Gow

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Gow is a Scottish surname. It comes from 'Gobha', the Gaelic for 'smith'.

Notable Gows include:

• A. S. F. Gow, classical scholar.
• Ian Gow, British politician assassinated by the IRA.
• Nathaniel Gow, composer and son of Neil Gow.
• Neil Gow, Scottish fiddler and composer.
• Peter Gow, Canadian businessman and politician.
• Robert Gow, American businessman.
• Ronald Gow, English dramatist.

GOW is also used as an abbreviation for the video games God of War and Gears of War.

[edit] See also

• Gow crater
• The Gow School
• The Chinese gambling games Pai Gow and Tien Gow, where 'Gow' is the transliteration of the character 'Nine'.
• GOW as an abbreviation.