Gowan

Gowan may refer to:

Surname

 * Charles Gowan (1850–1938), American and Canadian pioneer and politician
 * David Gowan, American politician from Arizona
 * Douglas Gowan (1942/43-2018), British PCB pollution researcher
 * Franklin B. Gowen (1836–1889), American attorney and president of Reading Railroad
 * Geoffrey Gowan (1929–2013), Canadian sports broadcaster
 * Hunter Gowan, Irish Protestant politician and militiaman
 * James Robert Gowan (1815–1909), Canadian lawyer, judge, and senator
 * James Gowan (1923–2015), Scottish architect
 * John Curtis Gowan (1912–1986), American psychologist and academic
 * Lawrence Gowan (born 1956), Canadian solo musician and member of Styx
 * Lee Gowan (born 1961), Canadian novelist
 * Ogle Robert Gowan (1803–1876), Canadian-Irish politician
 * Peter Gowan (1946–2009), British academic
 * Tay Gowan (born 1998), American football player
 * William Henry Gowan (1884–1957), American sailor

Given names

 * Gowan Jones (born 1989), South African field hockey player

Places

 * Gowan Block, built as a commercial building and meeting hall located at 416 Ashmun Street in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
 * Gowan River, in New Zealand
 * River Gowan, Cumbria, a short tributary of the River Kent, England

Other

 * R. v. Gowan, a 1998 Ontario Court of Justice case forbidding women being topless in public for commercial purposes