What is "ackroyd"

Ackroyd is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan Ackroyd, rugby league footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s
• Alfred Ackroyd (1858–1927), English cricketer
• Anthony Ackroyd (born 1958), Australian comedian, speaker and writer
• Archibald Ackroyd (1897–1968), English cricketer
• Barry Ackroyd (born 1954), English cinematographer
• Christa Ackroyd (born 1957), British journalist and broadcaster
• Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, 1st Baronet (1892–1973), Lord Mayor of London 1955–56
• David Ackroyd (born 1940), American actor
• Harold Ackroyd (1877–1917), British Army medical officer, awarded the Victoria Cross
• Haughton Ackroyd (1894–1979), English footballer
• Heather Ackroyd, British visual artist, of Ackroyd & Harvey
• Jack Ackroyd (1926–1992), Canadian chief of police and civil servant
• John Ackroyd (disambiguation), various people
• Joseph Ackroyd (1847–1915), New York politician
• Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991), Australian academic, translator, author and editor
• Norman Ackroyd (born 1938), English artist
• Peter Ackroyd (born 1949), English biographer, novelist and critic
• Thomas Raven Ackroyd (1861–1946), English bank manager and politician
• Timothy Ackroyd (born 1958), English actor