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