Howard Stern (talk-radio host); Howard Hughes (American tycoon); Howard Cosell (sportscaster); Howard “Howie†Mandel (comedian/TV host); Howard “Howie†Long (football player); Howard Hawks (film director); Howard “Duane†Allman (guitarist); Howard Carter (discoverer of the King Tut Tomb); Howard Dean (politician); Howard Duff (actor); Howard Johnson (founder of a chain of hotels); Howard Lederer (professional poker player); H. P. Lovecraft (Howard Philips, horror writer); Howard McNear (actor); Howard K. Stern (Anna Nicole Smith’s attorney); Howard Shore (film score composer); Howard “Howie†Morenz (hockey player); Howard “Howie†Dorough (member of the music group Backstreet Boys); Howard “Howie†Epstein (musician); Howard Allen Frances O’Brien (birth name of Vampire author Anne Rice)