J. Howard Marshall (24 January 1905 - 4 August 1995) was a wealthy oil man and was briefly married to the actress, Anna Nicole Smith. Marshall died shortly after the marriage and Anna Nicole Smith was involved in a court battle with her former stepson. She was eventually awarded $88 million.

In 1931, J. Howard Marshall graduated from the law school of Yale University with a Magna Cum Laude. After graduating he became assistant dean at Yale Law School. It was here he studied oil, which took him on a lifelong journey that eventually made him a multi-millionaire. Just two years later he was recruited by Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes and later was a member of the Petroleum Administration for War. A year before the end of World War II began his career in the oil industry when he joined Ashland Oil and Refining Co. He went on to hold top positions at various oil companies until 1984, when he founded Marshall Petroleum.

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