Coward (surname)

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

* Charles Coward (1905–1976), English soldier captured during World War II who claimed to have rescued Jews from Auschwitz
* Chris Coward (born 1989), English football player
* Dena Coward, 21st century Canadian sports event coordinator
* Herbert Coward (born 1938), American actor
* John Coward (ice hockey) (1910–1989), British ice hockey player, member of the gold medal team at the 1936 Olympics
* John Coward (Royal Navy officer) (1937–2020), British retired vice-admiral
* John Coward, first officer of British Airways Flight 38 which crashed at Heathrow in 2008
* Michael Coward (1945–2003), British geologist
* Mike Coward (born 1946), Australian sports writer
* Noël Coward (1899–1973), English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music
* Pamela Coward, British educator and teacher
* Thomas Coward (1867–1933), English ornithologist and amateur astronomer
* William Coward (1657?–1725), English physician, controversial writer, and poet
* William Coward (merchant) (1648–1738), London merchant and supporter of Dissenters
* William Coward (pirate) (fl. 1689), minor English pirate

## Etymology[edit]

As a surname (attested from mid-13c.) it represents Old English cuhyrde "cow-herd."[1]

## See also[edit]

* Cowart

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "Coward | Search Online Etymology Dictionary".

*[fl.]: floruit ('flourished' – known to have been active at a particular time or during a particular period)