Dwyer (name)

Dwyer is an Irish surname which is a slightly anglicised variation of O'Dwyer. It is said that people with the surname Dwyer and who come from Ireland all come from the same clan.

Surname

 * Alan Dwyer (born 1952), English association footballer
 * Alice Dwyer (born 1988), German actress
 * Allys Dwyer, American actress and educator
 * Angela Dwyer, Australian social scientist and academic
 * Anthony Dwyer (born 1970), Australian rules footballer
 * Audrey Dwyer, Canadian actor and playwright
 * Benjamin Dwyer (born 1965), Irish classical guitarist and composer
 * Bernard Dwyer (born 1967), English rugby league footballer
 * Bernard J. Dwyer (1921–1998), American politician
 * Bil Dwyer (1907–1987), American cartoonist and humorist
 * Bil Dwyer (born 1962), American comedian and game-show host
 * Bill Dwyer (mobster) (1883–1946), American gangster and bootlegger
 * Bob Dwyer (born 1940), Australian rugby union coach
 * Bridget Dwyer (born 1980), American golfer
 * Chappie Dwyer (1894–1975), Australian cricketer
 * Chris Dwyer (born 1988), American baseball player
 * Dermod Dwyer, Irish chief executive
 * Dom Dwyer, English-born American association football (soccer) player
 * Dominic Dwyer, Australian microbiologist and Clinical Professor of Medicine
 * Don H. Dwyer Jr. (born 1958), American politician
 * Doriot Anthony Dwyer (1922–2020), American flautist
 * E. B. Dwyer (1876–1912), Australian cricketer
 * Edward Dwyer (1895–1916), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Florence P. Dwyer (1902–1976), American politician
 * Francis Patrick Dwyer (1910–1962), Australian chemist
 * Frank Dwyer (1868–1943), American baseball player
 * Frank P. Dwyer American sportscaster
 * George Dwyer (1908–1987), English Roman Catholic archbishop
 * Gordie Dwyer (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Hilary Dwyer (1945–2020), English actress
 * Jack Dwyer (1927–1997), American football player
 * James Dwyer (politician) (1881–1932), Irish politician
 * James J. Dwyer, American politician
 * Jamie Dwyer (born 1979), Australian field hockey player
 * Jeremy Dwyer (1947–2005), Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand
 * Jim Dwyer (baseball) (born 1950), American baseball player
 * Jim Dwyer (journalist) (1957–2020), American journalist
 * John Dwyer (Australian judge) (1879–1966), Australian politician
 * John Dwyer (medicine) (born 1939), Australian professor of Medicine and public health advocate
 * John Dwyer (musician), American musician
 * John Dwyer (soldier) (1890–1962), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * John M. Dwyer (1935–2018), American set decorator
 * Jonathan Dwyer (born 1989), American football player
 * Sir Joe Dwyer (1939–2021), British civil engineer and businessman


 * Joseph Patrick Dwyer (1976–2008), American soldier
 * Joseph Dwyer (physicist) (born 1963), American physicist


 * Karyn Dwyer (1975–2018), Canadian actress
 * Kate Dwyer (1861–1949), Australian educator, suffragist, and labour activist
 * Kevin Dwyer (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Kieron Dwyer (born 1967), American comic book artist and penciller
 * Larry Dwyer (1884–1964), Australian rugby union player
 * Laurie Dwyer (1938–2016), Australian rules footballer
 * Leslie Dwyer (1906–1986), English actor
 * Marc Dwyer (born 1987), Australian radio presenter and actor
 * Mark Dwyer (born 1964), Australian rules footballer
 * Martin Dwyer (born 1975), English jockey
 * Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, American television producer
 * Matthew Dwyer (born 1959), Irish cricketer
 * Michael Dwyer (1772–1825), Irish soldier and insurgent
 * Michael Dwyer (journalist) (1951–2010), Irish journalist and film critic
 * Michael Dwyer (Canadian politician) (1879–1953), Canadian politician
 * Michael F. Dwyer (1847–1906), American racehorse owner
 * Michael Martin Dwyer (1984–2009), Irish security guard
 * Michael Middleton Dwyer, American architect
 * Mick Dwyer (born 1968), Australian rules footballer
 * Mike Dwyer (ice hockey) (born 1957), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Nate Dwyer (born 1978), American football player
 * Noel Dwyer (1934–1993), Irish footballer
 * PK Dwyer (born 1992), American musician
 * Pat Dwyer (hurler), Irish hurler
 * Patrick Dwyer (sprinter) (born 1977), Australian sprinter
 * Patrick Dwyer (ice hockey) (born 1983), American ice hockey player
 * Penny Dwyer (1953–2003), British comedy writer and performer
 * Peter Dwyer, Australian anthropologist
 * Phil Dwyer (1953–2021), Welsh footballer
 * Phil Dwyer (musician) (born 1965), Canadian musician
 * Philip J. Dwyer (1844–1917), American racehorse owner
 * R. Budd Dwyer (1939–1987), American politician
 * Robert Joseph Dwyer (1908–1976), American Roman Catholic archbishop
 * Ross T. Dwyer (1919–2001), American general
 * Simon Dwyer (born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Séamus Dwyer (1882–1922), Irish politician
 * Terri Dwyer (born 1973), English actress
 * Tommy Dwyer (hurler), Irish hurler
 * Ubi Dwyer (1933–2001), Irish anarchist
 * Virginia Dwyer, American actress
 * Walter Dwyer (1875–1950), Australian politician and judge
 * Wayne Dwyer, New Zealand rugby league player
 * William Dwyer (Irish politician) (1887–1951), Irish politician
 * William Gerard Dwyer (born 1947), American mathematician
 * William Lee Dwyer (1929–2002), American judge

Hyphenated

 * Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, American television producer
 * Edmund Dwyer-Gray (1870–1945), Australian politician

Given name

 * Robert Dwyer Joyce
 * Ada Dwyer Russell