Howe: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Howe is the name of several places in the United States:

• Howe, Oklahoma
• Howe, Texas
• Howe Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania
• Howe Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania

Howe is also the surname of a number of notable people:

• Elias Howe, (1819-1867), inventor of the sewing machine
• E. W. Howe, US novelist
• George Howe (1725-1758), British general in French and Indian War
• Gordie Howe, (born 1928), ice hockey player
• Greg Howe, musician
• John Howe (1630-1705), English Puritan theologian
• John Howe (born 1957), Canadian illustrator
• Julia Ward Howe, (1819-1910), US reformer
• Richard Howe, (1726-1799), British admiral in American revolution
• Samuel Gridley Howe, (1801-1876), abolitionist & educator
• Steve Howe, musician
• William Howe (1729-1815) British general in American revolution

A Howe is also a type of barrow.