Jesse Owens vs Owens

Jesse Owens and Owens both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Jesse Owens	Yes	No	No	No
Owens	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Jesse Owens and Owens are synonyms defined as:

Jesse Owens and Owens: United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)

Other synonyms of Jesse Owens include James Cleveland Owens.

Jesse Owens (noun)	Owens (noun)
United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)	United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)