Peter Townsend

Peter Townsend may refer to:

• Peter Townsend (cricketer) (1910–1995), English cricket player
• Peter Townsend (drummer), American musician
• Peter Townsend (golfer) (born 1946), British golf player
• Peter Townsend (RAF officer) (1914–1995), British military pilot linked with Princess Margaret
• Peter Townsend (sociologist) (1928–2009), British academic
• Peter Townsend (1919–2006), Art Monthly Australasia editor
• Peter Townsend, American owner of the Sterling Iron Works