Downing (surname)

Downing is an English and Irish 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), 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 (fl. 1912), suffragette, sister of Edith
 * 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
 * Coe S. Downing (1791–1847), New York politician
 * Dean Downing (born 1975), English bicycle racer
 * Edith Downing (1857–1931), artist and suffragette
 * Finis E. Downing (1846–1936), American politician
 * Frank Downing (1907–1978), Australian politician
 * Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet (1625–1684), 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 Hawkins 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
 * Jim Downing (Gaelic footballer) (1946–2012), Irish footballer
 * 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