Peck (disambiguation)
A peck is a unit of dry volume.
A common misspelling of 'pec' the common abbreviation for the Pectoralis major muscle.
Peck is also 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.
Peck is also a derogatory term for members of a race of dwarf-like people in the film Willow.
Peck may also refer to:
People
- Annie Smith Peck (1850–1935), American mountaineer
- Archie A. Peck (1894–1978), American Medal of Honor recipient
- Austin Peck (b. 1971), American actor
- Bob Peck (1945–1999), English actor
- Bob Peck (football) (1891–1932), American football player
- Carolyn Peck (b. 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 (b. 1967), American novelist
- Danielle Peck (b. 1978), country-rock singer
- Edmund Peck (1850–1924), Anglican missionary in Canada
- Evie Peck, American actress
- Ethan Peck (b. 1986), American actor
- Francis Peck (1692–1743), British antiquarian
- George Washington Peck (1818–1905, U.S. Representative from Michigan
- George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916), American writer and politician
- Gayle Peck, better known as Julie London (1926–2000), American singer
- Ged Peck (b. 1947), British guitarist
- George Peck, several people
- Gregory Peck (1916–2003), American actor
- Harry Thurston Peck (1856–1914), American classical scholar
- Ian Peck (b. 1957), English cricketer
- J. Eddie Peck (b. 1958), American actor
- James H. Peck (1790–1836), American judge
- Jarmila Kukalova-Peck, Czech paleoentomologist
- Jedediah Peck (1748–1821), American educationalist
- Jesse Truesdell Peck (1811–1883), bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
- Jim Peck (b. 1943), American game show host
- John E. L. Peck, Canadian computer scientist
- John J. Peck (1821–1878), American soldier
- John Mason Peck (1789–1858), American Baptist missionary
- Josh Peck (b. 1986), American actor
- Justin Peck, New York City Ballet dancer
- M. Scott Peck, (1936–2005), American psychiatrist and author
- Mary Peck Butterworth (1686–1775), American counterfeiter
- Matt Peck (b. 1980), Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
- Ralph Brazelton Peck (1912–2008), American Civil Engineer and soil mechanics expert
- Richard Peck (writer) (b. 1934), American author
- Robert Newton Peck (b. 1928), American writer
- Terry Peck (1938–2006), a Falkland Islander who aided British forces in the Falklands War
- Tiler Peck, New York City Ballet principal dancer
- William Dandridge Peck (1763–1822), American zoologist
- William E. Peck, American school administrator
- William H. Peck (1830–1892), American writer and Southern novelist
- William R. Peck (1818–1871), Confederate general during the American Civil War
- William S. Peck, Jr. (1916-1987), Louisiana state representative
- William S. Peck, Sr. (1873-1946), Louisiana state represenatative
Places
In the United States:
See also