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:
A–H
- Albion P. Howe, American Union Army general in the American Civil War
- Andrew Howe (born 1985), American-born Italian long jumper
- Anthony Howe (historian), English historian
- Anthony Howe (sculptor) (born 1954), American artist
- Art Howe, American professional baseball player and manager
- Brian Howe (singer) (1953–2020), English musician (Bad Company)
- Brian Howe (politician), Australian politician
- C. D. Howe, Canadian politician
- Caroline Dana Howe (1824–1907), American writer
- Charlotte Howe, Viscountess Howe (1703–1721), British courtier and politician
- Daniel Walker Howe (born 1937), American historian
- Darcus Howe (born 1943), British broadcaster and columnist
- David Howe (speedway rider), British motorcycle speedway rider
- David J. Howe (born 1961), British writer, journalist, publisher, and media historian
- Denis Howe (editor), editor, founder of the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)
- Denis Howe (born 1928), English footballer
- Don Howe (footballer, born 1917) (1917–1978), English footballer of the 1930s, '40s and '50s
- Don Howe (1935–2015), English footballer
- Dylan Howe (born 1969), English jazz drummer
- Eddie Howe, football manager and former English footballer
- Edgar Watson Howe, American novelist
- Elias Howe (1819–1867), American inventor of the sewing machine
- Elizabeth Howe (1635–1692), accused of witchcraft and hung 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
- Edward Gardiner Howe (1849—1931), American educator and author
- Frederic C. Howe, 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
- George William Osborn Howe (1875–1960), British electrical engineer
- 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 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 Wong Howe (1899–1976) Chinese-born American cinematographer
- Jamie Howe (born 1984), American auto racing reporter
- John Howe (illustrator) (born 1957), Canadian illustrator
- John Howe (theologian) (1630–1705), English Puritan theologian
- 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"
- 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 (singer) (1870–1952), American operatic soprano
- Mary Howe (1882–1964), American composer and pianist
- Michael Howe (bushranger) (1787–1818), Australian bushranger
- Michael Howe (psychologist) (1940–2002), British cognitive psychologist
- Mike Howe (born 1965), American musician
- Neil Howe (born 1951), American historian, economist and demographer
- Paul Howe (born 1968), British swimmer
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799), British admiral in the American Revolution
- Robert Howe (Continental Army officer) (1732—1786), American general
- Russell Warren Howe (1925–2008), British author and journalist
- Samuel Gridley Howe (1801–1876), American abolitionist and educator
- Sarah Howe (fraudster) (c. 1826–1892), American fraud artist
- Sarah Howe (born 1983), Chinese–British poet
- Shauna Howe (1981–1992), American murder victim
- Sonia E. Howe (born 1871), Russian essayist
- Steve Howe (baseball) (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
- Vic Howe (1929–2015), Gordie Howe's brother, Canadian hockey player
- Wallace Howe, (1878–1957), American actor
- William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729–1815) British general in the American Revolution
- William B. W. Howe, sixth Bishop of South Carolina in the Episcopal Church
- W. B. W. Howe, Jr., an architect in Charleston, South Carolina
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)
References
- Kenneth Cameron, (1963), English Place-names, p. 117. Taylor & Francis
- Eric Partridge, (1977), Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, p. 1370. Routledge. ISBN 0203421140
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