Owen 1299428 223775745 2008-07-05T19:15:42Z FruitMonkey 2567040 /* People */ '''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]] {{disambig}} {{given name}} {{surname}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[Category:British Isles surnames]] [[Category:Welsh surnames]] [[fr:Owen]] [[ko:오웬]] [[it:Owen]] [[nl:Owen]] [[ja:オーウェン]] [[pl:Owen]] [[ru:Оуэн]] [[sl:Owen]] [[vo:Owen]]