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Fowler is an English and/or Scots surname. Its origin is the
Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...
, an occupational name for a bird-catcher or hunter of wild birds. Old English or means "bird" and has evolved into the modern word
fowl Fowl are birds belonging to one of two biological orders, namely the gamefowl or landfowl (Galliformes) and the waterfowl (Anseriformes). Anatomical and molecular similarities suggest these two groups are close evolutionary relatives; together ...
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Notable Fowlers


Born before 1700

* Constance Aston Fowler (born "Constance Aston"), English author and anthologist *
Edward Fowler (bishop) Edward Fowler (1632 – 26 August 1714) was an English churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1691 until his death. Early life and education He was born at Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, late ...
(1632–1714), English churchman, Bishop of Gloucester *
Eliza Haywood Eliza Haywood (c. 1693 – 25 February 1756), born Elizabeth Fowler, was an English writer, actress and publisher. An increase in interest and recognition of Haywood's literary works began in the 1980s. Described as "prolific even by the standar ...
(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) William Fowler (c. 1560–1612) was a Scottish poet or makar (royal bard), writer, courtier, and translator. Early life William Fowler was the son of Janet Fockart and William Fowler, a well connected Edinburgh merchant burgess who sold a vari ...
(c. 1560–1612), Scottish poet, writer, courtier, and translator


Born after 1700

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Charles Fowler Charles Fowler (17 May 1792 – 26 September 1867) was an English architect, born and baptised at Cullompton, Devon. He is especially noted for his design of market buildings, including Covent Garden Market in London. Life Education and ear ...
(1792–1867), English architect * John Fowler (politician) (1755–1840), American national politician *
Robert Fowler (archbishop) Robert Fowler (23 December 1724 – 10 October 1801) was an Anglo-Irish clergyman. He served as the Archbishop of Dublin in the Church of Ireland from 1779 until his death in 1801. Life Robert Fowler was born on 23 December 1724, and baptized a ...
(1724–1801), Archbishop of Dublin in the Church of Ireland *
Robert Fowler (bishop) Robert Fowler was an Anglican bishop in the late eighteenth and early 19th centuries. Fowler was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford. He was Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1793 to 1794; Rector of Urney and Archdeaco ...
(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 Alfred Fowler, CBE FRS (22 March 1868, in Yorkshire – 24 June 1940) was an English astronomer. Early life and career He was born in Wilsden on the outskirts of Bradford, Yorkshire and educated at London's Normal School of Science, w ...
(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 *
Francis George Fowler Francis George Fowler (1871–1918), familiarly known as F. G. Fowler and sometimes Frank Fowler, was an English writer on English language, grammar and usage. Born in Tunbridge Wells, F. G. Fowler was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He lived ...
(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) Sir Henry Fowler, (29 July 1870 – 16 October 1938) was an English railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the Midland Railway and subsequently the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Biography Fowler was born in Evesha ...
, (1870–1938) English locomotive engineer * Henry Fowler (died 1896), one of a pair of Victorian murderers, known as Milsom and Fowler *
Henry Watson Fowler Henry Watson Fowler (10 March 1858 – 26 December 1933) was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language. He is notable for both ''A Dictionary of Modern English Usage'' and his work on the ''Con ...
(1858–1933), English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of English * Henry Weed Fowler (1878–1965), American zoologist * Jack Fowler (footballer born 1899) (born 1899), Welsh footballer * Jack Beresford Fowler (1893–1972), Australian little theatre director * Jesse Fowler (1898–1973), American professional baseball player *
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, KCMG, LLD, FRSE (15 July 1817 – 20 November 1898) was an English civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure. In the 1850s and 1860s, he was engineer for the world's fir ...
(1817–1898), English railway engineer *
John Fowler (agricultural engineer) John Fowler (11 July 1826 – 4 December 1864) was an English agricultural engineer who was a pioneer in the use of steam engines for ploughing and digging drainage channels. His inventions significantly reduced the cost of ploughing farmland ...
(1826–1864), English agricultural engineer * John Edgar Fowler (1866–1930), American national politician * Joseph S. Fowler (1820–1902), American national politician *
Lilian Fowler Elizabeth Lilian Maud Fowler MBE, JP (; 7 June 1886 – 11 May 1954) was an Australian politician. She was Australia's first female mayor, serving as mayor of Newtown, New South Wales, from 1937 to 1939. She later represented the seat of Newt ...
(1886–1954), Australian politician * Lydia Folger Fowler (1823–1879), pioneering American physician, activist, and professor of medicine. *
Orson Squire Fowler Orson Squire Fowler (October 11, 1809 – August 18, 1887) was an American phrenologist and lecturer. He also popularized the octagon house in the middle of the nineteenth century. Early life The son of Horace and Martha (Howe) Fowler, he w ...
(1809–1887), American phrenologist * Ralph H. Fowler (1889–1944), English physicist and astronomer *
Sir Robert Fowler, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Nicholas Fowler, 1st Baronet DL JP (12 September 1828, Tottenham, Middlesex – 22 May 1891 Harley Street, London) was a member of parliament and Lord Mayor of London. He was born the son of Thomas Fowler of Gastard, Wiltshire. He ...
(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 Captain Robert St Leger Fowler MC (7 April 1891 – 13 June 1925) was an Irish first-class cricketer, often regarded as the best Irish cricketer not to have represented Ireland itself. Fowler was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm o ...
(1891–1925), Irish cricketer and captain of Eton in the famous Eton v Harrow match of 1910 *
Samuel Fowler (1851–1919) Samuel Fowler (March 22, 1851 in Port Jervis, New York – March 17, 1919 in Newark, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the U.S. representative for two term ...
, 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 William Warde Fowler (16 May 1847 – 15 June 1921) was an English historian and ornithologist, and tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford. He was best known for his works on ancient Roman religion. Among his most influential works wa''The Roman F ...
(1847–1921), English historian and ornithologist, tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford *
William Weekes Fowler William Weekes Fowler (January 1849 – 3 June 1923 ) was an English clergyman and entomologist mainly interested in beetles. Biography Son of the Reverend Hugh Fowler, Vicar of Barnwood, Gloucestershire, Fowler was educated at Rugby School a ...
(1849–1923), Entomologist


