Plowman is an
occupational 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 ...
based on plowman, the user of a
plow
A plough or (Differences between American and British spellings, US) plow (both pronounced ) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but modern ploughs ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Anna-Louise Plowman (born c. 1972), New Zealand actress
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Arthur J. Plowman (1872–1942), American politician
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Sir Anthony Plowman (1905–1993)
Vice-Chancellor of the High Court
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Clifford Henry Fitzherbert Plowman (1889–1948), British diplomat and Colonial Service administrator
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Idora Plowman (1843–1929), American author
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Jacob H. Plowman (1836–1897), American politician
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Jon Plowman
Phillip Jon Plowman (born 1953 in Welwyn Garden City, England) is a British television and film producer. He has been a producer at the BBC since 1980, when he produced Russell Harty's chat show ''Harty''. He moved on to executive producing a ...
(born 1953), British television producer
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Jonathan Plowman Jr. (1717–1795), American revolutionary
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Mark Plowman (The Messengers), fictional character
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Max Plowman (1883–1941), British writer and pacifist
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Piers Plowman
''Piers Plowman'' (written 1370–86; possibly ) or ''Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman'' (''William's Vision of Piers Plowman'') is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland. It is written in un-rhymed, alliterative ...
, English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland and its title character
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Thomas S. Plowman (1843–1919), American politician
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Timothy Plowman (1944–1989), American botanist
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Tony Plowman (born 1939), Australian politician
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Vincent Plowman, fictional character
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Occupational surnames
English-language occupational surnames