Toews is a surname of Russian Mennonite origin, an abbreviation of Matthäus (Matthews). Notable people with this name include: *

Brian Toews Ernest Brian Toews (December 16, 1941 – January 27, 2019) was a Canadian curler. He won the playing third on the Mike Riley rink, and won a silver medal at the 1998 Canadian Senior Curling Championships. After playing in the 1986 Labatt Brie ...

(1941-2019), Canadian curler, 1984 Brier champion *

BT Toews Burke "BT" Toews (born February 8, 1966) is a Canadian basketball coach and former player. He is the head coach of the Fujitsu Red Wave in the Japanese Women's Japan Basketball League. Toews played professionally in Canada and Germany. His son Ka ...

(born 1966), Canadian basketball coach for the WJBL's Fujitsu Red Wave *

David Toews David Toews (born June 7, 1990) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 3rd round, 66th overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. He is the younger brother of former Chicago Blackhawks c ...

(born 1990), Canadian hockey player *

David Waltner-Toews David Waltner-Toews (born 1948 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian epidemiologist, essayist, poet, fiction writer, veterinarian, and a specialist in the epidemiology of food and waterborne diseases, zoonoses and ecosystem health. He is best known ...

(born 1948), Canadian epidemiologist, essayist, poet, fiction writer and veterinarian * Devon Toews (born 1994), Canadian hockey player for the NHL's Colorado Avalanche *

Georgia Toews Georgia Toews (, born April 20, 1990) is a Canadian novelist. Her debut novel ''Hey, Good Luck Out There'' was published in 2022. Toews is frequently depicted in novels by her mother Miriam Toews, including as the teenage character Nora Von Ries ...

(born 1990), Canadian novelist * Gisela Toews (born 1940), German speed skater * Jeff Toews (born 1957), American former NFL offensive tackle and guard *

John E. Toews __NOTOC__ John E. Toews is a Canadian historian in the U.S., and Director of the Comparative History of Ideas Program, University of Washington from 1981 to 2010. He graduated from Harvard University, with a Ph.D. in 1973. Awards * 1984 MacA ...

, Canadian historian of 19th-century Germany at the University of Washington * Jonathan Toews (born 1988), Canadian hockey player for the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks *

Kai Toews Kai Toews (テーブス海, born September 17, 1998) is a Japanese professional basketball player who currently plays for the Shiga Lakes of the B. League. His cousin Jonathan Toews played for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League ...

(born 1998), Japanese basketball player for the B. League's Shiga Lakes * Loren Toews (born 1951), American former professional football player *

Miriam Toews Miriam Toews (; born 1964) is a Canadian writer and author of nine books, including ''A Complicated Kindness'' (2004), '' All My Puny Sorrows'' (2014), and '' Women Talking'' (2018). She has won a number of literary prizes including the Governor ...

(born 1964), Canadian writer of Mennonite descent * Vic Toews (born 1952), Canadian politician

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{{Reflist Russian Mennonite surnames

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