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Ewing (surname)

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Pronunciation
  
/ˈjuːwɪŋ/ YEW-ing

Region of origin
  
Scotland

Meaning
  
"(son of) Eógan"

Language(s) of origin
  
Scottish English

Related names
  
MacEwen and McEwing Ewan and Ewans Ewen and Ewens Ewin and Ewins Hewin and Hewins Ewings

Clan affiliations
  
Clan Ewing Clan Ewen of Otter Clan MacLachlan Clan MacEwen Clan Campbell

The surname Ewing is of Scottish origin, and is an Anglicised form derived from the Gaelic clan name "Clann Eóghain" meaning "Children of Eóghain". The forename "Eógan" is thought to derive ultimately from the Greek eugenes (Greek- ευγενής, meaning "noble", literally "well-born").

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The earliest known coat of arms in the name Ewing appears in the Workman Armorial dated 1566.

Born before 1800

  • Finis Ewing (1773–1841)
  • John Ewing (pastor) (1732–1801), Presbyterian pastor and university president
  • John Ewing (1789–1858), U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • John Hoge Ewing (1796–1887), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
  • Thomas Ewing (1789–1871), U.S. politician
  • William Lee D. Ewing (1795–1846), U.S. politician

    • Born before 1900

  • A.C. Ewing (1889–1973), British philosopher
  • Alexander Ewing (1814–1873), Scottish church leader
  • Andrew Ewing (1813–1864), American politician
  • Arthur Henry Ewing (1864–1912), Presbyterian missionary and academic
  • Bob Ewing (1873–1947), American baseball player
  • Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing (1860–1903), Scottish politician
  • Dave Ewing (1881–1952), English footballer
  • Edwin Hickman Ewing (1809–1902), American politician
  • George Edwin Ewing (1828–1884), Scottish sculptor
  • J. C. Ewing (fl.1902), American college sports coach
  • James Alfred Ewing (1855–1935), physicist and engineer
  • James Ewing (1866–1943), pathologist
  • John Ewing (diplomat) (1857–1923), U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1913–1918
  • John Ewing (1863–1895), professional baseball player
  • John D. Ewing (1892–1952), Louisiana journalist; editor, publisher of Shreveport Times, Monroe New-Star-World
  • Juliana Horatia Ewing (1842–1885), English children's writer
  • Matthew Ewing (1815–1874), American inventor
  • Norman Ewing (1870–1928), Australian politician
  • Norman Orr-Ewing (1880–1960)
  • Robert Ewing (mayor) (1849–1932), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, 1915–1917
  • Buck Ewing (1859–1906), American Major League Baseball player
  • Robert Ewing (newspaper publisher) (1859–1931), American newspaper journalist and editor active in Louisiana
  • Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet (1818–1893), Scottish politician
  • Thomas Ewing (1856–1920), Australian politician
  • Thomas Ewing, Jr. (1829–1896), U.S. lawyer, general, and politician

    • Born before 1950

  • Diana Ewing (1946– ), American television actress
  • Gifford Ewing, American marine biologist
  • Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford (1931–2007), British Politician
  • Ian Orr-Ewing (1912–1999), British politician
  • James Arthur Ewing (1916– ), 40th Governor of American Samoa
  • James Eugene Ewing (1933– )
  • John H. Ewing (1918–2012), member of the New Jersey General Assembly and State Senate
  • Margaret Ewing (1945– ), Scottish politician, wife of Fergus Ewing
  • Maurice Ewing (1906–1974), American geophysicist and oceanographer
  • Randy Ewing (1944– ), American politician from Louisiana
  • Robert Ewing III (1935–2007), American photographer, grandson of the newspaper publisher
  • Rufus Ewing (1942– ), politician in the Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Streamline Ewing, born John Ewing (1917–2002), American jazz trombonist
  • Thomas W. Ewing (1935– ), US politician
  • Winnie Ewing (1929– ), Scottish politician

    • Born after 1950

  • Al Ewing (1977–), British comic writer
  • Annabelle Ewing (1960–), Scottish politician, daughter of Winnie Ewing
  • Daniel Ewing (1983–), American professional basketball player
  • Nate W. Ewing (1983-), American Gangster
  • Dan Ewing (1985–), Australian actor
  • Fergus Ewing (1957–), Scottish politician, son of Winnie Ewing
  • Fyfe Ewing (1970–), Irish drummer
  • Garen Ewing (1969–), British comic creator
  • Gavin Ewing (1981–), Zimbabwean cricketer
  • Hallie Ewing (2000-), the first Asian Ewing born in the 21st century
  • Kerry Ewing (1972-), ASE Master certified diesel mechanic
  • Larry Ewing, American computer programmer
  • Lynne Ewing, American author and a screen writer
  • Marc Ewing (1969-), American developer of the Red Hat brand of software
  • Maria Ewing (1950-), American opera singer
  • Noah Ewing (1999-), professional dirt track racer
  • Patrick Ewing (1962-), Jamaica-born American basketball player
  • Patrick Ewing, Jr. (1984-), son of Patrick, American basketball player representing Jamaica internationally
  • Reid Ewing (1988-), American actor
  • Skip Ewing (1964-), American country music singer and songwriter
  • Wenika Ewing (1985-), Turks and Caicos fashion model

    • Fictional characters

  • The surname was used for a fictional Ewing family in the 1978–91 TV series Dallas, its 2012–14 sequel also called Dallas, and the spin-off series Knots Landing.

    • References

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