William Townsend, (b. 1630-17??) early American Colonist

Sylvia Townsend Warner

Sue Townsend

Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi), a small songbird of the New World warbler family.

Aurelian Townsend or Townshend, English poet

Frederick Townsend Ward

John Townsend Trowbridge

Charles Townshend (1725-1767), Chancellor of the Exchequer, son of the 3rd Viscount

John Rowe Townsend

Devin Townsend, Canadian musician

Taylor Townsend

Robert Townsend, actor and director.

Charles Townsend (BMX racer)

Port Townsend, Washington

Townsend, Tennessee

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Townsend, Massachusetts, a town

Simon Townsend's Wonder World

Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

Andy Townsend, Irish soccer player

John G. Townsend, Jr.

William Townshend (colonial governor) (or Townsend)

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, nicknamed Turnip Townsend for his agricultural experiments

Lynn Townsend White, Jr.

Marquess Townshend, see this article for further members of the family

Townsend Harris

Charlie Townsend

Townsend Thoresen

Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend (1861-1924), British Major General

Henry Townsend:

Leslie Townsend

Jason Townsend

Eric Townsend

Veronica Townsend, fictional character

Gregor Townsend, Scottish rugby player

George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend

Townshend, Vermont

Townsend Hoopes

Thomas Townsend Brown

Townsend, Montana

Rob Townsend

Peter Townsend (Group Captain) (1914-1995), British air-soldier and royal-family associate

Townsend Cromwell

James Townsend Saward

Townsend, Delaware

Lena Townsend

Bill Townsend

Deshea Townsend

Stuart Townsend

William Cameron Townsend

Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi), a medium-sized thrush, and the solitaire native to North America.

Stevens-Townsend-Murphy Party

Townsend, Wisconsin

Mark Lee Townsend

John Sealy Townsend, Irish physicist

Ed Townsend

Wade Townsend, American baseball pitcher

Townsend Township, Huron County, Ohio

Townsend Coleman

Light Townsend Cummins

Charles E. Townsend

Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio

Townsend Bell, motor racing driver.

Chris Townsend

Washington Townsend

Port Townsend Film Festival

Anel Townsend, Peruvian politician

Townsend Central Public School

John Kirk Townsend, American naturalist

M. Clifford Townsend

Brian Townsend, American poker player

Yulia Townsend

David Townsend

Stacy Townsend

Townsend Scudder

Ralph Townsend

Stuart Townend, British composer

Ryan Townsend

Townsend's Shearwater (Puffinus auricularis), a rare seabird of the tropics from the family Procellariidae.

Townsend's Mole (Scapanus townsendii), the largest North American mole.

Henry Townsend (musician)

Tosh Townend

Charles Haskins Townsend

Townsend & Wall, principal department store in downtown St. Joseph, Missouri from 1866 to 1983, now used for apartments.

Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend (1700-1764)

Dallas Townsend

Douglas Townsend

Robert "Fuzz" Townshend

Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule

Anna Townsend, American silent film actress

Chauncy Townsend

Simon Townsend, Australian television presenter

Townsend, Ontario

Darian Townsend, South African swimmer

Townsend avalanche

Mary Ashley Townsend

Peter Townsend (professor) (born 1928 ?), economist and author

Mount Townsend, the second highest peak of mainland Australia.

Tammy Townsend

John Townend, British politician

William Kneeland Townsend

Norman Townsend

Charles C. Townsend

Henry Townsend (missionary)

Sanford-Townsend Band, a 1970s American rock band

Townsend Saunders

Cyril Townsend

Cyrus Townsend Brady

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, law firm established in 1860, based in San Francisco, California.

Charles Townsend

James W. Townsend House (Union County)

George Fyler Townsend

Cenzo Townsend

Townsend (unit)

Les Townsend

James W. Townsend House (Marion County)

Townsend Building (also "the Old Drugstore"), a historic site in Lake Butler, Florida.

Bertha Townsend, American tennis player

Townsend Observatory

Townshend, Cornwall

Ben Townsend, English football player

Port Townsend Bay

Robert Townshend

Dave Townsend

Jill Townsend

Townsend Township, Ohio

Primi Townsend

Townsend Township, Ontario

Townsend Harbor, Massachusetts, a village in Townsend, Massachusetts

James W. Townsend House

George Alfred Townsend ("Gath"), war correspondent

Townsend is a surname of Yorkshire and Norfolk origin. In English its meaning is a topographic name indicating residence at the extremity of a city or village (From Middle English touun (‘village’, ‘settlement’) + ende (‘end’). The name is first found originating from Norfolk where people of the surname were seated as Lords of the manor of Snoring Magna from ancient times. Popular variants are Townshend (of Norfolk variety), and Townend.

Townsend (CDP), Massachusetts, a census-designated place

Townsend, Kingswinford, an area at the end of the village of Kingswinford in the West Midlands (previously in Staffordshire)

Townsend Industrial Estate in Houghton Regis, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire

Townsend High School, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (formerly: Rhodesia).

Townshend Acts, proposed by Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer, that placed a tax on common import goods and which fomented resentment of the British in the Thirteen Colonies.

Townsend Harris High School, a public magnet high school for the humanities in the borough of Queens in New York City.

Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security Adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush

Francis Townsend, creator of the proposal for an old-age pension plan during the Great Depression

George Townsend, Hand of the cause of God, Bahá'í

Lauren Townsend (1981 - 1999) aspiring wild life biologist and one of the thirteen people murdered during the Columbine High School Massacre.

Pete Townshend, guitarist of The Who

Richard Townsend, Colonel of Oliver Cromwell's army