Childs (surname)

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

• Amy Childs (born 1990), English model and reality show participant of The Only Way Is Essex fame
• Barney Childs (1926–2000), American composer
• Barry and Sally Childs-Helton, American singer/songwriters
• Brevard Childs (1923–2007), Biblical scholar
• Chris Childs (basketball) (born 1967), retired American basketball player
• Chris Childs (bassist) (born 1958), British bass player
• Cupid Childs (1867–1912), American Major League baseball player
• David Childs (born 1941), American architect and designer
• David H Childs (born 1933), British Professor and leading Academic on the former East Germany, GDR as well as Britain
• Earle Childs (1893–1918), U.S. Navy submarine officer in World War I
• Ebenezer Childs, (1797–1864), American pioneer
• Euros Childs (born 1975), Welsh singer/songwriter
• George William Childs (1829–1894), American publisher
• Jeremy Childs, American actor and writer
• John Childs (aviator), American pioneer aviator
• John Childs (cricketer) (born 1951), English cricketer
• Joseph Childs (1787–1870), English soldier and penal administrator
• Lucinda Childs (born 1940), American dancer/choreographer
• Marquis Childs (1903–1990), American journalist
• Mary Ellen Childs (born 1957), American composer
• Mary Louise Milliken Childs (1873–1936), American philanthropist
• Morris H. Childs (born Moishe Chilovsky, 1902–1991), American Communist Party functionary and secret FBI informant.
• Ozro W. Childs (1824–1890), American horticulturalist
• Roy Childs (1949–1992), American critic and essayist
• Thomas Childs (1796–1853), American soldier of the Mexican–American War
• Toni Childs (born 1957), American singer/songwriter
• Tracey Childs (born 1963), English actress
• William Edward Childs (born 1957), American composer and jazz pianist