Darling (surname)
Overview
Darling as a surname
may refer to:
Politicians:
In sports:
In entertainment;
Other:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
may refer to:
Politicians:
- Alberta DarlingAlberta DarlingAlberta Darling is a Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 8th District since 1993. She previously served in the Wisconsin Assembly, representing the 10th district from 1990 through 1993...
, U.S. politician - Alistair DarlingAlistair DarlingAlistair Maclean Darling is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament since 1987, currently for Edinburgh South West. He served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010...
, British politician - Charles Henry DarlingCharles Henry DarlingSir Charles Henry Darling KCB was a British colonial governor.He was born at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, the son of Major-General Henry Darling and nephew of General Sir Ralph Darling....
, British colonial governor - Charles Darling, 1st Baron DarlingCharles Darling, 1st Baron DarlingCharles Darling was an English lawyer, politician and later a High Court judge. After being educated privately, he was called to the English Bar in 1874. He was appointed a QC in 1885, and was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Deptford from 1888 until 1897, when he was appointed a Judge...
, British politician and judge - Ralph DarlingRalph DarlingGeneral Sir Ralph Darling, GCH was a British colonial Governor and Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1831.-Early career:...
, former governor of New South Wales, Australia - William DarlingWilliam DarlingSir William Young Darling, CBE, MC was the Unionist Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons for the Edinburgh South constituency from 1945 to 1957. He was a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland 1942-57....
, Conservative Member of Parliament during the 1940s and 1950s
In sports:
- Gary DarlingGary DarlingGary Richard Darling is an umpire in Major League Baseball. After beginning his career in the National League from to 1999, he has worked throughout both major leagues since 2002. He wears uniform number 37.Darling attended Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California...
, Major League Baseball umpire - Helen DarlingHelen DarlingHelen Marie Darling is an American professional basketball player, who played most recently for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association ; as of May 15, 2011 Darling was an unsigned free agent....
, WNBA basketball player - Joe DarlingJoe DarlingJoseph "Joe" Darling CBE was an Australian cricketer who played 34 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1894 and 1905. As captain, he led Australia in a total of 21 Tests, winning seven and losing four. In Test cricket, he scored 1657 runs at an average of 28.56 per innings, including...
, Australian cricket captain, 1899-1905 - Ron DarlingRon DarlingRonald Maurice Darling, Jr. is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos...
, former Major League Baseball player
In entertainment;
- David Darling (musician)David Darling (musician)David Darling is an American cellist and composer. He won the Grammy award for Best New Age Album in 2010. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin and Spyro Gyra in addition to putting out several solo and small ensemble albums as well as albums of his...
- Erik Darling, folk music artist
- Helen Darling (singer)Helen Darling (singer)Helen Darling is an American country music artist. Darling has released one studio album on Decca Nashville...
, an American country music singer/songwriter - Jane DarlingJane DarlingJane Darling is the stage name of a Czech-born pornographic actress.She began in pornographic films in 2001 and has performed in almost 250 films....
, Czech porn actress - Jennifer DarlingJennifer DarlingJennifer Darling is an American actress and voice actress. While her body of work as a voiceover artist greatly eclipses that of her on-stage career, she is, perhaps, nevertheless known best to most people as Peggy Callahan, the secretary to Oscar Goldman in the television series The Six Million...
, actress
Other:
- David Darling (astronomer)David Darling (astronomer)David Darling is an English astronomer and full-time freelance science writer. Darling has published numerous popular science works, including Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology in 2001...
- Frank Darling (architect)Frank Darling (architect)Frank Darling was a Canadian architect and key player in buildings built in Toronto during the early 20th century and promoter of the Beaux-Arts style.-Life and career:...
- Grace DarlingGrace DarlingGrace Horsley Darling was an English Victorian heroine who in 1838, along with her father, saved 13 people from the wreck of the SS Forfarshire.-Biography:...
, of shipwreck rescue fame - Joseph Robinson DarlingJoseph Robinson DarlingJoseph Robinson Darling was a special agent of the United States Department of Justice, author, promoter, explorer, and soldier of fortune.-Biography:...
(1872-1957), special agent of the U.S.
Quotations
Only in America.
I can't believe that having said what I said was interpreted as having been what I said when I said it, because I said it where I said it, when I said it, and who I said it to.
I can't believe what I said about myself. What I said in my own private conversations with myself to an ESPN producer are my business, and I had no business saying them to someone else.
If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn't bump his behind every time he hopped.
Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank.
Thank god for money.