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Major Owens

Politician

Major Owens is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Major Owens · מייג'ור אוונס · ميجر أوينز · ميجر اوينز · メージャー・オーウェンズ				[sources]
Alias	Major R. Owens · Major Robert Odell Owens · Major Robert Owens · Owens, Major · ميجر أوينز · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	メジャー・オーウェンス				[sources]
Birth date	1936-06-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Collierville				[sources]
Death date	2013-10-21				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Major				[sources]
Last name	Owens				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	www.house.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2152423				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · director (1966-1968) · director (1973-1975) · member · member of the State Senate of New York (1974-1982) · 13 more...				[sources]
Education	Clark Atlanta University (-1957) · Morehouse College (-1956)				[sources]
Religion	Baptists				[sources]
Ethnicity	African Americans				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-02-14	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

American politician (1936-2013)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Chris Owens Close Associate	child	-	-
Geoffrey Owens Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the United States House of Representatives	2005-01-06	2007-01-03

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,649

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata333,870

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions508,488

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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