# Duckworth (surname)

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

## Actual persons

* Angela Duckworth (born 1970), American psychologist, MacArthur fellow
* Anthony Duckworth-Chad (born 1942), English businessman and senior county officer
* Arthur Duckworth (1901–1986), British politician
* Ben Duckworth (born 1974), Australian rugby league footballer
* Billy Duckworth (born 1959), Australian rules footballer
* Bob Duckworth, American politician
* Bobby Duckworth (born 1958), American football player
* Brandon Duckworth (born 1976), American baseball player
* Carl W. Duckworth (1955–2018), American politician
* Christopher Duckworth (1933–2014), South African cricketer
* Dick Duckworth (footballer born 1882), English footballer
* Dick Duckworth (footballer, born 1906), English footballer
* Don Duckworth, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
* Sir Dyce Duckworth, English physician and 1st Baronet Duckworth, of Grosvenor Place
* Eleanor Duckworth (born 1935), Canadian thinker and educator
* Frank Duckworth, a cricket statistician who co-invented the Duckworth–Lewis method for determining the result of shortened one-day cricket matches
* George Duckworth (1901–1966), English cricketer
* George Herbert Duckworth (1868–1934), English public servant
* Gerald Duckworth (1870–1937), English publisher
* Henry Duckworth (1915–2008), Canadian physicist and university administrator
* James Duckworth (born 1992), Australian professional tennis player
* John Duckworth (physicist) (1916–2015), British physicist
* Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, British naval officer
* Col. Joseph Duckworth (1903–1964), American aviator
* Justin Duckworth, Anglican bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
* Keith Duckworth (1933–2005), English engineer
* Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born 1987), American rapper and songwriter
* Kevin Duckworth (1964–2008), U.S. basketball player
* Michael Duckworth (born 1992), English footballer
* Muriel Duckworth (1908–2009), Canadian feminist
* Canon Noel Duckworth (1912–1980), Canon of Accra
* Reverend Robinson Duckworth, contemporary of Lewis Carroll and model for the duck in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
* Santiago J. Duckworth, was in the California State Assembly and a real estate developer
* Susan Duckworth, American politician
* Tammy Duckworth (born 1968), American politician serving as the junior Senator from the state of Illinois
* Thomas Duckworth (disambiguation), multiple people
* William Duckworth (disambiguation), multiple people
* Willie Duckworth, U.S. soldier and composer of The Duckworth Chant (or Sound Off!),

## Fictional persons

* Dom Duckworth, fictional character in the children’s TV show Horrible Histories
* Jack Duckworth, fictional character in the soap opera Coronation Street
* Vera Duckworth, fictional character in the soap opera Coronation Street; wife of Jack
* Clifford Duckworth, fictional character from the soap opera Coronation Street; brother of Jack
* Elsie Duckworth, fictional character from the soap opera Coronation Street; wife of Clifford
* Terry Duckworth, fictional character in the soap opera Coronation Street; son of Jack and Vera
* Lisa Duckworth, fictional character in the soap opera Coronation Street; wife of Terry
* Tommy Duckworth, fictional character in the soap opera Coronation Street; son of Terry and Lisa
* Frank Duckworth, fictional character in the TV show Black-ish
* Donna Duckworth, fictional character in the TV show Black-ish; wife of Frank
* Sharon Duckworth, fictional character in the TV show Black-ish; daughter of Frank and Donna
* Carl Duckworth, fictional character in the Kendrick Lamar (see above) song FEAR.; cousin of Lamar
* Mary Duckworth/Duxbury, fictional character in The Cat Who... mystery novels