Bowie Explained

Bowie may refer to:

People

• Bowie (surname), origin of the surname and a list of people with the surname, including particularly:
  • James Bowie (1796–1836), Texan revolutionary
  • David Bowie (1947–2016), English singer, songwriter, and actor
• Bowie Kuhn (1926–2007), fifth Commissioner of Major League Baseball

Places

• Bowie, Arizona, an unincorporated community
• Bowie, Colorado, an unincorporated community
• Bowie, Maryland, a city
• Bowie County, Texas
• Bowie, Texas, a city in Montague County
• Fort Bowie, a 19th-century U.S. Army outpost in Arizona
• Bowie Seamount, a submarine volcano on the coast of British Columbia, Canada
• Bowie hotspot, a volcanic hotspot in the Pacific Ocean
• Bowie Canyon, a submarine canyon in the Bering Sea
• Bowie Crevasse Field, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica

Entertainment

• Bowie (Shining Force II), the default name of the protagonist in the Shining Force II video game
• "Bowie" (Flight of the Conchords), the sixth episode of the television series Flight of the Conchords
• , a biography of David Bowie by Marc Spitz
• Bowie – The Video Collection, a video album by David Bowie

Ships

• USC&GS Bowie (CSS 27), a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey coastal survey ship in commission from 1946 to 1967
• , a United States Navy attack transport in commission from 1944 to 1946

Other uses

• Bowie Handicap (Bowie), a horse race held at Bowie Race Track near Bowie, Maryland, in 1939 and later
• Bowie Handicap (Pimlico), a horse race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1909 to 1938
• Bowie High School (disambiguation), a list of high schools named Bowie
• Bowie knife, popularized by Jim Bowie
• Bowie Race Track, a horse racing track located near Bowie, Maryland
• Bowie State University, located north of Bowie, Maryland

See also

• Boøwy or Boowy, a Japanese rock band
• Bowi, an album by Nick Lowe, named after David Bowie
• Buie (disambiguation)
• Dowie, a surname
• Cowie (disambiguation)