Howlader (Bengali: হাওলাদার) is a Bengali, Persian surname.

• Khuda Buksh Hawladar (1912–1974), Bangladeshi businessman and humanitarian
• Ahsan Habib Hawladar (1917–1985), poet
• A. F. Mohammad Nurul Haque Hawladar (1935–1973), politician and freedom fighter
• Motahar Uddin Ahmad Hawladar (1935–1974), politician from Bhola
• Faruque Alam Hawladar (1940–2020), chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation
• Mohammad Matiar Rahman Howlader (born 1957), vice-chancellor of Sylhet Agricultural University
• Lawrence Subrata Howlader (born 1965), prelate of the Catholic Church, bishop of Barisal and archbishop of Chattogram
• Abdul Mannan Howlader (died 2015), politician from Barisal
• A. B. Mohammad Ruhul Amin Howlader (born 1953), politician and co-chairman of the Jatiya Party
• Aftab Uddin Howlader, politician from Bagerhat
• Anwar Hossain Howlader, politician from Patuakhali
• Mokim Hossain Howlader, politician from Jhalokati
• Mujibur Rahman Howlader, politician from Gopalganj
• Shahjahan Hawlader Sujan (died 2001), assassinated politician
• Ujjal Howladar (born 1993), footballer
• Sujon Hawlader (born 1995), cricketer

• Haldar

• Khan, Monirul Islam (2012). "Social Stratification". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Subsequent land policy in the colonial period ... created intermediate rent collecting interests resulting in the emergence of numerous agrarian layers, known as Jotedar, Gantidar, Howladar, or Talukdar, or Bhuiyan, etc.