Cowen (surname)
Cowen is an Irish-Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Barry Cowen, Irish politician and brother of Brian Cowen
- Bernard Cowen, Irish politician and father of Brian Cowen
- Brian Cowen, Irish Taoiseach, former Minister for Finance and Leader of the Fianna Fáil party
- Elise Cowen, American Beat poet
- Frederic Hymen Cowen, British pianist, conductor, and composer
- Joseph Cowen, English politician and journalist
- Lenore Cowen, American mathematician and computer scientist
- Lillie Cowen, Jewish-Irish writer and Hebrew translator
- Robert Cowen, Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Scott Cowen, president of Tulane University
- Tyler Cowen, American economist
- Zelman Cowen, former Governor-General of Australia
