Houston is a surname of Scottish origin. In the mountains of Scotland's west coast and on the Hebrides islands, the ancestors of the Houston family were born. Clan Houston comes from the medieval Scottish given name Hugh. Houston is a patronymic surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. In general, patronyms were derived from either the first name of the father of the bearer, or from the names of famous religious and secular figures. By and large, surnames descending from one's father's name were the most common. The surname also came from the place called Houston, Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. In Old English, the name Houston, meant the settlement belonging to Hugh.
Houston is the surname of:
Allan Houston (born 1971), former National Basketball Association player
Andrew Jackson Houston (1854–1941), American politician, son of Sam Houston
Angus Houston (born 1947), Australian retired air chief marshal, former commander of the Australian Defence Force
Bobby Houston (born 1967), retired National Football League player
Bobby Houston (footballer) (born 1952), Scottish former footballer
Brian Houston (musician) (fl. 1994-present), Northern Irish musician
Brian Houston (pastor) (born 1954), Australian religious leader
Byron Houston (born 1969), former National Basketball Association player
Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950), American civil rights lawyer
Charles Snead Houston (1913–2009), American mountaineer, physician and scientist
Cherylee Houston (born 1975), British actress currently playing Izzy Armstrong In Corronation Street
Chris Houston (disambiguation)
Gilbert Cisco Houston (1918–1961), American folk singer and songwriter closely associated with Woody Guthrie
Cissy Houston (born 1933), American gospel singer, mother of singer Whitney Houston
David Houston (disambiguation)
Doug Houston (born 1943), Scottish retired footballer
Drew Houston (born 1983), American internet entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Dropbox
Edwin J. Houston (1847–1914), American businessman, professor, consulting electrical engineer, inventor and author
Frank K. Houston (1881-1973), president and chairman of the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank in the 1940s.
George Houston (disambiguation)
Glyn Houston (born 1926), Welsh actor
Guy Houston (born 1960), American politician
Heather Houston, Canadian curler, 1989 world champion
Henry A. Houston (1847–1925), American teacher, businessman and politician
Henry H. Houston (1820–1895), American businessman and philanthropist
Jack Houston (1919-2008), Australian politician
James D. Houston, 1933-2009, American novelist
Jamie Houston (born 1982), English-born retired German rugby union international
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (born 1934), American writer, author of Farewell to Manzanar
Jean Houston (born 1937), American author of New Thought or New Age books
Jim Houston (born 1937), college football Hall-of-Fame and National Football League player
John Houston (disambiguation)
Justin Houston (born 1989), National Football League player
Kevin Houston (born c. 1964), American basketball player
Lamarr Houston (born 1987), National Football League player
Leroy Houston (born 1986), Australian rugby union player
Lin Houston (1921-1995), All-America Football Conference and National Football League player, brother of Jim Houston
Livingston W. Houston (1891-1977), eleventh president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Marguerite Houston (born 1981), Australian world champion rower
Marques Houston (born 1981), African-American R&B singer
Penelope Houston (born 1958), American singer-songwriter
Penelope Houston (film critic) (1927–2015), British film critic
Peter Houston (born 1958), Scottish football manager and former player
Phil Houston, New Zealand rugby league football referee
Renee Houston (1902–1980), Scottish comedy actress and revue artist
Rich Houston (1945–1982), American football player
Robert Houston (disambiguation)
Sam Houston (1793–1863), American statesman and namesake of the Texas city
Stephen D. Houston (born 1958), American anthropologist, archaeologist, epigrapher and Mayanist scholar
Stewart Houston (born 1949), Scottish football player and coach
Temple Lea Houston (1860-1905), American attorney and politician, son of Sam Houston
Thelma Houston (born 1946), American R&B and dance music singer
Tommy Houston (born 1945), American retired NASCAR Busch Series driver
Victor S. K. Houston (1876–1959), American politician
Victor Houston (athlete) (born 1974), Barbadian track and field athlete
Walter Scott Houston (1912-1993), popularizer of amateur astronomy
Wade Houston, American basketball coach, father Allan Houston
Whitney Houston (1963–2012), American R&B/pop singer
William Houston (disambiguation)
