Townsend , oil on canvas, 1882 •
A. A. Townsend (1810–1888), American pioneer and politician •
Albert Alan Townsend (1917–2010), Australian fluid dynamicist •
Alf Townsend (1900–1973), rugby league footballer of the 1920s for New Zealand •
Amos Townsend (1821–1895), American politician •
Andros Townsend (born 1991), English football player •
Andy Townsend (born 1963), Irish soccer player •
Anna Townsend (1845–1923), American silent film actress •
Anel Townsend (born 1966), Peruvian politician •
Ben Townsend (born 1981), English football player •
Bertha Townsend (1869–1909), American tennis player •
Bill Townsend, American entrepreneur •
Bill Townsend (footballer) (1922–1988), English football player and manager •
Boris Townsend (1919–2006), English physicist •
Brian Townsend (poker player), American poker player •
Bruce C. Townsend, American politician •
Camilla Townsend (born 1965), American historian •
Cathy Townsend (born 1937), Canadian ten-pin bowler •
Charles Townsend (disambiguation) (multiple, includes "Charlie") •
Chauncy Townsend (1708–1770), British politician •
Chris Townsend (disambiguation) •
Clinton Paul Townsend (1868 — 1931), American chemist •
M. Clifford Townsend (1884–1954), former Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana •
Cornelia Townsend (born 11 August 1851, date of death unknown), American composer •
Cyril Townsend, Sir Cyril David Townsend (1937–2013), British politician. •
Dallas Townsend, Dallas S. Townsend, Jr. (1919–1995), American broadcaster •
Darian Townsend (born 1984), South African swimmer •
Dave Townsend (born 1954), contemporary British musician •
David Townsend (disambiguation) •
Deshea Townsend (born 1975), American football player •
Dequan Townsend (born 1986), American mixed martial artist •
Devin Townsend (born 1972), Canadian musician •
Dobbo Townshend (1944–2013), Zimbabwean cricketer •
Douglas Townsend (1921–2012), American composer •
Dwight Townsend (1826–1899), U.S. Representative from New York •
E. Reginald Townsend (1917–1980), American politician and journalist •
Ed Townsend (1929–2003), songwriter •
Eddie Townsend (1914–1988), boxing trainer •
Edward D. Townsend (1817–1893), Adjutant General of the United States Army •
Edgar Jerome Townsend (1864–1955), American mathematician and translator of
David Hilbert's Grundlagen der Geometrie. •
Eliza Townsend (1788–1854), American poet •
Elizabeth Sthreshley Townsend (died 1919), American inventor •
Emma Jose Townsend (1869–1965), British recipient of the Empire Gallantry Medal •
Emily Vermeule (1928–2001), née Emily Dickinson Townsend •
Ernest Townsend, British portraitist from Derby (1880–1944) •
F. H. Townsend, British cartoonist and illustrator (1868–1920) •
Fitzhugh Townsend (1872–1906), American fencer •
Frances Townsend (born 1961), former Homeland Security Adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush •
Francis Townsend (1867–1960), creator of the proposal for an old-age pension plan during the Great Depression •
Franklin Townsend (1821–1898), 47th Mayor of Albany, New York, Adjutant General of the State of New York •
Frederick Townsend (1825–1897), Union Army officer in the Civil War, Adjutant General of New York •
Fred Townsend (1862–1918), American politician •
Gareth Townsend (born 1968), English cricketer and cricket coach •
George Alfred Townsend (1841–1914), American journalist and novelist •
George Fyler Townsend (Reverend) (1814–1900), British writer and translator •
Gregor Townsend (born 1973), Scottish rugby player •
Graeme Townsend (born 1954), Australian artist •
Harry Everett Townsend WWI war artist •
Henry Townsend (missionary) (1815–1886), Anglican missionary •
Henry Townsend (musician) (1909–2006), American blues singer, guitarist and pianist •
Henry Townsend (Norwich) (1626–1695), early American colonist born in Norwich, Norfolk, England •
Henry Townsend (Oyster Bay) (1649–1703), American colonist born in Oyster Bay •
Howard Townsend (1823–1867), physician and lecturer in Albany, New York •
James Townsend (disambiguation), several people •
Jill Townsend (born 1945), American actress •
JoAnn Clayton Townsend (1935–2020), American space policy analyst •
John Townsend (author) (born 1952), American psychologist and author •
John Townsend (basketball) (died 2001), American basketball player •
John Townsend (footballer) (born 1943), Australian rules footballer •
John Townsend (mayor) (1783–1854), 37th mayor of Albany, NY •
John Townsend (Norwich) (1608–1668), early American settler in Oyster Bay, Long Island •
John Townsend (Wisconsin politician) (born 1938), American politician •
John Townsend (MP for Greenwich) (1819–1892), British politician and Member of Parliament for Greenwich •
John Townsend (Irish politician) (1737–1810), Irish MP for Dingle, Doneraile and Castlemartyr •
John G. Townsend, Jr. (1871–1964), American businessman and politician, Governor and Senator from Delaware •
John Kirk Townsend (1809–1851), American naturalist •
John Rowe Townsend (1922–2014), British children's author •
