The surname Bowers is of Saxon origin, derived from the word 'bur' meaning 'a chamber; a cottage; a shady recess'.Search for Ancestors Accessed 7 January 2012 Adding 'er' to the end of topographical terms was common in south east England.Surname Database Accessed 7 January 2012 An alternative origin is "a maker of bows".House of Names Accessed 7 January 2012
People with the name
Albert Bowers, English professional rugby footballer Allen Bowers (born 1902), Australian rugby union player Andrea Bowers (born 1965), American artist Arthur Bowers (1919–1988), American politician Barney Bowers (born 1959), British football player Bathsheba Bowers (1671–1718), American Quaker author and preacher Bryan Bowers (born 1940), American autoharp player Brock Bowers (born 2002), American football player Cedrick Bowers (born 1978), American baseball player Charles Bowers (1889–1946), American cartoonist and comedian Charles P. Bowers (1929–2015), American baseball player, coach, and scout Chet Bowers (1935–2017), American educator, author, and environmental activist Chris Bowers (born 1974), American blogger and email manager Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (born 1945), English organist and composer Claude G. Bowers (1878–1958), American politician Clyde T. Bowers (1881–1968), American politician Cyril Y. Bowers, American professor of medicine Da'Quan Bowers (born 1990), American football player Dane Bowers (born 1979), British pop singer, songwriter and producer Dorothy Bowers (1902–1948), British novelist Drew Bowers (1886–1985), American politician Eaton J. Bowers (1865–1939), American politician Eden Bowers, Dominican politician Edgar Bowers (1924–2000), American poet Edward Charles Bowers (1845–1929), Canadian politician Edwin F. Bowers (1871–?), American alternative medicine activist Eilley Bowers (1826–1903), American miner, socialite and fortune-teller Elaine Bowers (born 1963), American politician Elizabeth Crocker Bowers (1830–1895), American actress Faubion Bowers (1917–1999), American author and orientalist Fredson Bowers (1905–1991), American bibliographer and scholar Geoffrey Bowers (1954–1987), American lawyer, plaintiff in early AIDS discrimination case Georgina Bowers (1836–1912), British artist Grace Bowers (born 2005), American blues rock guitarist and songwriter Jack Bowers (1908–1970), British football player Jack E. Bowers (1925–2007), American politician and lawyer Jane Bowers (1921–2000), American folk singer and songwriter Jane M. Bowers (1936–2022), American flautist, musicologist and feminist Joe Bowers, 20th-century English professional rugby league footballer Joseph Bowers (1896–1936), American escapee from Alcatraz prison Joseph Oliver Bowers (1910–2012), Dominican Catholic bishop Karl S. Bowers (1941–2012), American highway administrator Kathryn I. Bowers (1943–2015), American politician Kelci-Rose Bowers (born 2004), English professional footballer and model Kent Bowers (died 1985), Belizean murderer Kiara Bowers (born 1991), Australian rulers footballer Kimberly S. Bowers (born 1965), American businesswoman Kris Bowers (born 1989), American composer, pianist, and director Lally Bowers (1917–1984), British actress Laurence Bowers (born 1990), American basketball player Lee Bowers (1925–1966), witness to the assassination of John F. Kennedy Lefty Bowers (1909–1978), American professional baseball pitcher Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859–1910), American Solicitor General M. F. Bowers, 19th-century American sherriff from Colorado Marci Bowers (born 1958), American gynecologist Mike Bowers (born 1942), American lawyer and politician from Georgia Nick Bowers (born 1996), American football player Percy Bowers (1856–1922), British Anglican priest R. J. Bowers (born 1974), American football player Rhetta Bowers (born 1967), Americna politician Roni Bowers (died 2001), American Christian missionary Russell Bowers (born 1952), American politician from Arizona Sam Bowers (gridiron football) (born 1957), American football player Samuel Bowers (1924–2006), American Ku Klux Klan leader Scotty Bowers (1923–2019), American author and prostitute Sean Bowers (born 1968), American soccer player Stephen Bowers, Australian ceramicist and co-creator of the Yerrakartarta in Adelaide Stephen C. Bowers, California politician Stew Bowers (1915–2005), American baseball player Timmy Bowers (born 1982), American basketball player Tony Bowers (born 1952), British pop musician Veronza Bowers Jr. (born 1946), American musician and Black Panther Party member
Fictional Henry Bowers, an antagonist of Stephen King's It
Disambiguation Billy Bowers (disambiguation) Chris Bowers (disambiguation) David Bowers (disambiguation) Edward Bowers (disambiguation) George Bowers (disambiguation) Henry Bowers (disambiguation) John Bowers (disambiguation) Mary Bowers (disambiguation) Peter Bowers (disambiguation) Raymond Bowers (disambiguation) Richard Bowers (disambiguation) Robert Bowers (disambiguation) Ross Bowers (disambiguation) Shane Bowers (disambiguation) Thomas Bowers (disambiguation) William Bowers (disambiguation)
See also Bauers, a similar surname Bower (surname)
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