Howard (surname)
Howard is a common English surname. One source for this surname is with the Gaelic names Ó hOghartaigh and Ó hIomhair. Other origins also exist. One theory pertains to the French personal name Huard and Houard adapting after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Another theory is that its origin may be pre 7th century Germanic from the personal name Hughard. It is also theorized to come from the Old English personal name Hereward. Yet another theory is that the surname derived from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Haward. The first public record of the surname is dated 1221 in Cambridgeshire. There are several variant surname spellings.
People with the surname Howard include:
Disambiguation pages
- Alan Howard, various people
- Anna Howard, various people
- Anne, or Ann, Howard, various people
- Ben Howard, various people
- Charles Howard, various people
- Daniel Howard, various people
- David Howard, various people
- Edward Howard, various people
- Frank Howard, various people
- George Howard, various people
- Jack Howard, various people
- James Howard, various people
- John Howard, various people
- Ken Howard, various people
- Leslie Howard, various people
- Paul Howard, various people
- Randy Howard, various people
- Robert Howard, various people
- Ronald Howard, various people
- Sara Howard, various people
- Scott Howard, various people
- Stephen Howard, various people
- Ted Howard, various people
- Thomas Howard, various people
- Tim Howard, various people
Aristocracy and royalty
- Members of the English aristocratic Howard family
- Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England
Arts and music
- Alan Howard, British actor
- Arliss Howard, American actor, writer, director
- Barbara Howard , Canadian artist and wood-engraver
- Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress, daughter of Ron Howard
- Cecil de Blaquiere Howard, American sculptor
- Charlton Howard, Australian rapper and singer known professionally as The Kid Laroi
- Clayton Howard, British make-up artist
- Clint Howard, American actor, brother of Ron
- Constance Howard , British textile artist
- Curly Howard, American actor, member of the Three Stooges
- Deborah Howard, British art historian, architectural historian, and academic
- Dominic Howard, English drummer
- Emily Howard British composer and chess player
- Frank Ernest Howard, English architect, generally known as F.E. Howard
- Gertrude Howard, American actress
- Jan Howard, American country music singer-songwriter
- Maurice Howard, British art historian
- Miki Howard, American jazz singer
- Moe Howard, American actor, member of the Three Stooges
- Rance Howard, American actor
- Ron Howard, American actor and film director
- Russell Howard, English comedian
- Shawn Michael Howard, American actor
- Shemp Howard, American actor, member of the Three Stooges
- Sophie Howard, British model
- Terrence Howard, American actor
- Traylor Howard, American actress
- Trevor Howard,, English actor
Literature and journalism
- Blanche Willis Howard, American author
- Elizabeth Jane Howard, English novelist
- Gorges Edmond Howard Irish legal and literary writer
- Jane Howard,, journalist known for her work at Life magazine
- J. J. Howard, American author
- Keble Howard, English comic author
- Madeline Howard, American fantasy author
Military
- Benjamin Howard U.S. military officer
- Curtis W. Howard, U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
- John Howard, British Army officer who led the glider-born operation that opened D-Day in 1944
- Michelle J. Howard, American Navy admiral
- Oliver O. Howard, General in the U.S. Civil War
Politics and law
- Benjamin Chew Howard U.S. politician
- Carlos Howard, Governor of West Florida
- Daniel Edward Howard, president of Liberia
- Edgar Howard, American politician
- Jerry Thomas Howard, American politician
- Julia C. Howard, American politician
- Marilyn Howard, American eeducator and politician
- Michael Howard , British Conservative politician
- Milford W. Howard, American politician
- Perry Wilbon Howard, Republican attorney and African American civil rights activist from Mississippi
- Raymond Howard, American politician, Missouri senator
- T. R. M. Howard, Afro American civil rights leader
- Vernon Edgar Howard,, American politician
- William Jordan Howard, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- William Lorenzo Howard, Mayor of Monroe, Louisiana; partner of Howard Brothers Discount Stores
Sciences and mathematics
- Henry Eliot Howard, English amateur ornithologist
- Harvey J. Howard, American ophthalmologist
- Luke Howard, British chemist and meteorologist
- William Alvin Howard, American mathematician
Sports
- Billy Howard , American football player
- Bug Howard, American football player
- Chaunte Howard, American high jumper
- Desmond Howard, American football player
- Dwight Howard, American basketball player
- Elston Howard, American baseball player
- George Howard, Australian footballer
- Harvey Howard, British rugby league footballer
- Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey goaltender
- Jordan Howard, American football player
- Josh Howard, American basketball player
- Juwan Howard, American basketball player
- Malcolm Howard, Canadian rower
- Mark Howard, English former footballer and manager
- Mark Howard, English footballer
- Markus Howard, American basketball player
- Matt Howard, American basketball player
- Matt Howard , American baseball player
- O. J. Howard, American football player
- Pat Howard , English footballer
- Pat Howard, Australia rugby team head coach
- Red Howard, American football player
- Rhyne Howard, American basketball player
- Ryan Howard, American baseball player
- Sophie Howard, Scottish footballer
- Spencer Howard, American professional baseball player
- Tim Howard, American soccer player
- Tim Howard , Australian field hockey player
- Travin Howard, American football player
- Tytus Howard, American football player
- Xavien Howard, American football player
Other
- Ada Howard, first president of Wellesley College
- Alan Howard , British hedge fund manager
- Ebenezer Howard, British urban planner and founder of the garden city movement
- Perry H. Howard, American sociologist