Moe Howard (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975) was one of The Three Stooges, the slapstick comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades. His distinctive hairstyle came about when he was a boy and cut off his curls with a pair of scissors, producing a ragged shape approximating a helmet.

Moe Howard, the "Boss Stooge," began his acting career in 1909 by playing bit roles in silent Vitagraph films. At 17, he joined a troupe working on a showboat and also appeared in several two-reel shorts. In 1922, he joined Ted Healy forming the act that would become The Three Stooges. Howard toured Vaudeville and appeared in films with Healy for ten years before the Stooges left Healy to pursue a separate career. Moe appeared in more than 250 films during his 66-year career, including 190 Three Stooges shorts. Over the act's 50-year history, The Three Stooges went through several personnel changes; when Moe Howard died, the act ended.