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Ackroyd is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Ackroyd (born 1948), English rugby league footballer Albert Akroyd, English
Ackroyd
1926 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a mystery novel by the British writer Agatha Christie, her third to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. The novel
The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd
English author (born 1949)
Peter Ackroyd CBE, FRSL (born 5 October 1949) is an English novelist, biographer and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London
Peter_Ackroyd
Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
The Ackroyd Baronetcy, of Dewsbury in the West Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 July
Ackroyd_baronets
American actor (born 1940)
David Ackroyd (born May 30, 1940) is an American actor, who first came to prominence in soap operas such as The Secret Storm and Another World. On May
David_Ackroyd
Topics referred to by the same term
John Ackroyd may refer to: John Ackroyd (footballer, born 1868) (1868–?), footballer for Grimsby Town and Rotherham Town John Ackroyd (footballer, born
John_Ackroyd
British journalist and broadcaster
Christa Marion Ackroyd is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known as a former presenter for the regional TV news programmes Calendar (for Yorkshire
Christa_Ackroyd
American serial killer
John Arthur Ackroyd (October 3, 1949 – December 30, 2016) was an American murderer and suspected serial killer. In 1992, he was sentenced to five life
John_Arthur_Ackroyd
English indie rock band
lead vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, drummer Christopher Lloyd Hayden and harpist Tom Monger. The band's music
Florence_and_the_Machine
British cinematographer
Barry Ackroyd (born 12 May 1954) is an English cinematographer and former president of the British Society of Cinematographers. He received a nomination
Barry_Ackroyd
British engineer (1937–2021)
John Gilbert Ackroyd (31 January 1937 – 25 January 2021) was a British engineer. Ackroyd born in Muttra, India, on 31 January 1937, and grew up in England
John_Ackroyd_(engineer)
Musical artist
Poppy Ackroyd is a British composer, pianist and violinist and a regular member of the live project Hidden Orchestra. She is known for her "non-conformist
Poppy_Ackroyd
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
2006, p. 159. Ackroyd 2006, p. 235. Wood 2003, pp. 161–162. Wood 2003, pp. 205–206. Honan 1998, p. 258. Ackroyd 2006, p. 359. Ackroyd 2006, pp. 362–383
William_Shakespeare
Canadian and American actor (born 1952)
Retrieved May 30, 2018. Hill and Weingrad p. 143 Ware, Grahame (2010). "Ackroyd explains the origins of the Bass-O-Matic sketch on SNL". Food Channel.
Dan_Aykroyd
English aquatint artist (1938–2024)
Bermondsey, London. Ackroyd was born on 26 March 1938 in Leeds, Yorkshire. His father was Albert Ackroyd, a butcher, and his mother Clara Ackroyd (née Briggs)
Norman_Ackroyd
English writer and journalist (1812–1870)
p. 178 Dolby, pp. 39–40 Ackroyd 1990, pp. 22–24:29–30. Ackroyd 1990, p. 41. Schlicke 1999, p. 158. Callow 2009, p. 13 Ackroyd 1990, p. 76:'recklessly
Charles_Dickens
English footballer (born 2002)
Joe Ackroyd (born 6 September 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Northern Premier League Division One
Joe_Ackroyd
English cricketer
Alfred Ackroyd (29 August 1858 – 3 October 1927) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Ackroyd was
Alfred_Ackroyd
Murder and rape cases in Oregon
S. state of Oregon from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. John Arthur Ackroyd, a highway mechanic with the Oregon Department of Transportation, was a
Ghosts_of_Highway_20
Australian comedian, speaker and writer (born 1958)
Anthony Michael Ackroyd (born 30 June 1958) is an Australian comedian, writer, speaker, musician, actor, coach, and teacher. Ackroyd was born in Hobart
Anthony_Ackroyd
Jenny S. Ackroyd Lennox (1950 – 2004) was a vascular surgeon at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. She was the first woman to be appointed a registrar
Jenny_Ackroyd
Collaboration of two British visual artists
Ackroyd & Harvey is the collaborative practice of British visual artists Heather Ackroyd (born 1959) and Dan Harvey (born 1959). For over three decades
