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The surname Bowers is of Saxon origin, derived from the word 'bur' meaning 'a chamber; a cottage; a shady recess'. Adding 'er' to the end of topographical terms was common in south east England. An alternative origin is "a maker of bows".




Persons


Barney Bowers (born 1959), British football player
Bryan Bowers (born 1940), American autoharp player
Brock Bowers (born 2002), American football player
Cedrick Bowers (born 1978), American baseball player
Charles Bowers (1889–1946), American cartoonist and comedian
Charles P. Bowers (1929–2015), American baseball player, coach, and scout
Chris Bowers (born 1974), American political blogger
Claude Bowers (1878–1958), American politician
DaQuan Bowers (born 1990), American football player
Dane Bowers (born 1979), British pop singer, songwriter and producer
David Bowers (director), English animator and film director
David A. Bowers (born 1952), the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia
David Frederick Bowers (1906–1945), American philosopher
Dorothy Bowers (1902–1948), British novelist
Drew Bowers (1886–1985), American politician
Eaton J. Bowers (1865–1939), American politician
Eden Bowers, Dominican politician, Speaker of the House of Assembly
Edgar Bowers (1924–2000), American poet
Edward Charles Bowers (1845–1929), Canadian politician
Eilley Bowers (1826–1903), American miner, socialite and fortune-teller
Elaine Bowers (born 1963), American politician
Elizabeth Crocker Bowers (1830–1895), American actress
Faubion Bowers (1917–1999), American author and orientalist
Fredson Bowers (1905–1991), American bibliographer and scholar
Geoffrey Bowers (1954–1987), American lawyer, plaintiff in early AIDS discrimination case
George Bowers (filmmaker) (1944–2012), American film director and editor
George Hull Bowers (1794–1872), British cleric
George M. Bowers (1863–1925), American politician
Georgina Bowers (1836–1912), British artist
Henry Francis Bowers (1837–1911), American anti-Catholic activist
Henry Monroe Bowers (1949–2023) American retiree
Henry Robertson Bowers (1883–1912), British seaman and Antarctic explorer
Jack Bowers (1908–1970), British football player
Jack E. Bowers (1925–2007), American politician and lawyer
Jane Bowers (1921–2000), American folk singer and songwriter
John Bowers (actor) (1885–1936), American stage and silent film actor
John Bowers (bishop) (1854–1926), British Anglican bishop
John Bowers (diplomat) (1912–2004), British diplomat
John Bowers (loudspeaker builder) (1923–1987), British telecommunications engineer
John Bowers (writer) (born 1928), American writer
John C. Bowers (1811–1873), African American entrepreneur, organist, abolitionist
John M. Bowers (1772–1846), American politician
Joseph Bowers (1896–1936), American escapee from Alcatraz prison
Joseph Oliver Bowers (1910–2012), Dominican Catholic bishop
Kathryn I. Bowers (1943–2015), American politician
Kent Bowers (died 1985), Belizean murderer
Lally Bowers (1917–1984), British actress
Laurence Bowers (born 1990), American basketball player
Lee Bowers (1925–1966), witness to the assassination of John F. Kennedy
Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859–1910), American Solicitor General
M. F. Bowers, sheriff of El Paso County, Colorado, 1894–1896
Marci Bowers (born 1958), American gynecologist
Marianne Bowers, Tucson, Arizona Missing Person since 1984
Marianne Wood Bowers (born 1951), American retiree
Mike Bowers (born 1942), American lawyer, Attorney General of Georgia
Nick Bowers (born 1996), American football player
Peter M. Bowers (1918–2003), American aviation journalist
Q. David Bowers (born 1938), American numismatist
Thomas Bowers (singer) (c. 1826 – 1885), American concert singer
William W. Bowers (1834–1917), American politician
R. J. Bowers (born 1974), professional American football player
Robert Bowers (disambiguation), several people
Roni Bowers (died 2001), American Christian missionary
Ross Bowers (disambiguation)
Sam Bowers (gridiron football) (born 1957), American football player
Samuel Bowers (1924–2006), American leader of the Ku Klux Klan
Sean Bowers (born 1968), American soccer player
Shane Bowers (disambiguation), several people
Stephen Bowers, South Australian ceramicist and co-creator of the Yerrakartarta in Adelaide
Stephen C. Bowers, California politician during the American Civil War
Stew Bowers (1915–2005), American baseball player
Timmy Bowers (born 1982), American basketball player
Tony Bowers (born 1952), British pop musician
William Bowers (1916–1987), American screenwriter
Alex Bowers (born 1994), American physician




Fictional


Henry Bowers, an antagonist of Stephen King's IT




See also


Bauers, a similar surname
Bower (surname)




References

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