Dwyer is an Irish surname which is a slightly anglicised variation of O'Dwyer. It is said that people with the surname Dwyer and who come from Ireland all come from the same clan.

Surname Arts and entertainment Alice Dwyer (born 1988), German actress Allys Dwyer, American actress and educator Audrey Dwyer, Canadian actor and playwright Benjamin Dwyer (born 1965), Irish classical guitarist and composer Bil Dwyer (1907–1987), American cartoonist and humorist Bil Dwyer (born 1962), American comedian and game-show host Doriot Anthony Dwyer (1922–2020), American flautist Finbarr Dwyer (1946–2014), Irish Irish accordion player and composer Hilary Dwyer (1945–2020), English actress Jim Dwyer (journalist) (1957–2020), American journalist John Dwyer (musician), American musician John M. Dwyer (1935–2018), American set decorator Karyn Dwyer (1975–2018), Canadian actress Kieron Dwyer (born 1967), American comic book artist and penciller Leslie Dwyer (1906–1986), English actor Marc Dwyer (born 1987), Australian radio presenter and actor Michael Dwyer (journalist) (1951–2010), Irish journalist and film critic Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, American television producer PK Dwyer (born 1992), American musician Penny Dwyer (1953–2003), British comedy writer and performer Phil Dwyer (musician) (born 1965), Canadian musician Terri Dwyer (born 1973), English actress Virginia Dwyer, American actress

Military John Dwyer (soldier) (1890–1962), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross Edward Dwyer (1895–1916), English recipient of the Victoria Cross Joseph Patrick Dwyer (1976–2008), American soldier Michael Dwyer (1772–1825), Irish soldier and insurgent Ross T. Dwyer (1919–2001), American general

Politics Bernard J. Dwyer (1921–1998), American politician Don H. Dwyer Jr. (born 1958), American politician Florence P. Dwyer (1902–1976), American politician James Dwyer (politician) (1881–1932), Irish politician James J. Dwyer, American politician Jeremy Dwyer (1947–2005), Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand Kate Dwyer (1861–1949), Australian educator, suffragist, and labour activist John Dwyer (Australian judge) (1879–1966), Australian politician Michael Dwyer (Canadian politician) (1879–1953), Canadian politician Philip Dwyer (born 1967), Irish far-right anti-immigration activist R. Budd Dwyer (1939–1987), American politician Séamus Dwyer (1886–1922), Irish politician Ubi Dwyer (1933–2001), Irish anarchist Walter Dwyer (1875–1950), Australian politician and judge

William Dwyer (Irish politician) (1887–1951), Irish politician

Science and academia Angela Dwyer, Australian social scientist and academic Dominic Dwyer, Australian microbiologist and clinical professor of medicine Francis Patrick Dwyer (1910–1962), Australian chemist John Dwyer (medicine) (born 1939), Australian professor of medicine and public health advocate Joseph Dwyer (physicist) (born 1963), American physicist Peter Dwyer, Australian anthropologist Rocky Dwyer, Canadian business scholar William Gerard Dwyer (born 1947), American mathematician

Sport Alan Dwyer (born 1952), English association footballer Anthony Dwyer (born 1970), Australian rules footballer Bernard Dwyer (born 1967), English rugby league footballer Bob Dwyer (born 1940), Australian rugby union coach Bridget Dwyer (born 1980), American golfer Chappie Dwyer (1894–1975), Australian cricketer Chris Dwyer (born 1988), American baseball player Dom Dwyer, English-born American association football (soccer) player E. B. Dwyer (1876–1912), Australian cricketer Frank Dwyer (1868–1943), American baseball player Gordie Dwyer (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player Jack Dwyer (1927–1997), American football player Jamie Dwyer (born 1979), Australian field hockey player Jim Dwyer (baseball) (born 1950), American baseball player John Dwyer (baseball) (active 1882), American baseball player John Dwyer (field hockey) (1928–2026), Australian field hockey player Jonathan Dwyer (born 1989), American football player Larry Dwyer (1884–1964), Australian rugby union player Laura Dwyer (born 1977), American wheelchair curler Laurie Dwyer (1938–2016), Australian rules footballer Mark Dwyer (born 1964), Australian rules footballer Martin Dwyer (born 1975), English jockey Matthew Dwyer (born 1959), Irish cricketer Michael F. Dwyer (1847–1906), American racehorse owner Mick Dwyer (born 1968), Australian rules footballer Mike Dwyer (ice hockey) (born 1957), Canadian ice hockey player Nate Dwyer (born 1978), American football player Noel Dwyer (1934–1993), Irish footballer Pat Dwyer (hurler), Irish hurler Patrick Dwyer (sprinter) (born 1977), Australian sprinter Patrick Dwyer (ice hockey) (born 1983), American ice hockey player Phil Dwyer (1953–2021), Welsh footballer Philip J. Dwyer (1844–1917), American racehorse owner Simon Dwyer (born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer Tommy Dwyer (hurler), Irish hurler Wayne Dwyer, New Zealand rugby league player

Other fields Bill Dwyer (mobster) (1883–1946), American gangster and bootlegger Dermod Dwyer, Irish chief executive George Dwyer (1908–1987), English Roman Catholic archbishop Sir Joe Dwyer (1939–2021), British civil engineer and businessman

Kevin Dwyer (disambiguation), multiple people Michael Martin Dwyer (1984–2009), Irish security guard Michael Middleton Dwyer, American architect Robert Joseph Dwyer (1908–1976), American Roman Catholic archbishop William Lee Dwyer (1929–2002), American judge

Hyphenated Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, American television producer Edmund Dwyer-Gray (1870–1945), Australian politician

Given name Robert Dwyer Joyce Ada Dwyer Russell

See also Dwyer (disambiguation) O'Dwyer (surname) Dwyre