Researching Ben Peyton
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 358 people with the Peyton surname? In that year Peyton was ranked number 3221 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Ben means "Son" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Ben Peyton on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ben Peyton and the Peyton Family Tree
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 500 people with the Peyton surname in the UK? Peyton is now ranked number 3569 for popularity in the UK. |
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Peyton surname in the USA? Peyton is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Ben Peyton
Ben Peyton
Ben Peyton (born 1977) is a former British actor best known for playing PC Ben Hayward in The Bill from 2000–2002.
Other credits include Band of Brothers, Emmerdale, Welcome to Orty Fou and Holby City.
In 2017, Ben shared his memories of his time on The Bill and his career in general in the second episode of The Bill Podcast
Now a full-time dad and film critic, Ben spends as much time as possible watching films and reviewing them for his own website and also for The Movie Waffler and We Are Cult, two popular online magazines.
Ben is also Time & Leisure Magazines's resident film critic.
He occasionally does voiceover work and is on the books of acclaimed agency, Rhubarb Voices.
Ben will be returning, for the third year running, as a guest judge at the prestigious Misty Moon International Film Festival in October 2020 to be held at London's Cinema Museum.
Source: Ben Peyton, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Peyton
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