People
- Alonzo Cushing (1841–1863), U.S. Army officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Brian Cushing (born 1987), American football player
- Caleb Cushing (1800–1879), US legislator
- Charles Cushing (1905–1982), American composer
- Christine Cushing, Canadian celebrity chef
- Eliza Lanesford Cushing (1794–1886), American-Canadian author and editor
- Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857–1900), American anthropologist
- Harvey Williams Cushing (1869–1939), pioneer American neurosurgeon
- James M. Cushing (1908–1963), US Army mining engineer
- James T. Cushing (1937–2002). American physicist and philosopher of science
- Luther Cushing (1803–1856), author of one of the earliest works on parliamentary procedure
- Peter Cushing (1913–1994), British actor
- Richard Cushing (1895–1970), American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 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
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