Plowden

Plowden may refer to:

• Plowden, Shropshire, village in Shropshire, England

People with the surname Plowden

• Alfred Chichele Plowden (1844–1914), English barrister and court magistrate
• Alison Plowden (1931–2007), English historian and biographer
• Anna Plowden (1938-1997), archaeological conservator
• Bridget Plowden, Lady Plowden (1910–2000), English educationist, reformer
• David Plowden (born 1932), American photographer
• Edmund Plowden (1518–1585), English lawyer, legal scholar and theorist
• Edmund Plowden (colonial governor) (1590–1659), explorer and colonial governor
• Edwin Plowden, Baron Plowden (1907–2001), English industrial and public servant
• Francis Plowden (politician) (c.1644–1712), English Jacobite official
• Francis Peter Plowden (1749–1829), English barrister and writer.
• Francis Plowden (British Army officer) (1851–1911), British general
• Francis Plowden (businessman) (born 1945), lay member of the U. K. Judicial Appointments Commission
• Henry Plowden (1840-1920), English cricketer
• Luke Ishikawa Plowden (1995), Japanese-American actor
• Robert Plowden (1740–1823), English Jesuit priest
• Thomas Plowden (1594–1664), English Jesuit priest, translator
• Walter Plowden (1820–1860), British consul in Ethiopia
• William Plowden (Conservative politician) (1787–1880), English politician
• William Chichele Plowden (1832–1915), Member of the Legislative Council in India, British Member of Parliament
• William Julius Lowthian Plowden (1935–26 June 2010) was a British political science academic and government advisor.

See also

• Plowden Report (named after Bridget Plowden)
• Plowden Hall