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Howdy is an informal greeting commonly associated with Southern American English.

Howdy may also refer to:

People

• Howdy Caton (1894-1948), American Major League Baseball player
• Howdy Forrester (1922-1987), American bluegrass fiddler
• Howdy Gray (1901-1955), American college football player
• Howdy Groskloss (1901-1953), American Major League Baseball player
• Howdy Holmes (born 1947), American racecar driver
• Howdy Myers (1910-1980), American college multi-sports coach and administrator
• Howard "Howdy" Quicksell (1901-1953), American composer and banjoist
• Howdy Wilcox (1889-1923), American racecar driver
• Howdy Wilcox II (1905-1946), American racecar driver (no relation to the above - the "II" was simply to distinguish the two)

Music/others

• Howdy! (Pat Boone album) (1956)
• Howdy! (Teenage Fanclub album), released by British alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub in 2000
• Howdy!, a Minnie Pearl album
• "Howdy", a 1965 single by Buddy Ebsen

• the title character of Howdy Doody, a popular American children's television program from 1947 to 1960
• Howdy, a character in the Japanese anime series Hamtaro - see List of Hamtaro characters
• "Howdy" Lewis, in The Rounders (1965 film) and The Rounders (TV series), played by Henry Fonda and Patrick Wayne respectively

Other uses

• WWKY (Howdy 97.7), a radio station licensed to Sebree, Kentucky
• WPTQ, a radio station licensed to Glasgow, Kentucky, branded HOWDY 103.7 when it played country music
• Howdy, a subscription video streaming service owned and operated by Roku, Inc.
• Howdy.com, an American technology staffing company headquartered in Austin, Texas.