Howard Smith may refer to:

Government and politics

  • H. Alexander Smith (1880–1966), U.S. senator from New Jersey
  • Howard E. Smith (Minnesota politician) (1917–2011), American businessman and Minnesota state legislator
  • Howard W. Smith (1883–1976), U.S. representative from Virginia
  • Howard Smith (diplomat) (1919–1996), British ambassador and director general of MI5, 1979–1981

Arts and entertainment

  • Howard Smith (actor) (1893–1968), American actor
  • Howard Smith (designer) (1928–2021), American-born Finnish artist and designer
  • Howard Smith (director) (1936–2014), American film director, journalist and broadcaster
  • Howie Smith (born 1943), musician
  • Howard Everett Smith (1885–1970), American painter
  • Howard Philips Smith (born 1956), American writer, novelist, and photographer

Other

  • Howard Alan Smith, astrophysicist and author
  • Howard Bradley Smith (1894–?), American author
  • Howard Dwight Smith (1886–1958), American architect
  • Howard K. Smith (1914–2002), American journalist
  • Howard Smith (footballer) (1878–1909), Australian footballer for St Kilda
  • Howard Van Smith (1909–1987), American journalist
  • Skippy Smith (Howard Smith, 1913–2003), American stunt skydiver, pilot, and entrepreneur
  • Howard Smith (bobsleigh) (born 1956), British Olympic bobsledder
  • Howard Smith (company), former Australian industrial company