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
• Buist M. Fanning (born 1949), American biblical Greek scholar
• Dakota Fanning (born 1994), American actress and older sister of Elle
• Dave Fanning, Irish television and radio host
• 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 actress and younger sister of Dakota
• Ellen Fanning, Australian TV journalist
• Eric Kenneth Fanning (born 1968), United States Secretary of the Army
• Fred Fanning (1921–1993), Australian rules footballer
• Jim Fanning (1927–2015), catcher, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball
• Jimmy Valiant (born James Harold Fanning, 1942), American retired professional wrestler
• 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
• Mick Fanning (born 1981), Australian professional surfer
• Mike Fanning (American football) (1953–2022), American football player
• Nathaniel Fanning (1755–1804), American naval officer and war hero
• Ronan Fanning (1941–2017), Irish historian
• Shawn Fanning (born 1980), computer programmer and creator of the original Napster application
• Thomas A. Fanning (a.k.a. Tom Fanning), American chief executive.
• Vincent Fanning, Irish, first manager of Cork Airport (1961).

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