Born after 1900

* Alan Fowler (footballer) *
Art Fowler John Arthur Fowler (July 3, 1922 – January 29, 2007) was an American pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. The , right-hander was signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent before the 1944 season. He played for the C ...
(1922–2007), American professional baseball player & pitching coach * Bobby Jack Fowler (1939–2006), American serial killer *
Boob Fowler Joseph Chester "Boob" Fowler (November 11, 1900 – October 8, 1988), also nicknamed "Gink", was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the Cincinnati Reds (1923–1925) and Boston Red Sox (1926). He stood and weighed . Fowler saw mo ...
(1900–1988), American professional baseball player *
Bruce Fowler Bruce Lambourne Fowler (born July 10, 1947) is an American trombonist and composer. He played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart and in the Fowler Brothers Band. He composes and arranges music for movies, ...
(born 1948), American trombonist * Calvin Fowler (1940–2013), American Olympic basketball player *
Cary Fowler Morgan Carrington "Cary" Fowler Jr. (born 1949) is an American agriculturalist and the former executive director of the Crop Trust, currently serving as a senior advisor to the trust. On May 5th, Dr. Fowler joined the U.S. Department of State as ...
(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 Harold Arthur "Hal" Fowler (January 12, 1927 – November 7, 2000) was an American poker player known for winning the 1979 World Series of Poker Main Event. He is considered the first amateur poker player to become poker's World Champion. Fowl ...
(born 1927), American amateur World Champion poker player *
Hedley Fowler Hedley Nevile 'Bill' Fowler (8 June 1916 – 26 March 1944) was a British Royal Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war and successfully escaped from Oflag IV-C at Colditz during the Second World War. Early life Fowler was born in Lond ...
(1916-1944), English RAF Pilot who escaped from Colditz Castle *
Henry H. Fowler Henry Hammill Fowler (September 5, 1908 January 3, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Early life and career Fowler was born in Roanoke, Virgi ...
(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 (born 1940), American psychologist, academic and Methodist clergyman * Jim Fowler (1930–2019), American zoologist and television personality *
Keith Fowler Keith Franklin Fowler (born February 23, 1939) is an American actor, director, producer, and educator. He is a professor emeritus of drama and former head of directing in the Drama Department of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts of the Univer ...
(born 1939), American educator (professor), actor, director * Michael Fowler (born 1929), New Zealand architect and Mayor of Wellington *
Norman Fowler Peter Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, (born 2 February 1938) is a British politician who served as a member of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major's ministries during the 1980s and 1990s. He held the office of Lord Speaker from 1 September 201 ...
(born 1938), English national politician and peer (Lord Fowler) *
Ron Fowler Ronald Lee Fowler (born July 23, 1944) is an American businessman. He is the vice chairman of the ownership group of the San Diego Padres franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB) and CEO of Liquid Investments Inc., a San Diego beer distributorship ...
(born 1943/1944) 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 Tillie Kidd Fowler (December 23, 1942 – March 2, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Her father and brother served as s ...
(1942–2005), American national politician * Tommy Fowler (born 1924), English professional footballer *
William Alfred Fowler William Alfred Fowler ( ) was an American nuclear physicist, later astrophysicist, who, with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is known for his theoretical and experimental research into nuclear reactions with ...
(1911–1995), American astrophysicist * Wyche Fowler (born 1940), American national politician and diplomat


