Prowse is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Albert Prowse (1858–1925), Canadian political figure
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Andrew Prowse
Andrew Prowse was an Australian editor, writer and director of film and television. He was nominated for AACTA Award for Best Editing, Best Editing at the 1986 AACTA Awards, AFI Awards for ''Playing Beatie Bow (film), Playing Beatie Bow''. Prowse ...
(fl. 1980s–present), Australian film and TV director
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Benjamin Charles Prowse (1862–1930), Canadian political figure
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Charles Bertie Prowse (1869–1916), British Army officer
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Daniel Woodley Prowse (1834–1914), Canadian political figure
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David Prowse
David Charles Prowse (1 July 1935 – 28 November 2020) was an English actor, bodybuilder, strongman and weightlifter. He portrayed Darth Vader in the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy and a manservant in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film '' A Clockw ...
(1935–2020), British athlete and actor
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David Prowse (politician)
David John Prowse (born 10 March 1941), a former Australian politician, was the first Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, serving between 1989 and 1992. Elected at the 1989 general election to the inaugural multi- ...
(born 1941), Australian political figure
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Edgar Prowse (1905–1977), Australian political figure
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George Prowse (1896–1918), British sailor who won a Victoria Cross in World War I
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Heydon Prowse
Heydon Prowse (born February 1981) is a British activist, journalist, satirist, director and comedian. He is best known for writing and performing in BBC Three's Bafta-winning '' The Revolution Will Be Televised'' alongside Jolyon Rubinstein. ...
(born 1981), British journalist and actor
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Ian Prowse (fl. 1990s–present), British musician
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James Harper Prowse (1913–1976), Canadian political figure
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Jane Prowse
Jane Prowse writes and directs theatre and television.
Her play, '' A Round-Heeled Woman'', is a stage adaptation of Jane Juska's book ''A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance''. The play starred multi-award-winning a ...
(fl. 1990s–present), US playwright and author
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John Prowse (1871–1944), Australian political figure
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Juliet Prowse
Juliet Anne Prowse (25 September 1936 – 14 September 1996) was a British-American dancer and actress whose four-decade career included stage, television and film. She was born in Bombay (today's Mumbai) then of British India, raised in South ...
(1936–1996), South African-American dancer and actress
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Lemuel E. Prowse (1858–1925), Canadian political figure
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Philip Prowse (born 1937), Scottish theatre director
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Robert Henry Prowse (1828–1924), Canadian political figure
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Samuel Prowse (1835–1902), Canadian political figure
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Thomas Prowse (MP), MP for
Somerset
Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...
from 1740 to 1767
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Thomas William Lemuel Prowse
Thomas William Lemuel Prowse (August 31, 1888 – November 2, 1973) was a businessman and was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1950 to 1958.
The son of Lemuel Ezra Prowse and Frances J. Stanley, he was born and educa ...
(1888–1973), Canadian political figure
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William Prowse (1752–1826), British naval officer
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William Jeffrey Prowse (1839–1870), British author
Fictional characters:
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Emily Prowse, character in the television series ''Jericho''
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Jonah Prowse, character in the television series ''Jericho''
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