Darling (surname)
Darling is a surname that may refer to:
Politicians
- Alberta Darling, American politician
- Alex Darling, Australian politician
- Alistair Darling, British politician and government minister
- Charles Henry Darling, British colonial governor
- Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling, British lawyer, politician and judge
- Don Darling, Canadian politician
- James Andrew Darling, Saskatchewan, Canada, politician 1944–1960
- John Darling Sr., South Australian merchant and politician
- John Darling Jr., South Australian businessman and politician
- John P. Darling, New York politician
- Lucius B. Darling, American fertilizer magnate and Lieutenant governor of Rhode Island 1885–1887
- Ralph Darling, British Army officer, governor of New South Wales, Australia
- Ruby Ann Darling, Bahamian politician
- Steve Darling, British politician
- William Darling (politician), British politician and businessman
Sports
- Boob Darling, National Football League player
- Chuck Darling, American basketball player
- Dennis Darling, Bahamian athlete
- Gary Darling, Major League Baseball umpire
- Hannah Darling (golfer), Scottish golfer
- Helen Darling, American basketball player
- Joe Darling, Australian cricket captain, 1899–1905
- Lon Darling, founder of the United States' National Basketball League
- Malcolm Darling, Scottish footballer
- Max Darling, Vincentian-New Zealand basketball player
- Nate Darling, Canadian basketball player
- Randy Darling, American curler
- Ron Darling, Major League Baseball player
Entertainment
- Bobby Darling, Indian actress
- David Darling (musician), American cellist and composer
- Erik Darling, American songwriter and folk music artist
- Helen Darling (singer), American country music singer/songwriter
- Ida Darling, American actress
- Jean Darling, American child actress
- Jennifer Darling, American actress
- Maria Darling, British actress
- Roy Darling, Australian film director and songwriter
- Sarah Darling, American country music singer and songwriter
- Darling, mononymous nickname of Indian actor Prabhas
Other professions
- Brian Darling, American lawyer and lobbyist
- David J. Darling, British astronomer and writer
- Donald Darling, British spy
- Donald Allan Darling, American statistician
- Edward Darling, Irish bishop
- Frank Darling (architect), Canadian architect
- Fred Darling, British racehorse trainer, son of Sam
- Gordon Darling, Australian businessman and philanthropist, husband of Marilyn Darling
- Grace Darling, British lighthouse keeper
- Jay Norwood Darling, known as Ding Darling, American cartoonist and conservationist
- John Darling Sr., South Australian merchant and politician
- John Darling Jr., South Australian businessman and politician
- Joseph Robinson Darling, special agent of the U.S. Department of Justice, author, promoter, explorer and soldier of fortune
- Lowell Darling, American artist
- Sir Malcolm Lyall Darling, administrator in British India and authority on peasant agriculture
- Marilyn Darling, Australian philanthropist and patron of the arts, wife of Gordon Darling
- Pamela Darling, American librarian and preservation specialist
- Paul Darling, English barrister
- Sam Darling, British racehorse trainer
- Samuel Taylor Darling, American scientist
- Thomas Darling, Connecticut entrepreneur
Fiction
- Captain Kevin Darling, in the TV series Blackadder
- Cherry Darling, in the Planet Terror segment of Grindhouse, played by Rose McGowan
- Nola Darling, in Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It
- Wendy Darling, principal character in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and other members of the Darling family
- The Darlings of The Andy Griffith Show
- The Darlings of Clarissa Explains It All
- The Darlings of Dirty Sexy Money, headed by Patrick "Tripp" Darling IIIJessica Darling series of novels by Megan McCafferty
- Darling, the owner of Lady in Lady and the Tramp
- Monica Costello aka Darling, a bank robber and the wife of fellow bank robber Buddy in Baby Driver portrayed by Eiza Gonzalez
- Sarah Darling (Scream), fictional actor in "Stab 3" played by Jenny McCarthy from ''Scream 3''