Bowie (surname)
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Bowie is a Scottish and Irish surname. The name can be derived from the Gaelic nickname buidhe, meaning "yellow", "fair-haired". The surname can also be an Anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Buadhaigh;[1]Template:Better source needed this surname means "descendant of Buadhach" and is also rendered as Bogue and Boyce.[2]Template:Better source needed The personal name Buadhach means "victorious". The surname Bowie is rendered in Scottish Gaelic as Buidheach (masculine)[3] and Bhuidheach (feminine), as well as Mac'IlleBhuidhe (masculine)[3] and Nic'IlleBhuidhe (feminine). Early instances of the surname in Scotland, recorded in 1481, are: Boye, Bowy, and Boee.[4][5]
A family of the surname, the Bowie family, was one of the colonial families of Maryland with John Bowie Sr. being the first Bowie in the colony.[6]
People with the surname
- Alistair Bowie (born 1951), Scottish footballer
- Angie Bowie (born 1949), American, wife of David
- Angus M. Bowie (born 1949), British classicist
- Anthony Bowie (born 1963), American basketball player
- Arturo Valenzuela Bowie (Arturo Valenzuela, born 1944), Chilean-American academic
- Ash Bowie (born c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".1968), American musician
- Beth Mburu-Bowie (born 1987), English musician
- Christopher Bowie (born 1966), Canadian swimmer
- David Bowie (1947–2016), musician, artist, and actor
- Don Bowie (climber) (born 1969), Canadian climber
- Don Bowie (footballer) (born 1940), Scottish footballer
- Douglas Bowie (born 1944), Canadian playwright and screenwriter
- Eric A. Bowie (1936–2019), Canadian judge
- Fiona Bowie (born before 1990), Canadian artist
- George Washington Bowie (1827Template:Ndash1901), American soldier
- Gordon W. Bowie (before 1985Template:Ndash2012), American trombonist, composer and conductor
- Henry Pike Bowie (1848Template:Ndash1921), American lawyer, artist, author, Japanologist and diplomat
- Jac Bowie (born 1979), Australian burlesque producer
- James Bowie (c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".1796Template:Ndash1836), American revolutionary from Texas
- James Bowie (botanist) (c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".1789Template:Ndash1869), English botanist
- James Bowie (footballer) (1888Template:Ndash1972), Scottish footballer
- Jamie Bowie (born 1989), British track and field athlete
- Jerome Bowie (d. 1597), Scottish master of the royal wine cellar
- Jim Bowie (baseball) (born 1965), American baseball player
- Jimmy Bowie (1924Template:Ndash2000), Scottish footballer
- Joanne W. Bowie (active 1989Template:Ndash2004), American politician from North Carolina
- John Bowie (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joseph Bowie (born 1953), American bandleader, trombonist, and founder of the jazz fusion band Defunkt
- Larry Bowie (guard) (1939Template:Ndash2012), American football player
- Larry Bowie (running back) (born 1973), American football player
- Les Bowie (1913Template:Ndash1979), Canadian-born special effects artist who worked mainly in Britain
- Lester Bowie (1941Template:Ndash99), American jazz musician
- Malcolm Bowie (1943Template:Ndash2007), British academic
- Micah Bowie (born 1974), American baseball player
- Michael Bowie (born 1991), American Football player
- Nate Bowie (born 1986), professional basketball player
- Norman E. Bowie (born 1942), American academic
- Oden Bowie (1826Template:Ndash94), American politician from Maryland [6]
- Reginald Bowie (1854–1926), American politician and businessman
- Rezin Bowie (1793Template:Ndash1841), American inventor of the Bowie knife, politician in Louisiana
- Richard Bowie (1807Template:Ndash81), American politician from Maryland [7]
- Robert Bowie (1750Template:Ndash1818), American politician from Maryland [6]
- Robert R. Bowie (1909Template:Ndash2013), American diplomat
- Russell Bowie (1880Template:Ndash1959), Canadian ice hockey player
- Sam Bowie (born 1961), American basketball player
- Sam Bowie (rugby league) (born 1989), Australian rugby player
- Stanley Bowie (1917Template:Ndash2008), Scottish geologist
- Sydney J. Bowie (1865Template:Ndash1928), American politician from Alabama
- Thomas Fielder Bowie (1808Template:Ndash69), American politician from Maryland[8]
- Tori Bowie (1990–2023), American long jumper
- Walter Bowie (1748Template:Ndash1810), American politician[6]
- Walter Russell Bowie (1882Template:Ndash1969), American theologian
- Captain William Bowie (1721Template:Sndafter 1776), American politician[9]
- William Bowie (agrarian) (1776Template:Ndash1826), American agrarian and politician[6]
- William Bowie (footballer) (1869Template:Ndash1934), Scottish footballer
- William Bowie (engineer) (1872Template:Ndash1940), American geodetic engineer [10]
- William Duckett Bowie (1803Template:Ndash73) American politician from Maryland [6]
See also
References
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