Howell (name)

Howell

Language(s)	Welsh
Origin
Meaning	"The Sun"; "high, exalted"
Region of origin	Wales
Other names
Related names	Hoel, Howel, Hugh, Hywel
Frequency Comparisons:

Howell is a surname (family name or last name) 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: Welsh surnames.

The name Howell may refer to many people:

A

• Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981), Australian author and poet
• Albert Howell, Canadian comedian and poet
• Albert Howell (cricketer) (1898–1958), English cricketer
• Algie Howell (born 1938), American Democratic politician
• Alice Howell (1886–1961), American silent movie actress
• Anthony Howell (actor) (born 1971), British TV actor
• Anthony Howell (performance artist) (born 1945), British performance artist
• Arlene Howell (born 1935), American TV actress
• Arthur Holmes Howell (1872–1940), American zoologist

B

• Bailey Howell (born 1937), American basketball player
• Benny Howell (born 1988), English cricketer
• Becket (or Beckett) K. Howell, American Naval Officer
• Benjamin Franklin Howell (1844–1933), American Republican politician
• Benjamin Hunting Howell (1875-unknown), American rower
• Beryl A. Howell (born 1956), American judge
• Bill Howell (American football) (1905–1981), American football player
• Bill Howell (cricketer) (1869–1940), Australian cricketer
• Blue Howell, American football player

C

• C. Thomas Howell (born 1966), American actor
• Carla Howell (born 1955), American Libertarian politician
• Cedric Howell (1896–1919), Australian fighter pilot
• Charles Howell (MP) (1905–1974), British Labour politician and member of Parliament
• Charles Howell III (born 1979), American golfer
• Charles Andrew Howell III (born 1930), American businessman
• Charles Augustus Howell (1840–1890), British-Portuguese art dealer
• Charles Henry Howell (c. 1824–1905), British architect
• Charles R. Howell (1904–1973), American politician and member of the House of Representatives
• Charmaine Howell (born 1975), Jamaican athlete
• Christopher Howell (born c. 1946), American poet
• Christopher Howell (cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer
• Clarence Howell (1881–1936), American chess master
• Clark Howell (1863–1936), American newspaper man and politician
• Clement Howell (1935–1987), Turks and Caicos politician
• Colin Howell (born 1959), Northern Irish murderer

D

• Daedalus Howell (born 1972), American writer
• Dan Howell (born 1991), British vlogger and BBC Radio 1 presenter
• David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford (born 1936), British Conservative politician
• David Howell (British Army officer), British barrister and officer
• David Howell (chess player) (born 1990), British chess grandmaster
• David Howell (dean) (1831–1903), British clergyman
• David Howell (footballer) (born 1958), English footballer
• David Howell (golfer) (born 1975), English golfer
• David Howell (jurist) (1747–1824), American jurist
• David Howell (rugby league) (born 1983), Australian rugby league player
• Dean Howell (born 1980), English footballer
• Deborah Howell (1941–2010), American journalist
• Delles Howell (born 1948), American football player
• Denis Howell (1923–1998), British Labour politician
• Denise Howell (born c. 1965), American lawyer and blogger
• Dixie Howell (1912–1971), American football player
• Dixie Howell (baseball catcher) (1920–1990), American baseball player
• Dixie Howell (baseball pitcher) (1920–1960), American baseball player
• Dorothy Howell (1898–1982), British composer and pianist

E

• Edward Howell (disambiguation)
• Elias Howell (1792–1844), American politician
• Evan Howell (1839–1905), American politician, early telegraph operator and officer in the Confederate Army

F

• Frances Schumann Howell (1905–1994), American artist
• Francis Howell (1625–1679), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
• Francis Clark Howell (1925–2007), American anthropologist

G

• Gareth Howell (born 1981), Welsh racing driver
• Gary Howell (born 1966), American politician
• George Evan Howell (1905–1980), American Republican politician
• George Howell (entrepreneur) (born 1945), American entrepreneur
• George Howell (Pennsylvania) (1859–1913), American Republican politician
• George Howell (trade unionist) (1833–1911), British politician and trade unionist
• George Howell (VC) (1893–1964), Australian soldier
• George Howell Kidder (1925–2009), American lawyer
• Gerran Howell (born 1991), Welsh actor
• Graham Howell (born 1951), English footballer
• Gwynne Howell (born 1938), British opera singer

