Downing (surname)

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) (1938–2025), 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