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The surname Ewing is of Scottish origin, and is an
Anglicised form derived from the
Gaelic clan name "
Clann Eóghain " meaning "Children of
Eóghain ".
[1]
[2] The forename "
Eógan " is thought to derive ultimately from the
Greek eugenes (Greek- ευγενής, meaning "noble", literally "well-born").
The earliest known
coat of arms in the name
Ewing appears in the
Workman Armorial dated 1566.
[3]
Notable people with the surname
Born before 1800
Born before 1900
A.C. Ewing (1889–1973), British philosopher
Alexander Ewing (bishop) (1814–1873), Scottish church leader
Alexander Ewing (composer) (1830–1895), Scottish composer
Alfred Ewing (1855–1935), British physicist and engineer
Andrew Ewing (1813–1864), American politician
Arthur Henry Ewing (1864–1912), American Presbyterian missionary and academic
Bob Ewing (1873–1947), American baseball player
Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing (1860–1903), Scottish politician
Clinton L. Ewing (1879–1953), American farmer, businessman, and politician
Cornelia Keeble Ewing (1898–1973), American clubwoman
Dave Ewing (1881–1952), English footballer
Edwin Hickman Ewing (1809–1902), American politician
Emma Pike Ewing (1838–1917), American educator, author
George Clinton Ewing (1810–1888), American politician and founder of Holyoke, Massachusetts
George Edwin Ewing (1828–1884), Scottish sculptor
Henry Ellsworth Ewing (1883–1951), American arachnologist
J. C. Ewing (1875–1965), American college sports coach
James Ewing (1866–1943), American pathologist
John Ewing (1863–1895), American baseball player
John D. Ewing (1892–1952), Louisiana journalist; editor, publisher of Shreveport Times , Monroe New-Star-World
Juliana Horatia Ewing (1842–1885), English children's writer
Matthew Ewing (1815–1874), American inventor
Norman Ewing (1870–1928), Australian politician
Norman Orr-Ewing (1880–1960)
Robert Ewing (mayor) (1849–1932), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, 1915–1917
Buck Ewing (1859–1906), American Major League Baseball player
Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet (1818–1893), Scottish politician
Thomas Ewing (1856–1920), Australian politician
Thomas Ewing Jr. (1829–1896), American lawyer, general, and politician
Born before 1950
Diana Ewing (born 1946), American television actress
Graviola Ewing (1930–2020), Guatemalan sprinter
Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford (1931–2007), British politician
Ian Orr-Ewing (1912–1999), British politician
James Arthur Ewing (1916–1996), 40th
Governor of American Samoa
James Eugene Ewing (born 1933), American evangelist
John H. Ewing (1918–2012), member of the New Jersey General Assembly and State Senate
Margaret Ewing (1945–2006), Scottish politician, wife of Fergus Ewing
Maurice Ewing (1906–1974), American geophysicist and oceanographer
Roger Ewing (born 1942), American film and television actor
Rufus Ewing (born 1942), politician in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Streamline Ewing , born John Ewing (1917–2002), American jazz trombonist
Thomas W. Ewing (born 1935), American politician
Winnie Ewing (1929–2023), Scottish politician
Born after 1950
Al Ewing (born 1977), British comic writer
Annabelle Ewing (born 1960), Scottish politician, daughter of Winnie Ewing
Daniel Ewing (born 1983), American professional basketball player
Dan Ewing (born 1985), Australian actor
Fergus Ewing (born 1957), Scottish politician, son of Winnie Ewing
Fyfe Ewing (born 1970), Irish drummer
Garen Ewing (born 1969), British comic creator
Gavin Ewing (born 1981), Zimbabwean cricketer
Larry Ewing , American computer programmer
Lynne Ewing , American author and a screenwriter
Marc Ewing (born 1969), American developer of the Red Hat brand of software
Maria Ewing (1950–2022), American opera singer
Mason Ewing (born 1982), Cameroonian producer, director, scriptwriter and fashion designer
Patrick Ewing (born 1962), Jamaica-born American basketball player and coach
Patrick Ewing Jr. (born 1984), son of Patrick, American basketball player representing Jamaica internationally
Reid Ewing (born 1988), American actor
Skip Ewing (born 1964), American country music singer and songwriter
Wenika Ewing (born 1985), 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.
See also
References
^
Ewing on Surnamedb.com
^
Ewing on Goireland.com
^ Stodart, Robert R. 1881, Scottish Arms , Edinburgh, William Paterson.
Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames (page 158, by P. H. Reaney, revised by R. M. Wilson, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005,
ISBN
0-19-280663-7 )
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