Flower is an English
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
and
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Andy Flower
Andrew Flower (born 28 April 1968) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and a former cricketer. As a cricketer, he captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team and is widely regarded as the greatest Zimbabwean cricketer ever and one of the greatest wi ...
(born 1968), British-Zimbabwean cricketer
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Barnard Flower Barnard Flower (died July or August 1517) was a Flemish glazier. He was King's Glazier to Henry VII and Henry VIII from 1505 to 1517, the first non-Englishman to hold this office.
Flower came to work in England in the late 15th century. By 1496 ...
(died 1517), Flemish glazier
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Dulcie Flower (born 1938), Australian human rights activist and nurse
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Ernest Flower (1865–1926), British politician
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Grant Flower
Grant William Flower (born 20 December 1970) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the batting coach of the Sri Lanka cricket team, Pakistan cricket team, and Sussex.
He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in histo ...
(born 1970), Zimbabwean cricketer
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Harry Flower (1900–1970), Australian rugby league footballer
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Robert Flower
Robert Alan Flower (5 August 1955 – 2 October 2014) was an Australian rules footballer with Melbourne Football Club. His first game was against Geelong in 1973 and he captained the team from 1981 until his final game in 1987. He held the rec ...
(1955–2014), Australian rules footballer
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Roswell P. Flower (1835–1899), American politician
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William Flower (disambiguation)
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Flower Mocher (c. 1729–1801), British army officer
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Flower Msuya (born 1959), Tanzanian
phycologist
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Flower A. Newhouse (1909–1994), American Christian mystic and spiritual teacher
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Flowers (name)
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Flora (surname)
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Flora (given name) Flora is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning ''flower'', ultimately derived from the Latin word ''flos'', which had the genitive ''floris''. Flora was a fertility goddess of flowers and springtime in Ancient Rome. Flora is also a feminine ...
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Fleur (given name)
Fleur is a feminine given name originated in France, eventually used in English speaking countries and other languages. It means "flower" in French.
Notable people
*Fleur Adcock (1934–2024), New Zealand poet and editor
* Fleur Agema (born 1 ...
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Tzitzak
Tzitzak (; died 750), baptised Irene (), was a Khazar princess, the daughter of ''khagan'' Bihar, who became empress by marriage to Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine V (r. 741–775).
Etymology
According to Gyula Moravcsik, ''Tzitzak'' is most ...
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Khazar
The Khazars ; 突厥可薩 ''Tūjué Kěsà'', () were a nomadic Turkic people who, in the late 6th century CE, established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, an ...
princess and
Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...
Empress whose name meant "flower"
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Given names
English-language surnames