Walter Neville Howell OAM (born 17 December 1929) is an Australian former representative and Olympic medal winning rower.

[1] He won a gold medal at the 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games in the Men's eight and represented in the Australian eight at the inaugural 1962 World Rowing Championships.

Howell first made state selection for Victoria in 1951 contesting the King's Cup at the Australian Interstate Regatta.

[1] In 1956 for the Melbourne Olympics the winning Kings Cup Victorian eight was selected as the Australian men's eight excepting for the 3 seat – Benfield from New South Wales.

[6] After retirement from first-class rowing Howell lived and worked in the Ngambie and Bendigo region of northern Victoria.