Plowden may refer to:
Plowden, Shropshire, village in Shropshire, England
People with the surname Plowden Alfred Chichele Plowden (1844–1914), English barrister and court magistrate Alison Plowden (1931–2007), English historian and biographer Anna Plowden (1938-1997), archaeological conservator Bridget Plowden, Lady Plowden (1910–2000), English educationist, reformer David Plowden (born 1932), American photographer Dorothea Plowden (died 1827), British songwriter and librettist Edmund Plowden (1518–1585), English lawyer, legal scholar and theorist Edmund Plowden (colonial governor) (1590–1659), explorer and colonial governor Edwin Plowden, Baron Plowden (1907–2001), English industrial and public servant Francis Plowden (politician) (c.1644–1712), English Jacobite official Francis Peter Plowden (1749–1829), English barrister and writer. Francis Plowden (British Army officer) (1851–1911), British general Francis Plowden (businessman) (born 1945), lay member of the U. K. Judicial Appointments Commission Henry Plowden (1840-1920), English cricketer Luke Ishikawa Plowden (1995), Japanese-American actor Robert Plowden (1740–1823), English Jesuit priest Thomas Plowden (1594–1664), English Jesuit priest, translator Walter Plowden (1820–1860), British consul in Ethiopia William Plowden (Conservative politician) (1787–1880), English politician William Chichele Plowden (1832–1915), Member of the Legislative Council in India, British Member of Parliament William Julius Lowthian Plowden (1935–26 June 2010) was a British political science academic and government advisor.
See also Plowden Report (named after Bridget Plowden) Plowden Hall