Bowman (surname)

Bowman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Arts and entertainment

Abie Philbin Bowman, Irish columnist and comedian
Charles Sumner Bowman (1873–?), African-American architect, educator, and director of a university department
Edith Bowman (born 1974), Scottish radio DJ
Euday L. Bowman (1887–1949), American musician
Fallon Bowman (born 1983 ), Canadian guitarist
Jan Bowman (born 1953), Australian basketball player
Jessica Bowman (born 1980), American actress
Joe Bowman (marksman) (1925–2009), American marksman and Wild West show entertainer
Josh Bowman (born 1988), British actor
Lee Bowman (1914–1979), American actor
Leslie Greene Bowman (born 1956), American art curator and museum administrator
Raymond D. Bowman, (1917–2001) American music critic
Rob Bowman (director), (born 1960) American film maker
Steve Bowman, (born 1967) American musician

Alexander Hamilton Bowman (1803–1865), United States Army engineer of Fort Sumter
Alfred Connor Bowman (1904 – 1982) American lawyer and military leader
Alonzo Bowman (1848–1885), United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Geoffrey Hilton Bowman (1891–1970), British fighter ace
Isaac Bowman (1757–1826), American soldier and Kentucky pioneer
Joseph Bowman (c. 1752–1779), American Revolutionary War officer and Kentucky pioneer
Robert M. Bowman (1934–2013), American Air Force officer and anti-Strategic Defense Initiative activist
Thaddeus Bowman (1743–1806), American militia scout in the American Revolutionary War

Abraham Bowman (1749–1837), Kentucky pioneer
Nathaniel Bowman (1608–1682), first Bowman family immigrant to settle in the Massachusetts Bay colony
William Bowman (miller) (c. 1811–1894), pioneer in South Australia
Bowman brothers, 19th century pioneer pastoralists of Tasmania and South Australia

Alexander Bowman (Irish politician) (c. 1854–1924), Irish politician and trade unionist
Alexander Bowman (Australian politician) (1838–1892), Australian politician, son of George
Bertie Bowman (1931–2023), American congressional staffer
Bill Bowman (American politician) (1946–2020), American politician
Charles Calvin Bowman (1852–1941), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Frank Llewellyn Bowman (1879–1936), U.S. Representative from West Virginia
George Bowman (Australian politician) (1795–1878), Australian politician, brother of William
Jamaal Bowman (born 1976), American educator and politician from New York
Samuel C. Bowman (1822–1898), American politician from Ohio
Victoria Jane Bowman (born 12 June 1966), short Vicky Bowman, a former British diplomat
William Bowman (Australian politician) (1799–1874), Australian politician, brother of George
Woody Bowman (1941–2015), American politician

Isaiah Bowman (1878–1950), American geographer
John Eddowes Bowman the Elder (1785–1841), British botanist and mycologist with the standard author abbreviation 'Bowman'
John Eddowes Bowman the Younger (1819–1854), English chemist, son of John the Elder
John Maxwell Bowman (1925–2005), Canadian physician and medical researcher
Karl Bowman (1888–1973), psychiatrist and president of the American Psychiatric Association
Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816–1892), British surgeon and anatomist

Sarah A. Bowman (c. 1813–1866), Irish-American innkeeper, restaurateur and madam
William N. Bowman (1868–1944), American architect
Barbara T. Bowman (born 1928), American educator and co-founder of Chicago's Erikson Institute
Carol Bowman (born 1950), American writer and therapist
Christopher N. Bowman, American engineer
Jonathan Philbin Bowman (1969–2000), Irish journalist and radio broadcaster
Mary Bowman (1908–2002), American economist
Rob Bowman (music writer) (born 1957), Canadian ethnomusicologist
Sally Anne Bowman (1987–2005), British murder victim
Thea Bowman (1937–1990), Roman Catholic religious sister and educator