Peter Townsend may refer to:
- Peter Townsend (golfer) (born 1946), player in the 1969 and 1971 Ryder Cups
- Peter Townsend (sociologist) (1928–2009), economist, author and university professor at the London School of Economics
- Peter Townsend (RAF officer) (1914–1995), Royal Air Force pilot at one time linked romantically with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
- Peter Townsend (drummer), American drummer
- Peter Townsend Barlow (1857–1921), American jurist
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