Darwin (family name)

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Darwin is a family name .

Name bearer
  1. Robert Darwin of Elston (1682-1754), lawyer
    1. Robert Waring Darwin (1724-1816), brother of Erasmus Darwin; English doctor and botanist
    2. Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802), British physician, naturalist and poet, grandfather of Charles Darwin and Francis Galton
      1. Charles Darwin (1758–1778), British medical student, eldest son of Erasmus Darwin
      2. Robert Darwin (1766–1848), son of Erasmus Darwin and the father of Charles Darwin; English doctor
        1. Charles Darwin (1809–1882), founder of the modern theory of evolution ⚭Emma Darwin(born Wedgwood, 1808–1896), cousin and wife of the English naturalist Charles Darwin
          1. George Howard Darwin (1845–1912), son of Charles Darwin, astronomer and mathematician
            1. Charles Galton Darwin (1887–1962), son of George Howard Darwin and grandson of Charles Darwin; physicist
          2. Francis Darwin (1848–1925), son of Charles Darwin; English botanist
            1. Bernard Darwin (1876–1961), grandson of Charles Darwin; British lawyer, sports journalist and writer
          3. Leonard Darwin (1850–1943), son of Charles Darwin; Economist, eugenicist, politician
          4. Horace Darwin (1851–1928), son of Charles Darwin; British civil engineer
  • Sarah Darwin (Sarah Catherine Vogel; * 1964 as Sarah Darwin), British botanist
Unclear origin
  1. John Gareth Darwin (* 1948), British historian