Bill, Billy, Will, Willie or William Howard may refer to:
Noblemen and politicians
American
- William J. Howard (1799–1862), Pittsburgh mayor in 1845
- William Alanson Howard (1813–1880), U.S. Representative from Michigan (1855–1859) and Governor of Dakota Territory 1878–1880
- William Howard (congressman) (1817–1891), U.S. Representative from Ohio
- William Marcellus Howard (1857–1932), U.S. Representative from Georgia
- William S. Howard (1875–1953), U.S. Representative from Georgia
- William Lorenzo Howard (1921–2004), mayor of Monroe, Louisiana
- William Howard Taft (1857-1830), 27th president of the US
British
- William Howard (judge) (before 1230—1308), English nobleman and ancestor of aristocratic Howard family, Judge Advocate of Fleet
- William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (c.1510–1573), English nobleman
- William Howard (died 1600) (1538–1600), English member of parliament
- Lord William Howard (1563–1640), nicknamed "Belted Will" or "Bauld Willie", third son of 4th Duke of Norfolk
- William Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham (1577–1615), his grandson, heir to 1st Earl of Nottingham
- William Howard (died 1672) (c.1599–1672), English gentleman and member of parliament
- William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (1614–1680)
- William Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Escrick (1626–1694), conspirator in Rye House Plot
- William Howard (died 1701) (c.1674–1701), English Member of Parliament for Carlisle 1695–1701 and Northumberland 1701
- William Howard (Irish politician) (before 1680—1728), Member of Parliament for Dublin City 1727–28
- William Howard, Viscount Andover (1714–1756), British Member of Parliament and heir to Earl of Berkshire
- William Howard, 3rd Earl of Wicklow (1761–1818), British nobleman, Earl of Wicklow
- William Howard (1781–1843), British Member of Parliament for Morpeth 1806–1826 and 1830–1832, Sutherland 1837–1840
- William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow (1788–1869), British nobleman
- William Howard, 8th Earl of Wicklow (1902–1978), British nobleman
- William George Howard, 8th Earl of Carlisle (1808–1889), English clergyman and peer
Performers
- Willie Howard (1883–1949), American comedian with his brother Eugene as Howard Brothers
- Billy Howard, English comedian and impressionist active since 1960s
Sportsmen
- Billy Howard (gridiron football) (1950–2005), American defensive lineman with Detroit Lions
- William Howard (American football) (born 1964), American running back with Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Willie Howard (born 1977), American football defensive end and coach
- Will Howard (cricketer) (born 1981), English first-class cricketer
- William Howard (basketball) (born 1993), French power forward
- Will Howard (American football) (born 2001), American quarterback with Ohio State Buckeyes
Writers
- William Howard (engineer) (1793–1834), American railroad topographer and memoirist
- William Lee Howard (1860–1918), American physician and writer
- William K. Howard (1899–1954), American film director, writer and producer
- William Alvin Howard (born 1926), American proof theorist (Curry-Howard correspondence)
- M. William Howard Jr. (born 1946), American academic and Reformed Church historian
- Bill Howard (born 1969), American Catholic journalist and editor
Others
- William Howard (typefounder), 19th-century English designer at Chiswick Press in Great Queen Street
- William Howard (artist) (before 1830—after 1870), African American woodworker and craftsman
- William R. Howard (1922–2009), American businessman and Piedmont Airlines executive
See also
- William Howard School, Brampton, England
- William Stafford-Howard (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with William Howard
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