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Bown is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andy Bown (born 1946), English musician * Archie Bown (1882–1958), English football (soccer) striker * Arthur Bown (1851–1916), English architect * Chuck Bown (born 1954), NASCAR champion * Heather Bown (born 1978), American volleyball player * Henry Edwin Bown (1845–1881), English architect * Jane Bown (born 1925), British photographer * Jim Bown (born 1960), NASCAR driver * John Young Bown (1821–1890), Canadian physician * Paul Bown (born 1957), British actor * Ralph Bown (1891–1971), noted American radio pioneer * Stuart Bown (born 1978), Australian rules footballer See also * Bowne (surname) * Bowen (surname) * Bowens (surname) Bowens is a surname of Welsh origin, it is a alteration of Bowen with English patronymic-s. Modified spelling of Dutch Bouwens, an alteration of Bauwens. * David Bowens (born 1977), American football player * Tom Bowens (born 1940), American bas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andy Bown
Andrew Steven Bown (born 27 March 1946) is an English musician, who has specialised in keyboards and bass guitar. He is a member of the rock band Status Quo. Career Bown's first major band was The Herd, along with Peter Frampton. After The Herd dissolved he spent two years with Judas Jump who were the opening act of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970. He played eyboards at firstfor Frampton in the 1970s then switched to bass briefly when Rick Wills departed the Peter Frampton band in early 1975. Bown himself left the Frampton entourage less than a year later, just as Frampton was on the verge of achieving worldwide success. He went back to England where he first dabbled with a solo career (recording two solo albums for Bill Gaff's GM label, US Mercury), then resumed work with Status Quo whom he started playing keyboards for in 1973 as a session musician, including sessions with Jerry Lee Lewis on the London Sessions Album. Andy first appeared on Quo's '' Hello!'' album in that ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Archie Bown
Archie Bown (1882 – 19 August 1958) was a football inside left. Football career Born in Highworth, Wiltshire, Bown began his football career playing for the local Swindon Casuals team. It was here that Swindon Town spotted him and offered him a trial, playing one first team match in February 1904. Having not proved himself adequately he returned to his old team and his job as a turner and fitter in the Great Western Railway's Workshop. Bown returned to Swindon Town in 1907, signing a professional contract. He went on to score 9 goals in 16 appearances that season and regularly appeared on the scoresheet from then on. 1911/12 was his most prolific season for the club, when he scored 23 goals in Southern League matches. He was part of the team that from 1909–12 won the Dubonnet Cup and the Southern Charity Cup, whilst also becoming Runner's up of the Charity Shield and twice FA Cup semi-finalists. He scored a goal in the 1912 FA Cup run that ultimately knocked Everton out ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chuck Bown
Richard Charles "Chuck" Bown Jr. (born February 22, 1954) is a former NASCAR champion. His last ride came in 1999. He lives with his wife in Asheboro, North Carolina. He is the brother of former fellow NASCAR competitor Jim Bown. 1970s Bown made his NASCAR debut in 1972 in the Winston Cup Series. At the age of seventeen, he ran the Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway the No. 27 Plymouth owned by his father Dick. Bown started 22nd but finished 32nd that day after crashing on lap 88. Bown made 2 more starts in the No. 27 that year, with his best finish being fourteenth at the second Riverside race. In 1973, Bown returned to the Winston Cup Series driving his father's No. 03 Dodge, finishing in the top-10 for the first time in his career at the Tuborg 400 at Riverside. In 1974, Bown again competed in the three California races on the Winston Cup Series schedule, the two events at Riverside as well as at Ontario Motor Speedway. His best finish was 20th. In 1976, B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heather Bown
Heather Erin Bown (born November 29, 1978) is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who played as a middle-blocker. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth place with the USA national team. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Bown made her third straight Olympic appearance in Beijing, helping Team USA to a silver medal. Early life and education Bown was born in Orange, California, and calls Yorba Linda, California home. She graduated from Esperanza High School in Anaheim where she was a three-year letterwinner. She was named all-CIF twice and played club volleyball for NIKE Ichiban that won the Junior Olympics in 1996. Bown attended University of California, Santa Barbara, for two seasons, where her squad advanced the NCAA regional finals in 1997. In her sophomore campaign, she was named to the all-Big West first team after finishing the season ranked ninth nationally in hitting ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jane Bown
Jane Hope Bown CBE (13 March 1925 – 21 December 2014) was an English photographer who worked for ''The Observer'' newspaper from 1949. Her portraits, primarily photographed in black and white and using available light, received widespread critical acclaim and her work has been described by Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Lord Snowdon as "a kind of English Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cartier-Bresson." Life and work Bown was born in Eastnor, Herefordshire, Eastnor, Herefordshire on 13 March 1925. She described her childhood as happy, brought up in Dorset by women whom she believed to be her aunts. Bown said she was upset to realise, at the age of twelve, that one of them was her mother and her birth was illegitimate. This discovery precipitated her into delinquent behaviour in her adolescence, and acting coldly towards her mother. Her father had been the over sixty year old Charles Wentworth Bell who had employed her mother as a nurse. She first worked as a chart correct ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jim Bown
