People
- Brian Cowen (born 1960), Irish Taoiseach, former Minister for Finance and Leader of the Fianna Fáil party
- Bernard Cowen (1932-1984), Irish politician and father of the above
- Elise Cowen (born 1933), American Beat poet
- Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852–1935), British pianist, conductor, and composer
- Joseph Cowen (1829–1900), English politician and journalist
- Lillie Cowen (born 1851), Jewish-Irish writer and Hebrew translator
- Robert Cowen (born 1930), Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Scott Cowen, president of Tulane University
- Tyler Cowen (born 1962), American economist
- Zelman Cowen (1919-2011), former Governor-General of Australia
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“Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbacks from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes.”
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With what they used to pair with before.”
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