Owen (name)
Owen is a male first name and family name common in the English- speaking world . Originally the name comes from the Latin or Greek language: The man's name Eugenius ( man of noble gender , Greek eu = good, genos = gender, descent ), was adapted to the Welsh language to Oen or Owain (Irish Eoin or . Eoghan ); since oen stands for the lamb in Welsh , Owen today means roughly the innocent lamb . Name bearers are:
family name
A.
- Albert Owen (born 1959), Welsh politician
- Aled Owen (born 1934), Welsh football player
- Alfred Owen (1908–1975), British industrialist
- Alison Owen (* 1961), British film producer
- Alison Owen-Spencer (* 1953), American cross-country skier
- Allen Ferdinand Owen (1816–1865), American politician
- Alun Owen (1924–1994), English screenwriter
- Arthur Owen (1915–2000), British racing car driver
B.
- Beverley Owen (1937–2019), American actress
- Bill Owen ( American football player ) (1903– ??) American football player
- Bill Owen (1914–1999), British actor
- Brad Owen (born 1950), American politician
C.
- Chloé Dygert Owen (* 1997), American cyclist
- Chris Owen (* 1980), American actor
- Chuck Owen (* 1954), American jazz musician, orchestra conductor, arranger, composer and university professor
- Cliff Owen (1919-1993), British director
- Clive Owen (director) (born 1944), Australian director
- Clive Owen (born 1964), British actor
D.
- Daniel Owen (politician) (1732-1812), English farmer and politician
- Daniel Owen (writer) (1836–1895), Welsh writer
- Dave Owen (politician) (* 1938), American politician
- Dave Owen (baseball player) (born 1958), American baseball player
- David Owen (poet) (1784–1841), Welsh poet and bard
- David Owen (politician) (born 1938), British politician
- David Dale Owen (1807-1860), American geologist
- Don Owen (* 1935), Canadian filmmaker
E.
- Edward Owen (1886-1949), British long-distance runner
- Edwyn Owen (1936–2007), American ice hockey player
- Emmett Marshall Owen (1877–1939), American politician
- Emmie Owen (1871-1905), English singer (soprano)
F.
- Frank Owen (1879–1942), American baseball player
G
- Gabe Owen (* 1977), American pool player
- Gareth Owen (* 1982), English soccer player
- Gary Owen (snooker player) (1929-1995), Welsh snooker player
- Gary Owen (soccer player) (born 1958), English soccer player
- Gary Owen (playwright) (born 1972), Welsh playwright
- Gary Owen (Comedian) (* 1974), American comedian
- George Owen (naturalist) (1552-1613), Welsh naturalist and author
- George Owen (soccer player) (1866-1922), Welsh soccer player
- George Owen (ice hockey player) (1901–1986), American ice hockey player
- George Washington Owen (1796–1837), American politician
- Goronwy Owen (1723–1769), Welsh theologian and poet
- Greg Owen (golfer) (born 1972), English golfer
- Greg Owen (ice hockey player) (born 1981), English ice hockey player
- Guillermo Owen (* 1938), Colombian mathematician
- Gus Owen (* 1933), member of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Surface Transportation Board
- Guy Owen (1913–1952), Canadian figure skater
- Gwilym Ellis Lane Owen (1922–1982), British historian of philosophy
H
- Heinrich Ernst Owen (1685–1758), German theologian
- Henry Owen (1716–1795), Welsh theologian
- Hugh Gwyn Owen (* 1933), British paleontologist and geophysicist
J
- Jack Owen (* 1967), American guitarist
- Jake Owen (* 1981), American country musician
- James Owen (1784–1865), American politician
- James A. Owen (* 1969), American author and illustrator
- John Owen (writer) (1563-1622) Welsh writer
- John Owen (theologian) (1616–1683), English theologian
- John Owen (politician) (1787–1841), American politician
- John Owen (chess player) (1827–1901), British chess player and clergyman
- John Owen (soccer player) (1848–1921), English soccer player
- John Owen (Bishop) (1854–1926), Anglican bishop
- Johnny Owen (1956-1980), Welsh boxer
- Jon Owen (* 1963), American luge rider
- Joseph Owen (1720–1790), English prisoner
- Judith Owen , Welsh singer and songwriter
K
L.
- Laurence Owen (1944–1961), American figure skater
- Lindsay Owen-Jones (* 1946), British racing driver and manager
- Lloyd Owen (born 1966), English actor
M.
