Howard Dwaine "Howie" Dorough (born August 22, 1973) is an American musician and member of American music group Backstreet Boys.

Dorough was born in Orlando, Florida.

Dorough guest-starred in the television series Sabrina, The Teenage Witch in the episode "The Big Head" as an egotistic rock star named Strum. He also guest-starred on an episode of Roswell, and voiced Santa Claus on the Nickelodeon preschool animated series Dora the Explorer in the Christmas episode "A Gift for Santa". In September 2002, Howie and the rest of The Backstreet Boys made special guest appearances on the children's cartoon Arthur.