Stow (surname)

Stow is a surname. Notable people with the name include:


 * Alexander W. Stow (1805–54), American jurist
 * Augustine Stow (1833–1903), South Australian politician
 * Baron Stow, (1801–1869), American Baptist minister, writer and editor
 * David Stow (1793–1864), Scottish educationalist
 * Gardner Stow (c. 1789–1866), American lawyer
 * George William Stow (1822–1882), English-born South African geologist and ethnologist
 * Hamilton Hobart Stow (1837–1905), American oil well operator
 * Horatio J. Stow (c. 1809–1859), New York lawyer and politician
 * James Stow (c. 1770–in or after 1823), English engraver
 * Jefferson Stow (1830–1908), English-born newspaper editor and magistrate in South Australia
 * Jennifer Stow, Australian biologist
 * John Stow (c. 1525–1605), English historian and antiquarian
 * Sir John Montague Stow (1911–1997), politician from Barbados
 * John Stow (priest), Archdeacon of Bermuda from 1951 to 1961
 * Joshua Stow (1762–1842), founder of Stow, Ohio
 * Marietta Stow (1830 or 1837–1902), American suffragist
 * Montague Stow (1847–1911), English cricketer and lawyer
 * Percy Stow (1876–1919), British director of short films
 * Randolph Stow (1935–2010), Australian writer
 * Randolph Isham Stow (1828–1878), English-born Australian judge
 * Selina Catherine Stow (1870–1956), British botanist
 * Silas Stow (1773–1827), American politician
 * Thomas Stow (1801–1862), English-born Australian pioneer Congregational clergyman