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 (), 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.

Notable people

• 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

Other

• 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

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