Notable people who share this surname include:
Though his surname is not "Fowler" per se, Henry I is included here as an example of usage of the term in relation to a name prior to the broad introduction of surn Gregory
Gregory fowler was a first nations that came to Canada and he was a nomad. Nomad means a person who lives off the land
Henry the Fowler, or Henry I of Germany (861–936), Duke of Saxony and King of the Germans
Richard Fowler of Foxley, for the purpose of illustrative example, was an English commanding officer during the Third Crusade.
The early traces of the name of Fowler date from the time when noble invaders from the northern areas of Europe altered the history and the map of Europe by their invasions and raids of what is now France and England. The name Fowler comes from the Anglo-Saxon 'Fugal", meaning fowl. It is of Anglo-Norman origin, however most of the Fowlers in America are of English descent.
Henry the Fowler became King Henry I of Saxony in 919. He united the Saxons and the Franks into what is now Germany. Some of his descendants were such good warriors that the King of France, impressed with their fighting activities and bravery offered them the area of France known as Normandy today if they would fight his battles. Many of the Fowlers had taken part in the invasion of France under the Norseman, Rolfe, about 927. In 1066 at the Battle of Hastings many Fowlers accompanied the Duke of Normandy, called William The Conqueror, and later William I, of England, when the Normans defeated King Harold. Fowlers helped to put down the powerful earls trying to revolt against the new king. They helped to build castles uniting the new kingdom where a semi-barbaric country existed before. The king demoted the earls, promoted education and set up a form of taxation. It is in these early records of taxation in England that the name Fowler first appears. Agents of the king were sent through the countryside to make land and personal property appraisals of all his subjects. The results of these inquiries were listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. This record has become an invaluable historical source today for the names of early property owners in England, and the property of the Fowlers were among those first listed.
In 1191 in Buckinghamshire, England, Richard Fowler of Foxley, accompanied King Richard the Lion Hearted to Palestine during the Third Crusade. Richard Fowler came into prominence at this time when he took with him and maintained during this crusade a body of English bowmen, all of whom were his own tenants from Buckinghamshire. This crusade was described as a glorious but fruitless effort to recover Palestine from the Saracens, however, Richard Fowler's services were considered so brilliant that the King knighted him and bestowed upon him the crest with the Fowler coat-of-arms, and a grant of land in Abbey-Cwyn-hir in England. The Fowlers of America are considered direct descendants of Sir Richard of Foxley, this hero of the third Crusade.
It was during the Third Crusade that the Fowler coat-of-arms came into existence. Tradition has it that Richard Fowler trained his company of bowmen in the skilled use of bow and spear. At Acre, near Jerusalem, a crucial stage had been reached by the Crusaders in 1191 when the Infidels surprised the camp one night. Richard Fowler and his skilled bowmen were keeping watch and through their gallant fighting, held the Infidels at bay until the rest of the army had been awakened, thus saving the forces of Richard Coeur-de-Leon from destruction. In reward for his service Richard Fowler was created nobleman and received with this honor a large grant of land and of course the privilege of a coat-of-arms. The Fowler coat bears a helmet of silver, representing nobility; above the helmet is a wreath—symbol of chivalry, the emblem presented the favorite knight by a lance during a tournament.
The silver flourishings behind the helmet represent the crest of honor, while the blue flourishings represent the mantle flowing from the helmet for protection. The silver ends of the mantle also represent protection. The shield is blue and bears three lions--"Passant and Guardant"—two on the upper part of the shield and one on the lower, also bears silver chevrons upon which are three crosses. The chevrons were devrived from the war saddle and crosses represent military distinction. The motto is "Sapiens Qui Vigilat," meaning "It is the wise one who watches." The Fowler coat-of-arms, Burks periods, and is registered with the Institute of American Genealogy.
