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, where he met future friend and bandmate A.J. McLean. His mother, Paula Flores, is Puerto Rican, and his late father, Hoke Dorough, was Irish American. He is the youngest of five siblings. He came to fame in the mid 1990s as a member of the Backstreet Boys.
Dorough worked as a producer for singer/song-writer George Nozuka and Katelyn Tarver as part of his management partnership with former 3deep member CJ Huyer, called HC Entertainment formed in 2004. In mid-2011 Howie's first solo album "Back to Me" is set to release in November 2011. The first single "100" received moderate success and airplay primarily in Canada."
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. Howie Guest Starred on Saturday Night Live in a Sketch and Performed with The Backstreet Boys.
In 1998, Dorough's sister, Caroline Dorough-Cochran, died of Lupus. After her death, Dorough established the Dorough Lupus Foundation. The foundation helps raise awareness about the disease, financial support for those who cannot afford treatment, and money for research.
On December 8, 2007, Dorough married his longtime girlfriend Leigh Boniello in the traditional Catholic ceremony. They have one son named James.
