Gow (surname)
Gow is a Scottish surname. The name is derived from the Gaelic gobha, meaning 'smith'. The name is represented in Scottish Gaelic as Gobha.
People
- A. S. F. Gow, classical scholar
- Alan Gow, Scottish footballer
- Alan J. Gow, Australian motorsport executive, Director of the British Touring Car Championship
- Alexander J. Gow, Aria Award Winning Australian Songwriter
- Andrew Gow, historian
- Andrew Carrick Gow, British painter
- David Gow, Scottish inventor
- David Gow (composer), English composer and teacher
- David Gow (journalist), British journalist
- Elle Macpherson, Australian model
- Freddy Gow, Australian cricketer
- Gerry Gow, Scottish footballer
- Ian Gow, British politician assassinated by the IRA
- James Gow (disambiguation), several people
- Jennie Gow, British broadcaster
- Joe Gow, American academic, musician, and pornographic actor
- John Gow, Scottish pirate
- John Gow (footballer, born 1859), Scottish footballer
- John Gow (footballer, born 1869), Scottish footballer
- John Gow, Canadian para-alpine skier
- John Graham Gow, New Zealand commercial traveller and trade representative
- Leonard Gow, Scottish art collector and philanthropist
- Michael Gow, Australian playwright
- Michael Gow (British Army officer), former Scottish soldier, commanding general and ADC to the Queen
- Nathaniel Gow, composer and son of Niel Gow
- Niel Gow, Scottish fiddler and composer
- Peter Gow (politician), Canadian businessman and politician
- Peter Gow (anthropologist), Scottish social anthropologist
- Phamie Gow, Scottish composer and musician
- Ronald Gow, English dramatist
- Stevie Gow, Scottish footballer
- William Gow, Anglican priest