Ackroyd_&_Harvey
British artist
Jane Ackroyd (born 1957) is a British artist best known for her public sculptures. She is based in London. Ackroyd was born in London and attended St
Jane_Ackroyd
Black hat hacker
Ryan Ackroyd, a.k.a. Kayla and also lolspoon, is a former black hat hacker who was one of the six core members of the computer hacking group "LulzSec"
Ryan_Ackroyd
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Harold Ackroyd (18 July 1877 – 11 August 1917) was a British physician, scientific researcher, army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the
Harold_Ackroyd
British artist (born 1987)
Rebecca Ackroyd (born 1987) is a British artist best known for her painting and sculptural works. She lives and works between London and Berlin. Ackroyd was
Rebecca_Ackroyd
Australian scholar of Japanese language and literature
Joyce Irene Ackroyd, OBE FAHA 宝冠章 (23 November 1918 – 30 August 1991) was an Australian academic, translator, author and editor. She was a scholar of
Joyce_Ackroyd
1922 poem by T. S. Eliot
82. Ackroyd 1984, pp. 96–99. Ackroyd 1984, p. 55. Ackroyd 1984, p. 73. Ackroyd 1984, p. 79. Ackroyd 1984, pp. 91–92. Ackroyd 1984, p. 99. Ackroyd 1984
The_Waste_Land
English politician (1861–1946)
Thomas Raven Ackroyd (7 August 1861 – 26 April 1946) was an English bank manager and Liberal Party politician. Ackroyd was the son of William and Elizabeth
Thomas_Ackroyd
Capital of England and the United Kingdom
Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Ackroyd, Peter (2001). London: The Biography. London: Vintage. ISBN 978-0-09-942258-7
London
American politician (1847–1915)
Joseph Ackroyd (November 23, 1847 in Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York – March 15, 1915 in Utica, Oneida County, New York) was an American politician
Joseph_Ackroyd
British music magazine
Kingdom-based music publication, in print and online. The editor, Stephen Ackroyd, is the founder and former editor of DIY. Dork is independently owned and
Dork_(magazine)
British scholar and priest
Peter Runham Ackroyd (15 September 1917 – 23 January 2005) was a British Biblical scholar, Anglican priest, and former Congregational minister. From 1961
Peter Ackroyd (biblical scholar)
Peter_Ackroyd_(biblical_scholar)
English rugby league player (born 1948)
Alan Ackroyd (born 27 December 1948) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played at
Alan_Ackroyd
1985 novel by Peter Ackroyd
Hawksmoor is a 1985 novel by English writer Peter Ackroyd. It won Best Novel at the 1985 Whitbread Awards and the Guardian Fiction Prize. It tells the
Hawksmoor_(novel)
English actor
Timothy John Robert Whyte Ackroyd, 3rd Baronet (born 7 October 1958), known as Timothy Ackroyd, is an English actor. Ackroyd was born on 7 October 1958
Timothy_Ackroyd
BrooklynVegan. Retrieved June 5, 2026. Sandiford, Kayla (May 20, 2026). "Poppy Ackroyd unveils new song, "Continuum"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved May 20
List_of_2026_albums
628th Lord Mayor of London
Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd, 1st Baronet (4 September 1892 – 11 April 1973) was the 628th Lord Mayor of London. The son of Benjamin Bately Ackroyd and Emily Armitage
Cuthbert_Ackroyd
British civil servant
Dame Dorothy Elizabeth 'Betty' Ackroyd DBE (13 August 1910 – 28 June 1987) was a British civil servant and first director of the Consumer Council, which
Elizabeth_Ackroyd
2004 TV series or program
about the history of London, presented by Peter Ackroyd. The series made a visual trope of, as Ackroyd walked around London or was sitting in his study
London_(TV_series)
1931 British film by Leslie S. Hiscott
Sir Roger Ackroyd Elizabeth Allan as Ursula Browne J.H. Roberts as Dr. Sheppard John Deverell as Lord Halliford Ronald Ward as Ralph Ackroyd Mary Jerrold
Alibi_(1931_film)
Canadian law enforcement official (1925–1992)
John Wesley Ackroyd (1925 – September 29, 1992) was a prominent Canadian Chief of Police and high level Ontario civil servant. He served as the chief
Jack_Ackroyd
Fictional detective created by Agatha Christie
background to assist him in obtaining information. In The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Poirot speaks of a non-existent mentally disabled nephew to uncover information
Hercule_Poirot
English cricketer (1897–1968)
