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* Barney Bowers (born 1959), British football player *

Bryan Bowers Bryan Bowers (born August 18, 1940 in Yorktown, Virginia) is an American autoharp player who is frequently credited with introducing the instrument to new generations of musicians. Career Bowers became very popular with the audience of the comed ...

(born 1940), American autoharp player * Cedrick Bowers (born 1978), American baseball player *

Charles Bowers Charles R. Bowers (June 6, 1887 – November 26, 1946) was an American cartoonist and slapstick comedian during the silent film and early "talkie" era. He was forgotten for decades and his name was notably absent from most histories of the Sil ...

(1889–1946), American cartoonist and comedian * Charles P. Bowers (1929–2015), American baseball player, coach and talent scout *

Chris Bowers Chris Bowers (born January 23, 1974) is a blogger for DailyKos and a manager of their email list. He was a blogger and co-founder of OpenLeft, and was until July 2007 a front-page blogger for MyDD. His focus is on polling and data-driven analy ...

(born 1974), American political blogger *

Claude Bowers Claude Gernade Bowers (November 20, 1878 – January 21, 1958) was a newspaper columnist and editor, author of best-selling books on American history, Democratic Party politician, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's ambassador to Spain (1933 ...

(1878–1958), American politician * DaQuan Bowers (born 1990), American football player *

Dane Bowers Dane Leon Bowers is a British singer, songwriter, DJ and producer. He was a part of pop boy band Another Level between 1997 and 2000 when he performed on seven Top 10 singles, before taking up solo projects with True Steppers and Victoria Beckh ...

(born 1979), British pop singer, songwriter and producer *

David Bowers (director) David Bowers (born 1970) is an English animator, film director, screenwriter and voice actor. Early life Bowers studied fine art at Chester School of Art and animation at West Surrey College of Art and Design. His first job was on ''Who Framed ...

, English animator and film director * David A. Bowers (born 1952), the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia * David Frederick Bowers (1906–1945), American philosopher * Drew Bowers (1886–1985), American politician * Eaton J. Bowers (1865–1939), American politician * Edgar Bowers (1924–2000), American poet *

Edward Charles Bowers Edward Charles Bowers (December 15, 1845 – January 19, 1929) was a politician, teacher and trader. Born in Westport, Colony of Nova Scotia, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1891 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represen ...

(1845–1929), Canadian politician * Eilley Bowers (1826–1903), American miner, socialite and fortune-teller * Elaine Bowers (born 1963), American politician *

Elizabeth Crocker Bowers Elizabeth Crocker Bowers (March 12, 1830 – November 6, 1895) was an American stage actress and theatrical manager. She was also known professionally as Mrs. D. P. Bowers. Early life Elizabeth Crocker Bowers was born March 12, 1830 in Stam ...

(1830–1895), American actress * Faubion Bowers (1917–1999), American author and orientalist *

Fredson Bowers Fredson Thayer Bowers (April 25, 1905 – April 11, 1991) was an American Bibliography, bibliographer and scholar of Textual criticism, textual editing. Life Bowers was a graduate of Brown University and Harvard University (Ph.D.). He taught at ...

(1905–1991), American bibliographer and scholar * Geoffrey Bowers (1954–1987), American lawyer, plaintiff in early AIDS discrimination case *

George Bowers (filmmaker) George Bowers (April 20, 1944 – August 18, 2012) was an American film director, Film editor, editor and producer. He had nearly thirty credits as a feature-film editor in a career spanning nearly forty years. Bowers was born in the Bronx, N ...

(born 1944), American film director and editor *

George Hull Bowers George Hull Bowers was Dean of Manchester in the mid part of the 19th century. Born in Staffordshire in 1794, he was educated at Clare College, Cambridge and ordained in 1819. He began his ecclesiastical career at Elstow after which he was Rec ...

(1794–1872), British cleric * George M. Bowers (1863–1925), American politician * Georgina Bowers (1836–1912), British artist * Henry Francis Bowers (1837–1911), American anti-Catholic activist *

Henry Robertson Bowers Henry Robertson Bowers (29 July 1883 – c. 29 March 1912) was one of Robert Falcon Scott's polar party on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910–1913, all of whom died during their return from the South Pole. Early life Bowers was b ...

(1883–1912), British seaman and Antarctic explorer *

Jack Bowers John William Anslow Bowers (22 February 1908 – 4 July 1970) was an English footballer, who was twice the top scorer in the Football League and made three appearances for England. Playing career Early days Bowers was born in Low Santon, nea ...

(1908–1970), British football player * Jack E. Bowers (1925–2007), American politician and lawyer *

Jane Bowers Jane Bowers (May 29, 1921 – June 18, 2000) was a Texas folk singer and songwriter best known for her composition " Remember the Alamo". Many of her songs were primarily recorded by the Kingston Trio The Kingston Trio is an American folk ...

(1921–2000), American folk singer and songwriter *

John Bowers (actor) John Bowers (born John E. Bowersox; December 25, 1885 – November 17, 1936) was an American stage and silent film actor who starred in 94 films including several short subjects. He has been identified as being an inspiration for the character ...

