- Howe, Julia Ward Howe - United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910)
--1 is a kind of suffragist
- Howe, Elias Howe - United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867)
--2 is a kind of inventor, discoverer, artificer