Richard Fowler (chancellor) (c.1425-1477) - Chancellor of the Exchequer to Edward IV
Thomas Fowler (courtier), (d. 1590), steward of the Countess of Lennox, and spy
William Fowler (makar) (c. 1560–1612), Scottish poet, writer, courtier, and translator
Edward Fowler (1632–1714), English churchman, Bishop of Gloucester
Eliza Haywood (born "Elizabeth Fowler" 1693–1756), English writer, actress and publisher
Constance Aston Fowler (born "Constance Aston"), English author and anthologist
Charles Fowler (1792–1867), English architect
John Fowler (politician) (1755–1840), American national politician
Robert Fowler (archbishop) (1724–1801), Archbishop of Dublin in the Church of Ireland
His son, Robert Fowler (bishop) (1767–1841), Bishop of Ossory in the Church of Ireland
Thomas Fowler (inventor) (1777–1843), English inventor
Robert Merrick Fowler (1778–c1850), Royal Navy officer
Orson Squire Fowler (1809–1887), American phrenologist
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet (1817–1898), English railway engineer
Joseph S. Fowler (1820–1902), American national politician
John Fowler (agricultural engineer) (1826–1864), English agricultural engineer
Sir Robert Fowler, 1st Baronet (1828–1891), Lord Mayor of London
Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton (1830–1911), English national politician, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State for India
Charles Henry Fowler (1837–1908), Canadian-American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
George Fowler (politician) (1839–1896), South Australian politician
C. Hodgson Fowler (1840–1910), English ecclesiastical architect
William Warde Fowler (1847–1921), English historian and ornithologist, tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford
William Weekes Fowler (1849–1923), Entomologist
Frank Fowler (1852–1910), American artist
Charles N. Fowler (1852–1932), American national politician
Robert Henry Fowler (1857–1957), Irish cricketer
Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933), English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of English
Edmund John Fowler (1861–1926), Irish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Frank Oliver Fowler (1861–1945), Canadian politician in Manitoba, Mayor of Winnipeg
John Edgar Fowler (1866–1930), American national politician
Alfred Fowler (1868–1940), English astronomer
Sir Henry Fowler (engineer), (1870–1938) English locomotive engineer
Francis George Fowler (1871–1918), English writer on English language, grammar and usage
Henry Weed Fowler (1878–1965), American zoologist
Robert Fowler (athlete) (1882–after 1981), Newfoundland-born Olympian and world record holder (marathon)
Robert George Fowler (1884–1966), American aviation pioneer
Lilian Fowler (1886–1954), Australian politician
Ralph H. Fowler (1889–1944), English physicist and astronomer
Robert St Leger Fowler (1891–1925), Irish cricketer and captain of Eton in the famous Eton v Harrow match of 1910
Jesse Fowler (1898–1973), American professional baseball player
Thomas Fowler (1832–1904), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Henry Fowler (died 1896), Victorian murderer
Jack Fowler (footballer born 1899) (born 1899), Welsh footballer
George William Fowler (1859–1924) Canadian politician and lawyer
Art Fowler (1922–2007), American professional baseball player & pitching coach
Bobby Jack Fowler (1939–2006), American serial killer
Boob Fowler (1900–1988), American professional baseball player
Bruce Fowler (born 1948), American trombonist
Calvin Fowler (1940–2013), American Olympic basketball player
Cary Fowler (born 1949), agricultural conservationist
Catherine S. Fowler (born 1940) American anthropologist
Daphne Fowler (born 1939), English quiz show champion
David Fowler (mathematician) (1937–2004), English math historian
Donald Fowler (born 1935), American national politician
Don D. Fowler (born 1936), American anthropologist and archaeologist
Douglas Fowler (1906–1980), American politician
Earl B. Fowler (1925–2008), Admiral, United States Navy
Hal Fowler (born 1927), American amateur World Champion poker player
Hedley Fowler (born 1917), English RAF Pilot who escaped from Colditz Castle
