# 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