Cowen () or Cowan is a surname of both

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

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Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

origins (see Cowan urnamefor further information). Notable people with the surname include: * Barry Cowen (born 1967), Irish politician, son of Bernard Cowen * Bernard Cowen (1932–1984), Irish politician, father of Brian and Barry Cowen *

Brian Cowen Brian Bernard Cowen (born 10 January 1960) is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011. Cowen was elected to Dáil Éireann in 1984, for the constituency of Laois–Offaly and served in a ...

(born 1960), Irish Taoiseach, former Minister for Finance and Leader of the Fianna Fáil party, son of Bernard Cowen * Elise Cowen (1933–1962), American Beat poet * Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852–1935), British pianist, conductor, and composer *

Joseph Cowen Joseph Cowen, Jr., (9 July 1829 – 18 February 1900) was an English radical Liberal politician and journalist. He was a firm friend to Anglo-Jewry, and an early advocate of Jewish emancipation, regularly contributing to ''The Jewish Chronic ...

(1829–1900), English politician and journalist *

Lenore Cowen Lenore Jennifer Cowen is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for her work in graph coloring, network routing, and computational biology. She is a professor of computer science and (by courtesy) of mathematics at Tufts Universit ...

(born ), American mathematician and computer scientist * Lillie Cowen (1850–1939), Jewish-Irish writer and Hebrew translator * Philip Cowen (1853–1943), Jewish-American newspaper publisher and immigration official *

Robert Cowen Robert E. Cowen (born September 4, 1930) is a Senior status, senior United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit based in Philadelphia. He joined the court in 1987 after bein ...

(born 1930), Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit *

Scott Cowen Scott S. Cowen (born 27 July 1946) is the President Emeritus and Distinguished University Chair of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was also Seymour S. Goodman Memorial Professor in the A.B. Freeman School of Business and pr ...

(born 1946), president of Tulane University *

Tyler Cowen Tyler Cowen (; born January 21, 1962) is an American economist, columnist and blogger. He is a professor at George Mason University, where he holds the Holbert L. Harris chair in the economics department. He hosts the economics blog ''Marginal R ...

(born 1962), American economist *

Zelman Cowen Sir Zelman Cowen, (7 October 1919 – 8 December 2011) was an Australian legal scholar and university administrator who served as the 19th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1977 to 1982. Cowen was born in Melbourne, and attended ...

(1919–2011), former Governor-General of Australia * Pete Cowen (born 1951), English golf coach

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