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Cowell is a surname of English origin.[1] It is a habitational name from several places in the counties of Lancashire and Gloucestershire called Cowhill, composed the Old English cu (cow) + hyll (hill).[1] The surname Cowell may also be an Americanized form of the Polish, Jewish and Sorbian name Kowal.[1]
[edit] People surnamed Cowell
- Brendan Cowell - (1976-) Australian actor.
- Edward Byles Cowell - (1826-1903) Professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University.
- Elizabeth Cowell - BBC Television Service presenter.
- Frank Cowell - Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Henry Cowell - (1897-1965) American composer.
- John F. Cowell - (1852-1915) American botanist.
- John G. Cowell - (1785–1814) American United States Navy officer in the War of 1812.
- Philip Herbert Cowell - (1870–1949) British astronomer.
- Simon Cowell - (1959-) British artist and Sony BMG executive (UK), best known as a judge on TV programs Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol and Britain's Got Talent.
- Simon Cowell - British television presenter.
- Stanley Cowell - (1941) American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label.
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