Downs (surname)

Downs is a surname of Old English origin.^[1] 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

See also

• Down (surname)

References

1. "Surname Database: Downs Last Name Origin". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.