title: Chown (surname)
text: # Chown (surname)
  
  Chown is a surname. It may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Samuel Dwight Chown (1853–1933), Methodist minister instrumental in the formation of the United Church of Canada
  * Alice Amelia Chown (1866–1949), Canadian pacifist, social feminist and author
  * Bruce Chown (1893–1986), Canadian scientist
  * Chris and Gunna Chown, co-owners of the Plas Bodegroes restaurant in Wales
  * Gordon Chown, member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, Manitoba, Canada, 1957–1963
  * Jeffrey Chown, American professor of communication studies at Northern Illinois University, biographer of director Francis Ford Coppola
  * Kevin Chown (born 1969), American musician, bassist for Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats and others
  * Marcus Chown (born 1959), British science writer and broadcaster
  * Nick Chown, bassist for the 1980s English music group The Bolshoi
  
  ## Places
  
  * Mount Chown, a mountain in Alberta, Canada
  * Chown Creek, a tributary of the Smoky River in Western Alberta, Canada
  * Mackenzie Chown Complex at Brock University in Ontario, Canada
  
  ## Others
  
  * chown, a UNIX operating system command
  