Gowan is an Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language or Irish-language surname derived from the occupation of
smith.
[https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=gowan] Notable people with the surname include:
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Charles Gowan (1850–1938), American and Canadian pioneer and politician
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David Gowan
David M. Gowan Sr. is an American politician who currently serves in the Arizona Senate from January 14, 2019, and previously as Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 2015–2017 legislative session and a Representative for Leg ...
, American politician from Arizona
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Douglas Gowan (1942/43-2018), British PCB pollution researcher
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Franklin B. Gowen
Franklin Benjamin Gowen (February 9, 1836 – December 13, 1889) served as president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (commonly referred to as the Reading Railroad) in the 1870s/80s. He is identified with the undercover infiltration a ...
(1836–1889), American attorney and president of Reading Railroad
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Geoffrey Gowan Geoffrey Gowan, CM, (November 2, 1929 – May 16, 2013) was Canadian sports broadcaster for the CBC and a sport executive at Coaching Association of Canada. He died at the age of 83 after battling with Parkinson's disease since 1996.
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(1929–2013), Canadian sports broadcaster
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Hunter Gowan
John Hunter Gowan (the second) born c. 1727, died c. 28 May 1824,
commonly known simply as 'Hunter Gowan' was an Irish loyalist and leader of a yeomanry corps known as the 'Black Mob', which was accused of committing atrocities against Catholic c ...
, Irish Protestant politician and militiaman
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R. v. Gowan
''R. v. Gowan'' is a March 1998 case tried by the Ontario Court of Justice which ruled that, while a woman being topless as form of protest and free speech is legal, her being topless while she engages in a commercial purpose such as prostitution i ...
'', a 1998 Ontario Court of Justice case forbidding women being topless in public for commercial purposes
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James Robert Gowan
Sir James Robert Gowan, (December 22, 1815 – March 18, 1909) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and senator.
Born in Cahore, County Wexford, Ireland, the son of Henry Hatton Gowan and Elizabeth Burkitt, he was educated privately in Dublin. I ...
(1815–1909), Canadian lawyer, judge, and senator
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James Gowan
James Gowan (18 October 1923 – 12 June 2015) was a Scottish-born architect known for his post-modernist designs of the "engineering style" which influenced a generation of British architects.
Life
Gowan was born in Pollokshields, Glasgow in ...
(1923–2015), Scottish architect
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John Curtis Gowan
John Curtis Gowan (May 21, 1912 – December 2, 1986) was a psychologist who studied, along with E. Paul Torrance, the development of creative capabilities in children and gifted populations.
Life
John Curtis Gowan was born May 21, 1912 in Bosto ...
(1912–1986), American psychologist and academic
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Lawrence Gowan
Lawrence Henry Gowan (born 22 November 1956) is a Scottish born Canadian singer and keyboardist. He was born in Glasgow and raised in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario. Gowan has been both a solo artist and lead vocalist and keyboard ...
(born 1956), Canadian solo musician and member of Styx
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Lee Gowan
Nelson Lee Gowan (born in 1961) is a Canadian novelist.
Gowan grew up on a farm near Swift Current, Saskatchewan, and studied at the University of British Columbia, where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing. Gowan is pre ...
(born 1961), Canadian novelist
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Ogle Robert Gowan (1803–1876), Canadian-Irish politician
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Peter Gowan (1946–2009), British academic
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Tay Gowan (born 1998), American football player
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William Henry Gowan
William Henry Gowan (June 2, 1884 – May 22, 1957) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the medal for his fire-fighting efforts during a blaze in ...
(1884–1957), American sailor
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References
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Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames
Anglicised Irish-language surnames