Bowen

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Bowen may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Fictional characters 2 Places 3 Other

[edit] People

As a surname, originating from the Welsh, "ab Owen" ("son of Owen"), Bowen may refer to:

• Adam R. Bowen (born 1984), young American actor, appeared in the motion picture Igby Goes Down in 2002, played intercollegiate basketball at Cabrini College in 2006
• Albert E. Bowen (1875–1953), of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Andrea Bowen (born 1990), actress
• Ashley Bowen (born 1728), sailor and writer
• Bruce Bowen (born 1971), professional basketball player
• Catherine Drinker Bowen, American author and historian
• Charles Bowen, 1st Baron Bowen (1835–1894), English judge
• Charles Bowen-Cooke (1859–1920), British railway engineer
• Chris Bowen, Australian politician
• David R. Bowen (born 1932), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
• Edmund Bowen (1898–1981), British chemist
• Edward Bowen (1836–1901), Harrow schoolmaster
• Edward George Bowen (Edward 'Taffy' Bowen, 1911–1991), a British radar pioneer
• Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973), Irish novelist
• Francis Bowen (1811–1890), American philosophical writer and educationalist
• Sir George Ferguson Bowen (1821–1899), British colonial administrator
• Humphry Bowen (1929–2001), British botanist and chemist
• Howard Bowen (1908–1989), American economist and college president
• Ira Sprague Bowen (1898–1973), American astronomer
• James Bowen (1751–1835), British Admiral
• Jeremy Bowen (born 1960), British journalist and television presenter
• Jim Bowen (born 1937), British stand-up comedian
• Joe Bowen (born 1951), the voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs
• John C. Bowen (1872–1957), Canadian clergyman
• John T. Bowen, doctor who first described Bowen's Disease
• Jonathan Bowen (born 1956), British computer scientist
• Julie Bowen (born 1970), American actress
• Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (born 1965), British interior designer and television personality
• Lionel Bowen (born 1922), Australian politician
• Marjorie Bowen, pseudonym of Margaret Gabrielle Long, English writer
• Matt Bowen, Australian rugby league player
• Matthew Bowen, American football player
• Murray Bowen, M.D. (1913–1990), American psychiatrist and originator of Family Systems Theory
• Norman L. Bowen (1887–1956), Canadian geochemist and petrologist
• Otis R. Bowen (born 1918), physician and former Governor of Indiana
• Rhys Bowen, a mystery writer
• Richard Bowen (1761–1797), British naval commander
• Roger Bowen (1932–1996), American actor
• Ryan Bowen, NBA forward
• Ryan Bowen (baseball), 1990s Major League Baseball pitcher
• Shawn M Bowen (born 1979), Captain of Los Angeles Chaos, National Dodgeball League (Professional Dodgeball) & Shipwrecked International star (Reality Television Show)
• Stephen Bowen, dean and CEO of Oxford College of Emory University
• William Bowen, American academic
• York Bowen (1884–1961), English composer

[edit] Fictional characters

In fiction, Bowen is also an uncommon given name, often given to young males and associated with medieval societies. Such Bowens include:

• The main character in the movie Dragonheart
• Nick Russell, a character in the TV series Power Rangers: Mystic Force, whose birth name was "Bowen"

[edit] Places

Australia

• Bowen, Queensland, a town
• Bowen Hills, Queensland, a suburb
  • Bowen Park, Brisbane, a park in Bowen Hills
• Bowen Bridge, crossing the Derwent River in Tasmania

Canada

• Bowen Island, British Columbia

China

• Bowen Road, in Hong Kong

Nigeria

• Bowen University, Iwo

United States

• Bowen, Illinois

[edit] Other

• Bowen (crater), a lunar crater
• HMAS Bowen, an Australian warship named after Bowen, Queensland
• Bowen's Disease, a sunlight-induced skin disease
• Bowen Theory, developed by Murray Bowen, M.D.
• Bowen's Kale, a calibration substance
• The Bowen knot, an emblem
• The Bowen ratio of energy flux
• The Bowen's reaction series
• Bowens International, a manufacturer of professional photographic lighting equipment
• The Bowen Technique, an alternative therapy
• Bowenite, a mineral
• Bowenia, a genus