Dowd

Dowd is a derivation of an ancient surname once common in Ireland but now not readily found. The name Dowd is an Anglicisation of the original Ó Dubhda (pronounced [oː ˈd̪ˠuːd̪ˠə]), through its more common form O'Dowd. The Uí Dubhda are one of the Clann Uí Fiachrach, one of the major families of Irish clans.¹²

• Alice Mary Dowd (1855–1943), educator, author
• Ann Dowd (born 1956), American actress
• Bernard J. Dowd (1891–1971), Mayor of Buffalo, New York
• Charles F. Dowd (1825–1904), American educator who proposed U.S. time zones
• Clement Dowd (1832–1898), American politician
• David Dudley Dowd Jr. (1929–2016), American judge
• Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd (1919–2017), American political economist, economic historian and political activist
• Graham Dowd (born 1963), New Zealand rugby player
• Harry Dowd (1938–2015), English football player
• Hugh Dowd (born 1951), Northern Irish football player
• Jim Dowd (politician) (born 1951), Member of UK Parliament
• Jim Dowd (ice hockey) (born 1968), hockey player
• Jeff Dowd (born 1949), American film producer and political activisten
• Johnny Dowd (born 1948), American country musician
• John Dowd (baseball) (1891–1981), American baseball player
• John Dowd (motorcyclist) (born 1965), American motocross racer
• John Dowd (politician) (born 1940), Australian politician, jurist
• John M. Dowd (born 1941), American lawyer
• Marion Dowd, archaeologist
• Matthew Dowd (born 1961), American campaign advisor and media commentator

• Maureen Dowd (born 1952), American journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner
• M'el Dowd (1933–2012), American actress
• Michael Dowd (born 1958), American evolutionary evangelist and author
• Michael Delaney Dowd (1920–2006), American talk show host, known as Mike Douglas
• Nancy Dowd (born 1945), American screenwriter, sister of actor Ned
• Ned Dowd (born 1950), American actor and film producer, brother of Nancy
• Nic Dowd (born 1990), American ice hockey player
• Peter Dowd, English Labour Party politician
• Phil Dowd (born 1963), English football referee
• Robert Dowd (artist) (1936–1996), American painter and sculptor
• Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007), British writer and activist
• Thomas Dowd (bishop) (1960–2007), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop
• Tom Dowd (1925–2002), American recording engineer and producer
• Tommy Dowd (baseball) (1869–1933), American baseball player
• Tommy Dowd (Gaelic footballer) (born 1969), Irish football player
• Wayne Dowd (1941–2016), American lawyer and politician
• William Dowd (1922–2008), American harpsichord maker

• The Dowd Report, a document describing the transgressions of baseball player Pete Rose in betting on baseball
• Irvin v. Dowd (1959), a United States Supreme Court case
• The Dowd–Beckwith ring-expansion reaction, an organic chemical reaction