title: Festing
text: # Festing
  
  Festing is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Andrew Festing (born 1941), English portrait painter
  * Edward Robert Festing (1839–1912), English major-general, chemist, and first Director of the Science Museum in London
  * Sir Francis Festing (1902–1976), British field marshal
  * Sir Francis Worgan Festing (1833–1886), British Royal Marines major-general
  * John Festing (1837–1902), English clergyman who became Bishop of St Albans
  * Matthew Festing (1949–2021), English Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
  * Michael Festing, British research scientist
  * Michael Christian Festing (1705–1752), English violinist and composer
  * Sally Festing (born 1938), British biographer and poet
  * Simon Festing, British activist and executive director of the Research Defence Society
  