Bowser (surname)

Bowser is a surname. It is of Norman origin and it either comes from Beausire which was given to a person who frequently used the informal Norman greeting beu sire, which means "good sir", or "fine sir",^[1] or from Bouser which originally means "dweller of place with bushes".^[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Arda Bowser (1899–1996), professional football player
• Charley Bowser (1898–1989), American football coach
• Doug Bowser, former president of Nintendo of America
• John Bowser (1856–1936), Australian politician and 26th Premier of Victoria
• George Bowser, Canadian comedian, of Bowser and Blue duo
• John W. Bowser (1892–1956), Canadian who supervised construction of the Empire State Building
• Jonathon Earl Bowser, Canadian artist and illustrator of Zabibah and the King
• Mary Bowser, American freed slave who worked as a Union spy during the American Civil War
• Muriel Bowser, current Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C.
• Ryan Bowser, music producer
• Sylvanus Bowser (1854–1938), American inventor
• Tyus Bowser (born 1995), American football player for the Baltimore Ravens
• William John Bowser (1867–1933), Canadian politician and 17th Premier of British Columbia
• Yvette Lee Bowser, American television writer and producer