Tower (surname) explained

Tower and Towers are English surnames which may refer to:

Tower

People with the surname Tower:

• Alan Tower Waterman (1892–1967), American physicist
• Ashley B. Tower (1847–1901), American mill architect and engineer
• Charlemagne Tower (1809–1889), American lawyer, soldier, and capitalist
• Charlemagne Tower, Jr. (1848–1923), American diplomat
• David H. Tower (1832–1907), American mill architect and engineer
• Henrietta Tower (1856-1933), American art collectionist and wife of George Washington Wurts
• Ion Tower (1889–1940), British Royal Navy officer, World War II air raid victim
• Jeremiah Tower (born 1942), American chef
• Joan Tower (born 1938), American composer of classical music
• John Tower (1925–1991), American politician
• Wells Tower (born 1973), American writer
• William Hogarth Tower (1871–1950), American philatelist
• William Lawrence Tower (1872–1967), American zoologist
• Zealous Bates Tower (1819–1900), American soldier

Towers

People with the surname Towers:

• Bill Towers (politician) (1892–1962), Australian politician
• Bill Towers (footballer) (1920–2000), English footballer
• Frank Towers (1835–1886) Australian actor and playwright
• Gordon Towers (1919–1999), Canadian politician
• John Towers (disambiguation), several people
  • John Towers (bishop) (died 1649), English churchman, Bishop of Peterborough
  • John Towers (businessman) (born 1948), English founder of Phoenix Venture Holdings
  • John Towers (footballer) (1913–1979), English footballer, played for Darlington
  • John Towers (minister) (c. 1747–1804), English Independent minister
  • John Henry Towers (1885–1955), United States Navy admiral and pioneer naval aviator
  • John T. Towers (1809–1855), mayor of Washington, D.C. from 1854 to 1856
• Kevin Towers (1961–2018), American baseball player and general manager
• William Towers (disambiguation), several people
  • William Towers (rugby union) (1861–1904), English-born rugby union forward, capped twice for Wales
  • William Towers (Master of Christ's College, Cambridge) (1681–1745), priest and academic
  • William Towers (countertenor), English countertenor