Bowdler

Bowdler, a prominent Shropshire family descended from Baldwin de Boulers.

People with the given name Bowdler

 * George Bowdler Buckton (1818–1905), English entomologist
 * Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909), English zoologist

Writers

 * Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler (? - 1797), English religious writer
 * Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830), writer and expurgator of Shakespeare, sister of Jane, John and Thomas Bowdler
 * Jane Bowdler (1743–1784), poet and essayist and sister of John, Thomas and Henrietta Bowdler
 * John Bowdler (1746-1823), moral reformer and brother of Henrietta and Thomas Bowdler
 * John Bowdler the Younger (1783-1815), essayist, poet and lawyer, son of John Bowdler
 * Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), English physician, publisher and editor of the Family Shakespeare (1818), inspiration of the term bowdlerisation
 * Thomas Bowdler the Younger (1782-1856), Church of England priest and nephew and editor of Thomas Bowdler

Sportsmen

 * Cal Bowdler (born 1977), retired American basketball player
 * Charles Bowdler (1785-1879), English cricketer
 * Ernie Bowdler (1872–1921), Shrewsbury Town F.C. and Wales international footballer
 * Jack Bowdler (1870–1927), Shrewsbury Town F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. and Wales international footballer
 * Lonza Bowdler, Welsh international rugby player

Politicians

 * Audley Bowdler (1884-1969), English politician
 * William G. Bowdler (1924-2016), American diplomat

Other

 * Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe (1868-1920), English entomologist
 * Sandra Bowdler (1946), Australian archaeologist

Places

 * Ashford Bowdler, a village in Shropshire, England
 * Ashford Bowdler railway station, railway station in Ashford Bowdler
 * Hope Bowdler, a village in Shropshire, England