Howard Johnson may refer to:
- Howard Johnson's, a chain of hotels and restaurants
- Howard Deering Johnson (1897–1972), founder of Howard Johnson's restaurants
- Howard David Johnson, (born 1950s), American painter
- Howard Johnson (baseball) (born 1960), American baseball player
- Howard Johnson (cricketer) (born 1964), American cricketer
- Howard Johnson (electrical engineer), in signal integrity and high speed electronic circuit design
- Howard Johnson (lyricist) (1887–1941), American song-writer
- Howard Johnson (politician) (1910–2000), British Conservative politician in the 1950s, MP for Brighton Kemptown
- Howard R. Johnson (1903–1944), commander of the U.S. Army 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II
- Howard R. Johnson (inventor) (d. 2008), inventor of a perpetual motion device
- Howard Earl Johnston (1928–2001), Canadian politician
- Howard Wesley Johnson (1922–2009), former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Howie Johnson, (born c.1930), PGA Tour professional golfer
- Musicians
- Howard Johnson (jazz musician) (born 1941), post-bop on tuba and baritone saxophone
- Howard Johnson (soul singer), Miami-born R&B vocalist who had several hits during the early 1980s
- Howard E. Johnson (1908–1991), American swing saxophonist
- Howie Johnson (drummer), former drummer for The Ventures
Famous quotes containing the words howard and/or johnson:
“Cathleen: That’s Rhett Butler. He’s from Charleston. He has the most terrible reputation.
Scarlett O’Hara: He looks as if, as if he knows what I look like without my shimmy.”
—Sidney Howard (1891–1939)
“Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)