Bowers (surname)
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LanguageOld English
MeaningA chamber; a cottage; a shady recess
Region of originEngland
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| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language | 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]
- 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
- Jane M. Bowers (1936–2022), American flautist, musicologist and feminist
- 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) (1928–2025), 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
