Towne, an archaic spelling of the word

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

, is a surname, and may refer to: * Benjamin Towne publisher of the first American daily newspaper, the ''Pennsylvania Evening Post'' in 1783 *

Chari Towne Chari Towne (born July 26, 1960) is an American rower. She competed in the women's coxless pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) ...

(born 1960), American rower * Charles A. Towne (1858–1928), U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from Minnesota *

Charles Towne (artist) Charles Towne (1763–1840) was an English painter of landscapes, horses and other animals, horse-racing and hunting scenes. Life Towne was born in Wigan, the son of Richard Town, a portrait-painter from Liverpool, and his wife Mary. His talen ...

(1763–1840), English painter *

Francis Towne Francis Towne (1739 – 7 July 1816) was a British watercolour painter of landscapes that range from the English Lake District to Naples and Rome. After a long period of obscurity, his work has been increasingly recognised from the early 20th ...

(1739 or 1740–1816), British landscape painter *

Gene Towne Gene Towne (March 27, 1904 – March 17, 1979) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 47 films between 1921 and 1958. He was born in New York, New York, and died in Woodland Hills, California from a heart attack. Partial filmography * ...

(1904–1979), American screenwriter *

Henry R. Towne Henry Robinson Towne (August 24, 1844 – October 15, 1924) was an American mechanical engineer and businessman, known as an early systematizer of management. He donated several millions to philanthropy at his death, in 1924. Biography Towne wa ...

(1844–1924), American mechanical engineer and entrepreneur *

John Towne John Towne (1711?–1791) was an English churchman and controversialist, archdeacon of Stow from 1765. Life Born about 1711, was educated at Clare Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1732 and M.A. in 1736. Towne became vicar of Thorpe-E ...

(1711?–1791), British religious controversialist *

Joseph Towne Joseph Towne (25 November 1806 – 25 June 1879) was a British moulageur, Sculpture, sculptor, and stereoscopy, stereoscopist. He is best known for the creation of wax anatomical model, anatomical models made of wax, many of which still survive tod ...

(1806–1879), British anatomical modeller *

Laura Matilda Towne Laura Matilda Towne (May 3, 1825 – February 22, 1901) was an American abolitionist and educator who founded the first school in the United States for the education of freedmen, the Penn School, in 1862 on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. ...

(1825-1901), American abolitionist and educator *

Mary Eastey Mary Towne Eastey (also spelled Esty, Easty, Estey, or Eastwick) ( bap. August 24, 1634 – September 22, 1692) was a defendant in the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts. She was executed by hanging in Salem in 1692. Early life ...

(1634–1692), née Towne, executed for witchcraft by the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the

Salem witch trials The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Province of Massachusetts Bay, colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Not everyone wh ...

Rebecca Nurse Rebecca Nurse (née Towne; February 13, 1621 – July 19, 1692) was a woman who was accused of witchcraft and executed by hanging in New England during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was fully exonerated fewer than twenty years later. She ...

(1621–1692), née Towne, sister of Mary Eastey, also executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials *

Robert Towne Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 – July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter and director. He started writing films for Roger Corman, including '' The Tomb of Ligeia'' in 1964, and was later part of the New Hollyw ...

(1934–2024), American actor and screenwriter * Salem Towne (1779–1864), American educator, author and politician *

Sarah Cloyce Sarah Cloys/Cloyce (alt. Cloys/Cloyes; Towne; c. 1641 – 1703) was among the many accused during Salem Witch Trials including two of her older sisters, Rebecca Nurse and Mary Eastey, who were both executed. Cloys/Cloyce was about 50 years old ...

(1648–1702), née Towne, sister of Mary Eastey and Rebecca Nurse, accused but not convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials

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