Henry H. Fowler (1908–2000), American lawyer and Secretary of the Treasury
H. M. Fowler (1918–2014), American politician
Hugh S. Fowler (1912–1975), American film editor
Ian Fowler (1939–2013), British journalist
James Bonard Fowler (born 1900), Alabama State Trooper convicted of shooting unarmed civil rights protestor Jummie Lee Jackson
James W. Fowler (born 1940), American psychologist, academic and Methodist clergyman
Jerry Fowler (1940–2009), Louisiana Elections Commissioner (1980–2000)
Jim Fowler (born 1930), American zoologist and television personality
Keith Fowler (born 1939), American educator (professor), actor, director
Norman Fowler (born 1938), English national politician and peer (Lord Fowler)
Ron Fowler (born 1943/1944) executive chairman of the San Diego Padres and CEO of Liquid Investments Incorporated
Thomas W. Fowler (1921–1944), World War II American Army officer, recipient of the Medal of Honor
Tillie K. Fowler (1942–2005), American national politician
William Alfred Fowler (1911–1995), American astrophysicist
Wyche Fowler (born 1940), American national politician and diplomat
Ally Fowler (born 1961), Australian actress
Bernard Fowler (born "Royland Bernard Fowler", 1959), American singer, producer, songwriter
Brian Fowler (born 1962), New Zealand Olympic cyclist
Carlos Fowler (born 1972), American football player
Charlie Fowler (1954–2006), American mountain climber, writer, and photographer
Chris Fowler (born 1962), American sports journalist
Christopher Fowler (born 1953), English fiction author
Dennis Fowler (living), American surgeon and hospital executive
Dexter Fowler (born 1986), American professional baseball center fielder
Donnie Fowler (born 1967), American political activist
Don Paul Fowler (1953–1999), English classicist
Graeme Fowler (born 1957), English professional cricketer
James H. Fowler (born 1970), American political scientist
Jason Fowler (footballer) (born 1974), English professional footballer
Jason Fowler (living), New York City Ballet soloist
Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950), American fiction author
Kevin Spacey (born "Kevin Fowler", 1959), American actor
Martin Fowler (footballer) (born 1957), former English professional footballer
Martin Fowler (born 1963), English-American software architecture author
Mick Fowler (born 1956), British mountaineer
Nick Fowler (living), New York novelist, singer, songwriter
Pete Fowler (born 1969), Welsh illustrator
Peter Fowler (born 1959), Australian professional golfer
Robbie Fowler (born 1975), English footballer
Simon Fowler (born 1965), English musician
Tommy Fowler (living) Entrepreneur, athlete, husband, father, grandfather
Simon Fowler (author) (living), British historian
Tom Fowler (musician) (born 1951), American musician
Ryan Fowler (born 1982), American professional football player
Rickie Fowler (born 1988), American professional golfer
Tom Fowler (artist) (living), Canadian comic artist
Gabriel Fowler (born 2000), American actor and writer
Brocklebank-Fowler
Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler (born 1934), British politician
The "Fowler" surname evolved from an original use of "Fugelere" in the early 13th Century. The surname is uncommon in the United States, appearing with a rank of 250 in the 1990 Census and a rank of 267 in the 2000 Census, 27½% of the American population being accounted for surnames in the ranks of 1 to 250. In 19th Century England, "Fowler" was widespread, appearing in 35 of the 39 historic counties, with higher density in the north of England, in the 1891 Census of England and Wales. Meanwhile, in 19th Century United States, "Fowler" appears in every surveyed state in both the 1880 US Census and 1840 US Census, showing a higher concentration in New York state in each case.
Several characters in the British soap opera EastEnders share the "Fowler" surname: Arthur Fowler, Lisa Fowler, Mark Fowler, Martin Fowler (EastEnders), Michelle Fowler, Pauline Fowler, Sonia Fowler, Vicki Fowler
From the NBC soap opera Another World come Sam and Amanda Fowler
Amy Farrah Fowler from the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory
House Fowler is one of the noble houses of Dorne in the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
