Bowdler is a prominent family from Shropshire in England, descended from Baldwin de Boulers.

People with the given name Bowdler

  • George Bowdler Buckton (1818–1905), English entomologist
  • Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909), English zoologist

People with the surname Bowdler

Writers

  • Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler (? - 1797), English religious writer
  • Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830), writer and expurgator of Shakespeare, sister of Jane, John and Thomas Bowdler
  • Jane Bowdler (1743–1784), poet and essayist and sister of John, Thomas and Henrietta Bowdler
  • John Bowdler (1746–1823), moral reformer and brother of Henrietta and Thomas Bowdler
  • John Bowdler the Younger (1783–1815), essayist, poet and lawyer, son of John Bowdler
  • Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), English physician, publisher and editor of the Family Shakespeare (1818), inspiration of the term bowdlerisation
  • Thomas Bowdler the Younger (1782–1856), Church of England priest and nephew and editor of Thomas Bowdler

Sportsmen

  • Cal Bowdler (born 1977), retired American basketball player
  • Charles Bowdler (1785–1879), English cricketer
  • Ernie Bowdler (1872–1921), Shrewsbury Town F.C. and Wales international footballer
  • Jack Bowdler (1870–1927), Shrewsbury Town F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. and Wales international footballer
  • Lonza Bowdler, Welsh international rugby player

Politicians

  • Audley Bowdler (1884–1969), English politician
  • William G. Bowdler (1924–2016), American diplomat

Other

  • Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe (1868–1920), English entomologist
  • Sandra Bowdler (1946), Australian archaeologist

Places

  • Ashford Bowdler, a village in Shropshire, England
  • Ashford Bowdler railway station, railway station in Ashford Bowdler
  • Hope Bowdler, a village in Shropshire, England

See also

  • Hen Domen the Bowdler family seat
  • Genealogy and History of the Bowdler Family