H

• Hannah Howell (born 1950), American romance novelist
• Harry Howell (1876–1956), American baseball player
• Harry Howell (cricketer) (1890–1932), English cricketer and footballer
• Harry Howell (born 1932), Canadian ice hockey player
• Henry Howell (1920–1997), American Democratic politician
• Henry Howell (Mormon) (1828–1896), British-American settler
• Horatio Stockton Howell (1820–1963), American chaplain

I

• Ian Howell (born 1958), South African cricketer and umpire

J

• Jack Howell (baseball) (born 1961), American baseball player
• Jack Howell (footballer) (1924–1994), Australian rules football player
• Jack Howell (swimmer) (1899-unknown), American swimmer
• Jack P. Howell (1895-unknown), Australian rules football player
• James Howell (disambiguation) for people named James Howell
• Jamie Howell (born 1977), English footballer
• Janet Howell (born 1944), American Democratic politician
• Jay Howell (born 1955), American baseball player
• Jennifer Howell, Canadian-American voice actor
• Jeremiah B. Howell (1771–1822), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
• Jim Lee Howell (1914–1995), American football player
• Joe Howell, American songwriter
• John Howell (American football) (born 1978), American football player
• John Howell (American football halfback) (1915–unknown), American football player
• John Howell (politician) (born 1955), British Conservative politician
• John Adams Howell (1840–1918), American naval officer
• John Cummings Howell (1819–1892), American naval officer
• John H. Howell, American officer
• John McDade Howell (born 1922), American professor
• John Thomas Howell (1903–1994), American botanist
• John White Howell (1857–1937), American electrical engineer
• Joseph Howell (1857–1918), American Republican politician
• Joshua B. Howell (1806–1864), American officer
• J. P. Howell (born 1983), American baseball player

K

• Kaitlin Howell (born 1989), Canadian actress
• Kathleen Howell, American engineer
• Ken Howell (born 1960), American baseball player

L

• Lane Howell (born 1941), American football player
• Larry Howell, American mechanical engineer
• Laura Howell, British comic book artist
• Leonard Howell (1898–1981), Jamaican religious figure, founder of Rastafari movement
• Leonard Howell (footballer) (1848–1895), English footballer
• Lis Howell (born 1951), British journalist
• Llorne Howell (born 1972), New Zealand cricketer
• Luke Howell (born 1994), Australian film actor

M

• Margaret Howell (born 1946), British fashion designer
• Mark Howell (born 1952), American musician
• Markus Howell (born 1975), Canadian football player
• Mary Howell (1932–1998), American physician and psychologist
• Matilda Howell (1859–1938), American archer
• Max Howell (1921–2012), Australian rules footballer
• Max Howell (educator) (1927–2014), Australian educator and rugby union player
• Mike Howell (born 1943), former American footballer
• Myfanwy Howell, Welsh broadcaster

N

• Nancy R. Howell (born c. 1955), American educator
• Nathaniel W. Howell (1770–1851), American Federalist politician
• Neville Howell, Australian rower
• Nick Howell (born 1986), American football player

P

• Pat Howell (born 1957), American football player
• Pat Howell (baseball) (born 1968), American baseball player
• Paul Howell (1951–2008), British politician
• Peg Leg Howell (1888–1966), American blues singer and guitarist
• Peter Howell (musician) (born c. 1948), British musician and composer
• Peter Howell (actor) (1919–2015), British actor
• Peter Howell (historian) (born 1941), British historian

R

• Raby Howell (1869–1937), British footballer
• Ralph Howell (1923–2008), British Conservative politician
• Red Howell (1909–1950), American baseball player
• Richard Howell (1754–1802), American politician; governor of New Jersey from 1794 to 1802
• Richard Howell (basketball) (born 1990), American basketball player
• Richard Howell (comics), American comic book creator
• Richard Howell (cricketer) (born 1982), English cricketer
• Richard Howell (swimmer) (1903–1967), American swimmer
• Rob Howell, British costume and set designer
• Robert B. Howell (1864–1933), American Republican politician
• Rod Howell (born 1975), American dancer
• Roger Howell, Jr. (1936–1989), American professor
• Roland Howell (1892–1973), American baseball player
• Ron Howell (1935–1992), Canadian football player
• Ron Howell (footballer) (born 1949), English footballer
• Ross Howell (born 1979), Australian ice hockey player
• Roy Howell (born 1953), American baseball player
• Russ Howell, American skateboarder

S

• Scott Howell (disambiguation)

