Bowen (disambiguation)

Bowen can have several meanings:

• the town of Bowen, Queensland, Australia
• the town of Bowen, Illinois
• Bowen Bridge in Tasmania, Australia
• Bowen Hills , the suburb of Brisbane, Australia
• Bowen Island in British Columbia, Canada
• HMAS Bowen, the Australian warship named after Bowen, Queensland
• Bowen's Disease, a sunlight-induced skin disease

Bowen is also surname, originating from Welsh language, "ap Owen" ("son of Owen"). Famous Bowens include:

• Albert E. Bowen (1875–1953), of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Andrea Bowen (1990-), the actress
• Dan Bowen, the American politician
• Charles Bowen, 1st Baron Bowen (1835–1894), the English judge
• Chris Bowen, the Australian politician
• Edmund Bowen (1898–1981), the British chemist
• Edward Bowen (1836–1901), the Harrow schoolmaster
• Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973), the Irish novelist
• Francis Bowen (1811–1890), the American philosophical writer and educationalist
• Sir George Ferguson Bowen (1821–1899), the British colonial administrator
• Ira Sprague Bowen (1898–1973), the American astronomer
• Jim Bowen (1937-), the British stand-up comedian
• Joe Bowen (1951-), the voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs
• John C. Bowen (1872–1957), the Canadian clergyman
• John T. Bowen, the doctor who first described Bowen's Disease
• Julie Bowen (1970-), the American actress
• Lionel Bowen (1922-), the Australian politician
• Norman L. Bowen (1887–1956), the Canadian geochemist and petrologist
• Otis Ray Bowen (1918-), the physician and Governor of Indiana
• Roger Bowen (1932–1996), the American actor
• William Bowen, the American academic

You may also be interested in:

• Charles Bowen-Cooke (1859–1920), the British railway engineer
• Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (1965-), the British interior designer and television personality
• Tim Bowens (1973-), the American Football player