John Sealy Townsend (1868–1957), Irish physicist •
John Selby Townsend (1824–1892), American politician •
John W. Townsend Jr. (1924–2011), American aerospace engineer and NASA director •
Johnny Townsend (American football) (born 1995), American football player •
Jon Townsend, a historical
YouTuber •
Joseph Townsend (1737–1816), English minister and economist •
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (born 1951), American politician •
Lady Juliet Townsend (1941–2014), British writer and Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire •
Larry Townsend (politician) (1947–2013), American politician •
Lauren Townsend (disambiguation), several people •
Lena Townsend (1911–2004), British politician •
Les Townsend (1914–1986), Australian cricket umpire •
Leslie Townsend (disambiguation) •
Madame Lawrence Townsend (see Natalie Townsend) •
Mansfield Townsend (see Marie Townsend, (1851–1912) •
Marie Townsend (1851–1912) American author and composer, aka Mansfield Townsend •
Mark Lee Townsend, American rock guitarist •
Mary Townsend (artist) (1822–1869), New Zealand artist •
Mary Townsend (entomologist) (1814–1851), American abolitionist and entomologist •
Mary Ashley Townsend (1836–1901), American poet and writer •
Michael Townsend (born 1986), English footballer •
Mike Townsend (born 1952), American football player •
Natalie Townsend (1866–1962), American composer aka Pearl Townsend and Madam Lawrence Townsend) •
Norman Townsend (1924–1984), Australian cricket umpire •
Paul Townsend (born 1951), British physicist •
Pearl Townsend (see Natalie Townsend) •
Peter Townsend (RAF officer) (1914–1995), British air-soldier and royal-family associate •
Peter Townsend (sociologist) (1928–2009), economist and author •
Prescott Townsend (1894–1973), American gay rights activist •
Primi Townsend (born 1951), British actress •
Ralph Townsend (1900–1976), American author and activist •
Randolph Townsend (born 1947), American politician •
Raymond Townsend (born 1955), American basketball player •
Richard Townsend (mathematician) (1821–1884), Irish mathematical physicist •
Richard Townsend (soldier), colonel of Oliver Cromwell's army •
Rick Townsend, American politician •
Robert Townsend (disambiguation), several people •
Ryan Townsend (born 1985), Australian footballer •
Simon Townsend (1945–2025), Australian television presenter •
Solomon Townsend (c. 1746–1811), Revolutionary War era ship captain and ironworker •
Stacy Townsend, fictional character in
Doctor Who •
Stephen J. Townsend, United States army officer •
Stuart Townsend (born 1972), Irish actor and director •
Sue Townsend (1946–2014), English writer and humorist •
Tammy Townsend (born 1970), American actress and singer •
Taylor Townsend (disambiguation) •
Thomas Townsend (disambiguation), several people (including Tom and Tommy) •
Trey Townsend (born 2002), American basketball player •
Veronica Townsend, fictional character •
Wade Townsend (born 1983), American baseball pitcher •
Wallace Townsend (1882–1979), American lawyer and politician •
Washington Townsend (1813–1894), American politician •
Willard Saxby Townsend (1895–1957), African-American labour leader •
William Townsend (disambiguation), several people •
William Cameron Townsend (1896–1982), prominent
Christian missionary and founder of
Wycliffe Bible Translators •
Yulia Townsend (born 1986), Russian-born New Zealand singer
Fictional characters • Charlie Townsend, fictional character from ''
Charlie's Angels'' • Dr. Leland Townsend, main character from American TV series
Evil • Mia Townsend, main character portrayed by American actress
Josie Maran in the 2005 video game
Need for Speed: Most Wanted • Tom Townsend, secret identity of fictional Marvel superhero
Captain Flag Townshend •
Anne Townshend (1573–1622), English Puritan •
Aurelian Townshend, English poet •
Cenzo Townshend, English music producer •
Charles Townshend (disambiguation) • The Honorable Charlotte Anne Townshend, English landowner (
Melbury House,
Dorset) and daughter of the 9th
Viscount Galway •
Chauncy Hare Townshend, English poet and collector •
Cliff Townshend, musician (1916–1986) •
Dorothea Petrie Townshend Carew (1895 - 1968), poet, writer and the editor of a literary magazine •
Emma Townshend, writer and musician, daughter of Pete Townshend •
George Townshend (disambiguation) •
Graeme Townshend, retired ice hockey forward •
Henry Townshend (disambiguation) •
John Townshend (disambiguation), several people •
Pete Townshend, guitarist and songwriter of The Who •
Robert "Fuzz" Townshend, British drummer •
Simon Townshend, musician (brother of Pete Townshend) •
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney •
William Townshend (colonial governor) Fictional characters • Henry Townshend, main protagonist of the 2004 video game
Silent Hill 4: The Room Townesend •
Stephen Townesend (priest), Dean of Exeter, 1583–1588 •
Stephen Townesend (surgeon), English surgeon, stage actor, anti-vivisectionist and writer ==Pseudonyms==