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Bowie (surname) Bowie is a Scottish and Irish surname. The name can be derived from the Gaelic nickname ''buidhe'', meaning "yellow", " fair-haired". The surname can also be an Anglicised form of the Irish surname ''Ó Buadhaigh''; this surname means "descend ...

, origin of the surname and a list of people with the surname, including particularly: ** James Bowie (c. 1796–1836), Texan revolutionary **

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...

(1947–2016), English singer, songwriter, and actor *

Bowie Kuhn Bowie Kent Kuhn (; October 28, 1926 – March 15, 2007) was an American lawyer and sports administrator who served as the fifth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from February 4, 1969, to September 30, 1984. He served as legal counsel for Ma ...

(1926–2007), fifth Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Places

Bowie, Arizona Bowie is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census the population of Bowie was 449. History The Southern Pacific built a rail line through eastern Arizona in ...

, an unincorporated community * Bowie, Colorado, an unincorporated community * Bowie, Maryland, a city * Bowie County, Texas *

Bowie, Texas Bowie ( ) is a town in Montague County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,218 at the 2010 census. History On July 22, 1881, Bowie was incorporated as a town in Montague County, Texas. (There is also a Bowie County, which includes ...

, a city in Montague County * Fort Bowie, a 19th-century U.S. Army outpost in Arizona *

Bowie Seamount Bowie Seamount is a large submarine volcano in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, located west of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. The seamount is also known as Bowie Bank. In the Russian language, Bowie is called Гора Бауи (Gora Ba ...

, a submarine volcano on the coast of British Columbia, Canada *

Bowie hotspot The Bowie hotspot is a volcanic hotspot, located west of Haida Gwaii in the Pacific Ocean. Almost all magma created by the hotspot has the composition of basalt, and so the volcanoes are constructed almost entirely of this igneous rock. The eru ...

, a volcanic hotspot in the Pacific Ocean *

Bowie Canyon The Bowie Canyon is a submarine canyon A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley cut into the seabed of the continental slope, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf, having nearly vertical walls, and occasionally having canyon ...

, a submarine canyon in the Bering Sea *

Bowie Crevasse Field Bowie Crevasse Field is a large crevasse field at a break in slope on the Minnesota Glacier between the southeast end of the Bastien Range and Anderson Massif in the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the University of Minnesota ...

, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica

Entertainment

Bowie (Shining Force II) is a tactical role-playing game for the Mega Drive/Genesis console developed by Sonic! Software Planning in 1993. Its storyline is not directly connected to the original '' Shining Force'', although a Game Gear title '' Shining Force Gaiden: Fin ...

, the default name of the protagonist in the ''Shining Force II'' video game * "Bowie" (Flight of the Conchords), the sixth episode of the television series ''Flight of the Conchords'' *'' Bowie: A Biography'', a biography of David Bowie by Marc Spitz *''

Bowie – The Video Collection ''Bowie – The Video Collection'' is a video album by David Bowie, released in 1993. It included most official music videos made by Bowie between 1972 and 1990. Release and reception This video collection was released as a tie-in to the audio ...

'', a video album by David Bowie

Ships

* USC&GS ''Bowie'' (CSS 27), a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey coastal survey ship in commission from 1946 to 1967 * , a United States Navy attack transport in commission from 1944 to 1946

Other uses

* Bowie knife, popularized by Jim Bowie * Bowie State University, north of Bowie, Maryland *

Bowie Race Track The Bowie Race Track was a horse racing track located just outside the city limits of Bowie, Maryland. The one mile oval racetrack, known as Prince George's Park, was opened October 1, 1914 under the auspices of the Southern Maryland Agricultural ...

, Bowie, Maryland *

Bowie High School (disambiguation) Bowie High School may refer to: *Bowie High School (Arizona) in Bowie, Arizona *Bowie High School (Maryland) in Bowie, Maryland *Bowie High School (Arlington, Texas) in Arlington, Texas * Bowie High School (Austin, Texas) in Austin, Texas *Bowie Hi ...

, a list of high schools named Bowie

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