What is "howells"

Howells may refer to:

Howells (currently trading as House of Fraser) is a large department store located on St Mary Street in Cardiff, Wales. The store was established by James Howell in 1856. It was acquired by the House of Fraser group in 1972 and re-branded as House of Fraser in 2010.

Howells is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adele C. Howells (1886–1951), fourth general president of the Primary (children's organization) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
• Danny Howells (b. 1970), English record producer and disc jockey
• David Howells (b. 1967), English footballer
• Glenn Howells, British-born architect
• Herbert Howells (1892–1983), English composer
• John Mead Howells (1868–1959), American architect
• Kim Howells (b. 1946), Welsh Labour politician and member of Parliament
• Rosalind Howells (b. 1931), English Labour politician and member of House of Lords
• Sarah Howells, British singer-songwriter and trance vocalist
• Syd Howells, Welsh musician, artist and poet
• Tyler Howells (b. 1983), American ice hockey player
• Ursula Howells (1922–2005), English actress
• William Dean Howells (1837–1920), American realist author and literary critic
• William W. Howells (1908–2005), professor of anthropology at Harvard