Downes (surname)
Downes, is a surname of Irish and English origin, and may refer to:
- Aaron Downes, Australian footballer
- Aidan Downes, Irish footballer
- Alexander Downes, Australian-born rugby player and cricketer who relocated to New Zealand
- Andrew Downes , English classical scholar
- Andrew Downes , British classical composer
- Arthur Downes, Scottish sailor who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Arthur Leonard Downes, British-born New Zealand soldier, clerk, salesman and policeman
- Austin Downes, American football player at the University of Georgia
- Bessie Downes Elizabeth Downes, botanical artist, Southport, UK
- Bob Downes, English avant-garde jazz flautist and saxophonist
- Bobby Downes , English footballer
- Bobby Downes, American movie producer, elder brother of Kevin Downes
- Disappearance of Charlene Downes, English suspected murder victim
- Danny Downes, American mixed martial artist
- David Downes, multiple people
- Doris Downes, American botanical artist, painter of natural history, and writer
- Edward Downes, American musicologist, critic and quizmaster for the Metropolitan Opera
- Sir Edward Downes, British conductor
- Francis Downes, English politician
- Fred Downes, Australian politician
- Garry Downes, Australian judge
- Geoff Downes, English rock songwriter, record producer, and musician
- Henry Downes, multiple people
- John Downes, multiple people
- Johnny Haddon Downes, English Royal Air Force flyer and television producer
- Jonathan Downes, English naturalist, cryptozoologist, author, editor, film-maker, poet, activist, journalist, composer and singer-songwriter
- Joseph M. Downes, American politician in Massachusetts
- Julia Downes, songwriter, musician and producer
- Katie Downes, English glamour model
- Kerry Downes, English architectural historian, son of Ralph Downes
- Kevin Downes, American actor, writer, producer and director, younger brother of Bobby Barnes
- Kevin Downes , Irish hurler
- Kit Downes, British jazz pianist
- Kyle Downes, Canadian-American actor
- Larry Downes, American internet industry analyst and author on business strategies and information technology
- Lawrence Downes, American journalist
- Lorraine Downes, New Zealand dancer and beauty queen
- Major Downes, British army officer
- Mark Downes, English cricketer
- Melissa Downes, Australian broadcast journalist
- Mike Downes, American telecom entrepreneur and iconic world traveler
- Miranda Downes, Australian screenwriter
- Olin Downes, American classical music critic
- P. G. Downes, American school teacher, author and explorer
- Paul Downes, English folk guitarist, singer and composer
- Percy Downes, English footballer
- Rackstraw Downes, British-born realist painter and author
- Ralph Downes, English organist, father of Kerry Downes
- Richard Downes , Irish broadcaster and journalist
- Robin Atkin Downes, English screen and voice actor
- Roger Downes, English lawyer and politician
- Rupert Downes, Australian soldier, general, surgeon and historian
- Stephen Downes, multiple people
- Terry Downes, British professional boxer
- Thomas William Downes, New Zealand historian, ethnologist and river works supervisor
- Tony Downes, British academic lawyer
- Tyrone Downes, Barbadian professional boxer
- Wally Downes, English football player, manager and coach
- Willard A. Downes, American artist and illustrator
- William Downes, multiple people
