Irving

Irving is originally a Scottish surname, a variant of the name Irvine, which is derived from the eponymous River Irvine in Dumfriesshire. It may also refer to:

Persons

Family name

• Amy Irving (born 1953), American film and stage actress
• Arthur Irving (born 1931), Canadian industrialist, son of K.C. Irving
• Bob Irving (sportscaster), Canadian sportscaster
• Clifford Irving (1930-2017), American author who created a hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes
• Dan Irving (1854–1924), British politician, Labour MP
• David Irving (born 1938), British writer, best known for his denial of the Holocaust
• David Irving (footballer) (born 1951), British Member of Parliament
• Edmund George Irving (1910–1990), British naval hydrographer
• Edward Irving (1792–1834), Scottish clergyman
• Edward Irving (plant collector) (1816–1855), Scottish surgeon
• Edward A. Irving (born 1927), Canadian geologist
• Francis Irving, British programmer and activist for freedom of information
• Godfrey Irving (1867–1937), senior Australian Army officer
• Henry Irving (1838–1905), British actor
• Isabel Irving (1871–1944), American actress
• James K. Irving (born 1928), Canadian industrialist, son of K.C. Irving
• Jayne Irving (born 1956), British TV presenter
• John Irving (disambiguation), several people
• K. C. Irving (Kenneth Colin Irving, 1899–1992), Canadian industrialist, founder of the Irving Group of Companies
• Kyrie Irving (born 1992), American professional basketball player
• Martin Howy Irving (1831–1912), English rower and educationist in Australia; father of Godfrey Irving
• Mary Jane Irving (1913–1983), American actress
• Robert Irving (disambiguation), several people
• Thomas Ballantyne Irving (1914–2002), publisher of the first American English translation of the Qur'an
• Thomas Irving (Medal of Honor) (born 1842)
• Washington Irving (1783–1859), American author, historian and diplomat
• William Irving (disambiguation), several people

