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Region of origin
  
England

Language(s) of origin
  
Old English

Bowers (surname)

Meaning
  
A chamber; a cottage; a shady recess

The surname Bowers is of Saxon origin, derived from the word 'bur' meaning 'a chamber; a cottage; a shady recess'. Adding 'er' to the end of topographical terms was common in south east England. An alternative origin is "a maker of bows".

Persons

  • Barney Bowers (born 1959), British football player
  • Bryan Bowers (born 1940), American autoharp 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 talent scout
  • Chris Bowers (born 1974), American political blogger
  • Claude Bowers (1878–1958), American politician
  • DaQuan Bowers (born 1990), American football player
  • Dane Bowers (born 1979), British pop singer, songwriter and producer
  • David Bowers (director), English animator and film director
  • David A. Bowers, the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia
  • Drew Bowers (1886-1985), American politician
  • Eaton J. Bowers (1865–1939), American politician
  • Edgar Bowers (1924–2000), American poet
  • Edward Charles Bowers (1845–1929), Canadian politician
  • Eilley Bowers (1826–1903), American miner, socialite and fortune-teller
  • 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
  • George Bowers (filmmaker) (born 1944), American film director and editor
  • George Hull Bowers (1794–1872), British cleric
  • George M. Bowers (1863–1925), American politician
  • Henry Francis Bowers (1837–1911), American anti-Catholic activist
  • Henry Robertson Bowers (1883–1912), British seaman and Antarctic explorer
  • Jack Bowers (1908–1970), British football player
  • Jane Bowers (1921–2000), American folk singer and songwriter
  • John Bowers (actor) (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 entrepreneur, organist, abolitionist
  • John M. Bowers (1772–1846), American politician
  • Joseph Bowers (1896–1936), American escapee from Alcatraz prison
  • Joseph Oliver Bowers (1910–2012), Dominican Catholic bishop
  • Kathryn I. Bowers (born 1943), American politician
  • Kent Bowers (died 1985), Belizean murderer
  • Lally Bowers (1917–1984), British actress
  • Lee Bowers (1925–1966), witness to the assassination of John F. Kennedy
  • Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859–1910), American Solicitor General
  • M. F. Bowers, sheriff of El Paso County, Colorado, 1894–1896
  • Marci Bowers (born 1958), American gynecologist
  • Mike Bowers (born 1942), American lawyer, Attorney General of Georgia
  • 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 (1897–1956), Irish cricketer
  • Roni Bowers (died 2001), American Christian missionary
  • Ross Bowers (born 1985), British ice hockey player
  • Sam Bowers (gridiron football) (born 1957), American football player
  • Samuel Bowers (1924–2006), American leader of the Ku Klux Klan
  • Sean Bowers (born 1968), American soccer player
  • Shane Bowers (born 1971), American baseball player
  • Stew Bowers (1915–2005), American baseball player
  • Timmy Bowers (born 1982), American basketball player
  • Tony Bowers (born 1952), British pop musician
  • Trevor Bowers (born 1984), Irish football player
  • William Bowers (1916–1987), American screenwriter

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