Dowling (surname)

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Dowling is an Irish surname.

It is an anglicised form representing two unrelated clans:

1 - Ó Dúnlaing, noted as one of the seven septs of County Laois, the ancestral home called Fearann ua n-Dúnlaing (O'Dowling's Country). The Irish form of the name is Ní Dhúnlaing (unmarried female), Ó Dúnlaing (male) or [Bean] Uí Dhúnlaing (married female).

2 - Ó Dubhlainn, a minor family of County Galway, represented by Richard William Dowling (1838–1867), American Confederate officer.

List of people surnamed Dowling

Alexandra Dowling (born 1990), English actress

Ann Dowling (born 1952), British mechanical engineer

Austin Dowling (1868–1930), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

Bairbre Dowling (born 1953), Irish actress

Brian Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:

Brian Dowling (presenter) (born 1978), Irish television presenter

Brian Dowling (American football) (born 1947), American football player

Brian Dowling (hurler) (born 1983), Irish hurler

Bridget Dowling (1891–1969), Irish sister-in-law of Adolf Hitler

Constance Dowling (1920-1969), American model and actress

Cody Dowling (born 1976), American Electrical Engineer

Dick Dowling (born 1938), Irish politician

Eddie Dowling (1889—1976), American actor, director, and producer

Edward J. Dowling (born 1875), New York politician

Garry Dowling, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s

Gerard Dowling, Australian Catholic priest and radio personality

Gerard Dowling (cricketer) (born 1964), Australian cricketer

Graham Dowling (born 1937), New Zealand cricketer of the 1960s and 1970s

Greg Dowling (born 1959), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s

Sir James Dowling (1787–1844), English-born Australian jurist

Jerry Dowling, American cartoonist

Jim Dowling, Australian Catholic activist

Joan Dowling (1928–1954), English character actress

Joe Dowling (born 1948), American theater director

John Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people

Jonathan Dowling, Irish-American quantum physicist

Kevin Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:

Kevin Dowling (bishop) (born 1944), South African Roman Catholic bishop

Kevin Dowling (darts player) (born 1965), English darts player

Kevin Dowling (director), American film and television director and producer

Lesley Rae Dowling, South African singer

Levi H. Dowling (1844-1911), American preacher and author

Matthew G Dowling (born 2001) American Bus Boy

Meghan L. Dowling (born 1980), American writer

Michael Dowling (born 1977), American VP IT

Otto Dowling (1881–1946), American Navy Captain and Governor of American Samoa

Richard Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:

Richard W. Dowling (1838–1867), Confederate officer in American Civil War

Richard Dowling (writer) (1846–1898), Irish novelist

Roy Dowling (1901–1969), Australian naval admiral

Seán Dowling (born 1978), Irish hurler

Shane Dowling (born 1954), Irish politician

Terry Dowling (born 1947), Australian writer

Tom Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people

Victor J. Dowling (1866–1934), American judge and politician

Vincent Dowling (1929–2013), Irish actor and director

William Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people

Camila Vallejo Dowling, (1988–), Chilean deputy congresswoman

Arloa Alethea Dowling, (1983-), American Pharmacy Technician

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