Howe (surname)

Howe is a surname from the Old Norse: haugr meaning hill, knoll, or mound and may refer to:

• Andrew Howe, Italian athlete.
• Albion P. Howe, American Union Army general during the American Civil War.
• Clarence Decatur Howe prominent Canadian politician.
• Daniel Walker Howe (born 1937), American historian
• Darcus Howe (born 1943), broadcaster and columnist
• David J. Howe, British writer, journalist, publisher, and media historian
• David Howe (speedway rider), British motorcycle speedway rider
• Dylan Howe (born 1969), Jazz drummer
• Eddie Howe, Former English footballer for, and current manager of, AFC Bournemouth.
• Elias Howe (1819-1867), inventor of the sewing machine
• E. W. Howe, US novelist
• Geoffrey Howe (born 1926), 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
• Gilman Bigelow Howe, (1850-1933) genealogist and president of the National Genealogical Society
• Gordie Howe (born 1928), ice hockey player
• Greg Howe, musician
• 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
• John Howe (1630-1705), English Puritan theologian
• John Howe (born 1957), Canadian illustrator
• Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), US reformer
• Les Howe (1895-1976), 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
• Michael Howe (1787-1818), Australian bushranger
• Michael Howe (died 2002), British cognitive psychologist
• Mike Howe, musician
• Neil Howe, Generationalist
• 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), abolitionist & educator
• Simon Howe, Character from television soap Brookside
• Steve Howe (1958-2006), baseball player
• Steve Howe, musician
• Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), American politician
• Tina Howe (born 1937), American playwright
• Virgil Howe, musician
• Wallace Howe, (1878 – 1957), American actor
• William Howe (1729-1815) British general in American revolution