Howie is a
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
locational surname
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medieval
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estate in
Ayrshire
Ayrshire (, ) is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration county, in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. The lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area of Ayrshire and Arran covers the entirety ...
, 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
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, appears to originate from the ancient
Kingdom of Strathclyde
Strathclyde (, "valley of the River Clyde, Clyde"), also known as Cumbria, was a Celtic Britons, Brittonic kingdom in northern Britain during the Scotland in the Middle Ages, Middle Ages. It comprised parts of what is now southern Scotland an ...
as a locational description of a "hollow" (deep valley). The alternative spelling of Howie is Howey. The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1526 in the town of
Brechin
Brechin (; ) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Scottish Reformation, Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which contin ...
.
People with the surname or its variant include:
Howie
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Al Howie (1945–2016), Canadian athlete
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Alison Howie (born 1991), Scottish field hockey player
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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 19 ...
(born 1934), British physicist
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Fanny Howie (1868–1916), New Zealand singer and composer
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Forbes Howie (1920–2000), Scottish businessman
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George Howie (1899–1979), American racecar driver
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Gillian Howie, British philosopher
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Gordon Howie (born 1949), American politician
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Hugh Howie (1924–1958), Scottish footballer
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James Howie (disambiguation)
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John Howie (biographer) (1735–1793), Scottish biographer
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John Howie (businessman) (1833–1895), Scottish businessman
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John Mackintosh Howie (1936–2011), Scottish mathematician
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Robert Howie (disambiguation)
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Thomas D. Howie (1908–1944), American army officer
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Thomas W. Howie (1856–1927), Scottish businessman
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William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon (1924–2018), British politician
Howey
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Benjamin Franklin Howey (1828–1895), American politician
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Hugh Howey (born 1975), American author
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Kate Howey (born 1973), British judoka
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Lee Howey (born 1969), English footballer
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Peter Howey (born 1958), English footballer
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Steve Howey (actor)
Steven Michael Robert Howey (born July 12, 1977) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Van Montgomery on The WB/The CW sitcom television series '' Reba'', Kevin Ball on the Showtime series '' Shameless'' and Dan ...
(born 1977), American actor
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Steve Howey (footballer)
Steven Norman Howey (born 26 October 1971) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and sports radio presenter.
As a player, he was a centre back who notably played in the Premier League for Newcastle United, Manchester City, ...
(born 1971), English footballer
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William John Howey (1876–1938), American developer, grower and politician
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SEC v. W. J. Howey Co., United States Supreme Court case
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
''The Wicker Man'' is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy (film director), Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt and Christopher Lee. The screenplay is by Anthony Shaffer (writer ...
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