Thomas Owen (1838 – 26 May 1916) was an English bookseller, stationer, printer, editor, writer, and activist.

He was the owner of Thomas Owen & Son and the proprietor of the Oswestry Commercial Circular, which he used to promote a number of causes.

Owen held that societal progress depended on eliminating the consumption of meat and alcohol, asserting that true improvement could only be achieved when these habits were abandoned.

[11] He married Mary Sarah Oliver (née Corney) on 25 July 1878 at All Saints, Old Swan, Lancashire,[12] a widow with one child.

[7] Owen built a Turkish bath in his house, after writing to David Urquhart for advice.