Houghton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adam Houghton (1310-1389), Bishop of St. David's, Lord Chancellor of EnglandAmo Houghton (born 1926), New York politicianAmory Houghton (1899–1981), American diplomat and scouting notableArthur Boyd Houghton (1836–1875), British painter and illustratorBob Houghton (born 1947), English football managerBuck Houghton (1915–1999), American television producerChantelle Houghton (born 1983), participant in Celebrity Big BrotherCharles Frederick Houghton (1839–1898), Canadian politicianClaude Houghton (1886–1961), British novelistDaniel Houghton (1740–1791), Irish explorer of AfricaDon Houghton (1930–1991), British television screenwriterDouglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby (1898–1996), British Labour politicianDouglass Houghton (1809–1845), American geologistEric Houghton (1910–1996), English football player and managerFred Houghton (–1918), English semi-professional footballerHarold Houghton (1906–1986), English footballerHarry Houghton (1906-?), British naval officer who spied for the Polish and Soviet secret servicesIsrael Houghton (born 1971), American Christian music singerJames Houghton (born 1948), American actor and writerJames R. Houghton, American businessmanJohn Houghton (martyr) (died 1535), English Catholic priest and martyrJohn T. Houghton (born 1931), British scientistJohn Houghton (politician), Isle of Man politicianJohn Houghton (footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) playerKatharine Houghton (born 1945), American actressKris Houghton, known as Kris Kardashian or Kris Jenner, reality TV starLaura Mersini-Houghton (born 1969), Albanian theoretical physicist-cosmologistNick Houghton (born 1954), British Army officerPeter Houghton (1938–2007), artificial heart transplant patientPeter Houghton (footballer) (born 1954), English footballerRay Houghton (born 1962), Scottish-born Irish footballerRichard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809–1885), English poet and politicianSherman Otis Houghton (1828–1914), American politicianStanley Houghton (1881–1913), English playwrightSteph Houghton (born 1988), English footballerThomas Houghton (priest) (1859–1951), Irish-born Anglican clergymanThomas Houghton (rugby league), English rugby league playerThomas Houghton (architect) (1840–1903), American architectVasey Houghton (1921–2001), Australian politician