title: Towne
text: # Towne
  
  Towne, an archaic spelling of the word town, is a surname, and may refer to:
  
  * Benjamin Towne publisher of the first American daily newspaper, the Pennsylvania Evening Post in 1783
  * Chari Towne (born 1960), American rower
  * Charles A. Towne (1858–1928), U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from Minnesota
  * Charles Towne (artist) (1763–1840), English painter
  * Francis Towne (1739 or 1740–1816), British landscape painter
  * Gene Towne (1904–1979), American screenwriter
  * Henry R. Towne (1844–1924), American mechanical engineer and entrepreneur
  * John Towne (1711?–1791), British religious controversialist
  * Joseph Towne (1806–1879), British anatomical modeller
  * Laura Matilda Towne (1825-1901), African-American educator
  * Mary Eastey (1634–1692), née Towne, executed for witchcraft by the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the Salem witch trials
  * Rebecca Nurse (1621–1692), née Towne, sister of Mary Eastey, also executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials
  * Robert Towne (born 1934), American actor and screenwriter
  * Sarah Cloyce (1648–1702), née Towne, sister of Mary Eastey and Rebecca Nurse, accused but not convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials
  