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
Categories: Disambiguation