Dowding is an English surname of Old English origin.Surname Database: Dowding, Retrieved 31 January 2021 Notable people with this surname include the following:

Alan Dowding (1929–2023), Australian cricketer and schoolteacher Bruce Dowding, Australian spy for Britain Gordon Dowding (1918–2003), Canadian politician Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Royal Air Force commander during World War II Keith Dowding, professor of political science at the London School of Economics Keith Dowding (activist), Australian Presbyterian minister Leilani Dowding, British glamour model Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding, wife of Hugh Dowding; English animal rights campaigner Peter Dowding, former Australian politician and premier of Western Australia

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