Owens is a surname representing two separate Celtic ethnicities: the Welsh from ab Owain meaning "son of Owen" (Owen meaning 'noble') with English patronymic-s, and the Irish by the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain.
This is a list of notable people born with the last name Owens and people who married into the Owens family.
Bill Owens (baseball) (1901–1999), African-American negro league baseball player
Bill Owens (Colorado politician) (born 1950), 40th Governor of Colorado
Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) (1937–2022), African-American Massachusetts businessman and politician Bill Owens (New York politician) (born 1949), Representative for New York Bill Owens (photographer), American author of Suburbia Billy Owens (born 1969), American basketball player Billy Owens (American football) (born 1965), American football player Bob Owens (businessman) (1921–1999), New Zealand businessman and mayor Bob Owens (born c. 1935), American football coach Bob Owens (American football, born 1946), American football coach Brick Owens (1885–1949), American baseball umpire Brig Owens (1943–2022), American football player Buck Owens (1929–2006), American country music singer Candace Owens (born 1990), African-American political commentator. Casey Owens (c. 1981–2014), United States Marine Casey Owens (basketball), American professional basketball coach Craig Owens, American musician Craig Owens (critic) (1950–1990), American post-modernist art critic, gay activist and feminist Queen Latifah (born Dana Elaine Owens in 1970), African-American rapper/singer and actress Darryl Owens (1937–2022), American politician Delia Owens (born 1949), American author and zoologist Gary Owens (1936–2015), American radio and TV announcer Gervarrius Owens (born 1999), American football player Ginny Owens (born 1975), American contemporary Christian music and pop singer/songwriter, author and blogger Graeme Owens (born 1988), English footballer Greg Owens (born 1981), Australian football player Hailey Owens (2003–2014), American murder victim Isaac Owens, English footballer Isaiah "Ikey" Owens (1974–2014), African-American keyboardist formerly of The Mars Volta Jack Owens (singer-songwriter), American singer/songwriter Jacob Owens (born 1984), American af2 defensive lineman Jay Owens (musician) (1947–2005), African-American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Jerry Owens (born 1981), American baseball player Jesse Owens (1913–1980), American Olympic athlete Joseph Owens (Jesuit), priest, Caribbean social worker, and author Joseph Owens (Redemptorist) (1908–2005), Canadian priest and scholar in medieval philosophy Josh Owens (born 1988), American basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Julie Owens (born 1958), Australian politician Keith Owens (born 1969), American basketball player Ken Owens (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player Ken Owens (basketball) (born 1959), American basketball player and coach Lamar S. Owens Jr., American coach and United States Naval Academy quarterback Lilliana Owens (1898–1992), American nun, historian and writer Lynne Owens (born 1969), British law enforcement officer Mary Ann Aspinwall Owens (1928–2005), philatelist of New York Mathew Owens (born 1977), Welsh space physicist Nancy Fulda (née Owens), American science fiction writer, editor, and computer scientist Natasha Owens (born 1976), American Christian musician Nigel Owens (born 1971), Welsh international rugby referee O'dell Owens (1947–2022), American physician Pat Owens, former mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota Patricia Owens (1925–2000), Canadian-born actress in Hollywood films Randy Owens (1959–2015), American basketball player Richard M. Owens (1876–1932), birth name of Dicky Owen, Welsh international rugby player Rick Owens (born 1962), American fashion designer Robert Owens (composer) (1925–2017), African-American composer, pianist, and actor Robert Owens (musician) (born 1961), vocalist on Chicago house records in the 1980s Robert A. Owens (1920–1942), United States marine hero of the World War II landing at Bougainville; posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor Robert Bowie Owens (1870–1940), American electric engineer who discovered alpha rays Robert G. Owens Jr.