Bown is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Andy Bown (born 1946), English musician
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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 ...
(1882–1958), English football (soccer) striker
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Arthur Bown (1851–1916), English architect
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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 ma ...
(born 1954), NASCAR champion
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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 plac ...
(born 1978), American volleyball player
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Henry Edwin Bown (1845–1881), English architect
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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 cri ...
(born 1925), British photographer
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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 Ser ...
(born 1960), NASCAR driver
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John Young Bown (1821–1890), Canadian physician
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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 ''H ...
(born 1957), British actor
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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 ...
(1891–1971), noted American radio pioneer
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Stuart Bown (born 1978), Australian rules footballer
See also
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Bowne (surname) 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 A ...
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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 li ...
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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 ...
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