Frederick or Fred Howard may refer to:

Politics

* Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (1748–1825), English diplomat * Frederick John Howard (1814–1897), British Member of Parliament for Youghal * Frederick George Howard (1805–1834), British Member of Parliament for Morpeth

Sports

* Frederick Howard (footballer), English footballer active in the 1920s with Derby County, Gillingham and Ayr United * Fred Howard (Australian footballer) (1878–1942), Australian rules footballer * Fred Howard (footballer, born 1893) (1893–?), English footballer active in the 1910s and 1920s * Fred Howard (baseball) (born 1956), American baseball player

* Frederick Howard (industrialist) (1827–1915), British industrialist * Frederick Howard (British Army officer) (1785–1815), fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo {{human name disambiguation, Howard, Frederick