Dwyer (name)

Dwyer is an Irish surname which is a slightly anglicised variation of O'Dwyer. It is said that people with the surname Dwyer and who come from Ireland all come from the same clan.

Surname

Arts and entertainment

• Alice Dwyer (born 1988), German actress
• Allys Dwyer, American actress and educator
• Audrey Dwyer, Canadian actor and playwright
• Benjamin Dwyer (born 1965), Irish classical guitarist and composer
• Bil Dwyer (1907–1987), American cartoonist and humorist
• Bil Dwyer (born 1962), American comedian and game-show host
• Doriot Anthony Dwyer (1922–2020), American flautist
• Finbarr Dwyer (1946–2014), Irish Irish accordion player and composer
• Hilary Dwyer (1945–2020), English actress
• Jim Dwyer (journalist) (1957–2020), American journalist
• John Dwyer (musician), American musician
• John M. Dwyer (1935–2018), American set decorator
• Karyn Dwyer (1975–2018), Canadian actress
• Kieron Dwyer (born 1967), American comic book artist and penciller
• Leslie Dwyer (1906–1986), English actor
• Marc Dwyer (born 1987), Australian radio presenter and actor
• Michael Dwyer (journalist) (1951–2010), Irish journalist and film critic
• Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, American television producer
• PK Dwyer (born 1992), American musician
• Penny Dwyer (1953–2003), British comedy writer and performer
• Phil Dwyer (musician) (born 1965), Canadian musician
• Terri Dwyer (born 1973), English actress
• Virginia Dwyer, American actress

Military

• John Dwyer (soldier) (1890–1962), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Edward Dwyer (1895–1916), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Joseph Patrick Dwyer (1976–2008), American soldier
• Michael Dwyer (1772–1825), Irish soldier and insurgent
• Ross T. Dwyer (1919–2001), American general

Politics

• Bernard J. Dwyer (1921–1998), American politician
• Don H. Dwyer Jr. (born 1958), American politician
• Florence P. Dwyer (1902–1976), American politician
• James Dwyer (politician) (1881–1932), Irish politician
• James J. Dwyer, American politician
• Jeremy Dwyer (1947–2005), Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand
• Kate Dwyer (1861–1949), Australian educator, suffragist, and labour activist
• John Dwyer (Australian judge) (1879–1966), Australian politician
• Michael Dwyer (Canadian politician) (1879–1953), Canadian politician
• Philip Dwyer (born 1967), Irish far-right anti-immigration activist
• R. Budd Dwyer (1939–1987), American politician
• Séamus Dwyer (1882–1922), Irish politician
• Ubi Dwyer (1933–2001), Irish anarchist
• Walter Dwyer (1875–1950), Australian politician and judge

• William Dwyer (Irish politician) (1887–1951), Irish politician

Science and academia

• Angela Dwyer, Australian social scientist and academic
• Dominic Dwyer, Australian microbiologist and clinical professor of medicine
• Francis Patrick Dwyer (1910–1962), Australian chemist
• John Dwyer (medicine) (born 1939), Australian professor of medicine and public health advocate
• Joseph Dwyer (physicist) (born 1963), American physicist
• Peter Dwyer, Australian anthropologist
• Rocky Dwyer, Canadian business scholar
• William Gerard Dwyer (born 1947), American mathematician

Sport

• Alan Dwyer (born 1952), English association footballer
• Anthony Dwyer (born 1970), Australian rules footballer
• Bernard Dwyer (born 1967), English rugby league footballer
• Bob Dwyer (born 1940), Australian rugby union coach
• Bridget Dwyer (born 1980), American golfer
• Chappie Dwyer (1894–1975), Australian cricketer
• Chris Dwyer (born 1988), American baseball player
• Dom Dwyer, English-born American association football (soccer) player
• E. B. Dwyer (1876–1912), Australian cricketer
• Frank Dwyer (1868–1943), American baseball player
• Gordie Dwyer (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jack Dwyer (1927–1997), American football player
• Jamie Dwyer (born 1979), Australian field hockey player
• Jim Dwyer (baseball) (born 1950), American baseball player
• John Dwyer (baseball) (active 1882), American baseball player
• John Dwyer (field hockey) (1928–2026), Australian field hockey player
• Jonathan Dwyer (born 1989), American football player
• Larry Dwyer (1884–1964), Australian rugby union player
• Laura Dwyer (born 1977), American wheelchair curler
• Laurie Dwyer (1938–2016), Australian rules footballer
• Mark Dwyer (born 1964), Australian rules footballer
• Martin Dwyer (born 1975), English jockey
• Matthew Dwyer (born 1959), Irish cricketer
• Michael F. Dwyer (1847–1906), American racehorse owner
• Mick Dwyer (born 1968), Australian rules footballer
• Mike Dwyer (ice hockey) (born 1957), Canadian ice hockey player
• Nate Dwyer (born 1978), American football player
• Noel Dwyer (1934–1993), Irish footballer
• Pat Dwyer (hurler), Irish hurler
• Patrick Dwyer (sprinter) (born 1977), Australian sprinter
• Patrick Dwyer (ice hockey) (born 1983), American ice hockey player
• Phil Dwyer (1953–2021), Welsh footballer
• Philip J. Dwyer (1844–1917), American racehorse owner
• Simon Dwyer (born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer
• Tommy Dwyer (hurler), Irish hurler
• Wayne Dwyer, New Zealand rugby league player

Other fields

• Bill Dwyer (mobster) (1883–1946), American gangster and bootlegger
• Dermod Dwyer, Irish chief executive
• George Dwyer (1908–1987), English Roman Catholic archbishop
• Sir Joe Dwyer (1939–2021), British civil engineer and businessman

• Kevin Dwyer (disambiguation), multiple people
• Michael Martin Dwyer (1984–2009), Irish security guard
• Michael Middleton Dwyer, American architect
• Robert Joseph Dwyer (1908–1976), American Roman Catholic archbishop
• William Lee Dwyer (1929–2002), American judge

Hyphenated

• Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, American television producer
• Edmund Dwyer-Gray (1870–1945), Australian politician

Given name

• Robert Dwyer Joyce
• Ada Dwyer Russell

See also

• Dwyer (disambiguation)
• O'Dwyer (surname)
• Dwyre