Thomas Howard was a pirate primarily active in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea during the Golden Age of Piracy.

While little about his early life is known, Howard arrived in Jamaica at some time prior to 1698 after spending his entire inheritance.

Howard and the crew took a large prize from the Alexander of pirate John James which had run aground on a reef off Madagascar.

[2] Shortly after this, Howard was marooned by the crew while hunting and was not rescued until George Booth arrived in early 1701.

Following the loss of the Speaker after grounding on St. Augustine's Reef, Howard settled on the nearby island of Mauritius.