Chown is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

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Samuel Dwight Chown Samuel Dwight Chown (11 April 1853 – 30 January 1933) was a Methodist minister who led the Methodist Church of Canada into the United Church of Canada in 1925. Early years Samuel Dwight Chown was born on 11 April 1853 in Kingston, then in Canad ...

(1853–1933), Methodist minister instrumental in the formation of the United Church of Canada *

Alice Amelia Chown Alice Amelia Chown (3 February 1866 – 2 March 1949) was a Canadian feminist, pacifist, socialist and author. She was brought up in a strict Methodist family, and remained at home until she was forty attending her mother, who died in 1906. Chown t ...

(1866–1949), Canadian pacifist, social feminist and author *

Bruce Chown The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a ...

(1893–1986), Canadian scientist * Chris and Gunna Chown, co-owners of the

Plas Bodegroes Plas Bodegroes is a former Georgian country house which stands in its own grounds near Pwllheli, Gwynedd on the Llŷn Peninsula. The grade II* listed building, previously a restaurant is now a self catering holiday home. The house was built in 17 ...

restaurant in Wales * Gordon Chown, member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, Manitoba, Canada, 1957–1963 * Jeffrey Chown, American professor of communication studies at Northern Illinois University, biographer of director

Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five A ...

Kevin Chown Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicized from , an ...

(born 1969), American musician, bassist for Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats and others *

Marcus Chown Marcus Chown (born 1959) is a science writer, journalist and broadcaster, currently cosmology consultant for ''New Scientist'' magazine. Biography He graduated from the Queen Mary University of London in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in physics ...

(born 1959), British science writer and broadcaster * Nick Chown, bassist for the 1980s English music group The Bolshoi

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Mount Chown Mount Chown is Alberta's 36th highest peak. It is named after the Reverend Samuel Dwight Chown. It is located in the northwest corner of Jasper National Park on the border with the Willmore Wilderness Park. It lies between the Chown and Resthaven ...

, a mountain in Alberta, Canada * Chown Creek, a tributary of the

Smoky River The Smoky River is a river in western Alberta, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Peace River. The descriptive name refers to the presence of "smouldering beds of coal in the riverbank" noted by the Cree Indians. It drains an area of . Fro ...

in Western Alberta, Canada * Mackenzie Chown Complex at Brock University in Ontario, Canada

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* chown, a UNIX operating system command

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