Childers

Childers is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abraham Childers (1750–1849), American politician and pioneer
• Alisa Childers (born 1975), American singer
• Ambyr Childers (born 1988), American actress
• Bob Childers (1946–2006), American country/folk singer-songwriter
• Buddy Childers (1926–2007), American jazz trumpeter
• Buddy Childers (politician) (1938–2026), American politician
• Ernest Childers (1918–2005), American Army officer
• Erskine Barton Childers (1929–1996), Irish UN civil servant
• Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905–1974), 4th President of Ireland (1973–1974)
• Francis Gracey Childers (1860–1921), American politician and general
• Hugh Childers (1827–1896), British and Australian Liberal statesman
• James Glenn Childers (1904–1968), American explorer and landowner
• Jason Childers (born 1975), American Major League baseball player
• Lawrence Childers (born 1944), American politician
• Linda Childers (1946–1970), American murder victim
• Mary Ann Childers, American television reporter
• Marvin Childers (born 1961), American politician, lawyer, and lobbyist
• Matt Childers (born 1978), American major League baseball player
• Michael Childers (1784–1854), British Army officer of the Napoleonic era
• Milly Childers (1866–1922), English painter
• Molly Childers (1875–1964), American-born Irish writer
• Naomi Childers (1892–1964), American silent film actress
• Nessa Childers (born 1956), Irish Member of the European Parliament
• Phillip Childers (1951–2010), American politician
• Rita Childers (1915–2010) First Lady of Ireland
• Robert Caesar Childers (1838–1876), British orientalist
• Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922), author and Irish nationalist
• Robert L. Childers, Tennessee judge
• Rodney Childers (born 1976), American NASCAR crew chief
• Sam Childers (born 1962), American charity worker
• Thomas Childers (1946–2025), American historian and lecturer
• Travis Childers (born 1958), United States Representative, 1st District of Mississippi
• Tyler Childers (born 1991), American singer and songwriter
• W. D. Childers (born 1933), American politician, Member of the Florida Senate

See also

• Childers, Queensland, a town in the Bundaberg Region, Australia
  • Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire
• Childers Hill, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee
• Childers House, historic house on the grounds of Fort Campbell
• Childers reforms of the British army
• Flying Childers, undefeated 18th century thoroughbred racehorse
• HMAS Childers, a patrol boat of the Australian Navy
• HMS Childers, the name of five ships of the Royal Navy
• Karl Childers, the fictional protagonist of the film Sling Blade (1996)