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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==