Bowers (surname)

Bowers

A cottage
Origin
Language(s)	Old English
Meaning	A chamber; a cottage; a shady recess
Region of origin	England

The surname Bowers is of Saxon origin, derived from the word 'bur' meaning 'a chamber; a cottage; a shady recess'. ^[1] Adding 'er' to the end of topographical terms was common in south east England. ^[2] An alternative origin is "a maker of bows". ^{[2] [3]}

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), American politician from 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
• 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 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 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), 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, American politician from Colorado
• Marci Bowers (born 1958), American gynecologist
• Mike Bowers (born 1942), American lawyer and politician from 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), 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 Ku Klux Klan leader
• Sean Bowers (born 1968), American soccer player
• Shane Bowers (disambiguation), several people
• Stephen Bowers, Australian ceramicist and co-creator of the Yerrakartarta in Adelaide
• Stephen C. Bowers, California politician
• 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

Fictional

• Henry Bowers, an antagonist of Stephen King's IT

See also

• Bauers, a similar surname
• Bower (surname)

References

1. Search for Ancestors Accessed 7 January 2012
2. Surname Database Accessed 7 January 2012
3. House of Names Accessed 7 January 2012