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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