Shown

Shown is an American surname that reflects an Anglicization of the German surname Schaun. A common variant is Shawn. Examples:

  • Elizabeth Shown Mills (born 1944), American genealogist
  • Suzan Shown Harjo (born 1945), Native American activist
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Famous quotes containing the word shown:

    “One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.”
    —Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)

    “If human beings were shown what they’re really like, they’d either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves.”
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

    “Of late the new “life philosophy” has shown a tendency to relapse into a bewildering confusion of logical and poetical means of expression.”
    —Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)