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'''Owen''' is an anglicized [[Wales|Welsh]] [[personal name]], cognate with ''[[Eugene]]'', as well as with [[Irish language|Irish]] ''[[Eoin]]'' ("John") and ''[[Eoghan]]'' and ''[[Owain]]'' in the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] language. Well-known Owens (people and places etc., personal names and surnames) include the following:
==People==
===Surname===
* [[Clive Owen]] (born 1964), English actor
* [[Dicky Owen]] (1876-1932), Welsh international rugby union player
* [[Evelyn Owen]] (1915 – 1949), designer of the Owen Sub Machine Gun
* [[Greg Owen]] (born 1972), English golfer
* [[John Robert Blayney Owen|John Owen]] (1849-1921), England footballer
* [[John Owen (politician)|John Owen]] (1787–1841), Governor of North Carolina
* [[Mark Owen]] (born 1972) , musician and member of Take That
* [[Michael Owen]] (born 1979), English footballer
* [[Nora Owen]] (born 1945), Irish politician
* [[Orville Ward Owen]] (1854-1924), American physician and Baconian
* [[Priscilla Owen]] (born 1954), American judge on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, who was filibustered in the Senate
* [[Richard Owen]] (1804-1892), biologist
* [[Robert Owen]] (1771–1858), a Welsh social reformer, considered the "Father" of the cooperative movement
* [[Ruth Bryan Owen]], member of Congress and U.S. ambassador
* [[Scott Owen]] (born 1975), double bass player for Australian rock band ''The Living End''
* [[Susan Owen]], English orthodontic technician and Orthodontic Technicians Association council member
* [[Syd Owen]] (1927-1999), England footballer
* [[Wilfred Owen]] (1893 – 1918), World War I poet
* [[William Owen (judge)|William Owen]], Australian judge
* Several [[Owen Baronets]]
===Given name===
* [[Owen 'Alik Shahadah]] (b. 1973), filmmaker and African academic
* [[Owen Bradley]] (1915-1998), American country music producer
* [[Owen Davis]] (1874-1956), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
* [[Owain Glyndŵr]] (c. 1359 – c. 1416), Welsh patriot, last Welsh Prince of Wales
* [[Owen Hargreaves]] (born 1981), Canadian-born English footballer
* [[Owen Hart]] (1965 – 1999), Canadian professional wrestler
* [[Owen Nolan]] (born 1972), hockey player in the NHL
* [[Owen Schmitt]] (born 1985), American football player
* [[Owen I of Strathclyde]], King of Strathclyde
* [[Owen Tudor]] (c. 1400 – 1461), ancestor of the Tudor dynasty
* [[Owen Wilson]] (born 1968), American actor
;Fictional
* [[Owen Harper]], protagonist in the television series ''[[Torchwood]]''.
*Owen Lars, [[List of minor Star Wars characters|character]] in the fictional Star Wars universe, "uncle" of Luke Skywalker
* [[Owen Paris]], character in the fictional Star Trek universe
* ''[[Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law]]'', an American legal television drama, and its title character
==Places==
;Australia
* [[Owen, South Australia]], a small town
;United States
* [[Owen, Indiana]]
* [[Owen, Wisconsin]]
* [[Owen County, Indiana]]
* [[Owen County, Kentucky]]
;Germany
* [[Owen, Germany]], a town in Baden-Württemberg
==Vessels==
* [[USS Owen (DD-536)|USS ''Owen'']], a ''Fletcher''-class destroyer that took part in World War II and Vietnam
* [[HMS Owen (K640)|HMS ''Owen'']], British Royal Navy frigate
==Other uses==
* [[Owain mab Urien]] (Ywain), sometimes spelled Owen
* [[Owen (band)]], an indie rock band from Chicago (and the band's [[Owen (album)|eponymous album]])
* [[Owen (hippopotamus)]], a young hippopotamus orphaned by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
* [[Owen Owen]], UK department store chain
* [[Owen submachine gun]], an Australian gun
* [[Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management]], the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University
== See also ==
* [[Eoghan]]
* [[Owain]]
* [[Owen's]]
* [[Owens]]
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