# 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

* Alan Dwyer (born 1952), English association footballer
* Alice Dwyer (born 1988), German actress
* Allys Dwyer, American actress and educator
* Angela Dwyer, Australian social scientist and academic
* Anthony Dwyer (born 1970), Australian rules footballer
* Audrey Dwyer, Canadian actor and playwright
* Benjamin Dwyer (born 1965), Irish classical guitarist and composer
* Bernard Dwyer (born 1967), English rugby league footballer
* Bernard J. Dwyer (1921–1998), American politician
* Bil Dwyer (1907–1987), American cartoonist and humorist
* Bil Dwyer (born 1962), American comedian and game-show host
* Bill Dwyer (mobster) (1883–1946), American gangster and bootlegger
* 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
* Dermod Dwyer, Irish chief executive
* Dom Dwyer, English-born American association football (soccer) player
* Dominic Dwyer, Australian microbiologist and Clinical Professor of Medicine
* Don H. Dwyer Jr. (born 1958), American politician
* Doriot Anthony Dwyer (1922–2020), American flautist
* E. B. Dwyer (1876–1912), Australian cricketer
* Edward Dwyer (1895–1916), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Florence P. Dwyer (1902–1976), American politician
* Francis Patrick Dwyer (1910–1962), Australian chemist
* Frank Dwyer (1868–1943), American baseball player
* Frank P. Dwyer American sportscaster
* George Dwyer (1908–1987), English Roman Catholic archbishop
* Gordie Dwyer (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
* Hilary Dwyer (1945–2020), English actress
* Jack Dwyer (1927–1997), American football player
* James Dwyer (politician) (1881–1932), Irish politician
* James J. Dwyer, American politician
* Jamie Dwyer (born 1979), Australian field hockey player
* Jeremy Dwyer (1947–2005), Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand
* Jim Dwyer (baseball) (born 1950), American baseball player
* Jim Dwyer (journalist) (1957–2020), American journalist
* John Dwyer (Australian judge) (1879–1966), Australian politician
* John Dwyer (medicine) (born 1939), Australian professor of Medicine and public health advocate
* John Dwyer (musician), American musician
* John Dwyer (soldier) (1890–1962), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
* John M. Dwyer (1935–2018), American set decorator
* Jonathan Dwyer (born 1989), American football player
* Sir Joe Dwyer (1939–2021), British civil engineer and businessman
* Joseph Patrick Dwyer (1976–2008), American soldier
* Joseph Dwyer (physicist) (born 1963), American physicist
* Karyn Dwyer (1975–2018), Canadian actress
* Kate Dwyer (1861–1949), Australian educator, suffragist, and labour activist
* Kevin Dwyer (disambiguation), multiple people
* Kieron Dwyer (born 1967), American comic book artist and penciller
* Larry Dwyer (1884–1964), Australian rugby union player
* Laurie Dwyer (1938–2016), Australian rules footballer
* Leslie Dwyer (1906–1986), English actor
* Marc Dwyer (born 1987), Australian radio presenter and actor
* Mark Dwyer (born 1964), Australian rules footballer
* Martin Dwyer (born 1975), English jockey
* Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, American television producer
* Matthew Dwyer (born 1959), Irish cricketer
* Michael Dwyer (1772–1825), Irish soldier and insurgent
* Michael Dwyer (journalist) (1951–2010), Irish journalist and film critic
* Michael Dwyer (Canadian politician) (1879–1953), Canadian politician
* Michael F. Dwyer (1847–1906), American racehorse owner
* Michael Martin Dwyer (1984–2009), Irish security guard
* Michael Middleton Dwyer, American architect
* 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
* PK Dwyer (born 1992), American musician
* Pat Dwyer (hurler), Irish hurler
* Patrick Dwyer (sprinter) (born 1977), Australian sprinter
* Patrick Dwyer (ice hockey) (born 1983), American ice hockey player
* Penny Dwyer (1953–2003), British comedy writer and performer
* Peter Dwyer, Australian anthropologist
* Phil Dwyer (1953–2021), Welsh footballer
* Phil Dwyer (musician) (born 1965), Canadian musician
* Philip J. Dwyer (1844–1917), American racehorse owner
* R. Budd Dwyer (1939–1987), American politician
* Robert Joseph Dwyer (1908–1976), American Roman Catholic archbishop
* Ross T. Dwyer (1919–2001), American general
* Simon Dwyer (born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer
* Séamus Dwyer (1882–1922), Irish politician
* Terri Dwyer (born 1973), English actress
* Tommy Dwyer (hurler), Irish hurler
* Ubi Dwyer (1933–2001), Irish anarchist
* Virginia Dwyer, American actress
* Walter Dwyer (1875–1950), Australian politician and judge
* Wayne Dwyer, New Zealand rugby league player
* William Dwyer (Irish politician) (1887–1951), Irish politician
* William Gerard Dwyer (born 1947), American mathematician
* 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