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'''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:
{{tocright}} ==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 * Hetta Howes (born 1990), English scholar of medieval literature * 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)
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Category:English-language surnames