. Toynbee also provided thousands of quotes for the ''Oxford English Dictionary''. ...

(1855–1932), British Dante scholar *

Philip Toynbee Theodore Philip Toynbee (25 June 1916 – 15 June 1981) was a British writer and communist. He wrote experimental novels, and distinctive verse novels, one of which was an epic called ''Pantaloon'', a work in several volumes, only some of whi ...

(1916–1981), British writer * Polly Toynbee (born 1946), British journalist and writer

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