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 See also Chowning