Noel Richard Frank George Howe-Browne (24 December 1884 – 3 April 1943) was a South African barrister and international rugby union player.
Howe-Browne attended Cape Town's Diocesan College and went to Oriel College, Oxford, as a 1904 Rhodes Scholar. A two-time Oxford blue, Howe-Browne was capped as a forward for Springboks in 1910, playing three international matches against the touring British Lions. He later served on the Tanganyika Legislative Council.