Downward is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alfred Downward
Alfred Downward (c. 1847 – 26 June 1930) was an Australian politician.
Born in Melbourne to Edward and Elizabeth Downward, he was educated at Prahran and Mornington before working on his father's Balnarring sheep farm. From 1874, he had ...
(1847–1930), Australian politician
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Herbert Downward
Herbert Edward Graham Downward (25 April 1880 – 5 July 1973) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Emerald Hill to Alfred Downward and Josephine Kerr. He was educated in Mornington, and managed the family property there before he ...
(1880–1973), Australian politician
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Julian Downward
David Julian Harry Downward (born 25 October 1960) is Associate Research Director at the Francis Crick Institute and Senior Group Leader at the Institute of Cancer Research. He was formerly head of the Signal transduction Laboratory at the Lon ...
(born 1960), British biochemist
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Peter Downward
Major-General Sir Peter Aldcroft Downward (10 April 1924 – 18 October 2014) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at King William's College, Downward was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment in 1943 and served ...
(1924–2014), British Army officer
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