Fowler (surname)

For uses of "Fowler" other than as a surname, see Fowler (disambiguation).

Fowler is an English and/or Scots surname. Its origin is the Old English fugelere, an occupational name for a bird-catcher or hunter of wild birds.[1][2][3] Old English fugel or fugol means "bird" and has evolved into the modern word fowl.

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## Notable Fowlers

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### Born before 1700

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* Constance Aston Fowler (born "Constance Aston"), English author and anthologist
* Edward Fowler (bishop) (1632-1714), English churchman, Bishop of Gloucester
* Eliza Haywood (born "Elizabeth Fowler" 1693-1756), English writer, actress and publisher
* Richard Fowler (chancellor) (c.1425-1477) - Chancellor of the Exchequer to Edward IV
* Thomas Fowler (courtier), (d. 1590), steward of the Countess of Lennox, and spy
* William Fowler (makar) (c. 1560-1612), Scottish poet, writer, courtier, and translator

### Born after 1700

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* Charles Fowler (1792-1867), English architect
* John Fowler (politician) (1755-1840), American national politician
* Robert Fowler (archbishop) (1724-1801), Archbishop of Dublin in the Church of Ireland
* Robert Fowler (bishop) (1767-1841), his son, Bishop of Ossory in the Church of Ireland
* Robert Merrick Fowler (1778-c1850), Royal Navy officer
* Samuel Fowler (1779-1844), New Jersey Congressman from 1833 to 1837
* Thomas Fowler (inventor) (1777-1843), English inventor
* William Chauncey Fowler (1793-1881), American scholar, son-in-law and assistant to Noah Webster

### Born after 1800

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* Alfred Fowler (1868–1940), English astronomer
* Bertha Fowler (1866–1952), American educator, preacher, deaconess
* Beryl Fowler (1881–1963), English painter
* Charles A. Fowler (1832–1896), American lawyer and politician
* Charles Henry Fowler (1837–1908), Canadian-American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
* C. Hodgson Fowler (1840–1910), English ecclesiastical architect
* Charles N. Fowler (1852–1932), American national politician
* Edmund John Fowler (1861–1926), Irish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Edward Brush Fowler (1826-1896), American soldier
* Francis George Fowler (1871–1918), English writer on English language, grammar and usage
* Frank Fowler (1852–1910), American artist
* Frank Oliver Fowler (1861–1945), Canadian politician in Manitoba, Mayor of Winnipeg
* George Fowler (politician) (1839–1896), South Australian politician
* George William Fowler (1859–1924) Canadian politician and lawyer
* Harriet Putnam Fowler (1842–1901), American writer
* Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton (1830–1911), English national politician, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State for India
* Sir Henry Fowler (engineer), (1870–1938) English locomotive engineer
* Henry Fowler (died 1896), one of a pair of Victorian murderers, known as Milsom and Fowler
* Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933), English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of English
* Henry Weed Fowler (1878–1965), American zoologist
* Jack Fowler (footballer born 1899) (1899–1975), Welsh footballer
* Jack Beresford Fowler (1893–1972), Australian little theatre director
* Jesse Fowler (1898–1973), American professional baseball player
* Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet (1817–1898), English railway engineer
* John Fowler (agricultural engineer) (1826–1864), English agricultural engineer
* John Edgar Fowler (1866–1930), American national politician
* Joseph S. Fowler (1820–1902), American national politician
* Lilian Fowler (1886–1954), Australian politician
* Lydia Folger Fowler (1823–1879), pioneering American physician, activist, and professor of medicine.
* Orson Squire Fowler (1809–1887), American phrenologist
* Ralph H. Fowler (1889–1944), English physicist and astronomer
* Sir Robert Fowler, 1st Baronet (1828–1891), Lord Mayor of London
* Robert Fowler (athlete) (1882-after 1981), Newfoundland-born Olympian and world record holder (marathon)
* Robert G. Fowler (1884–1966), American aviation pioneer
* Robert Henry Fowler (1857–1957), Irish cricketer
* Robert St Leger Fowler (1891–1925), Irish cricketer and captain of Eton in the famous Eton v Harrow match of 1910
* Samuel Fowler (1851–1919), New Jersey Congressman from 1889 to 1893
* J. Samuel Fowler (1874–1961), New York politician
* Thomas Fowler (academic) (1832-1904), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
* William Henry Fowler (1854–1932), founder of Fowler's Calculators
* William Warde Fowler (1847–1921), English historian and ornithologist, tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford
* William Weekes Fowler (1849–1923), Entomologist

