Richard Thomas James Howell (born 2 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Howell is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and who occasionally plays as a wicketkeeper. He was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire and was educated at Cheltenham College.
Howell represented the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and Huntingdonshire and the Yorkshire Cricket Board in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were both held in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 35 runs at a batting average of 35.00, with a high score of 20*. With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average of 35.00, with best figures of 1/35.