Howard Maupin (c. 1815–1887) was an American settler who established a farm and ferry in Oregon at the present-day location of Maupin. He became famous for shooting the Paiute war leader Chief Paulina on April 25, 1867, near the modern town of Madras.^[1]

Maupin was born in Clay County, Kentucky, and moved to Missouri as a teenager. In 1863, he traveled to Oregon, settling first in the Willamette Valley.^[2] He then moved to Antelope, in central Oregon, where he became the town's first postmaster in 1871.^[3] Maupin then moved slightly west, establishing a farm and operating a ferry across the Deschutes River.^[2] The city of Maupin was named in his honor by the city's founder, William H. Staats, early in the 20th century; the original name Maupin's Ferry was shortened by postal authorities.^[2][4] He died in 1887.^[5]