### Born after 1900

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* Alan Fowler (footballer)
* Art Fowler (1922-2007), American professional baseball player & pitching coach
* Bobby Jack Fowler (1939-2006), American criminal
* Bobby Fowler (fullback, born 1960) (born 1960), American former football fullback
* Boob Fowler (1900-1988), American professional baseball player
* Bruce Fowler (born 1948), American trombonist
* Calvin Fowler (1940-2013), American Olympic basketball player
* Cary Fowler (born 1949), agricultural conservationist
* Catherine S. Fowler (born 1940) American anthropologist
* Daphne Fowler (born 1939), English quiz show champion
* David Fowler (mathematician) (1937-2004), English math historian
* Donald Fowler (1935–2020), American politician
* Don D. Fowler (born 1936), American anthropologist and archaeologist
* Earl B. Fowler (1925-2008), Admiral, United States Navy
* H. M. Fowler (1918–2014), American politician
* Hal Fowler (1927–2000), American amateur World Champion poker player
* Hedley Fowler (1916–1944), English RAF Pilot who escaped from Colditz Castle
* Henry H. Fowler (1908-2000), American lawyer and Secretary of the Treasury
* Hugh S. Fowler (1912-1975), American film editor
* Ian Fowler (1939-2013), British journalist
* James Bonard Fowler (1933–2015), Alabama State Trooper convicted of shooting unarmed civil rights protestor Jummie Lee Jackson
* James W. Fowler (1940–2015), American psychologist, academic and Methodist clergyman
* Jim Fowler (1930-2019), American zoologist and television personality
* Keith Fowler (born 1939), American educator (professor), actor, director
* Michael Fowler (1929–2022), New Zealand architect and Mayor of Wellington
* Norman Fowler (born 1938), English national politician and peer (Lord Fowler)
* Ron Fowler (born 1943) executive chairman of the San Diego Padres and CEO of Liquid Investments Incorporated
* Thomas W. Fowler (1921-1944), World War II American Army officer, recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Tillie K. Fowler (1942-2005), American national politician
* Tommy Fowler (1924–2009), English professional footballer
* William Alfred Fowler (1911-1995), American astrophysicist
* Wyche Fowler (born 1940), American national politician and diplomat

