Poyntz

Poyntz may refer to:

People

• Billy Poyntz (1894–1966), Welsh footballer
• Hugh Poyntz (1877–1955), English soldier and cricketer
• Juliet Stuart Poyntz (1886–1937), American suffragist, feminist, trade unionist and communist
• Massey Poyntz (1883–1934), English cricketer
• Sir Nicholas Poyntz (1510–1556), English courtier
  • Sir Nicholas Poyntz (MP died 1585) son of above
    • Sir Nicholas Poyntz (died 1633) son of above
      • Sir Robert Pointz or Poyntz (1588–1665)
• Sarah Poyntz (1926–2020), Irish journalist and author
• Sydnam Poyntz, 17th-century English soldier
• William Stephen Poyntz (1770–1840), English politician
• William Poyntz (high sheriff), 18th-century English High Sheriff of Berkshire
• Poyntz Tyler (1906–1971), American writer

The name of Poyntz occurred in medieval England, see Feudal barony of Curry Mallet and Manor of Iron Acton, and also in Ireland.

Places

• Poyntzpass, a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
• Sutton Poyntz (liberty), a liberty in the county of Dorset, England

See also

• Pointz, a surname variant