Dowson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Real people

Anne Lagacé Dowson Anne Lagacé Dowson (born in Toronto, Ontario, January 29, 1959) is a Canadian radio journalist. Radio career A longtime host of CBC Radio's ''Radio Noon'', a daily current affairs and phone-in program in Quebec, she left to run for political offi ...

, Canadian broadcaster and politician *

David Dowson David Dowson (born 12 September 1988) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League North club Spennymoor Town. Career Born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Dowson started his career with Sunderland's ...

(born 1988), English footballer *

Duncan Dowson Duncan Dowson (31 August 1928 – 6 January 2020) was a British engineer who was Professor of Engineering Fluid Mechanics and Tribology at the University of Leeds. Early life and education Dowson's father, Wilfrid Dowson, was an ornamental ...

(1928–2020), British engineer and professor emeritus at University of Leeds * Edward Dowson (cricketer, born 1838) (1838–1922), English cricketer *

Edward Dowson (cricketer, born 1880) Edward Maurice Dowson (21 June 1880 – 22 July 1933) was an English cricketer for Cambridge University and Surrey. During a first-class cricket career which spanned from 1900 until 1913, he played 113 matches as an all rounder, scoring over 5, ...

(1880–1933), English cricketer *

Ernest Dowson Ernest Christopher Dowson (2 August 186723 February 1900) was an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer who is often associated with the Decadent movement. Biography Ernest Dowson was born in Lee, London, Lee, then in Kent, in 1867. His ...

(1867–1900), British poet * James "Jim" Dowson (born 1964), British far-right political activist *

John Dowson John Dowson M.R.A.S.(1820–1881) was a British indologist. A noted scholar of Hinduism, he taught in India for much of his life. His book ''Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology'' remains one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works ...

(1820–1881), historian of India * Murray Dowson (1915–?), Canadian Trotskyist *

Phil Dowson Phil Dowson (born 1 October 1981) is director of rugby at Northampton Saints. He is a former English rugby union player. He played for Worcester Warriors, Northampton Saints and Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership. Dowson's position of ...

(born 1981), English rugby player *

Philip Dowson Sir Philip Henry Manning Dowson (16 August 1924 – 22 August 2014) was a leading British architect. He served as President of the Royal Academy from 1993 to 1999. Early life Philip Dowson was born in South Africa. Having moved to England, he ...

(1924–2014), British architect *

Ross Dowson Ross Jewitt Dowson (September 4, 1917 – February 17, 2002) was a Canadian Trotskyist political figure and perennial candidate. Early life Dowson was born on September 4, 1917, the third of seven children in a working-class family in Westo ...

(1918–2002), Canadian Trotskyist

Fictional characters

* Kenny Dowson (肯尼道森), a character in the Taiwanese television series ' (八尺門的辯護人).

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