Fanning (surname)
Fanning is a surname of Irish origin.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Bede Fanning (1885–1970), Australian public servant
- Bernard Fanning (born 1969), Australian musician, best known for his role as the lead singer of the Australian rock band Powderfinger
- Buckner Fanning (1926-2016), American clergyman
- Buist M. Fanning (born 1949), American biblical Greek scholar
- Dakota Fanning (born 1994), American child actress
- Dave Fanning, Irish television and radio personality
- Edmund Fanning (1769–1841), American explorer
- Edmund Fanning (colonial administrator) (1739–1818), American-born administrator for the British government in New York and Loyalist; later a governor in Canada
- Elle Fanning (born 1998), American child actress and younger sister of Dakota
- Fred Fanning (born 1921), Australian rules footballer
- Jim Fanning (born 1927), former catcher, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball
- Juan Fanning (1824–1881), Peruvian naval officer and war hero
- Kay Fanning (1927–2000), American newspaper editor and publisher, first American woman to edit a national newspaper
- Ken Fanning (born 1947), American wilderness guide and retired politician
- Eugene Michael "Mick" Fanning, Australian professional surfer and two time world champion
- Nathaniel Fanning (1755–1804), American naval officer and war hero
- Shawn Fanning (born 1980), computer programmer and creator of the original Napster application
- Thomas A. Fanning (a.k.a. Tom Fanning), American chief executive.
- Detective Fanning (born 1967), character in 2004 film Collateral played by actor Mark Ruffalo
- Jimmy Valiant (born James Harold Fanning, 1942), American retired professional wrestler
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