Bower (surname)

Bower is a Scottish and English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adrian Bower (born 1970), English actor
• Archibald Bower (1686–1766), Scottish historian
• B. M. Bower (1871–1940), American novelist
• Billy Bower (1887–1954), English footballer
• David Bower (born 1969), Welsh actor
• Edward Bower (1635–1667), English portrait painter
• Emma Eliza Bower (1852–1937) American physician, club-woman, and newspaper owner, publisher, editor
• Frederick Orpen Bower (1855–1948), English botanist
• Graham John Bower (1848–1933), Irish diplomat
• Gordon H. Bower (born 1932), American cognitive psychologist
• Hetty Bower (1905–2013), English activist
• Jeff Bower (American football) (born 1953), American football coach
• Jeff Bower (basketball) (born 1961), American basketball executive
• Jimmy Bower (born 1968), American guitarist and drummer
• Johnny Bower (1924–2017), Canadian hockey goaltender
• John Nott-Bower (1892–1972), British policeman
• Louisa Nott-Bower (née Yorke, 1861–1925), Welsh archer
• Mark Bower (born 1980), English footballer
• Marvin Bower (1903–2003), American lawyer
• Matthew Bower, British musician
• Michael Bower (born 1975), American actor
• Norman Adolph Henry Bower (1907–1990), British politician
• Paul Bower (born 1988), Australian rules footballer
• Robert Bower (disambiguation), multiple people
• Scott Bower (born 1978), American soccer player
• Shane Bower (wrestler) (1965–2007), Canadian professional Wrestler
• Steve Bower, English radio presenter
• Thomas Bower (1838–1919), English architect
• Tom Bower (born 1946), British writer
• Tom Bower (actor) (born 1938), American actor
• Walter Bower (c.1385–1449), Scottish chronicler