Howes

Howes is an English topographic name and surname. Howes is from the plural of the word howe referring to a barrow originating from the Old Norse word haugr meaning hill, mound or barrow. Howes can refer to:

People

 * Alex Howes (born 1988), road racing cyclist
 * Alex Howes (footballer) (born 2000), English footballer
 * Arthur Howes (1950–2004), documentary film-maker and teacher
 * Barbara Howes (1905–1996), American poet
 * Bob Howes (born 1943), Canadian football player
 * Bobby Howes (1895–1972), English actor
 * Brian Howes (born 1965), Canadian musician
 * Buster Howes (born 1960), Royal Marines officer
 * Carol Howes (born 1984), Zambian footballer
 * Christian Howes (disambiguation), several
 * Christian Howes (musician) (born 1972), American musician, educator, and composer
 * Christopher Howes (born 1942), English academic
 * Clifton A. Howes (1860–1936), American philatelist
 * Daniel Howes, business columnist and editor
 * Dean Howes (born 1952), American Major League Soccer executive
 * Dulcie Howes (1908–1993), South African ballet dancer
 * Edith Howes (1872–1954), New Zealand teacher and author
 * Edmund Howes, an English chronicler
 * Edward Howes (1813–1871), English politician
 * Frank Howes (1891–1974), chief music critic of The Times in the 1950s and '60s
 * George Howes (disambiguation), several
 * George Howes (entomologist) (1879–1946), New Zealand entomologist
 * Greg Howes (born 1977), American soccer player
 * Howes Brothers, American commercial photography
 * Ida Soule Howes (1869–1952), Washington state political and social activist.
 * James G. Howes, American businessman
 * John Howes (1924–2017), professor
 * John Howes (born 1964) Welsh ecologist and environmentalist
 * Jonathan Howes (1937–2015), American politician and urban planner
 * Justin Howes (1963–2005), British historian
 * Kenny Howes (born 1970), American musician
 * Larry Howes (born 1947), American politician
 * Laura Howes, American scholar
 * Paul Howes (born 1981), Australian trade unionists
 * Peter Howes (1911–2003), Anglican bishop in Malaysia
 * Reed Howes (1900–1964), American model and actor
 * Ronald Howes (1926–2010), American inventor
 * Royce Howes (1901–1973), journalist and author
 * Ruth Howes (born 1944), American physicist
 * Sally Ann Howes (1930–2021), English singer and actress
 * Scott Howes (born 1987), ice hockey forward
 * Thomas Howes (disambiguation), several people
 * Tim Howes (born 1963), American computer scientist
 * William S. Howes (1926–2000), farmer, municipal secretary, and political figure
 * William Washington Howes (1887–1962), assistant Postmaster General

Places

 * Howes, Cambridgeshire, a former hamlet in England
 * C. G. Howes Dry Cleaning-Carley Real Estate, historic building in Newton, Massachusetts
 * Fort Howes, a civilian redoubt
 * Howes Building, a historic building in Clinton, Iowa, United States
 * Howes (fell), a subsidiary summit of Branstree in the English Lake District, and one of The Outlying Fells of Lakeland
 * Howes, Missouri, an unincorporated community
 * Howes, South Dakota, community in Meade County, South Dakota, United States
 * Sour Howes, small fell in the English Lake District

Other

 * Howes Lubricator, manufacturer of oils, fuel additives and lubricants