Downing (surname)
Downing is an English nickname surname of Anglo-Saxon origin.List of people surnamed Downing
- Al Downing, several people
- Ann Downing, American gospel music singer and inspirational speaker
- Antoinette Downing, Rhode Island architectural historian and preservationist
- Andrew Jackson Downing, American landscape designer, horticulturalist and writer
- Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, British astronomer
- Ben Downing , American writer
- Benjamin Downing, American politician
- Bernard Downing, New York politician
- Brian Downing, retired Major League Baseball player
- Burton Downing, American racing cyclist
- Charles Downing, American politician
- Charles Downing , American pomologist and horticulturalist
- Charles W. Downing, Jr., Florida politician
- Coe S. Downing, New York politician
- Dean Downing, English bicycle racer
- Edith Downing, British artist and suffragette
- Eric Downing, former American footballer
- Finis E. Downing, US Representative from Illinois
- Frank Downing, Australian politician
- George Downing, various people
- Greg Downing, American professional lacrosse player
- Henry Francis Downing, African-American sailor, politician, dramatist and novelist
- Jack G. Downing, Deputy Director for Operations for the Central Intelligence Agency
- James W. Downing, American naval officer
- Jared Downing, American mixed martial artist
- Jim Downing, American racing driver, owner, and developer
- Jim Downing , Irish Gaelic footballer
- K. K. Downing, guitarist, songwriter and a founding member of the British heavy metal band Judas Priest
- Keith Downing, English former footballer
- Ken Downing, British racing driver
- Lewis Downing, principal chief of the Cherokee nation
- Lisa Downing, British author and academic
- Michael Downing, American politician
- Nick Downing, American retired soccer player
- Paul Downing, American college football player and head coach
- Reg Downing, Australian lawyer, textile worker, union organiser and politician; Attorney General and Minister for Justice of New South Wales
- Russell Downing, English cycling road-racer
- Sara Downing, American actress
- Steve Downing, American retired basketball player
- Stephen Downing, English council worker convicted of murder in 1974; conviction overturned in 2002
- Stewart Downing, English footballer
- Thomas Downing, American painter
- Thomas N. Downing, American lawyer and politician
- Walt Downing, former National Football League player
- Wayne A. Downing, US Army four-star general
- Will Downing, American singer-songwriter and producer
- William L. Downing, judge of the Superior Court of Washington
