Owsley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alvin M. Owsley
Alvin Mansfield Owsley (June 11, 1888 – April 3, 1967) was an American diplomat who served as the National Commander of the American Legion from 1922 to 1923, and later served as United States minister to Romania, the Irish Free State, and D ...
(1888–1967), American diplomat
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Augustus Owsley Stanley (1867–1958), Kentucky politician; campaigned against alcohol prohibition in the 1920s; grandfather of Owsley/Bear; descendant of William Owsley
* Augustus Owsley Stanley III (1935–2011), better known as
Owsley Stanley
Augustus Owsley Stanley III (January 19, 1935 – March 12, 2011) was an American-Australian audio engineer and clandestine chemist. He was a key figure in the San Francisco Bay Area hippie movement during the 1960s and played a pivotal role ...
, American audio engineer and clandestine chemist
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Bryan Owsley (1798–1849), Kentucky politician
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Charles Henry Owsley (1846–1935), English-born American architect
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Douglas W. Owsley
Douglas W. Owsley, Ph.D. (born July 21, 1951) is an American anthropologist who is the current Head of Physical Anthropology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). He is widely regarded as one of the most prominent and in ...
(born 1951), forensic anthropologist and Division Head of Physical Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History
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Frank Lawrence Owsley (1890–1956), American historian
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Henry Furlow Owsley III, American investment banker
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Jack Owsley
John Ebsworth Owsley (March 17, 1883 – July 14, 1953) was an American football player and coach and businessman. He played college football, principally as a left halfback, for Yale University from 1901 to 1904. He was the head coach of Yale's ...
(1883–1953), American football player, coach and businessman
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Lily Owsley (born 1994), English field hockey player
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Monroe Owsley (1900–1937), American actor
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Perry L. Owsley (1915–1979), American judge
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William Owsley (1782–1862), Kentucky politician, ancestor of Augustus Owsley Stanley and his grandson, Owsley Stanley/Bear
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William Owsley (Montana politician) (1842–1919), American politician
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