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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Famous quotes containing the words peter and/or townsend:
“In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.”
—Laurence J. Peter (1919–1990)
“Dizzily down the abyss he wheels—
So fell Darius. Upon his crown,
In the midst of the barn-yard he came down,
In a wonderful whirl of tangled strings,
Broken braces and broken springs,
Broken tail and broken wings,”
—John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916)