Owens (surname)

Owens is a surname representing two separate Celtic ethnicities: the Welsh from ab Owain meaning "son of Owen" (Owen meaning 'noble') with English patronymic-s, and the Irish by the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain.[1]

This is a list of notable people born with the last name Owens and people who married into the Owens family.

* Bill Owens (Colorado politician) (born 1950), 40th Governor of Colorado
* Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) (1937–2022), African-American Massachusetts businessman and politician
* Bill Owens (New York politician) (born 1949), Representative for New York
* Bill Owens (photographer), American author of Suburbia
* Billy Owens (born 1969), American basketball player
* Billy Owens (American football) (born 1965), American football player
* Bob Owens (businessman) (1921–1999), New Zealand businessman and mayor
* Bob Owens (born c. 1935), American football coach
* Bob Owens (American football, born 1946), American football coach
* Brick Owens (1885–1949), American baseball umpire
* Brig Owens (1943–2022), American football player
* Buck Owens (1929–2006), American country music singer
* Candace Owens (born 1990), African-American political commentator
* Casey Owens (c. 1981–2014), United States Marine
* Casey Owens (basketball), American professional basketball coach
* Craig Owens, American musician
* Craig Owens (author), American historian, author, fine art photographer, and television personality
* Craig Owens (critic) (1950–1990), American post-modernist art critic, gay activist and feminist
* Commodore Perry Owens (1852–1919), American lawman and gunfighter of the Old West
* Queen Latifah (born Dana Elaine Owens in 1970), African-American rapper/singer and actress
* Darryl Owens (1937–2022), African-American politician
* Delia Owens (born 1949), American author and zoologist
* Gary Owens (1936–2015), American radio and TV announcer
* Gervarrius Owens (born 1999), American football player
* Ginny Owens (born 1975), American contemporary Christian music and pop singer/songwriter, author and blogger
* Graeme Owens (born 1988), English footballer
* Greg Owens (born 1981), Australian football player
* Hailey Owens (2003–2014), American murder victim
* Isaac Owens, English footballer
* Isaiah "Ikey" Owens (1974–2014), African-American keyboardist formerly of The Mars Volta
* Jack Owens (singer-songwriter), American singer/songwriter
* Jacob Owens (born 1984), American af2 defensive lineman
* Jay Owens (musician) (1947–2005), African-American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
* Jerry Owens (born 1981), American baseball player
* Jesse Owens (1913–1980), American Olympic athlete

* John Owens (merchant) (1790–1846), English merchant

* John Owens (Australian politician) (1809–1866), doctor and politician in Victoria, Australia

* John E. Owens (1824–1886), English-American comedian

* John G. Owens (1865–1893), American archaeologist

* John W. Owens (1884–1968), editorial writer on the Baltimore Sun

* John Reginald Owens (1890–1944), English footballer also known as Reg Owens

* John Sidney Owens (1893–1965), American pursuit pilot and World War I flying ace

* John Owens (Gaelic footballer) (born 1966), Irish Gaelic footballer

* John B. Owens (born 1971), American lawyer and federal appellate judge

* Johnny Owens (born 1977), Canadian drummer

* John Owens (American football) (born 1980), American football tight end
* Jonathan Owens (born 1995), American football player and husband of American gymnast, Simone Biles
* Joseph Owens (Jesuit), priest, Caribbean social worker and author
* Joseph Owens (Redemptorist) (1908–2005), Canadian priest and scholar in medieval philosophy
* Josh Owens (born 1988), American basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Julie Owens (born 1958), Australian politician
* Keith Owens (born 1969), American basketball player
* Ken Owens (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player
* Ken Owens (basketball) (born 1959), American basketball player and coach
* Lamar S. Owens Jr., American coach and United States Naval Academy quarterback
* Lilliana Owens (1898–1992), American nun, historian and writer
* Lynne Owens (born 1969), British law enforcement officer
* Mary Ann Aspinwall Owens (1928–2005), philatelist of New York
* Mathew Owens (born 1977), Welsh space physicist
* Michael Owens (politician), African-American politician
* Nancy Fulda (née Owens), American science fiction writer, editor, and computer scientist
* Natasha Owens (born 1976), American Christian musician
* Nigel Owens (born 1971), Welsh international rugby referee
* O'dell Owens (1947–2022), African-American physician
* Pat Owens (born 1941), mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota from 1996 to 2000
* Patricia Owens (1925–2000), Canadian-born actress in Hollywood films
* Randy Owens (1959–2015), American basketball player
* Rashod Owens (born 2001), American football player
* Rick Owens (born 1962), American fashion designer
* Robert Owens (composer) (1925–2017), African-American composer, pianist, and actor
* Robert Owens (musician) (born 1961), vocalist on Chicago house records in the 1980s
* Robert A. Owens (1920–1942), United States marine hero of the World War II landing at Bougainville; posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
* Robert Bowie Owens (1870–1940), American electric engineer who discovered alpha rays
* Robert G. Owens Jr. (1917–2007), United States marine general
* Robyn Owens, Australian applied mathematician and computer scientist
* Sam Owens, American musician and artist
* Samuel Owens (1856–1921), American politician
* Sandra Tayler (née Owens) (born 1973), American short story and children's book writer and blogger
* Steve Owens (American football) (born 1947), American football player and winner of the Heisman Trophy
* Steve Owens (baseball) (born 1965), American college baseball coach
* Susan Owens (1949-2025), associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court
* Susie Owens (born 1956), American model and perfumer
* Susan Owens (academic) (born 1954), British professor of Environment and Policy
* Susan O. Hickey (née Owens) (born 1955), Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
* Terrell Owens (born 1973), American football player
* Tim "Ripper" Owens (born 1967), American heavy metal singer
* Tinker Owens (born 1954), American football player
* Tyler Owens (born 2001), American football player
* Will Owens (1901–1999), African-American Negro League baseball player
* William Owens (admiral) (born 1940), American naval commander, former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, also former CEO of Nortel
* William Owens (Canadian politician) (1840–1917), Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Argenteuil and Senator for Inkerman, Quebec
* William Owens (Navy SEAL) (1980–2017), United States Navy SEALs senior chief petty officer
* William A. Owens (1905–1990), American author
* William C. Owens Jr. (born 1947), Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly
* William Claiborne Owens (1849–1925), United States House of Representatives for Kentucky

## See also

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* Ab Owain
* Ab Owen
* Bowen (surname)
* Bowens (surname)
* Bown
* Bowne
* Bownes
* Owen (name), given name and surname

## References

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1. ^ "Owens Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.

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