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People

Bowie (surname) Bowie is a Scottish and Irish surname. The name can be derived from the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic nickname ''buidhe'', meaning "yellow", "fair-haired". The surname can also be an Anglicised form of the Irish surname ''Ó Buadhaigh''; this surname m ...

, origin of the surname and a list of people with the surname, including particularly: **

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa ...

(1947–2016), English singer, songwriter, and actor **

James Bowie James Bowie ( ) (April 10, 1796 – March 6, 1836) was an American military officer, landowner and slave trader who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He was among the Americans who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Stories of him ...

( 1796–1836), Texan revolutionary **

Bowie Kuhn Bowie Kent Kuhn (; October 28, 1926 – March 15, 2007) was an American lawyer and sports administrator who served as the fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball from February 4, 1969, to September 30, 1984. He served as legal counsel for M ...

(1926–2007), fifth Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Places

Bowie, Arizona Bowie is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, Cochise County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census the population of Bowie was 449. History The Southern Pacifi ...

, an unincorporated community *

Bowie, Colorado Bowie is an unincorporated community in Delta County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. History The Bowie, Colorado, post office operated from February 5, 1907, until July 14, 1967. The community was named after Alexander Bowie, the proprietor of ...

, an unincorporated community *

Bowie, Maryland Bowie () is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 58,329. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County; i ...

, a city *

Bowie County, Texas Bowie County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Texas. Its legal county seat is Boston, Texas, Boston, though its courthouse is located in New Boston, Texas, New Boston. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 censu ...

Bowie, Texas Bowie ( ) is a town in Montague County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,448 at the 2020 census. History On July 22, 1881, Bowie was incorporated as a town in Montague County, United States. (A separate Bowie County includes Texa ...

, a city in Montague County *

Fort Bowie Fort Bowie was a 19th-century outpost of the United States Army located in southeastern Arizona near the present day town of Willcox, Arizona. The remaining buildings and site are now protected as Fort Bowie National Historic Site. Fort Bowi ...

, a 19th-century U.S. Army outpost in Arizona *

Bowie Seamount Bowie Seamount, or SG̱áan Ḵínghlas ("Supernatural One Looking Outward") in the Haida language, is a large submarine volcano in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, located west of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. The seamount is also known ...

, a submarine volcano on the coast of British Columbia, Canada * Bowie hotspot, a volcanic hotspot in the Pacific Ocean * Bowie Canyon, a submarine canyon in the Bering Sea * Bowie Crevasse Field, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica

Entertainment

* Bowie (Shining Force II), the default name of the protagonist in the ''Shining Force II'' video game * "Bowie" (Flight of the Conchords), the sixth episode of the television series ''Flight of the Conchords'' *'' Bowie: A Biography'', a biography of David Bowie by Marc Spitz *''

Bowie – The Video Collection ''Bowie – The Video Collection'' is a video album by David Bowie, released in 1993. It included most official music videos made by Bowie between 1972 and 1990. Release and reception This video collection was released as a tie-in to the audio ...

'', a video album by David Bowie

Ships

* USC&GS ''Bowie'' (CSS 27), a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey coastal survey ship in commission from 1946 to 1967 * , a United States Navy attack transport in commission from 1944 to 1946

Other uses

* '' Bowie'', a spider genus *

Bowie Handicap (Bowie) Bowie Race Track was an American horse racing track located just outside the city limits of Bowie, Maryland. It operated from 1914 through 1985. The facility is now a training center for Thoroughbred racehorses. History The one-mile oval racetra ...

, a horse race held at Bowie Race Track near Bowie, Maryland, in 1939 and later *

Bowie Handicap (Pimlico) The Bowie Handicap at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland was a Thoroughbred horse race run between 1909 and 1938. A race on dirt, this once much anticipated event that drew some of the very best horses in the country was contested at dist ...

, a horse race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1909 to 1938 *

Bowie High School (disambiguation) Bowie High School may refer to: * Bowie High School (Arizona) in Bowie, Arizona * Bowie High School (Maryland) in Bowie, Maryland * Bowie High School (Arlington, Texas) in Arlington, Texas * Bowie High School (Austin, Texas) in Austin, Texas *Bowie ...

, a list of high schools named Bowie *

Bowie knife A Bowie knife ( ) is a pattern of fixed-blade fighting knives created by Rezin Bowie in the early 19th century for his brother James Bowie, who had become famous for his use of a large knife at a duel known as the Sandbar Fight. Since its fir ...

, popularized by Jim Bowie *

Bowie Race Track Bowie Race Track was an American horse racing track located just outside the city limits of Bowie, Maryland. It operated from 1914 through 1985. The facility is now a training center for Thoroughbred racehorses. History The one-mile oval racetra ...

, a horse racing track located near Bowie, Maryland *

Bowie State University Bowie State University (Bowie State or BSU) is a public historically black university in Prince George's County, Maryland, north of Bowie. It is part of the University System of Maryland. Founded in 1865, Bowie State is Maryland's oldest his ...

, located north of Bowie, Maryland

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