Chown (surname)

Chown is a surname. It may refer to:

• Samuel Dwight Chown (1853–1933), Methodist minister instrumental in the formation of the United Church of Canada
• Alice Amelia Chown (1866–1949), Canadian pacifist, social feminist and author
• Bruce Chown (1893–1986), Canadian scientist
• Chris and Gunna Chown, co-owners of the Plas Bodegroes restaurant in Wales
• Gordon Chown, member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, Manitoba, Canada, 1957–1963
• Jeffrey Chown, American professor of communication studies at Northern Illinois University, biographer of director Francis Ford Coppola
• Kevin Chown (born 1969), American musician, bassist for Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats and others
• Marcus Chown (born 1959), British science writer and broadcaster
• Nick Chown, bassist for the 1980s English music group The Bolshoi

• Mount Chown, a mountain in Alberta, Canada
• Chown Creek, a tributary of the Smoky River in Western Alberta, Canada
• Mackenzie Chown Complex at Brock University in Ontario, Canada

• chown, a UNIX operating system command

• Chowning
• Chowns

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Chown.
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