Owen
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Owen may also refer to:

Places

Australia
  • Owen, South Australia
    Owen, South Australia
    Owen is a rural community in the heart of the Adelaide Plains. Owen is above sea-level and receives a reliable 416 mm of rain annually and was first settled in about 1865. It is about 80 km north of Adelaide in South Australia and is approximately 30 minutes by road to the nearest main...

    , a small town

United States
  • Owen, Indiana
    Owen, Indiana
    Owen is an unincorporated town in Owen Township, Clark County, Indiana. Its original name was Herculaneum....

  • Owen, Wisconsin
    Owen, Wisconsin
    Owen is a city in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 936 at the 2000 census, but was 982 as of 2008. Owen is located directly east of the village of Withee, which is about half the size of Owen.-Geography:...

  • Owen County, Indiana
    Owen County, Indiana
    Owen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1920. As of 2010, the population was 21,575...

  • Owen County, Kentucky
    Owen County, Kentucky
    As of the census of 2000, there were 10,547 people, 4,086 households, and 2,995 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 5,345 housing units at an average density of...


Germany
  • Owen, Germany
    Owen, Germany
    Owen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.-Geography:It is located 29 km southeast of Stuttgart and 7 km south of Kirchheim unter Teck.-Pronunciation:...

    , a town in Baden-Württemberg

Vessels

  • USS Owen
    USS Owen (DD-536)
    USS Owen , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Elias K. Owen.Owen was laid down 17 September 1942 by the Bethlehem Steel Corp., San Francisco, California; launched 21 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Hope Owen; and commissioned 20 September 1943, Comdr. R. W...

    , a Fletcher-class destroyer that took part in World War II and the Korean War
  • HMS Owen
    HMS Owen (K640)
    HMS Owen a Bay-class frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was named for the explorer and naval officer William Fitzwilliam Owen. She was originally laid down as the Loch-class vessel Loch Muick, and re-ordered as Thurso Bay while building...

    , British Royal Navy frigate

Other uses

  • Owain mab Urien
    Owain mab Urien
    Owain mab Urien was the son of Urien, king of Rheged c. 590, and fought with his father against the Angles of Bernicia. The historical figure of Owain became incorporated into the Arthurian cycle of legends where he is also known as Ywain, Yvain, Ewain or Uwain...

     (Ywain), sometimes spelled Owen
  • Owen (band)
    Owen (band)
    Owen is a solo project of Mike Kinsella, and part of the Chicago indie scene.Kinsella is one of the dominant and influential figures in the Chicago indie scene, having also led the band American Football, and played in the bands Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc and Owls .Owen is known for its soft melodies,...

    , an indie rock singer-songwriter from Chicago
  • Owen (album)
    Owen (album)
    Owen is the eponymous full length debut album by the band Owen. It was released on September 18, 2001.-Track listing:# "That Which Wasn't Said" – 2:11# "Most Days And" – 5:01# "Most Nights" – 2:14# "Accidentally" – 6:18...

    , 2001 eponymous album
  • Owen (hippopotamus), a young hippopotamus orphaned by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
  • Owen Owen
    Owen Owen
    Owen Owen was a Liverpool-based operator of department stores in the United Kingdom.- The man :Owen Owen was born in October 1847 and died on Easter Sunday in 1910 at the age of 62....

    , UK department store chain
  • Owen submachine gun, an Australian gun
  • Owen Graduate School of Management
    Owen Graduate School of Management
    The Owen Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1969, Owen awards six degrees: a standard 2-year Master of Business Administration , an Executive MBA, a master's of finance, a master's of accountancy, a HealthCare...

    , the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University

See also

  • Eógan (given name)
    Eógan (given name)
    Éogan or Eógan is an early Irish male name, which also has the hypocoristic and diminutive form Eóganán and Eóghainin. In more modern forms of Irish it is written as Eóghan or Eoghan. The name is often associated with the Greek name Eugenes, meaning noble born. Etymologyist disagree as to the...

    , pronouned Owen, Irish-Scottish version of the given name
  • Owain (disambiguation)
  • Owen's (disambiguation)
  • Owens (disambiguation)
  • Garryowen
    Garryowen
    Garryowen, also known as Garyowen, Garry Owen and Gary Owens, is an Irish tune for a quickstep dance.- History :It emerged in the late 18th century, when it was a drinking song of rich young roisters in Limerick...

    , Irish tune
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