Bowe is an English and Irish surname. In Ireland it represents at least one distinct family, the surname originally
Ó Buadhaigh
Ó Buadhaigh is a Gaelic Irish surname.
Background
Now rendered Bowe(s) and found mainly in counties Carlow, Laois, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Waterford, the original surname represented a sept of the Éile; specifically, a sept of the Éile Uà Ch ...
meaning ''victorious''. People with this name include:
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Steph Bowe
Steph Bowe (1 February 1994 – 20 January 2020) was an Australian novelist and blogger. She published three young adult novels between 2010 and 2017, while her blog, which she began at age 15, received about 12,000 hits per month.
Bowe was d ...
(1994-2020) Australian YA author and public speaker
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Kaycee Bowe (Wildlife Rehabilitation), born 1994, Australia
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Alice Bowe, English garden designer
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Brittany Bowe
Brittany Starr Bowe (born February 24, 1988) is an American speed skater and former inline skater and basketball player. She has eight gold, one silver, and two bronze medals from the world inline speedskating championships. From her junior years, ...
, American speed skater
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Dante Bowe, American Christian musician
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David Bowe (actor)
David Bowe is a character actor in American movies and television. His best-known role is that of George Newman's sidekick, Bob, in 1989's '' UHF''. His other film credits include ''A Few Good Men'' (1992), '' Made in America'' (1993, starring ...
(21st century), American film actor
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David Bowe (politician)
David Robert Bowe (born 19 July 1955) was a Member of the European Parliament for Labour from 1989 to 2004.
Bowe was educated at Sunderland Polytechnic, Teesside Polytechnic, and the University of Bath. He worked as a science teacher, and b ...
(born 1955), British politician
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Dwayne Bowe (born 1984), American football wide receiver
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Frank Bowe
Frank G. Bowe (1947 – August 21, 2007) was an deaf American disability studies academic who served as the Dr. Mervin Livingston Schloss Distinguished Professor for the Study of Disabilities at Hofstra University. As a disability rights activi ...
(1947–2007), disability rights activist, author, and teacher
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John Bowe (actor) (born 1950), English television actor
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John Bowe (author) (born 1964), American journalist
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John Bowe (1911–1990), Australian rules footballer
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John Bowe (racing driver) (born 1954), Australian racing driver
*Kelly Bowe (born 1965) American screenwriter
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Len Bowe
Henry Leonard Bowe (27 October 1885 – 22 May 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Bowe was a specialist defender and played in back to back Essendon premiership teams in 19 ...
(born 1885), Australian rules footballer
*Philip Paul Bowe (born 1930) American labor lawyer
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Riddick Bowe
Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2008. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1992, and as an amateur he won a silver medal in the super heavyw ...
(born 1967), American boxer
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Rosemarie Bowe
Rosemarie Bowe Stack (born Rose Marie Bowe; September 17, 1932 – January 20, 2019) was an American model, best known for her appearances in several films in the 1950s.
Born in Butte, Montana, Bowe was primarily raised in Tacoma, Washington. S ...
(born 1932), American film and television actress
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Tommy Bowe (born 1984), Irish rugby union footballer
Given name
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Bowe Bergdahl
Beaudry Robert "Bowe" Bergdahl (born March 28, 1986) is a United States Army soldier who was held captive from 2009 to 2014 by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Bergdahl was captured after deserting his post on Ju ...
US Soldier captured in Afghanistan in July 2009
Places
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Bowé, in Guinea
See also
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Bow (disambiguation)
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Bowes (disambiguation) Bowes is a village in County Durham, England.
Bowes may also refer to:
People
* Bowes (surname), a surname
Places
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* Bowes, Western Australia
;United States
* Bowes, Illinois, unincorporated community in Plato Township, Kane County, I ...
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Bowie (disambiguation)
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