Darling is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

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Alberta Darling Alberta Darling (born April 28, 1944) is an American politician and former member of the Wisconsin State Senate. She represented Wisconsin's 8th State Senate district from 1993 through 2022 as a Republican. Her constituency included many of the ...

, American politician *

Alistair Darling Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, (born 28 November 1953) is a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Prime Minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was a Member ...

(born 1953), British politician and government minister *

Charles Henry Darling Sir Charles Henry Darling (19 February 1809 – 25 January 1870) was a British colonial governor. Biography He was born at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, the son of Major-General Henry Darling and nephew of General Sir Ralph Darling. He was ed ...

(1809–1870), British colonial governor *

Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling Charles John Darling, 1st Baron Darling, (6 December 1849 – 29 May 1936) was an English lawyer, politician and High Court judge. Early life and career Darling was born in Abbey House in Colchester, the eldest son of Charles Darling and S ...

(1849–1936), British lawyer, politician and judge * James Andrew Darling (1891–1979), Saskatchewan, Canada, politician 1944–1960 * John Darling Sr. (1831–1905), South Australian merchant and politician *

John Darling Jr. John Darling, Jr. (24 January 1852 – 27 March 1914) was a Scottish born South Australian businessman and politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1896 to 1905, representing the electorates of East Torrens (189 ...

(1852–1914), South Australian businessman and politician * John P. Darling (1815–1882), New York politician * Lucius B. Darling (1827–1896), American fertilizer magnate and Lieutenant governor of Rhode Island 1885–1887 *

Ralph Darling General Sir Ralph Darling, GCH (1772 – 2 April 1858) was a British Army officer who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1831. He is popularly described as a tyrant, accused of torturing prisoners and banning theatrical entertain ...

(1772–1858), British Army officer, governor of New South Wales, Australia *

William Darling (politician) Sir William Young Darling CBE FRSE LLD MC (8 May 1885 – 4 February 1962) was the Unionist Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons for the Edinburgh South constituency from 1945 to 1957. He was a director of the Royal Bank of ...

(1885–1962), British politician and businessman

Sports

Boob Darling Bernard "Boob" Darling (November 18, 1903 – March 5, 1968) was an American football player. He played his entire five-year career with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1970. Bernard received his ...

, National Football League player *

Chuck Darling :''A fictional character named Chuck Darling was in the comedy series Back to You.'' Charles Frick Darling (March 20, 1930 – April 6, 2021) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Denison, Iowa, Darl ...

(1930–2021), American basketball player *

Gary Darling Gary Richard Darling (born October 9, 1957) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball. After beginning his career in the National League from to 1999, he worked throughout both major leagues from 2002 until his retirement in 2014. He wore unif ...

, Major League Baseball umpire *

Hannah Darling (golfer) Hannah Darling (born July 2003) is a Scottish amateur golfer. She played in the Curtis Cup in 2021 and 2022. Since 2021, she has attended the University of South Carolina. Golf career In July 2017, Darling became the youngest winner of the Scot ...

(born 2003), Scottish golfer *

Helen Darling Helen Marie Darling (born August 29, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player, who played most recently for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In her WNBA career, Darling has m ...

, American basketball player *

Joe Darling Joseph Darling (21 November 1870 – 2 January 1946) was an Australian cricketer who played 34 Test cricket, Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1894 and 1905. As captain (cricket), captain, he led Australia in a total of 21 Tests, wi ...

, Australian cricket captain, 1899–1905 *

Lon Darling Alonzo Lewis "Lon" Darling (June 25, 1902 – April 19, 1951) was an early influencer in American professional basketball, having created the barnstorming team the Oshkosh All-Stars, is credited with being the organizer of the National Basketball ...

, founder of the United States' National Basketball League * Malcolm Darling (born 1947), Scottish footballer *

Nate Darling Nathan Joseph Darling (born August 30, 1998) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Ontario Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the UAB Blazers men's basketball, UAB Blazers and the Delaware Fightin' Blue ...

(born 1998), Canadian basketball player * Randy Darling (born 1957), American curler *

Ron Darling Ronald Maurice Darling Jr. (born August 19, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports color commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher from to , most notably as a m ...

, Major League Baseball player

Entertainment

Bobby Darling Pakhi Sharma, famous as Bobby Darling and formerly known as Pankaj Sharma, is a trans, Indian actress active in Bollywood and regional Indian film industry. Personal life Pakhi Sharma was born in Delhi, India, as Pankaj Sharma. She is famously ...

, Indian actress *

David Darling (musician) David Darling (March 4, 1941 – January 8, 2021) was an American cellist and composer. In 2010, he won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. He performed and recorded with Bobby McFerrin, Paul Winter Consort, Ralph Towner and Spyro Gyra and r ...

, American cellist and composer * Erik Darling (1933–2008), American songwriter and folk music artist * Helen Darling (singer), American country music singer/songwriter *

Ida Darling Ida Darling (February 23, 1880 – June 5, 1936) was an American actress of the stage and in silent motion pictures. Biography Darling was born in New York City. She performed on the New York stage for 40 years. During the 10 years she re ...

(1875–1936), American actress *

Jean Darling Jean Darling (born Dorothy Jean LeVake; August 23, 1922 – September 4, 2015) was an American child actress who was a regular in the ''Our Gang'' short subjects series from 1927–29. Prior to her death, she was one of four surviving cast ...

(1922–2015), American child actress *

Jennifer Darling Jennifer Darling (born Joan Darling; June 19, 1946, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American voice, film and television actress. Her best-known role on screen was as Peggy Callahan in ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' and its spin-off ''The Bion ...

