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

See also

• Howe (disambiguation)
• Howe (surname)