Jim Bown (born June 24, 1960) is an American former stock car racing driver. He has run a total of 23 Winston Cup Series races. He scored one top-ten result, a tenth-place finish at Riverside International Raceway in 1982. In the NASCAR Busch Series, he competed in 122 races, with four top-fives and one pole. He also made one Craftsman Truck Series race in 1997 at Portland Speedway and he finished sixteenth. He is the younger brother of 1990 Busch champion Chuck Bown. Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Winston Cup Series =Daytona 500= Busch Series Craftsman Truck Series References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bown, Jim 1960 births Living people NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from Portland, Oregon ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Young Bown
John Young Bown (December 30, 1821 – September 26, 1890) was a physician and Canadian political figure. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1872. He was born in Dorsetshire, England, in 1821. He studied at the University of St Andrews and received a degree in medicine. He was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Bown set up practice in Brantford, Ontario. He married Rebecca Campbell. He was elected to the 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada representing East Brant in 1861 and was re-elected in 1863. He represented Brant North as a Liberal-Conservative member in the 1st Canadian Parliament The 1st Canadian Parliament was in session from November 6, 1867, until July 8, 1872. The membership was set by the 1867 federal election from August 7 to September 20, 1867. It was prorogued prior to the 1872 election. It was controlled by a .... He died in Brantford in 1890. References 1821 births 1890 deaths English emigra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Bown
Paul Bown (born 11 October 1957) is an English actor. Acting career Bown is best known for playing a leading role in the Granada Television sitcom '' Watching'' (1987–1993) and ''Casualty'' in 2000 more recently as Philip Reid in BBC's ''Holby City''. He starred as an AA Patrolman in the television series by the BBC, ''The Last Salute'' at the end of the 1990s. Bown also appeared in November 2007, in acclaimed British drama ''Britz''. He appeared in the first episode of ''Mr. Bean'' as "The Student". He was in an episode of ''New Tricks'' on 25 August 2008. In 2009, he appeared briefly as Mike Bamber, chairman of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club, in the Brian Clough bio pic ''The Damned United''. In the 2010 Christmas Special of ''My Family'', he played the grandfather of a young girl who Ben meets whilst filling in for Father Christmas. Bown appeared in an advert for Toffee Crisp in the 1980s. Paul played Vladimir Ivanov in ''Heartbeat'' in 1994 and John Boaden in 20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ralph Bown
Ralph Bown (1891 – July 1971) was a noted American radio pioneer. Bown was born in Fairport, New York, and received his M.E., M.M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University where he also taught physics. He served as a captain in the United States Army Signal Corps in World War I, where he led vacuum tube development as head of its radio laboratories technical department, then joined the American Telephone and Telegraph Company research department, which in 1934 became Bell Laboratories. Bown's work focused on electromagnetic propagation, particularly for radio broadcasting, ship-to-shore communication, aircraft radios, and intercontinental telephony. He was also an expert in radar, and served as a division member and consultant of the National Defense Research Committee and expert consultant to the Secretary of War; in 1941 he visited England to study radar in combat operations. Bown became research director at Bell Labs, and on June 30, 1948, led a press conference announci ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stuart Bown
Stuart Bown (born 24 August 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the Adelaide Crows and for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Bown was recruited by Norwood from the West Broken Hill Robins and played a couple of seasons in the lower grades before making his league debut in 1999. He won the clubs Under 19's Best & Fairest award in 1997 as well as playing in the Redlegs SANFL U/19 Premiership the same year. He moved to the Reserves in 1998 and repeated his 1997 success by winning the Reserves Best & Fairest and playing in Norwood's SANFL Reserves Premiership. He made his league debut for the Redlegs against Central District in Round 3 of the 1999 season. His form with Norwood (and obvious potential) was such that he was added to the Adelaide Crows Rookie List in 2000. He was elevated to the senior list in 2001 and made his AFL debut for the Crows against at York Park in Launceston, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bowne (surname)
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Bowne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Bowne (1945–1989), American playwright and author * Andrew Bowne (c. 1638–c. 1708), American colonial politician *Borden Parker Bowne (1847–1910), theologian associated with American Methodism * John Bowne (1627–1695), English colonist in North America * Norwood Bowne (1813–1890), New York newspaper editor and politician * Obadiah Bowne (1822–1874), American politician from New York *Peter Bowne (1575–c. 1624), English physician * Samuel S. Bowne (1800–1865), American politician from New York * Walter Bowne (1770–1846), 59th Mayor of New York City See also * Bown (surname) * Bownes * Bowen (surname) * Bowens (surname) Bowens is a surname of Welsh origin, it is a alteration of Bowen with English patronymic-s. Modified spelling of Dutch Bouwens, an alteration of Bauwens. * David Bowens (born 1977), American football player * Tom Bowens (born 1940), American bas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bowen (surname)
Bowen is a Celtic surname representing two separate Celtic ethnicities, the Welsh ''ab Owain'' meaning "son of Owen" (Owen meaning 'noble') and the Irish ''Ó Buadhacháin'' meaning "descendant of Bohan" (Bohan meaning 'victorious'). The Bowen lineage can be traced back to Llwyngwair in the 11th century, near Nevern in Pembrokeshire. The Bowen surname was adopted in 1424. There are seven Bowen crests and the Bowen/Owen family group share a tartan. The Bowen/Bowens surnames are more commonly found in southern Wales, while the Owen/Owens surnames are more commonly found in northern Wales. This is a list of notable people born with the last name Bowen and people who married into the Bowen family. * Adam Bowen, American billionaire businessman, co-founder of Juul * Sir Albert Bowen, 1st Baronet (1858–1924), British-Argentinian businessman * Albert E. Bowen (1875–1953), American member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Alex Bowen (skier) (born 1991), American ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |