Downes (surname)
family name
Downes is a surname, and may refer to:
- Andrew Downes (composer)
- Andrew Downes (scholar)
- Doris Downes, American artist
- Edward Downes (1911–2001), American musicologist, critic and quizmaster for the Metropolitan Opera
- Sir Edward Downes (1924-2009), British conductor
- Melissa Downes, Australian news presenter
- Olin Downes, American music critic
- Percy Downes, English footballer
- Ralph Downes, organist
- Stephen Downes, Canadian philosopher