Politicians
- George Howard (died 1580), MP for Devizes, Rochester, Winchelsea, Newton and Reigate
- George Howard (Governor of Maryland) (1789–1846), governor of Maryland, 1831–1833
- George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (1773–1848), English statesman
- George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802–1864), British politician and statesman
- George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle (1843–1911), English aristocrat, politician and painter
- George Howard (died 1671) (1622–1671), English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1671
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