Dowdy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Dowdy (born 1975), American baseball umpire *

Bill Dowdy Bill Dowdy (August 15, 1932 – May 12, 2017) was an American jazz musician and teacher. He was the drummer with the jazz trio, The Three Sounds. The Three Sounds recorded over ten jazz albums from the 1950s through the early 1970s and played ...

(born 1933), American musician * Cecil Dowdy (1945–2002), American football player *

Helen Dowdy Helen Dowdy was a Broadway theatre, Broadway actress and singer who played the role of Queenie in the 1946 revival of Jerome Kern, Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Hammerstein's ''Show Boat'' (a role originally played by Tess Gardella in 1927). She ...

, American actress * Homer Dowdy (1922–2002), American writer *

John Dowdy John Vernard Dowdy (February 11, 1912 – April 12, 1995) was an American politician. Dowdy was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives from the 7th District of Texas from 1952 to 1967 and then served as a congressman from the 2nd D ...

(1912–1995), American politician * Kyle Dowdy (born 1993), American baseball player * Nancy M. Dowdy, American nuclear physicist *

Wayne Dowdy Charles Wayne Dowdy (born July 27, 1943) is an American politician, lawyer and jurist from Mississippi. He was first elected in a 1981 special election and served four terms in the United States House of Representatives. He later served as chai ...

(born 1943), American politician

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