- fifth wife of Henry VIII.
- English town planner.
- Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
- prime minister of Australia 1996–2007.
- English actor.
- U.S. editor and newspaper publisher.
- U.S. playwright and short-story writer.
- a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “brave heart.”
- Catherine. ?1521–42, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England; beheaded
- Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham and 1st Earl of Nottingham. 1536–1624, Lord High Admiral of England (1585–1618). He commanded the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada (1588)
- Sir Ebenezer. 1850–1928, English town planner, who introduced garden cities
- Henry Howard See Surrey
- John. 1726–90, English prison reformer
- John Winston. born 1939, Australian politician; prime minister of Australia (1996–2007)
- Leslie. real name Leslie Howard Stainer. 1890–1943, British actor of Hungarian descent. His many films included The Scarlet Pimpernel (1938), Pygmalion (1938), and Gone With the Wind (1939)
- Trevor. 1916-88, British actor. His many films include Brief Encounter (1946), The Third Man (1949), Ryan's Daughter (1970), and White Mischief (1987)