Bowman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abie Philbin Bowman, contemporary Irish columnist and comedianAbraham Bowman (1749–1837), Kentucky pioneerAlex Bowman (born 1993), auto racing driverAlexander Bowman (Irish politician) (c. 1854–1924), Irish politician and trade unionistAlexander Bowman (Australian politician) (1838–1892), Australian politicianAlexander Hamilton Bowman (1803–1865), U.S. Army engineer of Fort SumterAlonzo Bowman (1848–1885), Medal of Honor holderBarbara T. Bowman (born 1928), early childhood educator and co-founder of Chicago's Erikson InstituteBob Bowman (disambiguation), various peopleBrandon Bowman (born 1984), American basketball playerBrian Bowman (disambiguation), various peopleCarol Bowman (born 1950), American writer and therapistCharles Calvin Bowman (1852–1941), U.S. Congressman from PennsylvaniaChristopher Bowman (1967–2008), American figure skaterDavid Bowman (disambiguation), various peopleDon Bowman (disambiguation), various peopleDrayson Bowman, American icehockey playerEdith Bowman (born 1974), Scottish radio DJEdmund Bowman (1818–1866), one of the Bowman brothers of Tasmania and AustraliaElmer Bowman (1897–1985), American baseball playerEuday L. Bowman (1887–1949), American blues and ragtime musicianFallon Bowman (born 1983 ), Canadian guitaristFrank Llewellyn Bowman (1879–1936), U.S. Congressman from West VirginiaGeorge Bowman (disambiguation)Harold Bowman, English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30sHerbert Bowman (1897–1980), American tennis playerIra Bowman (born 1973), American basketball playerIsaac Bowman (1757–1826), 18th-century American soldier and Kentucky pioneerIsaiah Bowman (1878–1950), American geographerJames Bowman (disambiguation)Jan Bowman (born 1953), Australian retired basketball playerJessica Bowman (born 1980), American actressJim Bowman (American football) (born 1963), American football playerJoe Bowman (disambiguation)Joe Bowman (marksman) (1925–2009), American marksman and Wild West show entertainerJohn Bowman (disambiguation), various peopleJonathan Philbin Bowman (1969–2000), Irish journalist and radio broadcasterJoseph Bowman (c. 1752–1779), American Revolutionary War officer and Kentucky pioneerJosh Bowman (born 1988), British actorKarl Bowman (1888–1973), psychiatrist and president of the American Psychiatric AssociationKenneth Bowman (1937–2013), English rugby league footballer of the 1960sLee Bowman (1914–1979), American actorNathaniel Bowman (1608–1682), first Bowman family immigrant to settle in the Massachusetts Bay colonyNaVorro Bowman, American football playerPaul Bowman (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballerPaul Bowman-MacDonald, a fictional character from Monarch of the GlenRaymond D. Bowman, American music criticRob Bowman (music writer), Canadian ethnomusicologistRob Bowman (director), American film makerRobert M. Bowman, American retired Air Force officer and anti-Strategic Defense Initiative activistR. T. V. Bowman (1875–1899), American college sports coachRyan Bowman (born 1991), English footballerSally Anne Bowman (1987–2005), British murder victimSarah A. Bowman (c. 1813 – 1866), heroine of Fort Brown (Mexican–American War) nicknamed the Great WesternScotty Bowman, National Hockey League coachSelwyn Z. Bowman, US Congressman from MassachusettsSteve Bowman, American musicianSteve Bowman (American football), American football playerThaddeus Bowman, American Revolution patriotThea Bowman, Roman Catholic religious sister and educatorThomas Bowman (disambiguation)Walter Bowman, early Canadian soccer playerWilliam Bowman (miller), a pioneer in South AustraliaWilliam Charles Bowman (ca. 1830–1879), one of the Bowman brothers of Tasmania and AustraliaWilliam N. Bowman, American architectWoody Bowman, American politicianSir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, British surgeon and anatomistZack Bowman, American football playerBowman brothersThe Bowman brothers, a pastoral family in Tasmania (then "Van Diemen's Land") and South Australia, including Edmund (1818–1866), John (1828–1900), William Charles (ca. 1830–1879) and Thomas Richard Bowman (1835–1911) and their father John Bowman (senior) (1785–1857)The Bowman brothers, sons of George Bowman (Australian politician) (1795–1878), including Alexander Bowman (Australian politician) (1838–1892) and his brothers George Pearce Bowman (1821–1870) and Robert Bowman (1830–1873)The Bowman brothers, a group of four Kentucky pioneers consisting of Abraham (1749–1837), Isaac (1757–1826), Joseph (c. 1752–1779), and John Bowman (1738–1784) who were sometimes called the "Four Centaurs of Cedar Creek", or their namesake whiskey brand produced by the A. Smith Bowman Distillery