Chown (surname)
# Chown (surname)

Chown is a surname. It may refer to:

## People

* 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

* 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

## Others

* chown, a UNIX operating system command
