Gowans
Gowans is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Alan Gowans, art historian and academic
- Betty Gowans, Canadian sprint canoer
- Brad Gowans, American jazz trombonist and reedist
- Chris Gowans, Australian rules football player
- Fred R. Gowans, American professor who specializes in the fur trade in the American West
- James Gowans, multiple people, including:
- *James Gowans , Scottish architect and quarry owner
- *James Gowans , Scottish rugby union player
- *James Learmonth Gowans, English immunologist
- *James Gowans , Australian footballer
- John Gowans, British General of The Salvation Army
- Peter Gowans, Scottish football winger
- Tony Gowans, New Zealand football player
- William Gowans, American bookseller
