Howe (surname)

Howe is an English surname. Howe, when derived from the haugr, means hill, knoll, or mound and may refer to a tumulus, or barrow. However, when derived from 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
 * 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 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
 * 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
 * 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