Dowden (/ˈdaʊdən/) is an English family name. It is a patronymic from an Old English personal name, Dogod (probably a derivative of dugan ‘to avail’, ‘to be of use’), chiefly found in Gloucestershire and Somerset. Notable people with the surname include:
Abraham Dowden (1839–1907), American politician
Bradley Dowden (born 1942), American philosopher
Corey Dowden (born 1968), American football player in the National Football League
Edward Dowden (1843–1913), Irish critic and poet
Hester Dowden (1868–1949), Irish spiritual medium
John Dowden (1840–1910), Irish bishop
Ken Dowden (born 1950), English scholar
Oliver Dowden (born 1978), British Conservative Party politician, MP for Hertsmere since May 2015
Richard Dowden (born 1949), English journalist
Steve Dowden (1929–2001), American football player in the National Football League
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Amy Dowden (born 10 August 1990) is a Welsh professional ballroom and Latin American dancer from Caerphilly, Wales, best known for her appearances on the...
surname include: Abraham Dowden (1839–1907), American politician Bradley Dowden (born 1942), American philosopher Corey Dowden (born 1968), American football...
Oliver James Dowden CBE (born 1 August 1978) is a British politician and the current Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A member of the Conservative...
Edward Dowden (3 May 1843 – 4 April 1913) was an Irish critic, professor, and poet. He was the son of John Wheeler Dowden, a merchant and landowner, and...
Bradley Harris Dowden (born 1942) is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the California State University, Sacramento. He is a general...
Stack v Dowden [2007] UKHL 17 is a leading English property law case concerning the division of interests in family property after the breakdown of a cohabitation...
Ken Dowden (born 1950) is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Birmingham. Dowden is from Newcastle upon Tyne and studied at Worcester College...
classified as Olympians". Dowden, p. 43; Rutherford, p. 43. Rutherford, pp. 43–44; Thucydides, 6.54.6–7. Gadbery, p. 447. Dowden, p. 43; Rutherford, p. 44;...
p. 540. Dowden 2020, p. 19. Dowden 2020, p. 6. Robertson 2009, p. 192. Dowden 2020, p. 2-5. Dowden 2020, p. 9. Viale 2020, p. 746. Dowden 2020, p. 10...
Arthur Ernest Dowden (13 December 1894 – 2 February 1979) was a British Army officer and diplomat. He was posthumously recognised as a British Hero of...
Richard Dowden (born 20 March 1949) is an English journalist who has specialised in African issues. Since 1975, he has worked for several British media...
Hester Dowden (1868–1949), also known as Hester Travers Smith, was an Irish spiritualist medium who is most notable for having claimed to contact the spirits...
Konzett (2002), p. 121 Dowden (1991), p. xii Dowden (1991), pp. xii, 16 Honegger (2001), pp. ix–xi Dowden (1991), p. xii Dowden (1991), p. 2 Honegger (2001)...
Corey Dowden (born October 18, 1968) is an American former defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). Dowden was born on October 18, 1968,...
John Wheeler Dowden, FRCSEd (1 October 1866 – 8 March 1936) was a surgeon, born in Ireland, who worked for most of his career at the Royal Infirmary of...
Dowden Health Media is an American publisher of websites and peer-reviewed journals in the field of medicine. Since 1997 Dowden Health Media has partnered...
Stephen Henry Dowden (February 24, 1929 – January 24, 2001) was an American former player in the National Football League (NFL). Dowden was born in 1929...
century, Edward Dowden classified four of the late comedies as romances, and though many scholars prefer to call them tragicomedies, Dowden's term is often...
of deputy prime minister. The incumbent deputy prime minister is Oliver Dowden who also serves as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Secretary of...
Abraham Rinkle Dowden (/ˈdaʊdən/; February 14, 1839 – September 18, 1907) was a minor Democratic political figure in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, in...
2021 Velleman 2006, pp. 8, 103 Johnson-Laird 2009, pp. 8–10 Dowden 2020, pp. 334–336, 432 Dowden 2020, pp. 432, 470 Anshakov & Gergely 2010, p. 128 Vickers...
other secretaries of state in the United Kingdom. The incumbent is Oliver Dowden who also serves as deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom and chancellor...
paganism. The classicist Ken Dowden opined that the cofgodas were the equivalent of the Penates found in Ancient Rome. Dowden also compared them to the Kobold...
John Dowden /d͡ʒɒn ˈdaʊdən/ (29 June 1840 – 30 January 1910) was an Irish-born bishop and ecclesiastical historian. He served in the Scottish Episcopal...
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