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Charles Gowan Charles Gowan (February 6, 1850 – July 3, 1938) was an American and Canadian pioneer and politician. He served as mayor of Antigo, Wisconsin and as a municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta. Biography Charles Gowan was born in New York ...

(1850–1938) * David Gowan, American politician from Arizona *

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 an ...

(1836–1889), attorney, president of Reading Railroad * Geoffrey Gowan (1929–2013), Canadian sports broadcaster * Hunter Gowan, Irish Protestant politician and militiaman * James Robert Gowan (1815–1909), Canadian lawyer, judge, and senator *

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 * John Curtis Gowan (1912–1986), psychologist who studied, along with E. Paul Torrance, the development of creative capabilities in children and gifted populations *

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 musician * Lee Gowan (born 1961), Canadian novelist *

Ogle Robert Gowan Ogle Robert Gowan (July 13, 1803 – August 21, 1876) was a farmer, Orangeman, journalist and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West. He was born in County Wexford, Ireland in 1803, the son of Hunter Gowan, an Orangeman and small ...

(1803–1876), Canadian-Irish politician *

Peter Gowan Peter Gowan (15 January 1946, Glasgow – 12 June 2009) was a Professor of International Relations at London Metropolitan University, activist, published author and public speaker. He was a member of the editorial committee of ''New Left Rev ...

(1946–2009), British academic *

Tay Gowan Tay Gowan (born January 7, 1998) is an American football cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCF and was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL ...

(born 1998), American football player *

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 Coq ...

(1884–1957), American sailor

Places

Gowan Block The Gowan Block, also known as the Masonic Block, was built as a commercial building and meeting hall located at 416 Ashmun Street in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Along with the next-door Adams Building, it is now part of the Park Place City Cen ...

, built as a commercial building and meeting hall located at 416 Ashmun Street in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan *

Gowan River Te Kauparenui / Gowan River is in the South Island of New Zealand. Its source is at Lake Rotoroa and travels 11 kilometres before feeding into the Buller River. Mixed farming and forestry occurs on both banks of the river. The river has int ...

, in New Zealand *

River Gowan, Cumbria The River Gowan is a short river in Cumbria, running easterly through the village of Ings before joining the River Kent at Staveley. Etymology It is difficult to determine where the river got its name. In Scottish English, ''gowan'' the name ...

, a short tributary of the River Kent

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* '' R. v. Gowan'', a March 1998 case tried by the Ontario Court of Justice which ruled that, while being topless as form of protest and free speech is legal, being topless while one engages in a commercial purpose such as prostitution is illegal *

Scots language Scots ( endonym: ''Scots''; gd, Albais, ) is an Anglic language variety in the West Germanic language family, spoken in Scotland and parts of Ulster in the north of Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots). Most commonly ...

name for any of various yellow or white field flowers, esp. the English daisy

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