Plowden

Plowden may refer to:

• Plowden, Shropshire, village in Shropshire, England

People with the surname Plowden

• Alison Plowden (1931–2007), English historian and biographer
• Bridget Plowden (1910-2000), English educationist, reformer
• David Plowden (born 1932), American photographer
• Edmund Plowden (1518-1585), English lawyer, legal scholar and theorist
• Edmund Plowden (colonial governor) (1590–1659), explorer and colonial governor
• Edwin Plowden (1907-2001), English industrial and public servant
• Francis Plowden, lay member of the U. K. Judicial Appointments Commission
• Robert Plowden (1740-1823), English Jesuit priest
• Walter Plowden (1820-1860), British consul in Ethiopia
• William Plowden (Conservative politician) (1787–1880), English politician
• William Chichele Plowden (1832-1915), Member of the Legislative Council in India, British Member of Parliament
• William Julius Lowthian Plowden (1935-26 June 2010) was a British political science academic and government advisor.

See also

• Plowden Report (named after Bridget Plowden)
• Plowden Hall