# Howie

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This article is about the surname Howie. For the given name, see [Howie (given name)](/source/Howie_(given_name)). For other uses, see [Howie (disambiguation)](/source/Howie_(disambiguation)).

**Howie** is a [Scottish](/source/Scotland) [locational surname](/source/Locational_surname) derived from a [medieval](/source/Medieval) estate in [Ayrshire](/source/Ayrshire), southwest Scotland. While its ancient name is known as "The lands of How", its exact location is lost to time. The word "How", predating [written history](/source/Recorded_history), appears to originate from the ancient [Kingdom of Strathclyde](/source/Kingdom_of_Strathclyde) as a locational description of a "hollow" (deep valley). The alternative spelling of Howie is **Howey**. The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1526 in the town of [Brechin](/source/Brechin).[1] People with the surname or its variant include:

## Howie

- [Al Howie](/source/Al_Howie) (1945–2016), Canadian athlete
- [Alison Howie](/source/Alison_Howie) (born 1991), Scottish field hockey player
- [Archibald Howie](/source/Archibald_Howie) (born 1934), British physicist
- [Fanny Howie](/source/Fanny_Howie) (1868–1916), New Zealand singer and composer
- [Forbes Howie](/source/Forbes_Howie) (1920–2000), Scottish businessman
- [George Howie](/source/George_Howie) (1899–1979), American racecar driver
- [Gillian Howie](/source/Gillian_Howie), British philosopher
- [Gordon Howie](/source/Gordon_Howie) (born 1949), American politician
- [Hugh Howie](/source/Hugh_Howie) (1924–1958), Scottish footballer
- [James Howie (disambiguation)](/source/James_Howie_(disambiguation))
- [John Howie (biographer)](/source/John_Howie_(biographer)) (1735–1793), Scottish biographer
- [John Howie (businessman)](/source/John_Howie_(businessman)) (1833–1895), Scottish businessman
- [John Mackintosh Howie](/source/John_Mackintosh_Howie) (1936–2011), Scottish mathematician
- [Robert Howie (disambiguation)](/source/Robert_Howie_(disambiguation))
- [Thomas D. Howie](/source/Thomas_D._Howie) (1908–1944), American army officer
- [Thomas W. Howie](/source/Thomas_W._Howie) (1856–1927), Scottish businessman
- [William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon](/source/William_Howie,_Baron_Howie_of_Troon) (1924–2018), British politician

## Howey

- [Benjamin Franklin Howey](/source/Benjamin_Franklin_Howey) (1828–1895), American politician
- [Hugh Howey](/source/Hugh_Howey) (born 1975), American author
- [Kate Howey](/source/Kate_Howey) (born 1973), British judoka
- [Lee Howey](/source/Lee_Howey) (born 1969), English footballer
- [Peter Howey](/source/Peter_Howey) (born 1958), English footballer
- [Steve Howey (actor)](/source/Steve_Howey_(actor)) (born 1977), American actor
- [Steve Howey (footballer)](/source/Steve_Howey_(footballer)) (born 1971), English footballer
- [William John Howey](/source/William_John_Howey) (1876–1938), American developer, grower and politician - [SEC v. W. J. Howey Co.](/source/SEC_v._W._J._Howey_Co.), United States Supreme Court case

## Fictional characters

- Howie Hardy, a composer and musician in the [1987-1996 animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series](/source/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(1987_TV_series))
- Sergeant Neil Howie of the West Highland Constabulary, the mainland policeman who visits an isolated [Hebridean](/source/Hebrides) island in search of a missing girl in the 1973 film *[The Wicker Man](/source/The_Wicker_Man)*

## References

1. ["Surname: Howie"](http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Howie). surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

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