Cowell (surname)

Cowell is a surname with multiple origins.

Origin of the name

Cowell is a surname of English origin.^[1] It is a habitational name from several places in the counties of Lancashire and Gloucestershire called Cowhill, composed the Old English cu (cow) + hyll (hill).^[1] In some instances the surname Cowell may also be an Americanized form of the Polish, Jewish and Sorbian name Kowal.^[1]

People with the surname

'Sir' Harry Cowell

• Brendan Cowell (born 1976) - Australian actor, screenwriter and director
• Cressida Cowell (born 1966) - English children's author, known for novel How to Train Your Dragon
• Edward Byles Cowell (1826–1903) - professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University
• Elizabeth Cowell - British BBC television service presenter
• Frank Cowell - professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science
• Harry Cowell, record producer
• Henry Cowell (1897–1965) - American composer
• Several people named John Cowell:
  • John Cowell - Irish World War I flying ace
  • John Cowell (1554–1611) - English jurist
  • John F. Cowell (1852–1915) American botanist
  • John G. Cowell (1785–1814) - American Navy officer in the War of 1812
• Philip Herbert Cowell (1870–1949) - British astronomer
• Two people named Simon Cowell:
  • Simon Cowell (born 1959) - British record producer and impresario, known for Britain's Got Talent and other shows
  • Simon Cowell - British television presenter, host of Wildlife SOS
• Stanley Cowell (born 1941) - American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label

See also

• Cowell, other things named Cowell

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Cowell Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Cowell-family-history.ashx. Retrieved 13 February 2010. 

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