Dow (surname)

Dow () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abigail Dow (born 1997), English rugby union player
• Albert G. Dow (1808–1908), New York politician
• Arthur Wesley Dow (1857–1922), American painter, printmaker, photographer, and arts educator.
• Charles Dow (1851–1902), founder of Dow Jones & Co
• Cornelia M. Dow (1842–1905), philanthropist, temperance activist; daughter of Neal Dow
• Eliphaz Dow (1705–1755), first male executed in New Hampshire
• G. M. Keith Dow (born 1937), Canadian politician
• Gardner Dow (1898–1919), American college football player
• Harold Dow (1947–2010), from the 48 Hours Mystery TV series
• Herbert Henry Dow (1866–1930), founder of Dow Chemical Company
• James R. Dow, professor of German language
• Mary Edna Hill Gray Dow, American financier, school principal and correspondent
• Nancy Dow (1936–2016), actress, mother of Jennifer Aniston
• Neal Dow (1804–1897), prohibitionist
• Paula Dow (born 1955), 58th Attorney General of New Jersey
• Ryan Dow (born 1991), Scottish footballer for Dundee United
• Sterling Dow (1903–1995), American epigrapher, historian, and archaeologist of ancient Greece
• Tony Dow (1945-2022), American actor who played Wally in the Leave it to Beaver TV series
• Tony Dow (director), British television director

See also

• Dowe (disambiguation)
• Dows (surname)