Andrews (surname)

Andrews is a patronymic surname of English, Scottish, and Norse origin. At the time of the 1881 British Census, its relative frequency was highest in Dorset (3.6 times the British average), followed by Wiltshire, Huntingdonshire, Worcestershire, Hampshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Devon and Somerset.

The surname Andrews was first found in Caithness, North Scotland. Historically, the Andrews clan were closely associated with Clan Ross. The Andrews of Scotland dispersed during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and are now found worldwide in America, Canada, and Australia. Many Andrews also moved to Northern Ireland and England.

A
A. W. Andrews (1868–1959), British pioneer rock-climber
Abraham D. Andrews (1830–1885), American politician
Al Andrews (born 1945), US American footballer
Albert Andrews (1881–1960), Canadian politician
Albert LeRoy Andrews (1878–1961), American professor of Germanic philology and avocational bryologist
Allan Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Andy Andrews (tennis) (born 1959), American tennis player
Andy Andrews (born 1959), American author
Annie Dale Biddle Andrews, American who was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics from Berkeley
Anthony Andrews (born 1948), British actor  (Under the Volcano)
Archie Andrews (comics), fictional character from the Archie Comics
Archie Andrews (puppet), character of British ventriloquist Peter Brough
Arlan Andrews, American mechanical engineer and writer
Arthur Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people

B
Barbara Andrews, American novelist
Barry Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Ben Andrews (actor) (1942–1981), American television actor
Ben Andrews (mathematician), Australian mathematician
Bill Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Billy Andrews (footballer) (1886-?), Irish footballer
Billy Andrews (born 1945), US American footballer
Blake Andrews (born 1968), American photographer
Bob Andrews (keyboardist) (born 1949), English keyboardist with Brinsley Schwarz
Bob Andrews (guitarist) (born 1959), English musician with Generation X
Brian Andrews (actor), American actor
Brian Andrews (doctor) (born 1955), Canadian-American neurosurgeon
Brittany Andrews (born 1973), American porn actress
Bruce Andrews (born 1948), American poet
Bryan Andrews (cricketer) (born 1945), New Zealand cricketer
Bryan Andrews (storyboard artist), American storyboard artist and writer
Bunny Andrews, US American footballer

C
Carl Andrews, American politician
Charles Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Chris Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Christopher Columbus Andrews (1829–1922), American brigadier general
Clayton Andrews (baseball, born 1997), American professional baseball player
Clifford Andrews (1912–1973), English cricketer
T. Coleman Andrews (1899–1983), American presidential candidate

D
Daisy Andrews (c. 1934 or 1935–2015), Australian painter
Damon Andrews (born 1971), New Zealand actor and director
Dana Andrews (1909–1992), American actor and President of the Screen Actors Guild
Daniel Andrews (born 1972), Australian politician
Danny Andrews, American Paralympic athlete
Darren Andrews (born 1995), American football player
David Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Dean Andrews (born 1963), British actor
Del Andrews (1894–1942), American director and screenwriter (The Racket, All Quiet on the Western Front)
Denise Andrews (born 1959), American politician
Deno Andrews (born 1971), American billiards player
Don Andrews (born 1942 as Vilim Zlomislić), Canadian white-supremacist
Donald Andrews (born 1955), Canadian economist
Donna Andrews (golfer) (born 1967), American golfer
Donna Andrews (writer), American writer
Duane Andrews (born 1972), Canadian guitarist and composer
Dylan Andrews (born 1979), New Zealand mixed martial artist

E
Eamonn Andrews (1922–1987), Irish television presenter
Ed Andrews (1859–1934), American baseball player
Eddie Andrews (born 1977), South African rugby union footballer
Edgar Andrews (born 1932), English physicist and engineer
Edith Alice Andrews (1873–1958), British artist
Edith Lovell Andrews (1886–1980), British artist
Edmund L. Andrews, American journalist and writer, The New York Times economics reporter
Edmund Andrews (surgeon) (1824–1904), American surgeon
Edward Andrews (1914–1985), American actor
Edward Gayer Andrews (1825–1907), Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Elisha Benjamin Andrews (1844–1917), American economist
Elizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), Labour Party organiser in Wales
Elizabeth B. Andrews (1911–2002), U.S. congresswoman from Alabama
Eric Andrews (1933–2001), Australian historian
Erica Andrews (1969–2013), stage name of Erica Salazar, Mexican-American performer
Erin Andrews (born 1978), American sportscaster
Ernie Andrews (1927-2022), American jazz, blues, and pop singer
Esao Andrews (born 1978), American painter

