Dunning is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Brian Dunning (cricketer) (1940–2008), New Zealand cricketer
• Brian Dunning (flautist) (1951–2022), Irish jazz flute player
• Brian Dunning (author) (born 1965), American writer, producer and podcast host
• Charles T. Dunning (1843–1916), Clerk of the New York State Senate
• Charles Avery Dunning (1885–1958), Canadian businessman, politician and university chancellor
• Charles Dunning (rugby) (died 1955), rugby league player
• Dane Dunning (born 1994), American baseball player
• Darren Dunning (born 1981), English footballer
• David Dunning, American social psychologist
• Debbe Dunning (born 1966), American actress
• Edwin Harris Dunning (1892–1917), British naval pilot, first to land an aircraft on a moving ship
• Eric Dunning (1936–2019), British sociologist
• George Dunning (1920–1979), British animator
• Henry Dunning Moore (1817–1887), American politician
• Henry Dunning Macleod (1821–1902), Scottish economist
• Jack Dunning (1903–1971), New Zealand cricketer
• Jake Dunning (born 1988), American baseball player
• Jeanne Dunning (born 1960), American photographer
• John Dunning (disambiguation), several people
• Matt Dunning (born 1978), Canadian rugby union player who played for Australia
• Nick Dunning (born 1959), English actor
• Paris C. Dunning (1806–1884), American politician, governor of Indiana
• Philo Dunning (1819–1900), American businessman and politician
• Robert Dunning (born 1997), American hurdler
• Steve Dunning (born 1949), American baseball player
• Thomas Dunning (1799–1873), English trade unionist
• Thom Dunning Jr., American chemist
• William Archibald Dunning (1857–1922), American historian and political scientist for whom the Dunning School of Reconstruction historiography is named
• Willie Dunning (1865–1902), Scottish footballer

See also

• Downing (surname)

Surname list

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