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and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abiel Abbot Low (1811–1893), American entrepreneur and philanthropist *Sir Alan Low (1916–1999), New Zealand economist *

Albert Peter Low Albert Peter Low (May 24, 1861 – October 9, 1942) was a Canadian geologist, explorer and athlete. His explorations of 1893–1895 were important in declaring Canada's sovereignty over the Arctic, and eventually defining the border between Quebec ...

(1861–1942), Canadian geologist and athlete *

Alice Low (suffragist) Alice Low, (1877–1954) was a British Suffrage, suffragist, who spoke up for peaceful means of achieving women's rights to vote, and fairer laws, including reducing Sweatshop, sweated labour. She was a leader in Edinburgh and Berwickshire Natio ...

, OBE (1877–1954), British suffragist * Alice Low (1926 – 2012), American author, lyricist, and editor. * A. (Archibald) M. Low (1888–1956), British scientist and inventor * Bartlett Marshall Low (1839-1893), American businessman and politician * Charles Low, 2nd Baron Aldington (born 1948), British banker *

Dave Low David Low (6 April 1887 – 4 August 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Torrens in the South Australian Football League (SAFL). Originally from Broken Hill, Low was a defender and debuted for West Torrens in 1910. He ...

(died 1916), Australian rules footballer * David Low (agriculturalist) (1786–1859), Scottish agriculturalist *

David Low (cartoonist) Sir David Alexander Cecil Low (7 April 1891 – 19 September 1963) was a New Zealand political cartoonist and caricaturist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom for many years. Low was a self-taught cartoonist. Born in New Zealand, he work ...

(1891–1963), New Zealand political cartoonist *

Drury Low Drury Low (born 2 April 1990) is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays for the Narellan Jets in the Group 6 Rugby League and previously with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby L ...

(born 1990), New Zealand Rugby League player *

Edward Low Edward "Ned" Low (also spelled Lowe or Loe; 16901724) was a notorious pirate of English origin during the latter days of the Golden Age of Piracy, in the early 18th century. Low was born into poverty in Westminster, London, and was a thief from ...

(1690–1724), English pirate * Evan Low (born 1983), American politician *

Francis E. Low Francis Eugene Low (October 27, 1921 – February 16, 2007) was an American theoretical physicist. He was an Institute Professor at MIT, and served as provost there from 1980 to 1985. He was a member of the influential JASON Defense Advisory Gro ...

(1921—2007), American theoretical physicist * Frank J. Low (1933–2009), American physicist * G. David Low (1956–2008), American astronaut *

George Low George Michael Low (born Georg Michael Löw, June 10, 1926 – July 17, 1984) was an administrator at NASA and the 14th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Low was one of the senior NASA officials who made numerous decisions as m ...

(1926–1984), American NASA administrator *

George Low (Medal of Honor) George Low (1847–1912) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. His birth name was George Low Evatt. Biography Born in 1847 in Canada, Low immigrated to the United St ...

(1847–1912), U.S. Navy sailor *

Harriet Low Harriett Low Hillard (1877) was an American woman of letters and diarist. From 1829 to 1833 she lived in the Portuguese colony of Macau on the South China coast and she and her sickly aunt became the first American women to go to China. During he ...

(1809–1877), American diarist * Henry R. Low (1826–1888), New York politician *

Hugh Low Sir Hugh Low, (10 May 182418 April 1905) was a British colonial administrator and naturalist. After a long residence in various colonial roles in Labuan, he was appointed as British administrator in the Malay Peninsula where he made the first ...

(1824–1905), British colonial administrator and naturalist *

Juliette Gordon Low Juliette Gordon Low (October 31, 1860 – January 17, 1927) was the American founder of Girl Scouts of the USA. Inspired by the work of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts, she joined the Girl Guide movement in England, forming her own g ...

(1860–1927), founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA *

Norman Low Norman Harvey Low (23 March 1914 – 21 May 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager. He was the son of Scottish international footballer, Wilf Low. A central defender, he played for Newcastle United between 1931 and 1933, before a ...

(1914–1994), Scottish footballer and football manager *

Penelope Margaret Low Dame Penelope Margaret Lively ( née Low; born 17 March 1933) is a British writer of fiction for both children and adults. Lively has won both the Booker Prize (''Moon Tiger'', 1987) and the Carnegie Medal for British children's books (''T ...

(born 1933), birth name of British writer Penelope Lively *

Rochelle Low Rochelle Maria Low (born May 19, 1969 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in seventh place with the ...

(born 1969), Canadian field hockey player *

Seth Low Seth Low (January 18, 1850 – September 17, 1916) was an American educator and political figure who served as the mayor of Brooklyn from 1881 to 1885, the president of Columbia University from 1890 to 1901, a diplomatic representative of t ...

(1850–1916), American educator and politician *

Stewart Low Stewart Low was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half in the Scottish League The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, ...

, Scottish footballer *

Low Thia Khiang Low Thia Khiang (; born 5 September 1956) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Secretary-General of the Workers' Party (WP) between 2001 and 2018. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hougang SMC between 1991 and 2011 and Aljun ...

(born 1956), Singaporean politician and businessman *

Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington Brigadier Toby Austin Richard William Low, 1st Baron Aldington, Baron Low, (25 May 1914 – 7 December 2000), known as Austin Richard William Low until he added "Toby" as a forename by deed poll on 10 July 1957, was a British Conservative Party ...

(1914–2000), British politician and businessman *

Tommy Low Thomas Pollock Low (3 October 1874 – 11 December 1938) was a Scottish footballer who played for Parkhead, Rangers (two spells, winning the Scottish Cup, Glasgow Cup and Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup in 1896–97), Dundee, Woolwich Arsenal, ...

(born 1874), Scottish footballer * Trisha Low, American author and poet *

Vanessa Low Vanessa Low (born 17 July 1990) is a German-born Australian Paralympic athlete competing in T42 sprint and long jump events. Born in East Germany, she gained Australian nationality in June 2017. In 2016, Low was the only actively competing f ...

(born 1990), German athlete * Vincent Warren Low (1867–1942), British surgeon * Willie Low (1889–1970), Scottish footballer

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* Axl Low, a character in the ''Guilty Gear'' video game series * Low-Fa, character in

Laura Bow 2 ''Roberta Williams' Laura Bow in The Dagger of Amon Ra'' (also known as ''Laura Bow II'') is a computer game published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The game is the second and final installment in ''The Laura Bow Mysteries'' line of adventure games, t ...

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