Howard is a popular English language occupational given name of Middle English origin, meaning "sheep herder". A diminutive is "Howie" and its shortened form is "Ward" (most common in the 19th century). Between 1900-1960, Howard ranked in the U.S. Top 200; between 1960–1990, it ranked in the U.S. Top 400; between 1990–2004, it ranked in the U.S. Top 600. People with the given name Howard or its variants include:
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... Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk (9 March 1627 – 13 December 1677) was an English noble ... He was born to Henry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel and Lady Elizabeth Stuart ... The duties of Earl Marshal were exercised by his brother, Sir Henry Howard, who, in 1677, succeeded him as Duke ...
... Howard provided the Mavericks with a back-to-the-basket player who moved into the starting power-forward position, enabling Dirk Nowitzki to play small forward and ... During the season, Howard tallied 16 double-doubles and five 30-point performances in 81 games, while averaging 18.0 points and 7.1 rebounds ... and future MVPs Steve Nash and Nowitzki, Howard was the highest paid player ...
... In college, Howard was regarded as one of the best defensive big men in the country ... After the 1994 NBA Draft, NBA analyst Doug Collins described Howard as a player who can "play with his back to the basket and can shoot from about 16 feet outside" and ... Jerry Bembry of The Baltimore Sun that Howard was "as fundamentally sound as any player in the draft" and that he "has a discipline about his game and uses a high level of skill ...
... Howard is a census-designated place in southern Howard Township, Knox County, Ohio, United States ... The United States Postal Service has assigned Howard the ZIP Code 43028 ... East Knox High School is located in Howard ...
... VIII, but twice incurred the King's anger, first for her unauthorized engagement to Lord Thomas Howard, who died in the Tower of London in 1537 because of his misalliance ...
Famous quotes containing the word howard:
“I believe that Harmon would be the easiest to defeat, though he might gain much strength from the Republicans. Clark would surely lose New York. I am beginning to feel that by some stroke of genius they may name Woodrow Wilson, and that seems a pretty hard tussle.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.”
—Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919)
“The putting into force of laws which shall secure the conservation of our resources, as far as they may be within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, including the more important work of saving and restoring our forests and the great improvement of waterways, are all proper government functions which must involve large expenditure if properly performed.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)