Bowser (surname)
Bowser is a surname. It is of Norman origin and it either comes from Beausire which was given to a person who frequently used the informal Norman greeting beu sire, which means "good sir", or "fine sir",[1] or from Bouser which originally means "dweller of place with bushes".[2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Arda Bowser (1899–1996), professional football player
- Charley Bowser (1898–1989), American football coach
- Doug Bowser, president of Nintendo of America
- John Bowser (1856–1936), Australian politician and 26th Premier of Victoria
- George Bowser, Canadian comedian, of Bowser and Blue duo
- John W. Bowser (1892–1956), Canadian who supervised construction of the Empire State Building
- Jonathon Earl Bowser, Canadian artist and illustrator of Zabibah and the King
- Mary Bowser, American freed slave who worked as a Union spy during the American Civil War
- Muriel Bowser, current Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Ryan Bowser, music producer
- Sylvanus Bowser (1854–1938), American inventor
- Tyus Bowser (born 1995), American football player for the Baltimore Ravens
- William John Bowser (1867–1933), Canadian politician and 17th Premier of British Columbia
- Yvette Lee Bowser, American television writer and producer
Fictional characters
- Bowser, antagonist from the popular video game franchise Super Mario.
- Bowser Simmons, from the TV show Teenage Bounty Hunters