Howell (name)
Howell is a surname originating from Wales. It is not a particularly common name among those of Welsh ancestry, as it is an Anglicized form of the Welsh name Hywel. It originates in a dynasty of kings in Wales and Brittany in the 9th and 10th century, and three Welsh royal houses of that time onwards. The Tudor Royal house of England was also descended from them. See also: Powell, and Welsh surnames.
The name Howell may refer to many people:
A
- Ada Verdun Howell, Australian author and poet
- Albert Howell, Canadian comedian and poet
- Albert Howell , English cricketer
- Algie Howell, American Democratic politician
- Alice Howell, American silent movie actress
- Anthony Howell , British TV actor
- Anthony Howell , British performance artist
- Arlene Howell, American TV actress
- Arthur Holmes Howell, American zoologist
B
- Bailey Howell, American basketball player
- Becket K. Howell, American naval officer on
- Benny Howell, English cricketer
- Benjamin Franklin Howell, American Republican politician
- Benjamin Hunting Howell, American rower
- Beryl A. Howell, American judge
- Bill Howell , American football player
- Bill Howell , Australian cricketer
- Blue Howell, American football player
- Buddy Howell, American football player
C
- C. Thomas Howell, American actor
- Carla Howell, American Libertarian politician
- Cedric Howell, Australian fighter pilot
- Charles Howell , British Labour politician and member of Parliament
- Charles Howell III, American golfer
- Charles Andrew Howell III, American businessman
- Charles Augustus Howell, British-Portuguese art dealer
- Charles Henry Howell, British architect
- Charles R. Howell, American politician and member of the House of Representatives
- Charmaine Howell, Jamaican athlete
- Christopher Howell, American poet
- Christopher Howell , English cricketer
- Clarence Howell, American chess master
- Clark Howell, American newspaper man and politician
- Clement Howell, Turks and Caicos politician
- Colin Howell, Northern Irish murderer
D
- Daedalus Howell, American writer
- Daniel Howell, British vlogger and BBC Radio 1 presenter
- David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, British Conservative politician
- David Howell, British barrister and officer
- David Howell , British chess grandmaster
- David Howell , British clergyman
- David Howell , English footballer
- David Howell , English golfer
- David Howell , American jurist
- David Howell , Australian rugby league player
- Dean Howell, English footballer
- Deborah Howell, American journalist
- Delles Howell, American football player
- Denis Howell, Baron Howell, British Labour politician
- Dixie Howell, American football player
- Dixie Howell , American baseball player
- Dixie Howell , American baseball player
- Dorothy Howell , British composer and pianist
- Dorothy Howell,, American screenwriter
E
- Edward Howell
- Edwin C. Howell, American whist and chess player
- Edwin E. Howell, American geologist and cartographer
- Elias Howell, American politician
- Evan Howell, American politician, early telegraph operator and officer in the Confederate Army
F
- Frances Schumann Howell, American artist
- Francis Howell, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
- Francis Clark Howell, American anthropologist
G
- Gareth Howell, Welsh racing driver
- Gary Howell , member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
- Gary Howell, member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- George Evan Howell, American Republican politician
- George Howell , American entrepreneur
- George Howell , American Republican politician
- George Howell , British politician and trade unionist
- George Howell , Australian soldier
- George Howell Kidder, American lawyer
- Gerran Howell, Welsh actor
- Gillian Howell, British architect
- Graham Howell, English footballer
- Gwynne Howell, British opera singer
H
- Hannah Howell, American romance novelist
- Harry Howell , American baseball player
- Harry Howell , English cricketer and footballer
- Harry Howell , Canadian ice hockey player
- Henry Howell, American Democratic politician
- Henry Howell , British-American settler
- Horatio Stockton Howell, American chaplain
I
- Ian Howell, South African cricketer and umpire
J
- Jack Howell , American baseball player
- Jack Howell , Australian rules football player
- Jack Howell , American swimmer
- Jack P. Howell, Australian rules football player
- James Howell, several people
- Jamie Howell, English footballer
- Janet Howell, American Democratic politician
- Jay Howell, American baseball player
- Jennifer Howell, Canadian-American voice actor
- Jeremiah B. Howell, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
- Jim Lee Howell, American football player
- Joe Howell, American songwriter
- John Howell , American football player
- John Howell , American football player
- John Howell , British Conservative politician
- John Adams Howell, American naval officer
- John Cummings Howell, American naval officer
- John H. Howell, American officer
- John McDade Howell, American professor
- John Thomas Howell, American botanist
- John White Howell, American electrical engineer
- Joseph Howell, American Republican politician
- Joshua B. Howell, American officer
- J. P. Howell, American baseball player
K
- Kathleen Howell, American engineer
- Ken Howell, American baseball player
L
- Lane Howell, American football player
- Larry Howell, American mechanical engineer
- Lottice Howell, American singer and actress
- Laura Howell, British comic book artist
- Leonard Howell, Jamaican religious figure, founder of Rastafari movement
- Leonard Howell , English footballer
- Lis Howell, British journalist
