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
• 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"
• 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
• Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe (1648-1714), English politician who took part in the Glorious Revolution
• 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

1. Kenneth Cameron, (1963), English Place-names, p. 117. Taylor & Francis
2. Eric Partridge, (1977), Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, p. 1370. Routledge. ISBN 0203421140