Benjamin Hunting Howell (born September 3, 1875) was an American rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta and the Wingfield Sculls in 1898 and 1899.
He was educated at the Military College in America and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, England.
He challenged in the Wingfield Sculls in 1897 but lost to Harry Blackstaffe.
[2][3] Howell became a manufacturer of Tuxedo Park, New York.
When his mother died in 1911 she made him the major legatee of her will because "he bestowed care on me during my illness while his brother and sister quite neglected me".