T

• Thomas Howell (bishop) (1588–1650), British clergyman
• Thomas Howell (poet), British poet
• Thomas Bayly Howell (1767–1815), English lawyer and writer who lent his name to Howell's State Trials
• Thomas J. Howell (botanist) (1842–1912), American botanist
• Tommy Howell, rugby league footballer of the 1890s and 1900s

V

• Valma Howell (1896–1979), Australian artist
• Varina Howell (1826–1906), First Lady of the Confederate States of America; wife of CSA President Jefferson Davis
• Verdun Howell (born 1936), Australian rules footballer
• David Koresh (born Vernon Howell) (1959–1993), American leader of Branch Davidians religious sect

W

• Walter Howell (born 1929), Australian rower
• Wayne Howell (1921–1993), American voice-over announcer
• William Howell (rugby player) (1863-unknown), Welsh rugby union player
• William Henry Howell (1860–1945), American physiologist
• William J. Howell (born 1943), American Republican politician
• W. Nathaniel Howell (born 1939), U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, 1987–1991
• William R. Howell, American businessman
• William Roe Howell (1846–1890), American photographer
• William Thompson Howell (1810–1870), American jurist and politician

Y

• Yvonne Howell (1905–2010), American actress

Z

• Zach Howell, American student politician

King of Wales

• Howell the Good (ca. 880?–950)

Others named Howell

• Samuel Howell Ashbridge (1848–1906), American Republican politician
• John Howell Collier (1900–1974), American general
• Harrison Howell Dodge (1852–1937), American curator
• The Edge (real name David Howell Evans) (born 1961), British-Irish musician
• J. Howell Flournoy (1891–1966), American sheriff
• Patricia Gibson-Howell (born 1966), British actress
• Richard Howell Gleaves (1819–1907), American politician
• Rees Howell Gronow (1794–1865), British soldier
• Robert Howell Hall (1921–1995), American judge
• John Howell Morrison (composer) (born 1956), American composer
• William Howell Pegram (1846–1928), American chemist
• David Howell Petraeus (born 1952), American general & CIA director
• Walter Rice Howell Powell (1819–1889), British politician
• Luis Howell-Rivero, Cuban biologist
• Dorothy Howell Rodham (born 1919), American political matriarch
• Frank Howell Seay (born 1938), American judge
• Cedric Howell Swanton (1899–1970), Australian psychiatrist
• William Howell Arthur Thomas (1895–1979), Canadian Progressive Conservative politician
• Crawford Howell Toy (1836–1919), American scholar
• Anderson Howell Walters (1862–1927), American Republican politician
• Howell Appling, Jr. (1919–2002), American businessman and Republican politician
• Howell Binkley, American lighting designer
• Howell Cheney (1870–1957), American businessman
• Howell Cobb (1815–1868), American political figure
• Howell Cobb (born 1772) (1772–1818), American politician
• Howell Cobb (judge) (1922–2005), American judge
• Howell Davies (1851–1932), British Liberal politician
• Howell Davies (rugby), Welsh rugby player
• Howell Davis (c. 1690–1719), British pirate
• Howell de Francis, Welsh rugby league player
• Howell M. Estes II (1914–2007), American general
• Howell M. Estes III (born 1941), American general
• Howell Glynne (1906–1969), British opera singer
• Howell Arthur Gwynne (1865–1950), British newspaper editor
• Howell Hansel (1860–1917), American film director
• Howell Harris (academic), British history professor
• Howell Heflin (1921–2005), American Democratic politician
• Howell Hollis, American golf coach
• Howell Edmunds Jackson (1832–1895), American jurist and politician
• Howell Jones (1882–1908), Welsh rugby union player
• Howell Lewis (1888–1971), Welsh rugby union player
• Howell Elvet Lewis (1860–1953), Welsh poet and hymn-writer
• Howell W. Melton (born 1923), American judge
• Howell W. Melton Jr. (born 1951), American lawyer
• Howell Oakdeane Morrison (1888–1984), American musician
• Howell Peacock (1889–1962), American basketball coach
• Howell Peregrine (1938–2007), British mathematician
• Howell Raines (born 1943), former Executive Editor of the New York Times
• Howell Tong (born 1944), Hong Kong statistician
• Howell Arthur John Witt (1920–1998), Australian clergyman

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

Legendary King of Brittany

• Hoel, whose name is sometimes spelled as Howel

See also

• Howell (disambiguation)
• Howells (disambiguation)