First name

• Irving Abella (b. 1940), Canadian writer
• Irving Amen (1918–2011), printmaker
• Irving Azoff (b. 1947), American music executive and manager
• Irving Berlin (1888–1989), Russian-born American songwriter
• Irving Alexander Block, American matte painter and screenwriter, wrote the story on which Forbidden Planet was based.
• Irving Caesar (1895–1996), American lyricist
• Irving D. Chais (1925–2009), American businessman
• Irving Chernev (1900–1981), Russian-American chess player and author
• Irving Copi (1917–2002), American philosopher
• Irving Cottler (1918–1989), American drummer
• Irving Crane (1913–2001), American pool player
• Irving Dardik, American surgeon
• Irving Davidson (b. 1929), Australian rules footballer
• Irving Davis (1896–1958), American footballer
• Irving Fein (1911–2012), American television and film producer
• Irving Feinstein (1910–1939), American mobster
• Irving Feldman (b. 1928), American poet
• Irving Fields (1915–2016), American pianist
• Irving Fine (1914–1962), American composer
• Irving Finkel, British philologist and Assyriologist, curator in the Middle East department of the British Museum
• Irving Fisher (1867–1947), American economist
• Irving Folwartshny (1914–1994), American athlete
• Irving Freese (1903–1964), Mayor of Connecticut
• Irving Garcia (b. 1988), American footballer
• Irving Garcia (boxer) (b. 1979), Puerto Rican boxer
• Irving C. Gardner,
• Irving Gill (1870–1936), American architect
• Irving Glickman (1914–1972), American periodontologist
• Irving Goff (1900–1989),
• Irving Goldman (1911–2012), American anthropologist
• Irving B. Goldman (1898–1975), American otolaryngologist
• Irving Gottesman (1930–2016), American psychologist
• Irving Gould (1919–2004), Canadian businessman
• Irving Harper,
• Irving Howbert (1846–1934)
• Irving Howe (1920–1993), Jewish-American literary critic
• Irving Janis (1918–1990), American psychologist
• Irving Johnson (1905–1991), American adventurer and author
• Irving Kane Pond (1857–1939), American architect
• Irving Kaplan
• Irving Kaplan (chemist) (1913–1997), American chemist
• Irving Kaplan (radiation oncologist), American radiation oncologist
• Irving Kaplansky (1917–2006), mathematician
• Irving Kaplan (chemist), an MIT professor
• Irving Langmuir (1881–1957), chemist and physicist and winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
• Irving Lavin (b. 1927), American art historian
• Irving Leroy Ress, (1904–1962), American physician and obstetrician
• Irving R. Levine (1922–2009), broadcast journalist
• Irving Layton (1912–2006), Canadian poet
• Irving Lehman (1876–1945), American lawyer and Jewish politician
• Irving Lerner (1909–1976), American filmmaker
• Irving Lowens (1916–1983), American musicologist and critic
• Irving Malin (1934–2014), American literary critic
• Irving Martin
• Irving Mansfield (1908–1988), American producer and writer
• Irving Mills (1894–1985), American music publisher
• Irving Millman (1923–2012), American virologist and microbiologist
• Irving Mondschein (1924–2015), track and field champion
• Irving J. Moore (1919–1993), American director
• Irving Morrow (1884–1952), American architect
• Irving Moskowitz (1928–2016), American physician, businessman, and philanthropist
• Irving Mosberg (1908–1973), New York politician and judge
• Irving Nattrass (b. 1952), English footballer
• Irving S. Reed (1923–2012), American mathematician and engineer
• Irving Reiner (1924–1986), American mathematician
• Irving "Ving" Rhames, African-American actor
• Irv Rubin (Irving David Rubin) (1945–2002), former Jewish Defense League leader
• Irving Sablosky (1924–2016), American diplomat
• Irving Saladino (b. 1983), Panamanian long jumper
• Irving Sandler (1925–2018), American art critic and art historian
• Irving Saraf (1932–2012), Polis-born American film producer
• Irving Sayles (1872–1914), African-American vaudeville entertainer
• Irving H. Saypol (1905–1977), American attorney
• Irving Schwartz (1929–2010), Canadian businessman
• Irving Selikoff (1915–1992), American physician
• Irving Slosberg (b. 1947), American politician
• Irving Stone (1903–1989), American writer
• Irving Stowe (1915–1974), American lawyer
• Irving Taylor (songwriter) (b. 1983), American songwriter
• Irving Taylor (ice hockey) (1919–1991), Canadian ice hockey player
• Irving Thalberg (1899–1936), American film producer
• Irving Thalberg, Jr. (1930–1987), American philosopher
• Irving C. Tomlinson (1860–1944), American Universalist minister
• Irving Townsend (1920–1981), American record producer and author
• Irving Vendig, (1902–1995), American soap opera writer
• Irving Wallace, American novelist and non-fiction writer
• Irving B. Weiner, American psychologist
• Irving Zola (1935–1994), American activist and writer
• Irving Zurita (b. 1991), Mexican footballer

Places

Canada

• Irving Nature Park, a park in Saint John, N.B.

United States

• Irving, California (disambiguation)
  • Irving, Marin County, California
  • Irving, California, former name of Irvington, California
• Irving, Illinois
• Irving, Iowa
• Irving (Duluth), Minnesota
• Irving, New York
• Irving, Texas
• Irving, Wisconsin, a town
  • Irving (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
• Irving Township, Montgomery County, Illinois
• Irving Township, Michigan
• Irving Township, Minnesota
• Lake Irving, a lake in Minnesota

Companies

• Irving Group of Companies, Canadian conglomerate based in Saint John, New Brunswick, controlled by the Irving family, including:
  • J. D. Irving, a conglomerate with holdings in forestry, pulp and paper, tissue, newsprint, building supplies, frozen food, transportation, shipping lines, and ship building, including
    • Irving Tissue
    • Irving Shipbuilding
    • Irving Equipment
  • The Fort Reliance Company, an oil conglomerate that includes:
    • Irving Oil
      • Irving Oil Refinery
• Irving Trust, formerly a large New York bank, merged into Bank of New York in 1988

Other uses

• "Irving", World War II Allied code-name for the Japanese Nakajima J1N aircraft
• Operation Irving, a military operation that took place in Vietnam in October 1966
• Irving (band), an American indie rock band
• Irving, the main character's love interest in Cathy (comic strip)
• "Irving", designation for the Metal Gear Gekko in the video game Metal Gear Solid 4
• Irving, a magic sword belonging to Joe the Barbarian in Jack Chalker's Dancing Gods series of fantasy novels
• Lloyd Irving, the main protagonist in the Tales of Symphonia video game
• "Irving (Jaggered Sixteenths)", the B-side instrumental jazz tune accompanying The Crystals' 1964 A-side hit "All Grown Up"

See also

• Erving (disambiguation)
• Irvine (disambiguation)