F
Finn Andrews (born 1983), English musician
Florence Andrews (1912–1996), New Zealand fencer
Francis Andrews (1718–1774), Irish politician
Frank Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Fred Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people

G
Gareth Andrews (born 1946), Australian rules footballer from Victoria
Garry Andrews (born 1957), Australian artist
George Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Georgina Andrews, Australian actress
Gerald Smedley Andrews (1903–2005), Canadian surveyor
Geraldine Andrews (born 1959), judge of the High Court of England and Wales
Giuseppe Andrews (born 1975), American actor and director

H
Harold Andrews (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1984), English football forward in the 1920s
Harold Andrews (footballer, born 1903) (1903–1988), English football forward
Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews (1911–1995), Irish soldier
Harris Andrews (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
Harry Andrews (1911–1989), British actor (The Ruling Class)
Harvey Andrews (born 1943), British folk musician
Helena Andrews (born 1980), American author, journalist and critic
Henry Andrews (mathematician) (1744–1820), British mathematician and astronomer
Henry Andrews (cricketer) (1821–1865), English cricketer
Henry Cranke Andrews (fl. 1794–1830), English botanist, botanical artist and engraver
Henry John Andrews (1871–1919), British Army officer
Herbert Kennedy Andrews (1904–1965), British composer and organist
Hub Andrews (1922–2012), American baseball player

I
Ian Andrews (born 1964), English footballer
Ike Franklin Andrews (1925–2010), American politician
Inez Andrews (1929–2012), American gospel singer
Irene Osgood Andrews (1879–?), American writer

J
Jack Andrews (1898–1974), English footballer
Jack Andrews (1903–1986), Northern Ireland politician, son of J. M. Andrews
Jake Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
James Andrews (botanical artist) (1801–1876), English botanical artist
Sir James Andrews, 1st Baronet (1877–1951), member of Privy Council of Northern Ireland
James Andrews (physician) (born 1942), American orthopedic surgeon
James J. Andrews (1829–1862), Unionist spy during the American Civil War
James J. Andrews (mathematician) (1930–1998), American mathematician
James Pettit Andrews (c. 1737–1797), English historian
Jane Andrews (author) (1833–1887), American author of children's books
Jane Andrews (born 1967), English former Royal dresser and convicted murderer of Tom Cressman
Jessica Andrews (born 1983), American country singer
Jessie Andrews (born 1992), American porn actress
Jim Andrews (1865–1907), American baseball player
Jimmy Andrews (1927–2012), Scottish footballer
Jim Wynorski, goes by Jay Andrews, American film director 
Joely Andrews (born 2002), Northern Irish footballer
John Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
John Bertram Andrews (1880–1943), American economist
J. M. Andrews (1871–1956), Northern Ireland politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
John Nevins Andrews (1829–1883), American Seventh-day Adventist Church missionary
Joseph Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Josh Andrews (born 1991), American football player
Judith Walker Andrews (1826–1914), American philanthropist and social reformer
Julie Andrews (born 1935), British actress

K
Kaare Andrews, Canadian comic book artist and filmmaker
Karen Andrews (born 1960), Australian politician 
Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews (born 1943), British Labour politician
Keith Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Kelly Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Ken Andrews (born 1967), American musician
Kenneth R. Andrews (1916–2005), American academic and a 'father' of Corporate Strategy
Kenneth Andrews (sociologist), American sociologist
Kevin Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people

