Downs (surname)

Downs is a surname of Old English origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Arts and entertainment

 * Cathy Downs (1924-1976), American actress
 * Deidre Downs (born 1980), American physician and winner of Miss America 2005
 * Hugh Downs (1921–2020), American broadcaster
 * Bertis Downs, IV (born 1956), American entertainment lawyer
 * Georgina Downs, British journalist
 * Jason Downs (born 1973), American singer
 * Johnny Downs (1913–1994), American actor
 * Nicholas Downs (born 1976), American actor
 * Lila Downs (born 1968), Mexican-American singer
 * Samara Downs, British ballerina

Politics

 * Charles E. Downs (1898–1967), American politician
 * C. H. "Sammy" Downs (1911–1985), American lawyer and politician
 * George W. Downs (political scientist) (1946–2015), American political scientist
 * Hollis Downs (born 1946), American politician
 * James Crawford Downs (born 1940), American lawyer and politician
 * Solomon W. Downs (1801–1854), American politician

Sport

 * Alexander Downs (1876–1924), Scottish cricketer
 * Christopher Downs (born 1974), American boxer
 * Dave Downs (born 1952), American baseball player
 * David Downs (fl. 1970s), British rugby player
 * Devante Downs (born 1995), American football player
 * Dorothea Downs (1917–1968), American baseball player
 * Jack Downs (born 1995), English rugby player
 * Jeter Downs (born 1998), American baseball player
 * Josh Downs (born 2001), American football player
 * Matt Downs (born 1984), American baseball player
 * Scott Downs (born 1976), American baseball player

Other

 * Anthony Downs (1930–2021), American economist
 * Bill Downs (1914–1978), American war correspondent
 * Diane Downs (born 1955), American murderer
 * Donald Downs (born 1948), American professor
 * Ephraim Downs (1787–1860), American clockmaker
 * George W. Downs (physicist) (fl. 1946), American businessman
 * James U. Downs (born 1941), American jurist
 * Joseph Downs (1895–1954), American curator
 * Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs (1827–1896), American socialite
 * Thomas Nelson Downs (1867–1938), American magician
 * Wilbur Downs (1913–1991), American naturalist and virologist