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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〕 ==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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bowers (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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