### Born after 1950

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* Ally Fowler (born 1961), Australian actress
* Bernard Fowler (born "Royland Bernard Fowler", 1959), American singer, producer, songwriter
* Brian Fowler (cyclist) (born 1962), New Zealand Olympic cyclist
* Cam Fowler (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
* Carlos Fowler (born 1972), American football player
* Catherine Fowler (born 1969), film and media academic
* Charlie Fowler (1954–2006), American mountain climber, writer, and photographer
* Cheyne Fowler (born 1982), South African professional football player
* Chris Fowler (born 1962), American sports journalist
* Christopher Fowler (1953–2023), English fiction author
* Damon Fowler, American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter
* Dennis Fowler (living), American surgeon and hospital executive
* Dexter Fowler (born 1986), American professional baseball center fielder
* Dustin Fowler (born 1994), American professional baseball outfielder
* Don Paul Fowler (1953–1999), English classicist
* Emma Fowler (born 1979), British biathlete and Army corporal
* Graeme Fowler (born 1957), English professional cricketer
* Jacob Fowler (born 2004), American ice hockey player
* James H. Fowler (born 1970), American political scientist
* Jason Fowler (dancer) (living), New York City Ballet soloist
* Jason Fowler (footballer) (born 1974), English professional footballer
* Jhaniele Fowler (born 1989), Jamaican netball player
* Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950), American fiction author
* Kevin Spacey (born "Kevin Fowler", 1959), American actor
* Martin Fowler (footballer) (born 1957), former English professional footballer
* Martin Fowler (software engineer) (born 1963), English-American software architecture author
* Mary Fowler (born 2003), Australian soccer player
* Mick Fowler (born 1956), British mountaineer
* Nick Fowler (living), New York novelist, singer, songwriter
* Pete Fowler (born 1969), Welsh illustrator
* Peter Fowler (born 1959), Australian professional golfer
* Rickie Fowler (born 1988), American professional golfer
* Ryan Fowler (born 1982), American professional football player
* Robbie Fowler (born 1975), English footballer
* Samuel Fowler (disambiguation), several men of this name
* Simon Fowler (born 1965), English musician
* Simon Fowler (author) (born 1956), British historian
* Therese Fowler (born 1967), American fiction author
* Tom Fowler (artist) (living), Canadian comic artist
* Tom Fowler (musician) (1951–2024), American musician

### Brocklebank-Fowler

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* Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler (1934–2020), British politician

## Distribution

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The "Fowler" surname evolved from an original use of "Fugelere" in the early 13th Century.[3] The surname is uncommon in the United States, appearing with a rank of 250 in the 1990 Census and a rank of 267 in the 2000 Census, 27½% of the American population being accounted for surnames in the ranks of 1 to 250.[4] In 19th Century England, "Fowler" was widespread, appearing in 35 of the 39 historic counties, with higher density in the north of England, in the 1891 Census of England and Wales.[5] Meanwhile, in 19th Century United States, "Fowler" appears in every surveyed state in both the 1880 US Census and 1840 US Census, showing a higher concentration in New York state in each case.[6][7]

## Fictional characters

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* Amanda Fowler, fictional character in U.S. soap opera Another World
* Amy Farrah Fowler, from the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory
* Arthur Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Arthur Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Bex Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Gill Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Hope Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* House Fowler, one of the noble houses of Dorne in the series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
* Lily Slater, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Lisa Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Mark Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Mark Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Martin Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Michelle Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Pauline Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Ruth Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Sam Fowler, fictional character in U.S. soap opera Another World
* Sonia Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Stacey Slater, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Vicki Fowler, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders

## See also

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### Human name disambiguation pages

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* Charles Fowler (disambiguation)
* Henry Fowler (disambiguation)
* James Fowler (disambiguation)
* John Fowler (disambiguation)
* Martin Fowler (disambiguation)
* Raymond Fowler (disambiguation)
* Samuel Fowler (disambiguation)
* Tom Fowler (disambiguation)
* Robert Fowler (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ Seary, E. R.; Lynch, Sheila M. P. (1988) [1977]. Kirwin, William J. (ed.). Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland (Google Books). Canada: McGill–Queen's University Press. p. 188\. ISBN 0-7735-1782-0. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
2. ^ "Fowler Name Meaning". Ancestry. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
3. ^ a b "Last name: Fowler". SurnameDB. Name Origin Research. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
4. ^ "Name Search Results". United States Census Bureau. 2000-09-07. Archived from the original (Database query) on 1997-02-07. Retrieved 2008-01-31. "NAME (last):FOWLER; %FREQ:0.042; CUMM FREQ:27.535%; RANK:250"
5. ^ "Fowler Families Living in England and Wales in 1891". Family Facts. The Generations Network, Inc. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
6. ^ "Fowler Family History Facts 1880". Family Facts. The Generations Network, Inc. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
7. ^ "Fowler Family History Facts 1840". Family Facts. The Generations Network, Inc. Retrieved 2008-02-01.

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