Stow is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Alexander W. Stow (1805âÂÂ1854), American jurist
- Augustine Stow (1833âÂÂ1903), South Australian politician
- Baron Stow, (1801âÂÂ1869), American Baptist minister, writer and editor
- David Stow (1793âÂÂ1864), Scottish educationalist
- Gardner Stow (c. 1789âÂÂ1866), American lawyer
- George William Stow (1822âÂÂ1882), English-born South African geologist and ethnologist
- Hamilton Hobart Stow (1837âÂÂ1905), American oil well operator
- Horatio J. Stow (c. 1809âÂÂ1859), New York lawyer and politician
- James Stow (c. 1770âÂÂin or after 1823), English engraver
- Jefferson Stow (1830âÂÂ1908), English-born newspaper editor and magistrate in South Australia
- Jennifer Stow, Australian biologist
- John Stow (c. 1525âÂÂ1605), English historian and antiquarian
- Sir John Montague Stow (1911âÂÂ1997), politician from Barbados
- John Stow (priest), Archdeacon of Bermuda from 1951 to 1961
- Joshua Stow (1762âÂÂ1842), founder of Stow, Ohio
- Marietta Stow (1830 or 1837âÂÂ1902), American suffragist
- Montague Stow (1847âÂÂ1911), English cricketer and lawyer
- Percy Stow (1876âÂÂ1919), British director of short films
- Randolph Stow (1935âÂÂ2010), Australian writer
- Randolph Isham Stow (1828âÂÂ1878), English-born Australian judge
- Selina Catherine Stow (1870âÂÂ1956), British botanist
- Silas Stow (1773âÂÂ1827), American politician
- Thomas Stow (1801âÂÂ1862), English-born Australian pioneer Congregational clergyman