Darling (surname)

Darling is a surname that may refer to:

Politicians

• Alberta Darling (born 1944), American politician
• Alex Darling, Australian politician
• Alistair Darling (1953–2023), British politician and government minister
• Charles Henry Darling (1809–1870), British colonial governor
• Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling (1849–1936), British lawyer, politician and judge
• Don Darling, Canadian politician
• James Andrew Darling (1891–1979), Saskatchewan, Canada, politician 1944–1960
• John Darling Sr. (1831–1905), South Australian merchant and politician
• John Darling Jr. (1852–1914), South Australian businessman and politician
• John P. Darling (1815–1882), New York politician
• Lucius B. Darling (1827–1896), American fertilizer magnate and Lieutenant governor of Rhode Island 1885–1887
• Ralph Darling (1772–1858), British Army officer, governor of New South Wales, Australia
• Ruby Ann Darling (born 1941), Bahamian politician
• Steve Darling (born 1969), British politician
• William Darling (politician) (1885–1962), British politician and businessman

Sports

• Boob Darling, National Football League player
• Chuck Darling (1930–2021), American basketball player
• Dennis Darling, Bahamian athlete
• Gary Darling, Major League Baseball umpire
• Hannah Darling (golfer) (born 2003), Scottish golfer
• Helen Darling, American basketball player
• Joe Darling (1870–1946), Australian cricket captain, 1899–1905
• Lon Darling, founder of the United States' National Basketball League
• Malcolm Darling (born 1947), Scottish footballer
• Max Darling (born 2000), Vincentian-New Zealand basketball player
• Nate Darling (born 1998), Canadian basketball player
• Randy Darling (born 1957), American curler
• Ron Darling, Major League Baseball player

Entertainment

• Bobby Darling, Indian actress
• David Darling (musician), American cellist and composer
• Erik Darling (1933–2008), American songwriter and folk music artist
• Helen Darling (singer), American country music singer/songwriter
• Ida Darling (1875–1936), American actress
• Jean Darling (1922–2015), American child actress
• Jennifer Darling, American actress
• Maria Darling, British actress
• Sarah Darling, American country music singer and songwriter
• Darling, mononymous nickname of Indian actor Prabhas (born 1979)

Other professions

• Brian Darling (born 1965), American lawyer and lobbyist
• David J. Darling, British astronomer and writer
• Donald Darling, British spy
• Donald Allan Darling (1915–2014), American statistician
• Edward Darling, Irish bishop
• Frank Darling (architect) (1850–1923), Canadian architect
• Fred Darling (1884–1953), British racehorse trainer, son of Sam
• Gordon Darling (1921–2015), Australian businessman and philanthropist, husband of Marilyn Darling
• Grace Darling (1815–1842), British lighthouse keeper
• Jay Norwood Darling (1876–1962), known as Ding Darling, American cartoonist and conservationist
• John Darling Sr. (1831–1905), South Australian merchant and politician
• John Darling Jr. (1852–1914), South Australian businessman and politician
• Joseph Robinson Darling (1872–1957), special agent of the U.S. Department of Justice, author, promoter, explorer and soldier of fortune
• Lowell Darling, American artist
• Sir Malcolm Lyall Darling (1880–1969), administrator in British India and authority on peasant agriculture
• Marilyn Darling (born 1943), Australian philanthropist and patron of the arts, wife of Gordon Darling
• Pamela Darling, American librarian and preservation specialist
• Paul Darling, English barrister
• Sam Darling (1852–1921), British racehorse trainer
• Samuel Taylor Darling (1872–1925), American scientist
• Thomas Darling (1720–1789), Connecticut entrepreneur

Fiction

• Captain Kevin Darling, in the TV series Blackadder
• Cherry Darling, in the Planet Terror segment of Grindhouse, played by Rose McGowan
• Nola Darling, in Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It
• Wendy Darling, principal character in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and other members of the Darling family
• The Darlings of The Andy Griffith Show
• The Darlings of Clarissa Explains It All
• The Darlings of Dirty Sexy Money, headed by Patrick "Tripp" Darling III
• Jessica Darling series of novels by Megan McCafferty
• Darling, the owner of Lady in Lady and the Tramp
• Monica Costello aka Darling, a bank robber and the wife of fellow bank robber Buddy in Baby Driver portrayed by Eiza Gonzalez
• Sarah Darling (Scream), fictional actor in "Stab 3" played by Jenny McCarthy from Scream 3

See also

• Darling (disambiguation)
• Charles Darling (disambiguation)
• Elizabeth Darling (disambiguation)
• Sam Darling (disambiguation)
• William Darling (disambiguation)
• Linda Darling-Hammond
• Darlington (disambiguation)