- Llorne Howell, New Zealand cricketer
- Luke Howell, Australian film actor
M
- Margaret Howell, British fashion designer
- Mark Howell, American musician
- Markus Howell, Canadian football player
- Mary Howell, American physician and psychologist
- Matilda Howell, American archer
- Max Howell, Australian rules footballer
- Max Howell , Australian educator and rugby union player
- Mike Howell, former American footballer
- Morton B. Howell, American politician
- Myfanwy Howell, Welsh broadcaster
N
- Nancy R. Howell, American educator
- Nathaniel W. Howell, American Federalist politician
- Neville Howell, Australian rower
- Nick Howell, American football player
P
- Pat Howell, American football player
- Pat Howell , American baseball player
- Paul Howell
- Peg Leg Howell, American blues singer and guitarist
- Peter Howell , British musician and composer
- Peter Howell , British actor
- Peter Howell , British historian
R
- Raby Howell, British footballer
- Ralph Howell, British Conservative politician
- Red Howell, American baseball player
- Richard Howell, American politician; governor of New Jersey from 1794 to 1802
- Richard Howell , American basketball player
- Richard Howell, American comic book creator
- Richard Howell , English cricketer
- Richard Howell , American swimmer
- Rob Howell, British costume and set designer
- Robert B. Howell, American Republican politician
- Rod Howell, American dancer
- Roger Howell Jr., American professor
- Roland Howell, American baseball player
- Ron Howell , Canadian football and ice hockey player
- Ron Howell, English footballer
- Ron Howell , Australian rules footballer
- Roy Howell, American baseball player
- Russ Howell, American skateboarder
S
- Scott Howell
T
- Thomas Howell , British clergyman
- Thomas Howell, British poet
- Thomas Bayly Howell, English lawyer and writer who lent his name to Howell's State Trials
- Thomas J. Howell , American botanist
- Tommy Howell, rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s
V
- Valma Howell, Australian artist
- Varina Howell, First Lady of the Confederate States of America; wife of CSA President Jefferson Davis
- Verdun Howell, Australian rules footballer
- David Koresh , American leader of Branch Davidians religious sect
W
- Walter Howell, Australian rower
- Wayne Howell, American voice-over announcer
- William Howell , Welsh rugby union player
- William Henry Howell, American physiologist
- William J. Howell, American Republican politician
- William R. Howell, American businessman
- William Roe Howell, American photographer
- William Thompson Howell, American jurist and politician
- W. Nathaniel Howell, U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, 1987–1991
Y
- Yvonne Howell, American actress
Z
- Zach Howell, American student politician
King of Wales
- Howell the Good
Howell as a given name
- Howell Appling Jr., American businessman and Republican politician
- Howell Binkley, American lighting designer
- Howell Cheney, American businessman
- Howell Cobb, American political figure
- Howell Cobb , American politician
- Howell Cobb , American judge
- Howell Davies, British Liberal politician
- Howell Davies, Welsh rugby player
- Howell Davis, British pirate
- Howell de Francis, Welsh rugby league player
- Howell M. Estes II, American general
- Howell M. Estes III, American general
- Howell M. Forgy, USN chaplain
- Howell Glynne, British opera singer
- Howell Arthur Gwynne, British newspaper editor
- Howell Hansel, American film director
- Howell Harris, British history professor
- Howell Heflin, American Democratic politician
- Howell Hollis, American golf coach
- Howell Edmunds Jackson, American jurist and politician
- Howell Jones, Welsh rugby union player
- Howell Lewis, Welsh rugby union player
- Howell Elvet Lewis, Welsh poet and hymn-writer
- Howell W. Melton, American judge
- Howell W. Melton Jr., American lawyer
- Howell Oakdeane Morrison, American musician
- Howell Peacock, American basketball coach
- Howell Peregrine, British mathematician
- Howell Raines, former Executive Editor of the New York Times
- Howell Tong, Hong Kong statistician
- Howell Arthur John Witt, Australian clergyman
Others named Howell
- Samuel Howell Ashbridge, American Republican politician
- John Howell Collier, American general
- Harrison Howell Dodge, American curator
- The Edge , British-Irish musician
- Patricia Gibson-Howell, British actress
- Richard Howell Gleaves, American politician
- Rees Howell Gronow, British soldier
- Robert Howell Hall, American judge
- John Howell Morrison , American composer
- William Howell Pegram, American chemist
- David Howell Petraeus, American general & CIA director
- Walter Rice Howell Powell, British politician
- Luis Howell-Rivero, Cuban biologist
- Dorothy Howell Rodham, American political matriarch
- Frank Howell Seay, American judge
- Cedric Howell Swanton, Australian psychiatrist
- William Howell Arthur Thomas, Canadian Progressive Conservative politician
- Crawford Howell Toy, American scholar
- Anderson Howell Walters, American Republican politician
Fictional characters
- Brutus "Brutal" Howell, prison guard played by David Morse in The Green Mile
- Claire Howell, prison guard played by Kristin Rohde on TV's Oz
- Thurston Howell III, millionaire played by Jim Backus on TV's Gilligan's Island
- Lovey Howell, wife of Thurston, played by Natalie Schafer on Gilligan's Island
- Elliot Howell III, fictional Hindenburg passenger credited to Colby Chester in the eponymous film
- Howell Jenkins, an alter ego of Wizard Howl in the fantasy trilogy Howl's Moving Castle
- Carl Howell, a dentist in the TV series Glee, played by John Stamos
Legendary King of Brittany
- Hoel, whose name is sometimes spelled as Howel