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Irving Howe (1920–1993), American literary and social critic •
Jackie Howe (1861–1920), Australian sheep shearer •
James Lewis Howe (1859–1955), American chemist •
James Wong Howe (1899–1976), Chinese-born American cinematographer •
Jamie Howe (born 1984), American auto racing reporter •
Jeremy Howe (born 1990), Australian rules football player •
Jeremy Howe (English footballer) (born 1973), English footballer •
Jeremy Howe (radio drama editor) (born 1956), English radio drama editor •
John Howe (illustrator) (born 1957), Canadian illustrator •
John Howe (theologian) (1630–1705), English Puritan theologian •
John Grubham (Jack) Howe (1657–1722), English politician •
Joseph Howe (1804–1873), Nova Scotia politician •
Josias Howe (c.1611–1701), English divine •
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), American poet and author, best known as author of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" •
Julie Howe, California screenwriter •
Leila Hassan Howe (born 1948), British editor and activist •
Les Howe (1895–1976), American baseball player •
Linda Moulton Howe (born 1942), American investigative journalist and documentary maker •
Louis McHenry Howe (1871–1936), political advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt •
Marie Howe (born 1950), American poet •
Marie E. Howe (1939–2024), American politician in Massachusetts •
Marie Jenney Howe (1870–1934), American feminist organizer and writer •
Mark Howe (born 1955), younger son of Gordie Howe, American–Canadian Hall-of-Fame hockey player •
Marshall Avery Howe (1867–1936), American botanist •
Marty Howe (born 1954), older son of Gordie Howe, American–Canadian hockey player •
Mary Howe (1882–1964), American composer and pianist •
Mary Howe (soprano) (1870–1952), American operatic soprano •
Mary Washington Howe (1852–1900), American educator •
Michael Howe (bushranger) (1787–1818), Australian bushranger •
Michael Howe (psychologist) (1940–2002), British cognitive psychologist •
Mike Howe (1965–2021), American musician •
Neil Howe (born 1951), American historian, economist and demographer •
Oscar Howe (1915–1983),
American Indian artist •
Paul Howe (born 1968), British swimmer •
Paul R. Howe (born 1959) U.S. Delta Force member and firearms instructor •
Peter Howe (1884–?), English footballer •
Rex Howe (1929–2024), British Anglican priest •
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799), British admiral in the French Revolutionary Wars and American Revolution •
Rick Howe (1954–2024), Canadian radio personality and writer •
Robert Howe (Continental Army officer) (1732–1786), American general •
Roger Evans Howe (born 1945), American mathematician •
Russell Warren Howe (1925–2008), British author and journalist •
Samuel Gridley Howe (1801–1876), American abolitionist and educator •
Sarah Howe (born 1983), Chinese–British poet •
Sarah Howe (fraudster) (c. 1826–1892), American fraud artist •
Shauna Howe (1981–1992), American murder victim •
Sean Howe, American journalist and writer •
Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe (1648–1714), English politician who took part in the
Glorious Revolution •
Sonia E. Howe (1871–?), Russian essayist •
Steve Howe, (born 1947), English musician and songwriter (Yes) •
Steve Howe (baseball) (1958–2006), American baseball player •
Stuart Howe (born 1967), Canadian operatic tenor •
Susan Howe (born 1937), American poet, scholar, essayist, and critic •
Tamara Howe (born 1965), daughter of Darcus Howe, English television production manager •
Timothy O. Howe (1816–1883), American politician •
Tina Howe (1937–2023), American playwright •
Vic Howe (1929–2015), Canadian hockey player, Gordie Howe's brother •
W. B. W. Howe Jr. (1851–1912), American architect •
Wallace Howe (1878–1957), American actor •
Will D. Howe (1873–1946), American educator, editor, and writer •
William Howe (disambiguation) (1729–1815) British general in the American Revolution •
William B. W. Howe (1823–1894), sixth Bishop of South Carolina in the Episcopal Church ==Fictional characters==