Ewing (surname)

The surname Ewing is of Scottish origin, and is an Anglicised form derived from the Gaelic clan name Clan Ewen of Otter meaning "Children of Eógan". The forename Eógan is thought to derive ultimately from the Greek, meaning 'noble' or literally 'well-born'.
The earliest known coat of arms in the name Ewing appears in the Workman Armorial dated 1566.

Notable people with the surname

Born before 1800

Alexander Ewing (soldier), soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812
Finis Ewing
John Ewing (pastor), American Presbyterian pastor and university president
John Ewing, U.S. Representative from Indiana
John Hoge Ewing, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Thomas Ewing, U.S. politician
William Lee D. Ewing, U.S. politician

Born in the 19th century

A.C. Ewing, British philosopher
Alexander Ewing (bishop), Scottish church leader
Alexander Ewing (composer), Scottish composer
Alfred Ewing, British physicist and engineer
Andrew Ewing, American politician
Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet, Scottish politician
Arthur Henry Ewing, American Presbyterian missionary and academic
Bob Ewing, American baseball player
Buck Ewing, American Major League Baseball player
Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing, Scottish politician
Clinton L. Ewing, American farmer, businessman, and politician
Cornelia Keeble Ewing, American clubwoman
Dave Ewing, English footballer
Edwin Hickman Ewing, American politician
Emma Pike Ewing, American educator, author
George Clinton Ewing, American politician and founder of Holyoke, Massachusetts
George Edwin Ewing, Scottish sculptor
Henry Ellsworth Ewing, American arachnologist
J. C. Ewing, American college sports coach
James Ewing, American pathologist
John Ewing, American baseball player
John D. Ewing, Louisiana journalist; editor, publisher of Shreveport Times, Monroe New-Star-World
Juliana Horatia Ewing, English children's writer
Matthew Ewing, American inventor
Montague Ewing, British light music composer
Norman Ewing, Australian politician
Norman Orr-Ewing
Presley Ewing, U.S representative from Kentucky
Robert Ewing (mayor), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, 1915–1917
Sarah Ann Ewing, American socialite, slaveowner, and Confederate spy
Thomas Ewing, Australian politician
Thomas Ewing Jr., American lawyer, general, and politician
W. T. Ewing, American politician, physician, postmaster

Born between 1900-1949

Diana Ewing, American television actress
Graviola Ewing, Guatemalan sprinter
Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, British politician
Ian Orr-Ewing, British politician
James Arthur Ewing, 40th Governor of American Samoa
James Eugene Ewing, American evangelist
John H. Ewing, member of the New Jersey General Assembly and State Senate
Margaret Ewing, Scottish politician, wife of Fergus Ewing
Maurice Ewing, American geophysicist and oceanographer
Roger Ewing, American film and television actor
Rufus Ewing, politician in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Streamline Ewing, born John Ewing, American jazz trombonist
Thomas W. Ewing, American politician
Winnie Ewing, Scottish politician

Born after 1950

Al Ewing, British comic writer
Annabelle Ewing, Scottish politician, daughter of Winnie Ewing
Daniel Ewing, American professional basketball player
Dan Ewing, Australian actor
Fergus Ewing, Scottish politician, son of Winnie Ewing
Fyfe Ewing, Irish drummer
Garen Ewing, British comic creator
Gavin Ewing, Zimbabwean cricketer
Larry Ewing, American computer programmer
Lynne Ewing, American author and a screenwriter
Marc Ewing, American developer of the Red Hat brand of software
Maria Ewing, American opera singer
Mason Ewing, Cameroonian producer, director, scriptwriter and fashion designer
Patrick Ewing, Jamaica-born American basketball player and coach
Patrick Ewing Jr., son of Patrick, American basketball player representing Jamaica internationally
Reid Ewing, American actor
Skip Ewing, American country music singer and songwriter
Wenika Ewing, Turks and Caicos fashion model

Fictional characters

''Dallas'' and ''Knots Landing''

The surname was used for the central Ewing family in the American primetime soap operas Dallas, as well as its 2012 revival and its spin-off Knots Landing. Listed below are characters who used that surname from all three series.