Downing (surname)

Downing is an English nickname surname of Anglo-Saxon origin.

List of people surnamed Downing

• Al Downing (disambiguation), several people
• Antoinette Downing (1904–2001), Rhode Island architectural historian and preservationist
• Andrew Jackson Downing (1815–1852), American landscape designer, horticulturalist and writer
• Arthur Matthew Weld Downing (1850–1917), British astronomer
• Ben Downing (writer) (born 1967), American writer
• Benjamin Downing (born 1981), American politician
• Bernard Downing (1869–1931), New York politician
• Brian Downing (born 1950), retired Major League Baseball player
• Burton Downing (1885–1929), American racing cyclist
• Charles Downing (died 1845), American politician
• Charles Downing (pomologist) (1802–1885), American pomologist and horticulturalist
• Charles W. Downing, Jr. (1825–1862), Florida politician
• Coe S. Downing (1791–1847), New York politician
• Dean Downing (born 1975), English bicycle racer
• Eric Downing (born 1978), former American footballer
• Finis E. Downing (1846–1936), US Representative from Illinois
• Frank Downing (1907–1878), Australian politician
• George Downing (disambiguation), various people
• Greg Downing (born 1985), American professional lacrosse player
• Henry Francis Downing (1846–1928), African-American sailor, politician, dramatist and novelist
• Jack G. Downing, Deputy Director for Operations for the Central Intelligence Agency (1997–1999)
• Jared Downing (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
• K. K. Downing (born 1951), guitarist, songwriter and a founding member of the British heavy metal band Judas Priest
• Keith Downing (born 1965), English former footballer
• Ken Downing (1917–2004), British racing driver
• Lewis Downing (1823–1872), principal chief of the Cherokee nation
• Lisa Downing, British author and academic
• Michael Downing (born 1954), American politician
• Nick Downing (born 1980), American retired soccer player
• Paul Downing (1873–1944), American college football player and head coach
• Reg Downing (1904–1994), Australian lawyer, textile worker, union organiser and politician; Attorney General and Minister for Justice of New South Wales
• Russell Downing (born 1978), English cycling road-racer
• Sara Downing (born 1979), American actress
• Steve Downing (born 1950), American retired basketball player
• Stephen Downing (born c. 1956), English council worker convicted of murder in 1974; conviction overturned in 2002
• Stewart Downing (born 1984), English footballer
• Thomas Downing (1928–1985), American painter
• Thomas N. Downing (1919–2001), American lawyer and politician
• Walt Downing (born 1956), former National Football League player
• Wayne A. Downing (1940–2007), US Army four-star general
• Will Downing (born 1963), American singer-songwriter and producer
• William L. Downing, judge of the Superior Court of Washington (State)

See also

• Downing baronets, an extinct title in the Baronetage of England
• Downes (surname)
• Downs (surname)
• Down (surname)

References

Given names