Cushing is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alonzo Cushing (1841–1863), U.S. Army officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor
Arthur Cushing (1869–1944), Canadian politician
Brian Cushing (born 1987), American football player
Caleb Cushing (1800–1879), US legislator
Charles Cushing (1905–1982), American composer
Charles Stuart Cushing (1867–1946), American attorney
Christine Cushing, Canadian celebrity chef
David Cushing (1920–2008), British fisheries biologist
Donna Cushing, Welsh politician
Edmund L. Cushing (1807–1883), chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
Eliza Lanesford Cushing (1794–1886), American-Canadian author and editor
Eloise B. Cushing (1887–1977), American attorney
Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857–1900), American anthropologist
Harvey Cushing (1869–1939), pioneer American neurosurgeon
Jack Cushing (born 1996), American baseball player
James M. Cushing (1908–1963), US Army mining engineer
James T. Cushing (1937–2002), American physicist and philosopher of science
John Cushing (actor) (1719–1790), British stage actor
John Perkins Cushing (1787–1862), American merchant and philanthropist
Luther Cushing (1803–1856), author of one of the earliest works on parliamentary procedure
Nathan Cushing (1742–1812), Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Nick Cushing, English football manager
Otho Cushing (c. 1820–1942), American artist
Peter Cushing (1913–1994), British actor
Robert Cushing (sculptor) (1841–1896), Irish sculptor
Renny Cushing (1952–2022), American politician
Richard Cushing (1895–1970), American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Stella Marek Cushing (1893–1938), American folklorist, violinist
Stephen B. Cushing (died 1868), New York State Attorney General 1856–1857
Thomas Cushing (1725–1788), American lawyer and statesman
William Cushing (1732–1810), Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
William B. Cushing (1842–1874), U.S. Navy officer
William Henry Cushing (1852–1934), Canadian politician
William Orcutt Cushing (1823–1902), American Unitarian minister and hymn writer
Zattu Cushing (1771–1839), American shipbuilder and judge
Josiah Nelson Cushing (1840–1905), Missionary and Scholar, Burma; author of the first Shan-English Dictionary and others