Archibald Ackroyd (18 May 1897 – 25 June 1968) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1924 and 1925 and for Scotland in 1937. Ackroyd was born
Archibald_Ackroyd
2016 British film by Juan Carlos Medina
Medina from a screenplay by Jane Goldman. The film, an adaptation of Peter Ackroyd's 1994 murder mystery novel Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem, stars Olivia
The_Limehouse_Golem
Book by Peter Ackroyd
Under is a 2012 book by British biographer, novelist, and critic Peter Ackroyd about the history of underground London. The book '...is an introduction
London_Under
New Zealand cricketer
Alfred Edward Ackroyd (14 January 1885 – 21 May 1952) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Otago and Canterbury in the 1906–07
Alfred Ackroyd (New Zealand cricketer)
Alfred_Ackroyd_(New_Zealand_cricketer)
English politician, author and philosopher (1478–1535)
Harding, Two Early Tudor Lives (Yale, 1962), pp. xvi, 199. Ackroyd (1999) p. 106. Ackroyd, however, regards the tale as "less than plausible". Krivatsy
Thomas_More
English footballer
John William Ackroyd (8 May 1895 – July 1967) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Exeter City, Grimsby Town and Rotherham
John Ackroyd (footballer, born 1895)
John_Ackroyd_(footballer,_born_1895)
English cricketer
Swainson Howden Akroyd (13 November 1848 – 5 December 1925) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Streatham
Swainson_Akroyd
Bay in Antarctica
inner (western) portion of the bay is circumscribed by Bates Point and Ackroyd Point. Discovered by Captain James Clark Ross, 1841, who named it for Henry
Yule_Bay
English footballer
John Ackroyd (born 1868) was an English footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Rotherham Town. In 1891−92 in a
John Ackroyd (footballer, born 1868)
John_Ackroyd_(footballer,_born_1868)
Indian yogi (1872–1950)
Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghosh; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi and nationalist, who is noted for his participation
Sri_Aurobindo
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
In 2013, she was voted the best crime writer and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd the best crime novel ever by 600 professional novelists of the Crime Writers'
Agatha_Christie
2015 film directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner
split-time action with some brooding menace and the cinematographer, Barry Ackroyd, does his best to lend some urgency, even as things spiral from suspense
Dark_Places_(2015_film)
1927 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
Four was an inferior novel and went to work writing The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for the new publisher. The book was published a few weeks after the disappearance
The_Big_Four_(novel)
Book by Peter Ackroyd
The Trial of Elizabeth Cree) is a 1994 novel by the English author Peter Ackroyd. It is a murder mystery framed within a story featuring real historical
Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
Dan_Leno_and_the_Limehouse_Golem
British author and lecturer
was described in the Times Literary Supplement as 'invigorating'. Peter Ackroyd described Beer's biography of Milton as "a persuasive reading of the power
Anna_Beer
Local nature reserve in London, England
Ackroyd Drive Greenlink is a 0.87 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Bow Common in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It forms a green corridor between
Ackroyd_Drive_Greenlink
2018 studio album by Poppy Ackroyd
Resolve is the second studio album by British musician Poppy Ackroyd. It was released on 2 February 2018, under One Little Independent Records. Resolve
Resolve_(Poppy_Ackroyd_album)
Rupam Maxwell 1997–1998 Dee Pollard Claudia Malkovich 1997–1998 Helen Ackroyd Kathryn Apanowicz 1995, 1997–1998 Tony Cairns Edward Peel 1997–1998 Becky
List of former Emmerdale characters
List_of_former_Emmerdale_characters
Cemetery and nature reserve in London
historic walls, and additional land including the Scrapyard Meadow and the Ackroyd Drive Greenlink. It contains nine Grade II listed monuments and features
Tower_Hamlets_Cemetery_Park
English footballer
Ackroyd (24 June 1894 – 14 February 1979) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Wigan Borough. Born in Todmorden, England, Ackroyd made
Haughton_Ackroyd