- Maribel Owen (1940–1961), American figure skater
- Mark Owen (* 1972), British pop musician
- Mark Owen-Taylor , Australian actor
- Marv Owen (1906-1991), American baseball player
- Michael Owen (* 1979), English football player
- Mickey Owen (1916-2005), American baseball player
N
- Nicholas Owen († 1606), English martyr
- Nora Owen (* 1945), Irish politician
P
- Peter Owen , British makeup artist and wig maker
R.
- Rachel Owen (1948–2016), British artist and university lecturer
- Randy Owen (* 1949), American musician
- Ray D. Owen (1915-2014), American immunologist
- Reginald Owen (1887–1972), British actor
- Rena Owen (born 1962), New Zealand actress
- Richard Owen (1804-1892), British physician, anatomist, zoologist and paleontologist
- Robert Owen (1771–1858), British entrepreneur and cooperative
- Robert Dale Owen (1801–1877), American politician and diplomat
- Robert Latham Owen (1856–1947), American politician
- Rod Owen-Jones (* 1970), Australian water polo player
- Roddy Owen (1856-1896) British jockey and officer
- Russell Owen (1889–1952), American journalist
- Ruth Bryan Owen (1885–1954), American politician
S.
- Samuel Owen (painter) (1768–1857) British painter
- Samuel Owen (1774–1854), British-Swedish engineer, inventor and entrepreneur
- Seena Owen (1894–1966), American actress
- Sid Owen (born 1972), English actor
- Spencer Owen (* 1984), American musician
- Spike Owen (born 1961), American baseball player
- Stefania LaVie Owen (born 1997), American actress
- Stephen Owen (sinologist) (* 1946), American sinologist
- Stephen Owen (politician) (born 1948), Canadian politician
- Steve Owen ( American football player ) ( Stephen Joseph Owens , 1898–1964) American football player
- Steve Owen (racing driver) (* 1974), Australian automobile racing driver
- Susan Owen-Leinert (* 1958), American singer (soprano) and vocal teacher
- Swason Owen (* 1982), soccer referee for the Cayman Islands
- Syd Owen (1922–1998), English football player and coach
T
- Thomas Owen (priest) (1749-1812), Welsh priest and translator
- Thomas Owen (writer) (1910–2002), Belgian writer
- Tom Owen (actor) (actually Thomas William Stevenson Rowbotham ; * 1949), British actor
- Tom Owen (musician) (* 1980), British oboist
W.
- Walter Stewart Owen (1904–1981), Canadian lawyer and manager
- Wilfred Owen (1893-1918), English poet
- Wilfred Owen (transportation scientist) (1912–2001), American transportation scientist
- Will Owen (* 1995), American racing car driver
- William Owen (painter) (1769–1825), English painter
- William Owen (Judge) (1899–1972), Australian judge
- William Barry Owen (1860-1914), American entrepreneur
- William D. Owen (1846–1906), American politician
- William Fitzwilliam Owen (1774–1857), British naval officer and Africa explorer
First name
- Ouen (609-684), Bishop of Rouen
- Owain ap Cadwgan (≈1085–1116), Prince of Powys
- Owain ap Gruffydd († 1236) , Lord of Deheubarth
- Owen Arthur (1949-2020), Barbadian politician
- Owen Chadwick (1916–2015), British theologian and historian
- Owen Chamberlain (1920–2006), American physicist
- Owain Cyfeiliog (≈1130–1197), Prince of Powys Wenwynwyn
- Owen Coyle (* 1966), Scottish-Irish football player and coach
- Owen Davis (1874-1956), American playwright
- Owain Gwynedd (≈1100–1170), King of Gwynedd
- Owen K. Garriott (1930–2019), American spaceman
- Frank Owen Gehry (* 1929), Canadian architect, see Frank Gehry
- Owain Glyndŵr (≈1359 – ≈1416), Welsh national hero
- Owen Hargreaves (* 1981), English-Canadian soccer player
- Owen Hart (1965-1999), Canadian wrestler
- Owen Joyner (* 2000), American actor
- Owain Lawgoch (≈1330–1378), Welsh mercenary leader and contender for the title of Prince of Wales
- Eric Owen Moss (* 1943), American architect
- Owen Nolan (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
- Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959), British physicist
- Owen Tudor ( Owen ap Maredudd ap Tudur; ≈1400–1461), ancestor of the House of Tudor
- Owen Wilson (* 1968), American actor
Fictional characters
- Owen Meany , title character for John Irving
See also
- Dorsum Owen , a ridge of the sea
- Owens (family name)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Owen (double entry) on behindthename.com (English)
- ↑ Owen on surnames.behindthename.com (English)