Downing (surname)

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Downing is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Antoinette Downing (1904–2001), American historian
Andrew Jackson Downing (1815–1852), American landscape designer, horticulturalist and writer
Arthur Matthew Weld Downing (1850–1917), Anglo-Irish astronomer
Ben Downing (writer) (born 1967), American writer
Benjamin W. Downing (1835–1894), American lawyer
Brian Downing (born 1950), American baseball player
Burton Downing (1885–1929), American racing cyclist
Calybute Downing (1605–1643), English clergyman and political figure
Caroline Lowder Downing (1855–1942), British suffragette
Cecilia Downing MBE (1858–1952), Australian temperance and women's rights activist
Charles Downing (died 1845), American politician
Charles Downing (pomologist) (1802–1885), American pomologist and horticulturalist
Charles W. Downing Jr. (1825–1862), Florida politician
Christine Downing, author
Coe S. Downing (1791–1847), New York politician
Dean Downing (born 1975), English bicycle racer
Edith Downing (1857–1931), British artist and suffragette
Finis E. Downing (1846–1936), American politician
Frank Downing (1907–1978), Australian politician
Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet (1625–1684), Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman
George Downing (surfer) (1930–2018), American surfer
Georgia Downing (born 1999), British trampoline gymnast
Greg Downing (born 1985), American lacrosse player
Henry H. Downing (1853–1919), American politician
Jack G. Downing (1940–2021), Central Intelligence Agency deputy director
James W. Downing (1914–2018), American naval officer
Jared Downing (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
Jim Downing (born 1942), American racing driver, owner, and developer
K. K. Downing (born 1951), guitarist and songwriter
Keith Downing (born 1965), English former footballer
Ken Downing (1917–2004), British racing driver
Lewis Downing (1823–1872), Native American chief of the Cherokee nation
Lisa Downing (born 1974), British author and academic
Michael Downing (director), Canadian film director
Michael Downing (politician) (1955–2015), American politician
Paul Downing (1873–1944), American college football player and coach
Quincy Downing (born 1993), American sprinter
Reg Downing (1904–1994), Australian politician
Russell Downing (born 1978), English cycling road-racer
Sara Downing (born 1979), American actress
Stephen Downing (producer) (born 1938), American screenwriter, producer, activist, and journalist
Stewart Downing (born 1984), English footballer
Thomas Downing (painter) (1928–1985), American painter
Thomas N. Downing (1919–2001), American politician
Timothy J. Downing (born 1979), American attorney, politician, judge, and Army officer
Walt Downing (born 1956), American football player
Wayne A. Downing (1940–2007), American general
W. H. Downing (1893–1965), Australian soldier and writer

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Downing (surname)

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