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Chown (surname)

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Chown is a surname. It may refer to:

People

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  • 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

Places

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Others

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  • chown, a UNIX operating system command

See also

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