Peabody (surname)
Peabody is a surname, and may refer to:
- Arthur Peabody, Campus architect for the University of Wisconsin from 1905 to 1915 and the state architect of Wisconsin from 1915 to 1938.
- Charles S. Peabody, American architect. Partner of Ludlow and Peabody.
- Dwight Peabody, American football player
- Elizabeth Peabody, American educator
- Endicott Peabody , American Episcopal priest and founder of the Groton School for Boys
- * Malcolm Endicott Peabody. Son of Endicott Peabody
- ** Marietta Endicott Peabody. Daughter of Malcolm Endicott Peabody
- ** Endicott Peabody, American politician, governor of Massachusetts. Son of Malcolm Endicott Peabody
- Francis Greenwood Peabody, American minister and Harvard professor
- Frank Elmer Peabody, American paleontologist
- F. H. Peabody, American former vice-president and director of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company, the city of Peabody, Kansas is named in his honor
- Francis S. Peabody, American businessman, founder of Peabody Energy as Peabody Coal in 1883
- George Peabody, American entrepreneur, London-based banker and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Institute, Museums, and Trust
- George Foster Peabody, American Southern banker and philanthropist for whom the Peabody Award is named
- James Hamilton Peabody, American politician, twice governor of Colorado
- Joseph Peabody, American shipowner and merchant of Salem, Massachusetts
- * Catherine Endicott Peabody, American art patron, wife of John Lowell Gardner II and daughter of Joseph Peabody
- Lucy Whitehead McGill Waterbury Peabody, American Baptist missionary
- Nathaniel Peabody, American physician, Continental Congressman, state representative, and senator for New Hampshire
- Nathaniel Peabody , American Boston Brahmin, father of Elizabeth Palmer, Mary Tyler, Sophia Amelia
- Raymond A. Peabody, American politician
- Richard R. Peabody, American author of The Common Sense of Drinking, a major influence on Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson
- Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, American painter and illustrator, wife of author Nathaniel Hawthorne
Fictional
- Amelia Peabody, Character in a series of Victorian mystery novels by Elizabeth Peters
- Helena Peabody, Character on The L Word TV series
- Jeremiah Peabody, character who makes green and purple pills in song
- Josiah Peabody, Character in the novel The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester
- Mister Peabody, Character on "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show," genius dog accompanied by "his boy" Sherman.
- Professor Peabody, Female character in the Dan Dare comic series
