John Howson (c. 1557 – 6 February 1632) was an English academic and bishop.

[1] He was a student and then a canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Vice-Chancellor in 1602.

[3] Conflicts in Oxford with Calvinist clergy led to his being accused in 1615 before the King of popery, by George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury.

He was able to convince the King that the charges were misplaced, and began to rise in the hierarchy, where he was an influence on the Arminian side.

His name appears on a modern monument in the crypt, listing important graves lost in the fire.