Howarth is a surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, most commonly found among families originating in the English counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, especially around the towns of Rochdale and Haworth. It is found in a variety of different interrelated spellings, including Haworth and Howorth, and derives from one of two meanings, hoh-worth, meaning settlement on a small hill, and haga-worth, settlement surrounded by a hawthorn hedge. The first recorded use of the surname in its current spelling is from 1616; earlier varieties are found as far back as Robert de Hawrth in 1200. Other historical spellings of the name include Hearwarthe and Huarth.
Alan Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport (born 1944), English politician
David Howarth (born 1958), English academic and politician
George Howarth (born 1949), English politician
Gerald Howarth (born 1947), English politician
Harry Howarth (1916–1969), English politician
Robert Howarth (born 1927), English politician
Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland (born 1940), English politician
Chris Howarth (born 1986), English association footballer
Geoff Howarth (born 1951), New Zealand cricketer
Hedley Howarth (1943–2008), New Zealand cricketer
Jack Howarth (footballer), (born 1945), English association footballer
Jerry Howarth (born 1946), American-Canadian sports broadcaster
John Howarth (born 1945), English cricketer
Russell Howarth (born 1982), English association footballer
Shane Howarth (born 1968), New Zealand-Welsh rugby union player
Stuart Howarth (born 1990), English rugby league player
Elgar Howarth (born 1935), English composer and conductor
Peter Howarth (born 1960), English musician
Tod Howarth (born 1957), American musician
Brian Howarth, computer game programmer
David Armine Howarth (1912–1991), British naval historian and author
F. M. Howarth (1864–1908), American cartoonist
Frank Howarth (born 1951), Australian public servant
Jack Howarth (actor), (1896–1984), English television actor
Matt Howarth, American comic book author
Roger Howarth (born 1968), American television actor
Stephen Howarth (born 1981), English artist and poet
William Howarth (born 1940), American author
Howarth Glacier, in Antarctica
Howarth of London, musical instrument manufacturers
Howarthia, a genus of butterfly
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