Bronson Crocker Howard (October 7, 1842 – August 4, 1908) was an American dramatist.

[1] He prepared for college at New Haven, Conn., but instead of entering Yale he turned to Journalism in New York City.

It was very successful and became the first of a long series of pieces which gave Howard a leading position among American playwrights.

He married a sister of Sir Charles Wyndham, the English actor, and he had homes in New Rochelle, New York[2] and London, England where some of his plays were no less popular than in America.

Bronson Howard was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.