Peter Townsend may refer to: Peter Townsend, owner of the Sterling Iron Works, who forged the 186-ton Hudson River Chain in 1778 Peter Townsend (golfer) (born 1946), player in the 1969 and 1971 Ryder Cups Peter Townsend (sociologist) (1928–2009), economist, author and university professor at the London School of Economics Peter Townsend (RAF officer) (1914–1995), Royal Air Force pilot at one time linked romantically with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon Peter Townsend (drummer), American drummer Peter Townsend (cricketer) (1910–1995), English first-class cricketer