Bowen can have several meanings:

• The town of Bowen, Queensland, Australia
• The town of Bowen, Illinois
• Bowen Bridge in Tasmania, Australia
• Bowen Hills, Queensland , the suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Bowen Island in British Columbia, Canada
• HMAS Bowen, the Australian warship named after Bowen, Queensland
• Bowen's Disease, a sunlight-induced skin disease
• Bowen Theory or Family Systems Theory, developed by Murray Bowen, M.D.
• Bowen's Kale, a calibration substance
• The main character in the movie Dragonheart
• The Bowen ratio of energy flux

Bowen is also surname, originating from Welsh language, "ap Owen" ("son of Owen"). Famous Bowens include:

• Albert E. Bowen (1875–1953), of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Andrea Bowen (1990–), the actress
• Catherine Drinker Bowen, American author, historian
• Charles Bowen, 1st Baron Bowen (1835–1894), the English judge
• Chris Bowen, the Australian politician
• Dan Bowen, the American politician
• Edmund Bowen (1898–1981), the British chemist
• Edward Bowen (1836–1901), the Harrow schoolmaster
• Edward 'Taffy' Bowen (1911–1991) British radar pioneer
• Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973), the Irish novelist
• Francis Bowen (1811–1890), the American philosophical writer and educationalist
• Sir George Ferguson Bowen (1821–1899), the British colonial administrator
• Humphry Bowen (1929–2001), the British botanist and chemist
• Ira Sprague Bowen (1898–1973), the American astronomer
• Jeremy Bowen (1960–), the British journalist and television presenter
• Jerry Bowen, CBS News correspondent
• Jim Bowen (1937–), the British stand-up comedian
• Joe Bowen (1951–), the voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs
• John C. Bowen (1872–1957), the Canadian clergyman
• John T. Bowen, the doctor who first described Bowen's Disease
• Jonathan Bowen (1956–), the British computer scientist
• Jonathan L. Bowen (1982–), the online film reviewer and author
• Julie Bowen (1970–), the American actress
• Lionel Bowen (1922–), the Australian politician
• Murray Bowen, M.D. (1913–1990), the American psychiatrist and originator of Family Systems Theory
• Norman L. Bowen (1887–1956), the Canadian geochemist and petrologist
• Otis R. Bowen (1918–), physician and former Governor of Indiana and Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Rhys Bowen, mystery writer
• Richard Bowen (1761–1797), the British naval commander
• Rufus Bowen (1947–1978), the American mathematician
• Roger Bowen (1932–1996), the American actor
• Ryan Bowen, NBA forward
• Ryan Bowen, 1990s MLB baseball pitcher
• York Bowen (1884–1961), an English composer
• William Bowen, the American academic

You may also be interested in:

• Charles Bowen-Cooke (1859–1920), the British railway engineer
• Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (1965–), the British interior designer and television personality
• Tim Bowens (1973–), the American Football player
• Bowens International Manufacturer of professional photographic lighting equipment.

External links

• Online Bowens around the world!

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