American civil servant from Rhode Island
Margaret F. Ackroyd (née O'Connor; January 15, 1908 - July 4, 1995) was a civil servant from Providence, Rhode Island. Ackroyd was named the Providence
Margaret_F._Ackroyd
British poet (1947–2023)
and later with The Mrs Ackroyd Band (named after his mongrel dog Mrs Ackroyd.) Barker was not a singer and the Mrs Ackroyd Band, with classically trained
Les_Barker
2025 film by Kathryn Bigelow
"Instagram". www.instagram.com. White, George (November 25, 2025). "Barry Ackroyd BSC / A House of Dynamite". Petski, Denise (December 12, 2024). "Lloyd
A_House_of_Dynamite
1993 novel by Peter Ackroyd
The House of Doctor Dee is a 1993 novel by the English author Peter Ackroyd. The main character, Matthew Palmer, inherits his father's house in London
The_House_of_Doctor_Dee
Country within the United Kingdom
George Revival". BBC News. 23 April 1998. Retrieved 5 September 2009. Ackroyd, Peter (2000). London: the biography. Chatto & Windus. ISBN 978-1-85619-716-8
England
England international rugby league footballer
a crowd of 25,000.[citation needed] Ackroyd won a cap for England while at Halifax in 1921 against Wales. Ackroyd retired in 1922. He served as assistant
Albert_Akroyd
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
between the two during the period of Blake's apprenticeship, but Peter Ackroyd's biography notes that Blake later added Basire's name to a list of artistic
William_Blake
English polymath (1642–1727)
Westfall 1980, p. 179. Westfall 1980, pp. 330–331. White 1997, p. 151. Ackroyd, Peter (2007). Isaac Newton. Brief Lives. London: Vintage Books. pp. 39–40
Isaac_Newton
British politician
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Akroyd (1810–1887), English manufacturer, was born into a textile manufacturing family in 1810, and when he died in 1887, he
Edward_Akroyd
English engine design pioneer (1864–1927)
Herbert Akroyd-Stuart (28 January 1864 – 19 February 1927) was an English inventor who is noted for his invention of the hot bulb engine, or heavy oil
Herbert_Akroyd_Stuart
1843 novella by Charles Dickens
a Christmas dinner without its turkey." Ackroyd 1990, pp. 67–68; Slater 2011. Diedrick 1987, p. 80. Ackroyd 1990, p. 392. Callow 2009, p. 27. Lalumia
A_Christmas_Carol
English actress (1839–1914)
However, biographer Peter Ackroyd asserts that it is "inconceivable" that theirs was "in any sense a 'consummated' affair". Ackroyd's strength of feeling on
Ellen_Ternan
Ruling military government of feudal Japan (1336–1573)
Roth 2002, p. 55. Roth 2002, p. 56. Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p. 330. Ackroyd 1982, p. 298; n.b., shōgun Yoshimasa
Ashikaga_shogunate
Literary reference book
Professor of English at Sussex University, with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd. Each title is accompanied by a brief synopsis and critique briefly explaining
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1001_Books_You_Must_Read_Before_You_Die
Play written by Michael Morton
Alibi is a 1928 play by Michael Morton based on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, a 1926 novel by British crime writer Agatha Christie. It opened at the Prince
Alibi_(play)
Land speed record vehicle
the design and construction of Thrust2 began. The hired designer, John Ackroyd, who initially trained in Saunders Roe and also worked on the Enfield 8000
Thrust2
Brother of Charles Dickens
Newsletter Volume 13 June 2007 Ackroyd, pg 223 Ackroyd, pg 475 Ackroyd, pg 554 Ackroyd, pg 618 Ackroyd, pg 777 Ackroyd, pg 1034 "Twist on Dickens' dale
Frederick_Dickens
Unidentified serial killer in London in 1888
and Skinner, Jack the Ripper: Letters from Hell, pp. 13, 86; Fido, p. 7 Ackroyd, Peter, "Introduction", in Werner, p. 10; Rivett and Whitehead, p. 11 Marriott
Jack_the_Ripper
2006 film by Ken Loach
Murphy Liam Cunningham Pádraic Delaney Orla Fitzgerald Cinematography Barry Ackroyd Edited by Jonathan Morris Music by George Fenton Production companies Sixteen
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)
The_Wind_That_Shakes_the_Barley_(film)
Solution to a problem that may be commonly used but is generally a bad choice
highlights reliable and effective software development design patterns. Michael Ackroyd described anti-patterns in a paper presented at the 1996 Object World West
Anti-pattern
Military ruler of Japan from 1494 to 1508
