Fanning (surname)
Fanning is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
- Bede Fanning, Australian public servant
- Bernard Fanning, Australian musician, best known for his role as the lead singer of the Australian rock band Powderfinger
- Buist M. Fanning, American biblical Greek scholar
- Dakota Fanning, American actress and older sister of Elle
- Dave Fanning, Irish television and radio host
- Edmund Fanning, American explorer
- Edmund Fanning , American-born administrator for the British government in New York and Loyalist; later a governor in Canada
- Elle Fanning, American actress and younger sister of Dakota
- Eric Kenneth Fanning, United States Secretary of the Army
- Fred Fanning, Australian rules footballer
- Jim Fanning, former catcher, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball
- Jimmy Valiant, American retired professional wrestler
- Juan Fanning, Peruvian naval officer and war hero
- Kay Fanning, American newspaper editor and publisher, first American woman to edit a national newspaper
- Ken Fanning, American wilderness guide and retired politician
- Eugene Michael "Mick" Fanning, Australian professional surfer and two time world champion
- Nathaniel Fanning, American naval officer and war hero
- Ronan Fanning, Irish historian
- Shawn Fanning, computer programmer and creator of the original Napster application
- Thomas A. Fanning, American chief executive.
- Vincent Fanning, Irish, first manager of Cork Airport.
