Howard (surname)

Howard is a common English language surname. Its origins are uncertain. One theory is that it derived from the French personal name Huard and Houard (compare the Anglo-Norman spellings of coward for French couard; tower for tour) adapting after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Another theory is that its origin may be pre 7th century Germanic from the personal name Hughard (prefix hug, meaning "heart"/"spirit"; suffix hard, meaning "hardy"/"brave"). Yet another theory is that the surname derived from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Haward (Old Norse Hávarðr, Old Danish Hawarth, element Há(r) "high" or hǫð "battle"; element varðr, meaning "guardian").^[1] The first public record of the surname is dated 1221 in Cambridgeshire. There are several variant surname spellings.^[2]

People with the surname Howard include:

Disambiguation pages

• Charles Howard, various people
• Edward Howard (disambiguation), various people
• Frank Howard, various people
• George Howard, various people
• James Howard, various people
• John Howard, various people
• Kenneth Howard, various people
• Leslie Howard, various people
• Paul Howard (disambiguation), various people
• Randy Howard (disambiguation), various people
• Robert Howard, various people
• Ronald Howard, various people
• Sara Howard, various people
• Thomas 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 (1937–2015), British actor
• Arliss Howard (born 1954), American actor, writer, director
• Barbara Howard, RCA (1926–2002), Canadian artist and wood-engraver
• Bryce Dallas Howard (born 1981), American actress, daughter of Ron Howard
• Cecil de Blaquiere Howard (1888-1956), American sculptor
• Clayton Howard (1934-2017), British make-up artist
• Clint Howard (born 1959), American actor, brother of Ron
• Curly Howard (1903–1952), American actor, member of the Three Stooges
• Deborah Howard (born 1946), British art historian, architectural historian, and academic
• Dominic Howard (born 1977), English drummer
• Emily Howard (born 1979) British composer and chess player
• Frank Ernest Howard, English architect, generally known as F.E. Howard
• Gertrude Howard (1892 – 1934), American actress
• Maurice Howard, British art historian
• Miki Howard (born 1960), American jazz singer
• Moe Howard (1897–1975), American actor, member of the Three Stooges
• Rance Howard (1928–2017), American actor
• Ron Howard (born 1954), American actor and film director
• Russell Howard (born 1980), English comedian
• Shawn Michael Howard (born 1969), American actor
• Shemp Howard (1895–1955), American actor, member of the Three Stooges
• Sophie Howard (born 1983), British model
• Terrence Howard (born 1969), American actor
• Traylor Howard (born 1966), American actress
• Trevor Howard, (1913–1987), English actor

Literature and journalism

• Blanche Willis Howard (1847-1898), American author
• Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014), English novelist
• Gorges Edmond Howard (1715–1786) Irish legal and literary writer
• Jane Howard, (1935-1996), journalist known for her work at Life magazine
• J. J. Howard (born 1972), American author
• Madeline Howard (born 1949), American fantasy author

Military

• Benjamin Howard (Missouri) U.S. military officer
• Curtis W. Howard (1917–1942), U.S. Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
• Michelle J. Howard (born 1960), American Navy admiral
• Oliver O. Howard (1830–1909), 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 (1861–1935), president of Liberia
• Edgar Howard (1858–1951), American politician
• Jerry Thomas Howard (born 1936), American politician
• Julia C. Howard, American politician
• Michael Howard (formerly Hecht) (born 1941), British Conservative politician
• Milford W. Howard (1862–1937), American politician
• Perry Wilbon Howard (1877–1961), Republican attorney and African American civil rights activist from Mississippi
• Raymond Howard (politician), American politician, Missouri senator
• T. R. M. Howard (1908–1976), Afro American civil rights leader
• Vernon Edgar Howard, (1937-1998), American politician
• William Jordan Howard (1799–1862), Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• William Lorenzo Howard (1921–1994), Mayor of Monroe, Louisiana; partner of Howard Brothers Discount Stores

Sciences and mathematics

• Eliot Howard (1873–1940), English amateur ornithologist
• Harvey J. Howard (1880-1956), American ophthalmologist
• Luke Howard (1772–1864), British chemist and meteorologist
• William Alvin Howard (born 1926), American mathematician

Sports

• Billy Howard (gridiron football) (born 1950), American football player
• Chaunte Howard (born 1984), American high jumper
• Desmond Howard (born 1970), American football player
• Dwight Howard (born 1985), American basketball player
• Elston Howard (1929–1980), American baseball player
• George Howard (footballer), Australian footballer
• Harvey Howard, British rugby league footballer
• Jordan Howard (born 1994), American football player
• Josh Howard (born 1980), American basketball player
• Juwan Howard (born 1973), American basketball player
• Malcolm Howard (rower), Canadian Rower
• Mark Howard (goalkeeper), (born 1986), English footballer
• Matt Howard (born 1989), American basketball player
• Matt Howard (baseball) (born 1967), American baseball player
• O. J. Howard (born 1994), American football player
• Pat Howard (footballer) (born 1947), English footballer
• Pat Howard (born 1973), Australia rugby team head coach
• Red Howard (1900–1973), American football player
• Ryan Howard (born 1979), American baseball player
• Tim Howard (born 1979), American football player
• Travin Howard (born 1996), American football player

Other

• Ada Howard (1829–1907), first president of Wellesley College
• Alan Howard (hedge fund manager) (born September 1963), British hedge fund manager
• Ebenezer Howard (1850–1928), British urban planner and founder of the garden city movement
• Perry H. Howard (1922–2009), American sociologist

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