Howe
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Howe is the name of several places:
United Kingdom:
United States:
- Howe, Indiana
- Howe, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a neighborhood in the city of Minneapolis
- Howe, Oklahoma
- Howe Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania
- Howe Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Howe, Texas
Australia:
- Lord Howe Island, Australia
Howe is also the surname of a number of notable people:
- Andrew Howe, Italian athlete.
- Clarence Decatur Howe prominent Canadian politician.
- Elias Howe, (1819-1867), inventor of the sewing machine
- E. W. Howe, US novelist
- Geoffrey Howe, (born 1926), British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Margaret Thatcher
- George Howe (1725-1758), British general in French and Indian War
- Gordie Howe, (born 1928), ice hockey player
- Danial Howe, (born 1967), Motorcyle manufacturer, successor to legendary Howe bicycle co of Glascow Scottland, owner REDBARRONCHOPPERS.COM
- 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
- Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), American politician
- William Howe (1729-1815) British general in American revolution
A Howe is also a type of barrow.
- There were several British warships names HMS Howe.