, American actress *

Maria Darling Maria Darling is a British voice actress who has provided many character voices for children's television programmes in the United Kingdom and the United States. Television and film *Dr Otter - Some of the Rabbit Children, Mrs. Canny Body and a ...

, British actress *

Sarah Darling Sarah Ann Darling (born October 4, 1982) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has worked and toured in Nashville, Los Angeles, and the UK. Her last full album release, Wonderland, reached #1 on the official UK Country Charts. ...

, American country music singer and songwriter

Other professions

Brian Darling Brian Darling (born 1965) is the president and founder of the firm Liberty Government Affairs. He was Senior Communications Director and Counsel for Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and a former senior fellow in government studies at The Heritage Foundat ...

(born 1965), American lawyer and lobbyist * David J. Darling, British astronomer and writer *

Donald Allan Darling Donald Allan Darling (May 4, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American statistician, known for the Anderson–Darling test. Darling was born in 1915 in Los Angeles. In 1934 Darling began his undergraduate study at the University of California, Los ...

(1915–2014), American statistician *

Frank Darling (architect) Frank Darling (February 17, 1850 – May 19, 1923) was an important Canadian architect, winner of the RIBA Gold medal in 1915, who designed many of Toronto's landmark institutional and financial buildings, as well as scores of bank branches thro ...

(1850–1923), Canadian architect *

Fred Darling Frederick Darling (1884–1953) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who trained a record-equalling seven English Derby winners. Darling's father, Sam Darling senior, was a trainer at Beckhampton, near Avebury in Wiltshire, who train ...

(1884–1953), British racehorse trainer, son of Sam * Gordon Darling (1921–2015), Australian businessman and philanthropist, husband of Marilyn Darling *

Grace Darling Grace Horsley Darling (24 November 1815 – 20 October 1842) was an English lighthouse keeper's daughter. Her participation in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked ''Forfarshire'' in 1838 brought her national fame. The paddlesteamer ...

(1815–1842), British lighthouse keeper *

Jay Norwood Darling Jay Norwood Darling (October 21, 1876 – February 12, 1962), better known as Ding Darling, was an American cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes. He was an important figure in the 20th century conservation movement and founded the National Wil ...

(1876–1962), known as Ding Darling, American cartoonist and conservationist * John Darling Sr. (1831–1905), South Australian merchant and politician *

(1852–1914), South Australian businessman and politician * Joseph Robinson Darling (1872–1957), special agent of the U.S. Department of Justice, author, promoter, explorer and soldier of fortune * Sir

Malcolm Lyall Darling Sir Malcolm Lyall Darling (10 December 1880 – 1 January 1969) was a member of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) who was appointed Assistant Commissioner of the Punjab, British India, in 1904. Having held numerous other posts, he became Financia ...

(1880–1969), administrator in British India and authority on peasant agriculture * Marilyn Darling (born 1943), Australian philanthropist and patron of the arts, wife of Gordon Darling *

Pamela Darling Pamela W. Darling (born 1943) was an American library preservation specialist. She was a leader in developing preservation procedures and planning for academic libraries. She developed a grid that is helpful in prioritizing preservation activities ...

, American librarian and preservation specialist *

Paul Darling Paul Antony Darling is an English commercial law barrister, King's Counsel and current chair of the Horserace Betting Levy Board. Early life and education Darling grew up in Cleadon in County Durham and went to Tonstall School in Sunde ...

, English barrister * Sam Darling (1852–1921), British racehorse trainer *

Thomas Darling Thomas Darling (February 21, 1720November 30, 1789) was a businessman and elected official in 18th century Connecticut who was acquainted with Benjamin Franklin, Ezra Stiles, Roger Sherman, and Benedict Arnold.Captain Kevin Darling This article lists the characters in the four series and three special episodes of the British sitcom ''Blackadder''. ''Blackadder'' was notable for featuring actors playing many repeating characters across different eras of history, with Rowa ...

, in the TV series ''Blackadder'' * Cherry Darling, in the Planet Terror segment of Grindhouse, played by

Rose McGowan Rósa Arianna "Rose" McGowan (born September 5, 1973) is an American actress. After her film debut in a brief role in the comedy ''Encino Man'' (1992), McGowan achieved wider recognition for her performance in the dark comedy ''The Doom Generati ...

Wendy Darling Wendy Moira Angela Darling is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of the 1904 play and 1911 novel ''Peter and Wendy'' by J. M. Barrie, as well as in most adaptations in other media. Her exact age is not specified in the origina ...

, principal character in J. M. Barrie's ''Peter Pan'', and other members of the Darling family *

The Darlings ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' * The Darlings of ''

Clarissa Explains It All ''Clarissa Explains It All'' is an American teen sitcom created by Mitchell Kriegman for Nickelodeon. In the series, Clarissa Darling ( Melissa Joan Hart), is a teenager who addresses the audience directly to explain the things that are happenin ...

'' * The Darlings of ''Dirty Sexy Money'', headed by Patrick "Tripp" Darling III * '' Jessica Darling'' series of novels by Megan McCafferty * Darling, the owner of Lady in ''

Lady and the Tramp ''Lady and the Tramp'' is a 1955 American animated musical romance film produced by Walt Disney and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. The 15th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hami ...

'' * Monica Costello aka Darling, a bank robber and the wife of fellow bank robber Buddy in ''

Baby Driver ''Baby Driver'' is a 2017 action film written and directed by Edgar Wright. It stars Ansel Elgort as a getaway driver seeking freedom from a life of crime with his girlfriend Debora (Lily James). Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Jamie ...

'' portrayed by Eiza Gonzalez * Sarah Darling (Scream), fictional actor in "Stab 3" played by Jenny McCarthy from ''Scream 3''

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