Childress (/ˈtʃɪldrɪs/ CHIL-driss) may refer to:
People
edit- Alice Childress (1916–1994), American playwright and author
- Alvin Childress, American actor
- Bam Childress, American football player
- Bob Childress (1890–1956), American Presbyterian minister
- Brad Childress, American football coach
- David Hatcher Childress, a writer on alternative archeology
- Dimeco Childress, American basketball player
- Frank Childress, American rapper, known professionally as Comethazine
- Fred Childress (born 1966), Canadian football league player
- George Childress, lawyer, statesman and principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence
- James Childress, American philosopher and theologian
- Jimmy Childress, American football coach
- Joe Childress (1933–1986), American NFL player
- Josh Childress, American basketball player
- Kallie Flynn Childress, American actress
- Mark B. Childress, American ambassador
- Mark Childress, American novelist
- Nina Childress (born 1961), French-American artist
- O. J. Childress, American football player
- Patricia Childress (born 1971), American actress
- Paul Childress, American powerlifter
- Randolph Childress, American basketball player
- Ray Childress, American football player
- Richard Childress, American NASCAR driver and entrepreneur
- Rob Childress, American college baseball coach
- Robert Childress, American artist and illustrator of "Dick and Jane"
- Rocky Childress (born 1962), American baseball player
- Ross Childress, American musician
- Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891), U.S. First Lady from 1845 to 1849
- William Childress (1933–2022), American author