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, 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, appears to originate from the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde as a locational description of a "hollow" (deep valley). The alternate spelling of Howie is "Howey". The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1526 in the town of Brechin. People with the surname or its variant include: *

Al Howie Arthur "Al" Howie (September 16, 1945 – June 21, 2016) was a Canadian long-distance runner who won more than fifty marathons, ultramarathons, and multiday races in over two decades, including the 1991 Trans Canada Highway run (7295 kilometers) i ...

(1945–2016), Canadian athlete *

Alison Howie Alison Howie (born 3 July 1991) is a Scottish female field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Scotland women's national field hockey team. She has represented Scotland in few international competitions including the 2013 Women's Eu ...

(born 1991), Scottish field hockey player *

Archibald Howie Archibald "Archie" Howie (born 8 March 1934) is a British physicist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Cambridge, known for his pioneering work on the interpretation of transmission electron microscope images of crystals. Born in 1 ...

(born 1934), British physicist * Forbes Howie (1920–2000), Scottish businessman *

George Howie George Howie (April 26, 1899 Damascus, Syria – November 11, 1979 San Luis Obispo, California) was an American racecar driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing ...

(1899–1979), American racecar driver *

Gillian Howie Gillian Howie (4 October 1965 – 26 March 2013) was a Professor in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool and Director of the Institute for Feminist Theory and Research. She is author of ''Essential Reorientations: feminism and dialectical ma ...

, British philosopher *

Gordon Howie Gordon K. Howie (born July 23, 1949) is an American politician from the state of South Dakota. As a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in the South Dakota House of Representatives and the South Dakota Sena ...

(born 1949), American politician *

Hugh Howie Hugh Howie (14 February 1924 – 14 January 1958) was a Scottish footballer who played for Newton Juniors, Hibernian and the Scotland national team. Howie, born in Glasgow, was a defender and joined Hibernian from Newton Juniors in 1943 an ...

(1924–1958), Scottish footballer *

James Howie (disambiguation) James Howie may refer to: * James Howie (footballer) (1878–1963), Scottish footballer and manager * James Howie (priest) (1804–1884), priest of the Church of Ireland * James Howie (bacteriologist) Sir James William Howie FRCP, FRCPGlas, FRC ...

John Howie (biographer) John Howie (14 November 1735 – 5 January 1793) was a Scottish biographer. His best known work was ''Biographia Scoticana'', first published in 1775, which is often called ''The Scots Worthies''. It deals with Christians and particularly Pre ...

(1735–1793), Scottish biographer * John Howie (businessman) (1833–1895), Scottish businessman *

John Mackintosh Howie John Mackintosh Howie (23 May 1936 – 26 December 2011) was a Scottish mathematician and prominent semigroup theorist. Biography Howie was educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, the University of Aberdeen and Balliol College, Oxfo ...

(1936–2011), Scottish mathematician *

Robert Howie J. Robert Howie, (October 2, 1929 – November 25, 2017) was a Canadian politician. Career Howie was a native of Fredericton and graduated from the University of New Brunswick. He served as a lawyer before his election to Parliament. Politic ...

(born 1929), Canadian politician *

Robert Howie (businessman) Colonel Robert Howie, Volunteer Decoration, VD, Justice of the Peace, JP, Master of Arts (Scotland), MA (1846–1927) was a prominent Glasgow businessman, the son of Hugh Howie, a successful iron merchant in the city. Educated at the High S ...

(1846–1927), Scottish businessman * Thomas D. Howie (1908–1944), American army officer *

Thomas W. Howie Thomas Wyllie Howie, JP (8 April 1856 – 18 July 1927) was a Scottish captain of industry. Background Howie was born in Riccarton, Ayrshire, on 8 April 1856, to Robert and Bethia (Wyllie) Howie, into a wealthy industrial family who had be ...

(1856–1927), Scottish businessman * William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon (1924–2018), British politician * Benjamin Franklin Howey (1828–1895), American politician * Hugh Howey (born 1975), American author * Kate Howey (born 1973), British judoka * Lee Howey (born 1969), English footballer * Peter Howey (born 1958), English footballer * Steve Howey (actor) (born 1977), American actor * Steve Howey (footballer) (born 1971), English footballer

Fictional characters

*Howie Hardy, a composer and musician in the 1987-1996 animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series *Sergeant Neil Howie of the West Highland Constabulary, the mainland policeman who visits an isolated Hebridean island in search of a missing girl in the 1973 film '' The Wicker Man''

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