Peck (surname)

Peck is a surname which can have two meanings. Either "one who dwells near the foot of a peak" or "one who deals in weights and measures". The name is thought to, but not proven to, originate in the Nottinghamshire/East Midlands England, or Denbighshire in Wales.

List of people surnamed Peck

• Annie Smith Peck (1850–1935), American mountaineer
• Archibald Peck (born 1983), Canadian professional wrestler
• Archie A. Peck (1894–1978), American Medal of Honor recipient
• Austin Peck (born 1971), American actor
• Bethuel Peck (1788–1862), New York physician and politician
• Bob Peck (1945–1999), English actor
• Bob Peck (American football) (1891–1932), American football player
• Brian Peck (born 1960), American actor and convicted sex offender
• Carolyn Peck (born 1966), American women's basketball coach
• Charles Horton Peck, (1833–1917), American mycologist
• Cyrus Wesley Peck (1871–1956), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Dale Peck (born 1967), American novelist
• Danielle Peck (born 1978), country-rock singer
• Edmund Peck (1850–1924), Anglican missionary in Canada
• Sir Edward Peck (British Civil Servant) (1915–2009), British ambassador, climber and author
• Edward Peck (born 1929), United States retired diplomat
• Elisha Peck (1789–1851), American businessman
• Everett Peck (1950–2022), American cartoonist and animator
• Evie Peck, American actress
• Ethan Peck (born 1986), American actor
• Fay Peck (1931 – 2016) was an American Expressionist artist.
• Francis Peck (1692–1743), British antiquarian
• Gayle Peck, better known as Julie London (1926–2000), American singer
• Ged Peck (1947–2015), British guitarist
• George Peck (disambiguation), several people
• Gordon H. Peck (1857–1921), New York assemblyman
• Gregory Peck (1916–2003), American actor
• Harrison J. Peck (1842-1913), American politician and newspaper editor
• Harry Thurston Peck (1856–1914), American classical scholar
• Ian Peck (born 1957), English cricketer
• J. Eddie Peck (John Edward Peck, born 1958), American actor
• James Peck (disambiguation), several people
• Jamie Peck, British geographer
• Jamie Peck (podcaster), American writer and podcaster
• Jedediah Peck (1748–1821), American educationalist
• Jesse Truesdell Peck (1811–1883), bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Jim Peck (born 1943), American game show host
• John Peck (disambiguation), several people
• Josh Peck (born 1986), American actor
• Judith Peck, American artist
• Justin Peck (born 1987), New York City Ballet dancer
• M. Scott Peck (Morgan Scott Peck, 1936–2005), American psychiatrist and author
• Mary Peck, birth name of Mary Butterworth (1686–1775), American counterfeiter
• Mary Gray Peck (1867–1957), American journalist, suffragist, clubwoman
• Maryly Van Leer Peck, university president and founder
• Matt Peck (born 1980), Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
• Nat Peck (1925–2015), American jazz trombonist
• Orrin Peck (1860–1921), American painter
• Ralph Brazelton Peck (1912–2008), American Civil Engineer and soil mechanics expert
• Richard Peck (disambiguation), several people
• Robert Peck (disambiguation), several people
• Roxy Peck, American statistics educator
• Terry Peck (1938–2006), a Falkland Islander who aided British forces in the Falklands War
• Theodore S. Peck (1843–1918), Civil War veteran
• Tiler Peck (born 1989), New York City Ballet principal dancer
• Tom Peck (born 1953), American racing driver
• William Peck (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

• Mr. Peck, a character in the American sitcom It's Garry Shandling's Show
• Charlie Peck, a character in the 2019 thriller movie The Intruder
• Walter Peck, a character in the 1984 American supernatural comedy movie Ghostbusters

See also

• G. W. Peck, mathematical group pseudonym
• Pieck (surname)