p. 362., p. 362, at Google Books Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982). Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p. 298. Ackroyd, p. 298; n.b., Shōgun Yoshimasa was
Ashikaga_Yoshizumi
1858 pollution event in central London
March 1891. p. 4. Ackroyd 2011, p. 80. Ackroyd, Peter (2008). Thames: Sacred River. London: Vintage. ISBN 978-0-09-942255-6. Ackroyd, Peter (2011). London
Great_Stink
Book by Peter Ackroyd
The Clerkenwell Tales is a historical novel by English writer Peter Ackroyd, first published in 2003. The novel is set in the late 1390s. It focuses on
The_Clerkenwell_Tales
1983 television film
made-for-television horror film starring Donna Reed, Larry Wilcox, David Ackroyd, Diane Franklin, Ally Sheedy, and Nancy Cartwright. The film premiered
Deadly_Lessons
2012 film by Baltasar Kormákur
Giovanni Ribisi Caleb Landry Jones J. K. Simmons Cinematography Barry Ackroyd Edited by Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir Music by Clinton Shorter Production companies
Contraband_(2012_film)
2000 book by Peter Ackroyd
The Biography is a 2000 non-fiction book by Peter Ackroyd published by Chatto & Windus. Ackroyd's work, following his previous work on London in one
London:_The_Biography
Poems by T. S. Eliot
authors list (link) Ackroyd 1984 p. 228 Grant 1997 p. 37 Ackroyd 1984 pp. 254–255 Pinion 1986 p. 48 Ackroyd 1984 pp. 262–266 Ackroyd 1984 p. 262 Pinion
Four_Quartets
2015 film by Adam McKay
Christian Bale Steve Carell Ryan Gosling Brad Pitt Cinematography Barry Ackroyd Edited by Hank Corwin Music by Nicholas Britell Production companies Paramount
The_Big_Short_(film)
1994 American film
Elizabeth Ashley Hamilton as Michael Mohamed Nangurai as Rabar Timothy Ackroyd as Charles J. Jay Saunders as Daryl Harry Percy as George "Lost in Africa
Lost_in_Africa
2021 American film
Lex Scott Davis Michael Raymond-James Amy Brenneman Cinematography Barry Ackroyd Edited by Mike McCusker Matt Chessé Music by Steven Price Production companies
Sweet_Girl_(film)
King of Scotland from 1567 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603
the Renaissance. Duke University Press. pp. 42–44. ISBN 0-8223-1385-5. Ackroyd, Peter (2014). The History of England. Vol. III: Civil War. Macmillan.
James_VI_and_I
American editor and publisher
Talese/Doubleday, publishing authors such as Pat Conroy, Ian McEwan, and Peter Ackroyd. Nan Irene Ahearn was born in 1933 to Thomas J. and Suzanne Ahearn of Rye
Nan_A._Talese
British singer (born 1947)
all Time". Tabor has also performed comic work with Les Barker's The Mrs Ackroyd Band. So far Tabor has performed on three of their albums, the 1990 Oranges
June_Tabor
Series of German/American action films
Entertainment 135 minutes Jason Bourne John Powell & David Buckley Barry Ackroyd Christopher Rouse Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Captivate
Bourne_(franchise)
Country home of Charles Dickens
Hamlyn Publishing, London (1970) pg 119 ISBN 0-600-50158-2 Ackroyd, pg781 Ackroyd, pg 956 Ackroyd, pg 1082 "The Children of Charles Dickens". Archived from
Gads_Hill_Place
British singer-songwriter and producer (born 2001)
Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021. Ackroyd, Stephen (21 October 2021). "PinkPantheress has announced her first-ever
PinkPantheress
1978 American TV miniseries
seven years. Meanwhile in Manhattan, live the Constantines, Nick (David Ackroyd), Beth (Joanna Miles) and their 15-year-old daughter, Kate (Rosanna Arquette)
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
The_Dark_Secret_of_Harvest_Home
ACKROYD
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ACKROYD
Female
Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements dagr "day" and ný "new," hence "new day."
Boy/Male
Celtic
Fastest man.
Female
Scottish
Variant form of Scottish Gaelic Oighrig, possibly EIRIC means "new speckled one."
Boy/Male
Arabic
Panther
Boy/Male
Indian
New-born child
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Glow
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Without Stain; Faultless
Girl/Female
African, Hindu, Indian, Kenyan, Swahili
Dye; Paint; Simple; Ignorant; Young; Child
Male
Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Hilarius, HILARIO means "joyful, happy."
Boy/Male
Australian, Portuguese
A Father's Love
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