Downs (surname)

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

People with this surname include:

• 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
• Deidre Downs (born 1980), winner of Miss America 2005
• Donald Downs, American political science professor
• Ephraim Downs (1787–1860), America wooden movement clockmaker
• George Edward Downs (1856–1936), cricket Test match umpire
• George W. Downs
• Hollis Downs (born 1946), American politician
• Hugh Downs (born 1921), American broadcaster
• Jack Downs, English rugby league footballer
• James Crawford Downs (born 1940), American former district attorney
• James U. Downs (born 1941), American jurist
• Jason Downs (born 1973), American singer
• J. Earl Downs (1905-1998), Louisiana politician
• Johnny Downs (1913–1994), American actor
• Lila Downs (born 1968), Mexican/American singer
• Matt Downs (born 1984), Major League Baseball baseman
• Nicholas Downs (born 1976), American actor
• Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs, also known as Sallie Ward, (1827-1896), American socialite.
• Scott Downs (born 1976), American baseball pitcher
• Solomon W. Downs (1801–1854), United States Senator
• Thomas Nelson Downs (1867–1938), magician
• U. T. Downs (1880-1941), Louisiana politician
• Wilbur Downs (1913–1991), naturalist and virologist

References

Richard Downs (born 1958), American artist