Sowerby (surname)

Sowerby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Sowerby family, naturalists and artists

 * Sowerby family, a British family of naturalists and artists
 * Arthur de Carle Sowerby (1885–1954), British explorer in China
 * Charlotte Caroline Sowerby (1820–1865), British natural history illustrator
 * George Brettingham Sowerby I (1788–1854), British malacologist
 * George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812–1884), British malacologist
 * George Brettingham Sowerby III (1843–1921), British malacologist
 * James Sowerby (1757–1822), British zoologist and painter
 * James Sowerby (1815–1834), British mycologist
 * James de Carle Sowerby (1787–1871), English scientist and artist
 * John Edward Sowerby (1825–1870), artist and publisher

Artists

 * John George Sowerby (1850–1914), English painter and illustrator
 * Millicent Sowerby (1878–1967), English painter and illustrator

Politicians

 * John Sowerby (MP) (fl. 1391–1411), English lawyer and Member of Parliament
 * William Sowerby (politician) (born 1956), American politician

Other occupations

 * E. Millicent Sowerby (1883–1977), English bibliographer
 * Francis Sowerby Macaulay, British mathematician
 * Fred Sowerby (born 1948), Antigua and Barbuda sprinter
 * Githa Sowerby (1876–1970), English playwright
 * Leo Sowerby (1895–1968), twentieth-century American composer
 * William Sowerby (clergyman) (1799–1875), English clergyman

Fictional characters

 * From The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
 * Dickon Sowerby, a main character with knowledge about nature
 * Martha Sowerby, a servant at the house and Mary's maid
 * Mrs Sowerby, Dickon and Martha's mother.