Howland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alfred Cornelius Howland, American painter
Ben Howland, American college basketball coach
Benjamin Howland, a United States Senator from Rhode Island
Beth Howland (1941-2015), American stage and television actress
Chris Howland (1928–2013), British radio and television presenter
David Howland, Northern Irish footballer
Eliza Howland, American author and the wife of Union Army officer Joseph Howland
Jason Howland, American composer
John Howland, a Mayflower passenger and early settler in the United States
Joseph Howland, an American Civil War veteran who later served as New York State Treasurer
Oliver Aiken Howland, a Toronto lawyer and political figure in the 19th century
William Bailey Howland, editor of Outlook
William Goldwin Carrington Howland, a lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of Ontario
William Holmes Howland, mayor of Toronto from 1886 to 1887
William Pearce Howland, second Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, from 1868 to 1873
