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James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (1619–1688/1607–1688), grandson of Thomas Howard •
James Scott Howard (1798–1866), Canadian public servant •
James Howard (Whig politician) (1814–1882), British Whig MP •
James Howard (agriculturalist) (1821–1889), British Liberal MP, manufacturer and agriculturalist •
James L. Howard (1818–1906), American businessman and lieutenant governor of Connecticut •
James J. Howard (1927–1988), American educator and U.S. congressman from New Jersey ==Entertainment==