Famous People with Name Owen

Owen Joseph Kline            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Owen Joseph Kline: an American actor.Kline was born in New York City, the son of actors Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates; he has a younger sister, Greta Kline. Kline's only leading film role to date was in the 2005 film The Squid and the Whale, a part given to him at the suggestion of family friend Jennifer Jason Leigh, director Noah Baumbach's then-girlfriend, now-wife.[1] He was also featured in the Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cummings film; The Anniversary Party, where he played the son of his real father.

Owen Kay Garriott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Owen Kay Garriott: is a former NASA astronaut who spent 60 days aboard Skylab in 1973 and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 in 1983. He is also the father of Robert Garriott and fellow spacefarer Richard Garriott.[1]

Owen Thomas Phillips III            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Owen Thomas Phillips III: is an American professional tennis player. Phillips mainly plays doubles. Phillips was born in Newport News, Virginia. He started to play tennis at the age of four with his mother Brenda and father O.T. When he was 16, he was among the top 10 in America i

Owen Porter Churchill            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Owen Porter Churchill: was an American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1940 Churchill designed and patented the swim fin improving it from the earlier version made by Louis de Corlieu in 1935. With skin-diving's low popularity in America, he sold under a tho

Owen Lovejoy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Owen Lovejoy: was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois. He was also a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. After his brother Elijah Lovejoy was murdered in November 1837 by pro-slavery forces, Owen beca

Allen Ferdinand Owen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allen Ferdinand Owen: was an American politician and lawyer who served in the United States Congress.In 1843, Owen was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and served in that position until 1847. The next year, he served as the clerk of the state House of Representa

Emmett Marshall Owen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emmett Marshall Owen: was an American politician, educator, farmer and lawyer.In 1902, Owen was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and served in that body through 1906. He was also the Mayor of Zebulon from 1905 through 1907. From 1906 through 1909, Owen was the P

Ruth Bryan Owen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ruth Bryan Owen: was the daughter of William Jennings Bryan and mother of Helen Rudd Brown. A Democrat, in 1929 she became Florida’s (and the South's) first woman representative in the United States Congress, coming from Florida’s 4th district. Representative Owen was als

James Owen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Owen: was an American politician from North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, Owen was a member of the North Carolina state legislature and was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District from 1817 to 1819. He died in 1865 and was interred at Oakdale

Robert Latham Owen, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Latham Owen, Jr.: was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925. He earlier came to public notice as a successful lawyer of part-Cherokee ancestry, who in 1906 won a major court case on behalf of the Eastern Cherokees s