Houston (family name)
Houston is a family name .
pronunciation
The family name is pronounced [ ˈhuːstən ] or [ ˈhaustən ] in England , in Scotland only [ ˈhuːstən ]. The pronunciation in the United States is usually [ ˈhjuːstən ]. The places and institutions in the USA named after Sam Houston are pronounced [ ˈhjuːstən ]. Exceptions are Houston County (Georgia) and New York's Houston Street, which are pronounced [ ˈhaustən ] because they were named after the politician William Houstoun (1755-1813).
Name bearer
A.
- Allan Houston (* 1971), American basketball player
- Andrew Jackson Houston (1854–1941), American politician
- Angus Houston (born 1947), Australian Air Force officer
B.
- Brian Houston (born 1954), Australian pastor
C.
- Charles Snead Houston (1913–2009), American mountaineer, actor, inventor, writer and film director
- Chris Houston (* 1984), American football player
- Cisco Houston (1918–1961), American singer and songwriter
- Cissy Houston (born 1933), American singer
- Clint Houston (1946-2000), American jazz musician
D.
- David Houston (musician) (1938–1993), American country musician
- David F. Houston (1866–1940), American politician
- Dolly Houston , American singer
- Donald Houston (1923-1991), Welsh actor
E.
- Edwin J. Houston (1847–1914), American electrical engineer
G
- George F. Houston (1896–1944), American actor and singer
- George S. Houston (1811–1879), American politician
- George W. Houston (* 1941), American ancient historian and classical philologist
H
- Henry A. Houston (1847–1925), American politician
J
- Joe Houston († 2015), American R&B musician
- Joel Houston (born 1979), Australian singer
- John Houston (musician) (born 1933), American jazz musician
- John Mills Houston (1890–1975), American politician
- John Porter Houston (1933–1987), American Romanist
- John W. Houston (1814–1896), American politician
- John Adam P. Houston (1812-1884), Scottish painter
- Justin Houston (born 1989), American football player
K
- Ken Houston (rugby player) (born 1941), Irish rugby player
- Ken Houston ( American football player ) ( Kenneth Ray Houston ; born 1944), American football player and coach
- Ken Houston (ice hockey player) ( Kenneth Lyle Houston ; 1953-2018), Canadian ice hockey player
M.
- Marques Houston (* 1981), American singer and actor
- Melva Houston (1949-2020), American singer
N
- Neil Houston , Canadian curler
- Norman Houston (1887–1958), American screenwriter, actor and film director
P
- Penelope Houston (film critic) (1927–2015), British film critic and writer
- Penelope Houston (singer) (born 1958), American singer and songwriter
R.
- Renee Houston (1902–1980), British actress
- Robert G. Houston (1867–1946), American politician
- Robert Houston (* 1955), American film actor, film director and documentary filmmaker
S.
- Sam Houston (1793–1863), American politician and general, namesake of Houston, Texas
- Sandra L. Houston , American geotechnician
- Stewart Houston (born 1949), Scottish football player and coach
T
- Tate Houston , American jazz musician
- Thelma Houston (born 1946), American singer
V
- Victor SK Houston (1876–1959), American politician
W.
- Whitney Houston (1963–2012), American singer
- William Houston (politician) (1746–1788), American politician
- William Houston, 1st Baronet (1766–1842), British general, Governor of Gibraltar
- William Houston (soccer player) (fl. 1880–1885), Irish soccer player
- William Houston (actor) (born 1968), English actor
- William C. Houston (1852–1931), American politician
- William Patrick Stuart-Houston (1911–1987), American-British accountant and author, see William Patrick Hitler