Bowker

Bowker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Bowker, Canadian diplomat and educator * Albert H. Bowker (1919–2008), American educator *

Aldrich Bowker Aldrich Bowker (January 1, 1875 – March 21, 1947) was an American stage and film actor. Biography Bowker was born in Ashby, Massachusetts. He graduated from Fitchburg High School. His debut came in Boston in a stage adaptation of ''The Ch ...

(1875–1947), American actor *

Art Bowker Art Bowker (born 1961 in Ohio), is an author and cybercrime specialist in corrections (pretrial, probation, and parole Parole (also known as provisional release or supervised release) is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the ...

(born 1961), American writer * David Bowker (sailor) (1922–2020), British sailor * David Bowker (writer), British author and screenwriter *

Emily Bowker Emily Bowker is a British actress who has appeared on television in programmes such as Neighbours, High School Musical The TV Show Starring Emily Bowker '' Upstairs Downstairs'', '' Shameless'', ''Torchwood'', '' Holby City'', ''Wire in the Bloo ...

, British actress *

Geoffrey C. Bowker Geoffrey C. Bowker is Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. He moved to UCI at the start of 2012, having held the positions of Professor and Senior Scholar in Cyberscholarship at the University of Pittsburgh School of ...

, American professor of informatics *

Gordon Bowker Gordon Bowker is an American entrepreneur. He began as a writer and went on to co-found Starbucks with Jerry Baldwin and Zev Siegl. He was later a co-owner of Peet's Coffee & Tea and Redhook Ale Brewery. Biography Following the death of his ...

, American businessman *

Horace Bowker Horace Bowker (1877–1954) was a farm economist and businessman, born in Massachusetts and attended Harvard University. He led the American Agricultural Chemical Company from 1918 - 1937 during the Great Depression and was one of the business leade ...

(1877–1954), American businessman *

James Bowker Sir (Reginald) James Bowker (2 July 1901 – 15 December 1983) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Burma, Turkey and Austria. Career Bowker was educated at Charterhouse School and Oriel College, Oxford. He joined the Diplomatic Serv ...

(1901–1983), British ambassador *

James Henry Bowker Colonel James Henry Bowker (23 August 1825 – 27 October 1900), was a South African naturalist, archaeologist and soldier. He was co-author with Roland Trimen of ''South African Butterflies'' (1887–89; 3 vols.). Early life Bowker was th ...

(1822–1900), South African naturalist and soldier *

Joe Bowker Joe Bowker (12 June 1881 – 31 October 1955) was a British boxer who was world bantamweight champion from 1904 to 1905. His defeat of Frankie Neil on 17 October in London for the world bantamweight title was acclaimed as the most remarkable e ...

(1881–1955), English boxer *

John Bowker (theologian) John Westerdale Bowker (born 30 July 1935) is an English Anglican priest and pioneering scholar of religious studies. A former Director of Studies and Dean of Chapel at Corpus Christi and Trinity College, Cambridge he is credited with introdu ...

(born 1935), English Anglican priest and scholar *

John Bowker (baseball) John Brite Bowker (born July 8, 1983) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Philadelphia Phillies and in Nippon P ...

(born 1983), American baseball player *

Joseph Bowker Joseph Bowker (December 28, 1725 – July 2, 1784) was an early political and governmental leader of Vermont and was the first Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. Biography Joseph Bowker was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, on Dec ...

(1725–1784), American politician *

Judi Bowker Judi Bowker (born 6 April 1954) is an English film and television actress. Biography Bowker was born in Shawford, Hampshire, England, the daughter of Alfred J. Bowker and Ann Fairweather, who had married in 1947. The family moved to the Britis ...

(born 1954), English actress *

Keith Bowker Keith Bowker (born 18 April 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored 81 goals from 307 appearances in the Football League. Bowker began his career as an apprentice at Birmingham City, turning profess ...

(born 1951), Former English Professional Footballer * Neville Bowker, Rhodesian fighter ace *

Peter Bowker Peter Bowker (born 5 January 1959) is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for the television serials ''Blackpool'' (2004), a musical drama about a shady casino owner; ''Occupation'' (2009), which follows three military servic ...

(born 1958), British playwright and screenwriter *

Radney Bowker Radney Bowker (born 5 February 1979) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for Leigh Centurions ( Heritage No. 1138) (two spells), St. Helens ( Heritage No. 1108) (lo ...

(born 1979), British rugby player *

Richard Bowker (Australian businessman) Richard Ryther Steer Bowker (30 August 1815 – 3 April 1903) was an Australian mariner, physician, surgeon and politician. Early life and education Bowker was the son of Thomas Dawson and Elizabeth Steer and born at Campsall, Yorkshire, Engla ...

(1815–1903), Australian physician, surgeon and politician *

Richard Rogers Bowker Richard Rogers "R. R." Bowker (September 4, 1848 – November 12, 1933) was a journalist, editor of ''Publishers Weekly'' and ''Harper's Magazine,'' and founder of the R. R. Bowker Company. Early life and education Richard Rogers Bowker was born ...

(1848–1933), American journalist and businessman :*

R. R. Bowker R. R. Bowker LLC (trading as Bowker) is an American limited liability company domiciled under Delaware Limited Liability Company Law and based in Chatham, New Jersey. Among other things, Bowker provides bibliographic information on publishe ...

, American publishing industry support company *

Richard Bowker (British businessman) Richard Bowker CBE (born 1966) is the former chairman of UK Athletics and independent director of the English Football League. He is a former chief executive of National Express and Etihad Railway and former chairman and chief executive of the St ...

(born 1966), CEO of National Express and Strategic Rail Authority * Richard Bowker (writer) (born 1950), American writer of crime and science fiction * Silas Bowker (1769–1834), American politician {{surname, Bowker