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Howe is an English surname. Howe, when derived from the Old Norse: haugr, means hill, knoll, or mound and may refer to a tumulus, or barrow. However, when derived from Old English: hol, it can refer to a hollow or dell. Historically the surname was most commonly found in the Northeast of England and the Orkney and Shetland islands.
Notable people with the surname include:
A–H
Albion P. Howe (1818–1897), American Union Army general in the American Civil War
Andrew Howe (born 1985), American-born Italian long jumper
Anthony Howe (historian) (born 1950), English historian
Anthony Howe (sculptor) (born 1954), American artist
Art Howe (born 1946), American professional baseball player and manager
Brian Howe (politician) (born 1936), Australian politician
Brian Howe (singer) (1953–2020), English musician (Bad Company)
C. D. Howe (1886–1960), Canadian politician
Caroline Dana Howe (1824–1907), American writer
Charlotte Howe, Viscountess Howe (1703–1782), British courtier and politician
Clinton Howe, Australian politician
Daniel Walker Howe (born 1937), American historian
Darcus Howe (1943–2017), British broadcaster and columnist
David Howe (speedway rider) (born 1982), British motorcycle speedway rider
David J. Howe (born 1961), British writer, journalist, publisher, and media historian
Denis Howe (1928–2020), English footballer
Denis Howe (editor), editor, founder of the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)
Don Howe (1935–2015), English footballer
Don Howe (footballer, born 1917) (1917–1978), English footballer of the 1930s, '40s and '50s
Dylan Howe (born 1969), English jazz drummer
Eddie Howe (born 1977), football manager and former English footballer
Edgar Watson Howe (1853–1937), American novelist
Edward Gardiner Howe (1849–1931), American educator and author
Elias Howe (1819–1867), American inventor of the sewing machine
Eliot Howe (1882-1921), American film director
Elizabeth Howe (1635–1692), accused of witchcraft and hanged during the Salem witch trials
Elliot C. Howe (1828–1899), American botanist
Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe (1700–1735), British politician and colonial administrator
Emeline Harriet Howe (1844–1934), American poet
Eric Graham Howe (1897–1975), Unorthodox British psychiatrist
Frederic C. Howe (1867–1940), Ohio Senator and commissioner of Ellis Island
Geoffrey Howe (1926–2015), British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Margaret Thatcher
George Howe (disambiguation), several people
Gilman Bigelow Howe (1850–1933), American genealogist
Gordie Howe (1928–2016), Canadian Hall-of-Fame hockey player
Greg Howe (born 1963), American musician
Harrison E. Howe (1881–1942), American chemist
Henry Howe (actor) (1812–1896), English actor
Henry Marion Howe, (1848–1922), American metallurgist
Herbert Alonzo Howe (1858–1926), American astronomer and educator
I–Z
Irving Howe (1920–1993), American literary and social critic
Jackie Howe (1861–1920), Australian sheep shearer
James Lewis Howe (1859–1955), American chemist
James Wong Howe (1899–1976), Chinese-born American cinematographer
Jamie Howe (born 1984), American auto racing reporter
Jeremy Howe (born 1990), Australian rules football player
Jeremy Howe (English footballer) (born 1973), English footballer
Jeremy Howe (radio drama editor) (born 1956), English radio drama editor
John Howe (illustrator) (born 1957), Canadian illustrator
John Howe (theologian) (1630–1705), English Puritan theologian
John Grubham (Jack) Howe (1657–1722), English politician
Joseph Howe (1804–1873), Nova Scotia politician
Josias Howe (c.1611–1701), English divine
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), American poet and author, best known as author of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Leila Hassan Howe (born 1948), British editor and activist
Les Howe (1895–1976), American baseball player
Linda Moulton Howe (born 1942), American investigative journalist and documentary maker
Louis McHenry Howe (1871–1936), political advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mark Howe (born 1955), younger son of Gordie Howe, American–Canadian Hall-of-Fame hockey player
Marshall Avery Howe (1867–1936), American botanist
Marty Howe (born 1954), older son of Gordie Howe, American–Canadian hockey player
Mary Howe (1882–1964), American composer and pianist
Mary Howe (singer) (1870–1952), American operatic soprano
Mary Washington Howe (1852–1900), American educator
Michael Howe (bushranger) (1787–1818), Australian bushranger
Michael Howe (psychologist) (1940–2002), British cognitive psychologist
Mike Howe (1965–2021), American musician
Neil Howe (born 1951), American historian, economist and demographer
Paul Howe (born 1968), British swimmer
Paul R. Howe (born 1959) U.S. Delta Force member and firearms instructor
Rex Howe (1929-2024), British Anglican priest
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799), British admiral in the French Revolutionary Wars and American Revolution
Robert Howe (Continental Army officer) (1732—1786), American general
Roger Evans Howe (born 1945), American mathematician
Russell Warren Howe (1925–2008), British author and journalist
Samuel Gridley Howe (1801–1876), American abolitionist and educator
Sarah Howe (born 1983), Chinese–British poet
Sarah Howe (fraudster) (c. 1826–1892), American fraud artist
Shauna Howe (1981–1992), American murder victim
Sean Howe, American journalist and writer
Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe (1648–1714), English politician who took part in the Glorious Revolution
Sonia E. Howe (1871–?), Russian essayist
Steve Howe, (born 1947), English musician and songwriter (Yes)
Steve Howe (baseball) (1958–2006), American baseball player
Stuart Howe (born 1967), Canadian operatic tenor
Susan Howe (born 1937), American poet, scholar, essayist, and critic
Tamara Howe (born 1965), daughter of Darcus Howe, English television production manager
Timothy O. Howe (1816–1883), American politician
Tina Howe (1937–2023), American playwright
Vic Howe (1929–2015), Canadian hockey player, Gordie Howe's brother
W. B. W. Howe Jr. (1851–1912), American architect
Wallace Howe (1878–1957), American actor
Will D. Howe (1873–1946), American educator, editor, and writer
William Howe (disambiguation) (1729–1815) British general in the American Revolution
William B. W. Howe (1823–1894), sixth Bishop of South Carolina in the Episcopal Church
Fictional characters
Cameron Howe, from the television drama series Halt and Catch Fire
Rebecca Howe, on the sitcom Cheers
Simon Howe, on the soap opera Brookside
See also
Justice Howe (disambiguation)
Hao (surname)
Hau (surname)
How (surname)
Howe (disambiguation)
Howes (disambiguation)
