Howard (Deering) Johnson

Business executive, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Uneducated beyond elementary school, he developed 28 flavours of ice-cream for his Wollaston, MA, drugstore soda fountain, and by 1929 was franchising his name and products. He won exclusive catering rights on thousands of miles of East Coast highways, and built the country's largest private food distribution corporation before retiring in 1959.

Several prominent people have been named Howard Johnson:

Howard Deering Johnson (1897–1972), founder of Howard Johnson's restaurants Howard Johnson (lyricist) (1887–1941), American song-writer Howard Johnson (baseball player) (born 1960), American baseball player Howard Wesley Johnson (born 1922), former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Howard Johnson (jazz musician) (born 1941) Howard E. Johnson (1908–1991), American swing saxophonist Howard Johnson (electrical engineer) Howard Johnson (cricketer) (born 1964), American cricketer Howard Johnson (politician), a British Conservative politician in the 1950s, MP for Brighton Kemptown. Johnson, Bahamian politician

See also:

Howard Johnson's, hotels and restaurants.