Robert Howard may refer to: Entertainment Robert Howard (playwright) (1626–1698), English playwright and politician Robert Boardman Howard (1896–1983), American muralist and sculptor Robert E. Howard (1906–1936), fantasy writer, creator of Conan the Barbarian Bob Howard (singer) (1906–1986), American jazz pianist and vocalist Robert Howard ("Dr. Robert", born 1961), British pop star and member of the Blow Monkeys Politics Robert Howard (Royalist) (1585–1653), Royalist commander and M.P. Robert Danvers (1624–1674), aka Robert Howard, English politician Robert Howard, 2nd Earl of Wicklow (1757–1815), Anglo-Irish politician and peer Robert Howard (unionist) (1845–1902), British-born American labor union leader and politician Robert Mowbray Howard (1854–1928), English official Rob Howard (politician) (fl. 2009), Canadian politician Religion Robert Howard (bishop) (1670–1740), Anglican prelate in the Church of Ireland Robert Wilmot Howard (1887–1960), British Anglican priest and academic Sports Robert Howard (martial artist) (born 1938), Irish taekwondo master Robert Howard (Irish swimmer) (born 1956), Irish Olympic swimmer Robert Howard (American swimmer) (born 1996), American freestyle swimmer Robert Howard (triple jumper) (1975–2004), American triple jumper Bob Howard (American football) (1944–2008), American football defensive back Bobby Howard (running back) (born 1964), American football running back Bob Howard (born 1963), American professional wrestler best known as Hardcore Holly Robert Howard (wrestler, born 2002) Rob Howard (footballer), English footballer Other Robert Howard Hodgkin, British historian Robert Howard (knight) (1385–1436), father of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk Robert F. Howard (1883–1963), Texan farmer and agriculture professor Bob Howard (political scientist) (born 1936), Australian professor of international relations Robert Souper Howard (1818–1881), Chilean soldier Robert L. Howard (1939–2009), Medal of Honor recipient during the Vietnam War Robert Lesarian Howard, man convicted of murder Robert F. Howard (solar physicist), 2003 recipient of the George Ellery Hale Prize