Air Vice Marshal Peter Howard, CB, OBE, FRCP, FRAeS (15 December 1925 – 21 October 2007) was a senior aviation medicine doctor with the Royal Air Force.
Howard gained some notoriety in 1962, as the first man to test the world's first rocket-powered ejector seat, developed by the Martin-Baker company.
Howard's last major project prior to his retirement was his involvement in the selection of Britain's first two astronauts, Helen Sharman and Tim Mace.
He was also awarded the James Martin Medal, from the Guild of Aviation Pilots and Navigators in 1988.
The award commemorated the 1,000 pilots' lives saved by the rocket-powered ejection seat that he helped to perfect.