L
LaVerne Andrews (1911–1967), American singer with the Andrews Sisters
Lee Andrews (born 1984), English footballer
Lee Andrews & the Hearts lead singer Lee Andrews (1936–2016), American singer
LeRoy Andrews (1898-?), US American football player and coach
Lilian Andrews, (1878–c.1962), English artist
Linda Andrews (singer) (born 1973), Faroese singer 
Lloyd Andrews (1894–1974), Canadian ice-hockey player
Lloyd J. Andrews (1920–2014), American politician and businessman
Lois Andrews (1924–1968), American actress
Lori Andrews, American law professor

M
Mahala Andrews (1939–1997), British vertebrae palaeontologist
Maidie Andrews (1893-1986), British actress
Major Andre Andrews (1792–1834), American politician
Malcolm Andrews (1944–2018), Australian author and journalist
Marie Louise Andrews (1849-1891), American writer
Mark Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Marvin Andrews (born 1975), footballer from Trinidad and Tobago
Mary Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Maxene Andrews (1916–1995), American singer with the Andrews Sisters
Michael Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Michelle Andrews (born 1971), Australian field hockey midfielder

N
Nate Andrews (1913–1991), American baseball pitcher
Naveen Andrews (born 1969), British actor
Niall Andrews (1937–2006), Irish politician
Nigel Andrews, British journalist
Noel Andrews (1932–2011), Irish radio and television commentator and disc jockey
Norman Andrews (1899–1971), English cricketer

O
 Olive Andrews (1818-?), twenty-third wife of Brigham Young
Orianna Andrews (1834–1883), American medical doctor
Oscar Andrews (1876–1956), Irish cricketer and field hockey player

P
 Pamela Andrews, fictional character from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
Patty Andrews (1918–2013), American singer with the Andrews Sisters
Paul Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Peter Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Phil Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people

Q
Quinton Andrews (born 1987), US American football player

R
Richard Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Ricky Andrews (born 1966), Samoan who played American and Canadian football
Robert Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Romel Andrews (born 1963), American player of gridiron football
Ron Andrews (born 1955), Australian rules footballer from Victoria
Roy Chapman Andrews (1884–1960), American explorer, adventurer and naturalist

S
Samuel Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Sarah Andrews (author), American geologist and author
Sarah Andrews (cricketer) (born 1981), Australian cricketer
Sasha Andrews (born 1983), Canadian football (soccer) defender
Shane Andrews (born 1971), American baseball player
Shawn Andrews (born 1982), US American football player
Simon Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Solomon Andrews (inventor) (1806–1872), U.S. politician and inventor of a dirigible aircraft
Solomon Andrews (business man) (1835–1908), English entrepreneur in Wales
Stephen Andrews, Canadian Anglican bishop
Stephen Andrews (artist) (born 1956), Canadian artist
Stephen Pearl Andrews (1812–1886), American anarchist
Steve Andrews aka "The Bard of Ely" (born 1953), Welsh singer-songwriter, writer and journalist
Susan Andrews (born 1971), Australian (Tasmanian) athlete
Sybil Andrews (1898–1992), English artist
Sydnee Andrews (born 2002), New Zealand judoka
Sydney Andrews, fictional character from Melrose Place

T
Tara Andrews (born 1994), Australian (soccer) footballer
Ted Andrews (1952–2009), American author
Theresa Andrews (born 1962), American backstroke swimmer
Thomas Andrews (1873–1912), British businessman and shipbuilder, architect of RMS Titanic
Thomas Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
Todd Andrews (1901–1985), Irish Republican political activist, Fianna Fáil founder
Tommie Lee Andrews, American, first person to be convicted as a result of DNA evidence
Tracie Andrews (born 1969), Englishwomen convicted of murdering her fiancé
Tyson Andrews (born 1990), Australian Rugby League player

V
V. C. Andrews (1923–1986), American novelist

W
Wally Andrews (1859–1940), American baseball catcher
Wayne Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
William Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people

Y
Yvette Borup Andrews (1891-1959), American photographer

See also
Andrew
Andrews (disambiguation)
Andrew (surname)
S. W. Erdnase Some card magic historians theorize this may be a pseudonym for an anonymous writer named Andrews; i.e., "E. S. Andrews" spelled backward.

References

External links
Andrews Surname DNA Project

English-language surnames
Patronymic surnames
Surnames from given names