Bowman (surname)

17th century

• Nathaniel Bowman, first Bowman family immigrant to settle in the Massachusetts Bay colony

  18th century

• Abraham Bowman, Kentucky pioneer
• Isaac Bowman, 18th-century American soldier and Kentucky pioneer
• Joseph Bowman, American Revolutionary War officer and Kentucky pioneer
• Thaddeus Bowman, American Revolution patriot

  19th century

• Alexander Bowman , Irish politician and trade unionist
• Alexander Bowman , Australian politician
• Alexander Hamilton Bowman, U.S. Army engineer of Fort Sumter
• Alonzo Bowman, Medal of Honor holder
• Charles Calvin Bowman, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Edmund Bowman, one of the Bowman brothers of Tasmania and Australia
• Elmer Bowman, American baseball player
• Euday L. Bowman, American blues and ragtime musician
• Frank Llewellyn Bowman, U.S. Congressman from West Virginia
• Harold Bowman, English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
• Herbert Bowman, American tennis player
• Isaiah Bowman, American geographer
• John Eddowes Bowman the Elder, British botanist and mycologist with the standard author abbreviation 'Bowman'
• John Eddowes Bowman the Younger, English chemist and child of John Eddowes Bowman the Elder
• Karl Bowman, psychiatrist and president of the American Psychiatric Association
• R. T. V. Bowman, American college sports coach
• Sarah A. Bowman, heroine of Fort Brown nicknamed the Great Western
• Selwyn Z. Bowman, US Congressman from Massachusetts
• Walter Bowman, early Canadian soccer player
• William Bowman, a pioneer in South Australia
• Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, British surgeon and anatomist
• William Charles Bowman, one of the Bowman brothers of Tasmania and Australia
• William N. Bowman, American architect

  20th century

• Abie Philbin Bowman, contemporary Irish columnist and comedian
• Alex Bowman, auto racing driver
• Barbara T. Bowman, early childhood educator and co-founder of Chicago's Erikson Institute
• Bill Bowman, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
• Braedon Bowman, American football player
• Brandon Bowman, American basketball player
• Carol Bowman, American writer and therapist
• Christopher Bowman, American figure skater
• Christopher N. Bowman, American engineer
• Drayson Bowman, American icehockey player
• Edith Bowman, Scottish radio DJ
• Ernie Bowman, American baseball player
• Fallon Bowman, Canadian guitarist
• Ira Bowman, American basketball player
• Jamaal Bowman, American educator and political candidate
• Jan Bowman, Australian retired basketball player
• Jessica Bowman, American actress
• Jim Bowman , American football player
• Joe Bowman , American marksman and Wild West show entertainer
• John Maxwell Bowman, Canadian physician and medical researcher
• Jonathan Philbin Bowman, Irish journalist and radio broadcaster
• Josh Bowman, British actor
• Kenneth Bowman, English rugby league footballer of the 1960s
• Ky Bowman, American basketball player
• Lee Bowman, American actor
• Lisa Bowman, Irish netball player
• Mary Bowman, American economist
• NaVorro Bowman, American football player
• Paul Bowman, Australian rugby league footballer
• Raymond D. Bowman, American music critic
• Rob Bowman, Canadian ethnomusicologist
• Rob Bowman, American film maker
• Robert M. Bowman, American retired Air Force officer and anti-Strategic Defense Initiative activist
• Ryan Bowman, English footballer
• Sally Anne Bowman, British murder victim
• Scotty Bowman, National Hockey League coach
• Steve Bowman, American football player
• Steve Bowman, American musician
• Thea Bowman, Roman Catholic religious sister and educator
• Woody Bowman, American politician
• Zack Bowman, American football player

  Disambiguation

• Bob Bowman, various people
• Brian Bowman, various people
• David Bowman, various people
• Don Bowman, various people
• George Bowman
• James Bowman
• Joe Bowman
• John Bowman, various people
• Thomas Bowman

• The Bowman brothers, a pastoral family in Tasmania and South Australia, including Edmund, John, William Charles and Thomas Richard Bowman and their father John Bowman
• The Bowman brothers, sons of George Bowman , including Alexander Bowman and his brothers George Pearce Bowman and Robert Bowman
• The Bowman brothers, a group of four Kentucky pioneers consisting of Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, and John Bowman who were sometimes called the "Four Centaurs of Cedar Creek", or their namesake whiskey brand produced by the A. Smith Bowman Distillery

  Fictional

• Paul Bowman-MacDonald, a fictional character from Monarch of the Glen