Cowan (surname)
Cowan is a surname. It is an anglicized form of the old Scottish Gaelic MacEoghain or MacEoin. Irish variants include MacOwen, MacCown, MacCone, MacKeown.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrew Cowan, former rally driver and rally team director
- Barry Cowan (broadcaster), journalist and broadcaster
- Barry Cowan (tennis), former tennis player
- Cathy A. Cowan, American economist and social scientist
- Charles Cowan (1801–1889), Scottish politician and papermaker
- Charles Cowan (cricketer) (1883–1958), Welsh-born English cricketer and naval officer
- Clyde Cowan, co-discoverer of the neutrino
- Darcy Rivers Warren Cowan, Australian medical practitioner
- David Tennant Cowan, British World War II general known as "Punch" Cowan
- Denys Cowan, American comic book artist and television producer
- Ed Cowan, Australian cricketer
- Edith Cowan, first female member of an Australian parliament
- Elliot Cowan, actor
- Ernest Cowan, Western Australian politician
- Glenn Cowan, American Table tennis player, involved in Ping Pong Diplomacy
- Hendy Cowan, Western Australian politician
- Henry Cowan, British politician
- Hugh Cowan, a former Canadian church minister, historian, author and editor
- James Alexander Cowan, son of Hugh Cowan, was a Canadian writer and a well known public relations consultant
- James Cowan (author), Australian author
- James Cowan (South Australian politician)
- Jeff Cowan, ice hockey player
- Jerome Cowan, actor
- Joe Cowan, American football player
- John Cowan, American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player
- John Cowan (RAN officer), Australian navy officer
- John Cowan (sheriff), Lord Mayor of London
- John Cowan (South Australian politician)
- John Lancelot Cowan, South Australian politician
- John Macqueen Cowan (1892-1960), Scottish botanist
- Michael Cowan (born 1933), English cricketer
- Nelson Cowan, American researcher in psychology, specialized in working memory
- Patrick Cowan, American football player
- Reed Cowan, American journalist
- Richard Cowan (cannabis activist), a leader of NORML and proponent of the decriminalization of marijuana
- Richard Cowan (soldier), posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Robert Cowan, Governor of Bombay from 1729 to 1734
- Samuel Cowan (born 1941), British general
- Thomas Cowan (South Australian politician)
- Thomas F. Cowan, New Jersey State Senator and Assemblyman
- Tim Cowan, American football player
- Tom Cowan (born 1969), Scottish footballer
- Tom Cowan (filmmaker) (born 1942), Australian filmmaker
- Walter Cowan (1871–1956), Royal Navy admiral who saw service in both WWI and WWII
- William "Mo" Cowan (born 1969), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
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