(1885–1936), American stage and silent film actor * John Bowers (bishop) (1854–1926), British Anglican bishop * John Bowers (diplomat) (1912–2004), British diplomat * John Bowers (loudspeaker builder) (1923–1987), British telecommunications engineer * John Bowers (writer) (born 1928), American writer * John C. Bowers (1811–1873),

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

entrepreneur, organist, abolitionist * John M. Bowers (1772–1846), American politician *

Joseph Bowers Joseph "Dutch" Bowers (December 13, 1896 – April 27, 1936) was the first man to attempt an escape from Alcatraz prison. He was born in Rohrbach, Austria. Bowers was arrested for robbery of mail with a firearm. Alcatraz Bowers arrived at Alc ...

(1896–1936), American escapee from Alcatraz prison *

Joseph Oliver Bowers Joseph Oliver Bowers, SVD (28 March 1910 – 5 November 2012) was a prelate of the Catholic Church from Dominica, who served as Bishop of St. Johns -Basseterre from 1971 to 1981. He previously served as Bishop of Accra on the then Gold Coa ...

(1910–2012), Dominican Catholic bishop *

Kathryn I. Bowers Kathryn Inez Bowers (May 2, 1943 – May 13, 2015) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and member of the Tennessee General Assembly who left office after being implicated in the Operation Tennessee Waltz, Tenness ...

(1943–2015), American politician * Kent Bowers (died 1985), Belizean murderer *

Lally Bowers Kathleen "Lally" Bowers (21 January 1914 – 18 July 1984) was an English actress. Bowers was born in Oldham, Lancashire, where she was educated at Hulme Grammar School. She worked as a secretary before walking-on and understudying at the ...

(1917–1984), British actress * Lee Bowers (1925–1966), witness to the assassination of John F. Kennedy *

Lloyd Wheaton Bowers Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (March 9, 1859 – September 9, 1910) was an American lawyer. Life and career Bowers was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel Dwight Bowers and Martha Wheaton Dowd. On both sides, his ancestors were Purita ...

(1859–1910), American Solicitor General * M. F. Bowers, sheriff of El Paso County, Colorado, 1894–1896 *

Marci Bowers Marci Lee Bowers (born January 18, 1958) is an American gynecologist and surgeon who specializes in gender confirmation surgeries. Bowers is viewed as an innovator in gender confirmation/affirmation surgery, and is the first transgender woman t ...

(born 1958), American gynecologist *

Mike Bowers Michael Joseph Bowers (born October 7, 1941) was the Attorney General of Georgia from 1981 to 1997 before mounting an unsuccessful campaign for Georgia Governor. Bowers was a Democrat through 1994, at which time he joined the Republican Party. B ...

(born 1942), American lawyer, Attorney General of Georgia *

Nick Bowers Nick Bowers (born May 26, 1996) is an American football tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State. Early life and high school Bowers attended Kittanning High School and ...

(born 1996), American football player * Peter M. Bowers (1918–2003), American aviation journalist * Q. David Bowers (born 1938), American numismatist * Thomas Bowers (singer) (c. 1826 – 1885), American concert singer * William W. Bowers (1834–1917), American politician * R. J. Bowers (born 1974), professional American football player * Robert Bowers (disambiguation), several people * Roni Bowers (died 2001), American Christian missionary * Ross Bowers (disambiguation) * Sam Bowers (gridiron football) (born 1957), American football player *

Samuel Bowers Samuel Holloway Bowers (August 25, 1924 – November 5, 2006) was a convicted murderer and a leading white supremacist in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. He was Grand Dragon of the Mississippi Original Knights of the Ku Klux Kla ...

(1924–2006), American leader of the Ku Klux Klan *

Sean Bowers Sean Patrick Bowers (born August 12, 1968) is a retired U.S. soccer defender. He spent most of his career playing indoor soccer, earning the 1992 NPSL Rookie of the Year, four-time Defender of the Year and a six-time first team All Star in fou ...

(born 1968), American soccer player * Shane Bowers (disambiguation), several people * Stephen Bowers, South Australian ceramicist and co-creator of the '' Yerrakartarta'' in Adelaide * Stephen C. Bowers, California politician during the American Civil War * Stew Bowers (1915–2005), American baseball player *

Timmy Bowers Timmy, or sometimes Timmie, is a masculine name, a short form of Timothy or Tim. This variation is popular as a nickname and is commonly used when someone is young, but is often used in adulthood. It is a version of the Greek name ( Timόtheos ...

(born 1982), American basketball player *

Tony Bowers Tony Bowers (born 31 October 1952, England) is a musician based in Italy and Ireland who has worked with many bands, including Simply Red in the 1980s. Career Bowers debuted in the blues band, Blind Eye (1971–1972), as second guitarist, altho ...

(born 1952), British pop musician *

William Bowers William Bowers (January 17, 1916 – March 27, 1987) was an American reporter, playwright, and screenwriter. He worked as a reporter in Long Beach, California and for ''Life'' magazine, and specialized in writing comedy-westerns. He also turn ...

(1916–1987), American screenwriter * Alex Bowers (born 1994), American physician

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* Henry Bowers, an antagonist of Stephen King's IT

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