Downs (surname)
Downs is a surname of Old English origin.[1]
People with this surname include:
- Bruce Barkley Downs Sr. (born April 17,1930) (died May 21,1983). Traffic Operations for Florida Department of Transportation for 29 years. Assistant County Administrator for Hillborough County from 1979 until his sudden death. There is a large highway named after him which runs beside USF. He holds the honor of being selected "A Great Floridian", chosen by Governor Jeb Bush in 2000.
- Anthony Downs (born 1930), scholar in public policy and public administration
- Bertis Downs, IV (born 1956), counselor and manager for the rock band R
- Bill Downs (1914–1978), American war correspondent
- Charles E. Downs, first Los Angeles City Councilman
- C. H. "Sammy" Downs (1911–1985), Louisiana politician
- David Downs, rugby player of the 1970s and 1980s
- Deidre Downs (born 1980), winner of Miss America 2005
- Devante Downs (born 1995), American football player
- Donald Downs, American political science professor
- Dorothea Downs, baseball player
- Ephraim Downs (1787–1860), America wooden movement clockmaker
- George Edward Downs (1856–1936), cricket umpire
- George W. Downs
- George Woodrow Downs (1946–2015), political scientist
- Georgina Downs, British journalist and campaigner
- Hollis Downs (born 1946), American politician
- Hugh Downs (born 1921), American broadcaster
- Jack Downs, English rugby player
- James Crawford Downs (born 1940), American district attorney
- James U. Downs (born 1941), American jurist
- Jason Downs (born 1973), American singer
- Johnny Downs (1913–1994), American actor
- Lila Downs (born 1968), Mexican/American singer
- Matt Downs (born 1984), baseball player
- Nicholas Downs (born 1976), American actor
- Richard Downs (born 1958), American artist
- Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs, also known as Sallie Ward, (1827–1896), American socialite
- Samara Downs, British ballerina
- Scott Downs (born 1976), American baseball player
- Solomon W. Downs (1801–1854), United States Senator
- Thomas Nelson Downs (1867–1938), magician
- Wilbur Downs (1913–1991), naturalist and virologist
See also
References
- ↑ "Surname Database: Downs Last Name Origin". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
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