Howe (surname)
Howe, when derived from the Old Norse: haugr, means hill, knoll, or mound and may refer to a tumulus, or barrow.[1] However when derived from Old English: hol, it can refer to a hollow or dell.[2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Albion P. Howe, American Union Army general during the American Civil War.
- Andrew Howe (born 1985), American-born, Italian athlete
- Anthony Howe, English historian
- Anthony Howe (kinetic sculptor), American artist
- Art Howe, American professional baseball player and manager
- Brian Howe, Australian politician
- Clarence Decatur Howe prominent Canadian politician
- Daniel Walker Howe (born 1937), American historian
- Darcus Howe (born 1943), British broadcaster and columnist
- David J. Howe, British writer, journalist, publisher, and media historian
- David Howe (speedway rider), British motorcycle speedway rider
- Denis Howe (born 1928), English footballer
- Denis Howe, Editor-in-Chief of the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
- Don Howe (1917–1978), English footballer of the 1930s, '40s and '50s for Bolton Wanderers
- Don Howe (1935–2015), English footballer of the 1950s and '60s, and coach of the 1970s, '80s and '90s
- Dylan Howe (born 1969), English Jazz drummer
- Eddie Howe, Former English footballer for, and current manager of, AFC Bournemouth.
- Elias Howe (1819-1867), American inventor of the sewing machine
- Elliot C. Howe (1828–1899), American botanist, abbreviated Howe
- E. W. Howe, US novelist
- Frederic C. Howe, member of the Ohio Senator, and commissioner of Ellis Island
- Geoffrey Howe (1926–2015), British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Margaret Thatcher
- George Howe (1725-1758), British general in French and Indian War
- George Howe (1886–1955), American architect
- George William Osborn Howe (1875 -1960), English radiotechnicist
- Gilman Bigelow Howe (1850-1933), American genealogist and president of the National Genealogical Society
- The Howe family of ice hockey:
- Gordie Howe (1928–2016), Canadian Hall of Fame winger
- Vic Howe (1929–2015), Gordie's brother, Canadian winger
- Colleen Howe (1933–2009), Gordie's wife, American sports agent
- Marty Howe (born 1954), older son of Gordie and Colleen, American–Canadian defenceman
- Mark Howe (born 1955), younger son of Gordie and Colleen, American–Canadian Hall of Fame winger and defenceman
- Greg Howe (born 1963), American musician
- Henry Marion Howe, (1848-1922), American metallurgist
- Herbert Alonzo Howe (1858–1926), American astronomer and educator
- Irving Howe (1920-1993) American literary and social critic
- Jackie Howe (1861–1920) Australian sheep shearer
- James Wong Howe (1899-1976) Chinese-born American cinematographer
- Joseph Howe (1804-1873), Nova Scotia politician
- Josias Howe (c.1611–1701), English divine
- John Howe (1630-1705), English Puritan theologian
- John Howe (born 1957), Canadian illustrator
- Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), US reformer
- Les Howe (1895-1976), American baseball player
- Linda Moulton Howe (born 1942), American investigative journalist and documentary producer-writer-director-editor
- Louis McHenry Howe (1871-1936), political advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Marshall Avery Howe (1867-1936), American botanist
- Michael Howe (1787-1818), Australian bushranger
- Michael Howe (1940–2002), British cognitive psychologist
- Michael Howe (born 1949) Water professional and association leader
- Mike Howe, American musician
- Neil Howe (born 1951), American historian, economist and demographer
- Paul Tony Howe (born 1968), British swimmer
- Rebecca Howe, character on the TV sitcom Cheers
- Richard Howe (1726–1799), British admiral in American revolution
- Russel Warren Howe (1925–2008), British author and journalist
- Samuel Gridley Howe (1801–1876), American abolitionist & educator
- Sarah Howe (born 1983), Chinese–British poet
- Simon Howe, character from television soap Brookside
- Steve Howe (1958–2006), American baseball player
- Steve Howe, (born 1947), English musician and songwriter (Yes)
- Stuart Howe, Canadian operatic tenor
- Susan Howe (born 1937), American poet, scholar, essayist and critic
- Timothy O. Howe (1816–1883), American politician
- Tina Howe (born 1937), American playwright
- Wallace Howe, (1878–1957), American actor
- William Howe (1729–1815) British general in the American revolution
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