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Dow may refer to:
People
- Allan Dow, CBC, CTV, BBC and ABC reporter, who later worked for UN agencies (ILO and Unicef)
- Herbert Henry Dow, the founder of Dow Chemical Company
- Charles Dow, the founder of Dow Jones & Co
- James R Dow, professor of German language
- Neal S. Dow, noted prohibitionist
- Tony Dow, an actor most famous as the older brother, Wally, in the Leave it to Beaver TV series
- Thomas Dow, the second Dow to arrive in North America (after Henry Dow) both in the 1630's. Thomas was of 'commoner' stock - and ancestor to Allan Dow and others above, while Henry was of 'merchant' class and ancestor of Dow Jones, Dow Chemical clans, etc. According to the 'Book of Dow' (available Salem Mass. Library), Thomas Dow has an off-spring believed to be the most prolific (had the most kids, grand kids, etc) of any man in North America. In other words, many N. Americans share this DNA.
In business
- Dow Chemical Company, a manufacturer of plastics and other chemicals
- Dow Jones & Company, a financial publisher
- Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index of major US stocks
- Dow Jones–AIG Commodity Index, a commodity price index
- Dow Breweries, a former Quebec brewing company
In other uses
- Dow people, an Indian tribe in Brazil, from the Maku family
- Dow, a character in the Fusion comics series
- Dow/Dao can mean sky/stars in SE Asian languages (e.g. Thai)
The acronym DOW may refer to:
- Day of week, an abbreviation often used in date formats
- Declaration of war
- Deep ocean water, a marine term
- Died of wounds, a military casualty classification
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, a strategy game
- Doppler On Wheels, an experimental portable Doppler radar device used for meteorological research
- United States Department of War, an extinct department now part of the United States Department of Defense
See also
- Dhow, a sailing ship
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