Around the world, Howland (兰德 
, Howland 
, 豪兰 ) is a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name Howland is characteristic of China, where it is a very rare unisex name, and the United States, where it is a very rare boy's name. More prevalently, Howland is the last name as well as the forename.
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| 豪兰, 兰德 | China |
| Howland | United Kingdom, United States, Australia, South Africa, Canada |
Howland is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Howland Reed , the character in A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones; Rand al'Thor , the fictional character from The Wheel of Time; Randall Boggs , the fictional character in Monsters, Inc.; Randall Flagg , the character in nine of Steven King's novels and various adaptations, The Stand and Randall Welch , the character in the TV series Law & Order, among other works.
| southworth howland (1775-1853) (b. 1775) |
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| gardiner greene howland (1787-1851), US (b. 1787) |
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| perry howland 29 Nov 1789 - (b. 1789) |
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| southworth howland (1800-1882), US (b. 1800) |
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| powell howland (b. 1799) |
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| simpson howland American politician, US (b. 1822) |
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olin howland actor, US (b. 1886) |
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| hewitt h. howland (b. 1863) |
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| mcclure meredith howland 4 Nov 1906 - (b. 1906) |
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| wallace howland (b. 1909) |
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| grafton dulany howland 1943 - (b. 1943) |
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| stet howland American musician, US (b. 1960) |
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| morva howland Peerage person ID=289199 |
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| peleg howland Peerage person ID=212281 |
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| baird howland researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-2190-8101) |
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