Peabody (surname)

Peabody (surname)

Peabody is a surname, and may refer to:

* Amelia Peabody, a fictional character in a series of Victorian mystery novels by Elizabeth Peters
* Josiah Peabody, a fictional character in the novel The Captain from Connecticut (1941) by C.S. Forester
* Elizabeth Peabody (1804–1894), a United States educator
* Endicott Peabody (1920–1997), a United States politician, Governor of Massachusetts
* Francis Greenwood Peabody (1847-1936), minister and Harvard professor [http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/people_peabody.html]
* Francis Stuyvesant Peabody (1858—1922), businessman, founder of Peabody Energy as Peabody Coal in 1883
* George Peabody (1795–1869), a U.S. entrepreneur, London-based banker and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Institute, Museums, and Trust
* George Foster Peabody (1852–1938), a Southern U.S. banker and philanthropist for whom the Peabody Award is named
* Helena Peabody , an L Word Season 3, 4 character
* James Hamilton Peabody, a former governor of the U.S. state of Colorado
* Michael Douglas Peabody (born 1974), author and attorney
* Professor Peabody (Jocelyn Mabel Peabody), major female character in the Dan Dare comic series
* Sophia Peabody (1809–1871), a United States painter and illustrator


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