Cowell (surname)
Cowell /ˈkaʊəl/ is a surname with multiple origins.
Origin of the name
Cowell is a surname of English origin.[1] It is a habitational name from several places in the counties of Lancashire and Gloucestershire called Cowhill, composed the Old English cu (cow) + hyll (hill).[1] In some instances the surname Cowell may also be an Americanized form of the Polish, Jewish and Sorbian name Kowal.[1] It could also be an anglicisation of a Scots Gaelic surname or from the Irish name McCawell.[2]
People with the surname
- Brady Cowell (1899–1989), American college sports coach
- Brendan Cowell (born 1976), Australian actor, screenwriter and director
- Cressida Cowell (born 1966), English children's author, known for novel How to Train Your Dragon
- Damian Cowell, Australian musician
- Edward Byles Cowell (1826–1903), professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University
- Elizabeth Cowell, British BBC television service presenter
- Frank Cowell, professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science
- Harry Cowell, record producer
- Henry Cowell (1897–1965), American composer
- Several people named John Cowell:
- John Cowell, Irish World War I flying ace
- John Cowell (1554–1611), English jurist
- John F. Cowell (1852–1915), American botanist
- John G. Cowell (1785–1814), American Navy officer in the War of 1812
- Joseph Cowell (1792–1863), British actor and painter
- Nicholas Cowell (born 1961), British estate agent and businessman
- Philip Herbert Cowell (1870–1949), British astronomer
- Roberta Cowell (1918—2011), British racing driver and World War 2 fighter pilot; and the first known British transsexual woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery
- Roland Cowell American college sports coach
- Sam Cowell (1820–1864), British actor and singer of comical songs
- Two people named Simon Cowell:
- Simon Cowell (born 1959), British record producer and impresario, known for Britain's Got Talent and other shows
- Simon Cowell, British television presenter, host of Wildlife SOS
- Stanley Cowell (born 1941), American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label
- Ted Bundy, American serial killer, rapist and necrophile, born Theodore Robert Cowell
- Tony Cowell, British radio broadcaster and author
See also
- Cowell (disambiguation), other things named Cowell
References
- 1 2 3 "Cowell Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- ↑ https://www.houseofnames.com/cowell-family-crest/?A=54323-224
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