Born after 1950

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Ally Fowler Alexandra "Ally" Fowler (born 6 December 1961) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Angela Hamilton in '' Sons and Daughters'' (1982–84) and Zoe Davis in '' Neighbours'' (1986); both series were produced by the ...
(born 1961), Australian actress *
Bernard Fowler Bernard Fowler (born January 2, 1960) is an American musician. He is known for a long association with The Rolling Stones, providing backing vocals since 1989 and on their studio recordings and live tours. Fowler has been a featured guest vocali ...
(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 * Charlie Fowler (1954–2006), American mountain climber, writer, and photographer * Chris Fowler (born 1962), American sports journalist *
Christopher Fowler Christopher Fowler (born 26 March 1953) is an English thriller writer. While working in the British film industry he became the author of fifty novels and short-story collections, including the Bryant & May mysteries, which record the adventures ...
(born 1953), English fiction author *
Damon Fowler Damon Fowler is an American electric blues and blues rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Allmusic noted that "his sound is blues based, but there are hints of country, swamp rock, R&B, and swing in his playing and song writing." Over the ...
, American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter * Dennis Fowler (living), American surgeon and hospital executive *
Dexter Fowler William Dexter Fowler (born March 22, 1986) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinal ...
(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 * 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 *
Karen Joy Fowler Karen Joy Fowler is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the nineteenth century, the lives of women, and alienation. She is best known as the author of the best-selling novel ''The Jan ...
(born 1950), American fiction author *
Kevin Spacey Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, obtaining supporting roles before gaining a leading man status in film and television. Spacey has received various accolade ...
(born "Kevin Fowler", 1959), American actor * Martin Fowler (footballer) (born 1957), former English professional footballer *
Martin Fowler (software engineer) Martin Fowler (18 December 1963) is a British software developer, author and international public speaker on software development, specialising in object-oriented analysis and design, UML, patterns, and agile software development methodologie ...
(born 1963), English-American software architecture author *
Mick Fowler Michael Fowler (born 1956) is a British rock climber, ice climber, mountaineer, and climbing author. Fowler was voted the "Mountaineers' Mountaineer" in a poll in ''The Observer'', and with Paul Ramsden, won the 2002 Piolet d'Or (or Golden Ice ...
(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) Thomas W. Fowler (born June 10, 1951) is an American bass guitarist and musician. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he has played with It's a Beautiful Day, Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ray Charles, Steve Hackett, and man ...
(born 1951), American musician


Brocklebank-Fowler

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Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler (13 January 1934 – 29 May 2020) was a British politician. In 1981, he defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the only Conservative Member of Parliament to do so. He then joined the Liberal Democrats, fol ...
(1934-2020), British politician


Distribution

The "Fowler" surname evolved from an original use of "" in the early 13th Century. 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. 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. Meanwhile, in 19th Century United States, "Fowler" appears in every surveyed state in both the
1880 US Census The United States census of 1880 conducted by the Census Bureau during June 1880 was the tenth United States census.1840 US Census, showing a higher concentration in New York state in each case.


Fictional characters

* Sam and Amanda Fowler, fictional characters in U.S. soap opera ''Another World'' * Amy Farrah Fowler, from the American sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' * House Fowler, one of the noble houses of
Dorne The fictional world in which the '' A Song of Ice and Fire'' novels by George R. R. Martin take place is divided into several continents, known collectively as The Known World. Most of the story takes place on the continent of Westeros and in ...
in the series ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' by George R. R. Martin


''EastEnders''

Several characters in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' share the "Fowler" surname: *
Arthur Fowler Arthur Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Bill Treacher from 1985 to 1996. The father of the Fowler family, Arthur was essentially a good man but made some foolish choices that he always ended ...
* Arthur Brian Fowler *
Bex Fowler The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 2000, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by Matthew Robinson, or his successor, John Yorke. The first character to be ...
* Gill Fowler * Hope Fowler *
Lily Fowler The following are characters who first appeared, or returned, in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' during 2010 listed by order of first appearance. Executive producer Diederick Santer left ''EastEnders'' on 26 February 2010, handing over to ...
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Lisa Fowler Lisa Fowler (also Shaw) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Lucy Benjamin. The character was introduced as a "home-wrecking blonde" by executive producer Matthew Robinson on 7 December 1998. The characte ...
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Mark Fowler Mark Fowler is a fictional character in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Mark, an original regular character when the series started in February 1985, became a semi-regular after his original portrayer David Scarboro was written out of the ...
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Mark Fowler (2016 character) The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins, or his successor S ...
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Martin Fowler (EastEnders) Martin Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. The character was played by Jon Peyton-Price from the character's introduction 1985 until 1996, and by James Alexandrou from 1996 until 2007. When Alexandrou took ...
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Michelle Fowler Michelle Fowler (also Holloway) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Susan Tully from the show's first episode on 19 February 1985 up until the character's departure on 26 October 1995. She returned on 24 De ...
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Pauline Fowler Pauline Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders''. She was played by actress Wendy Richard between the first episode on 19 February 1985 and 25 December 2006. Pauline was created by scriptwriter Tony Holland a ...
* Ruth Fowler * Sonia Fowler *
Stacey Fowler Stacey Slater (also Branning and Fowler) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', portrayed by Lacey Turner. She first appears in episode 2826, originally broadcast on 1 November 2004. The character is introduced as a fe ...
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Vicki Fowler Vicki Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Emma Herry from the character's birth in 1986 to 1988, Samantha Leigh Martin from 1988 to 1995, and Scarlett Alice Johnson from 2003 to 2004. She is the daugh ...


See also


Human name disambiguation pages

* 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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