Houghton (surname)
Houghton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Houghton, Bishop of St. David's, Lord Chancellor of England
- Amo Houghton, American politician
- Amory Houghton, American diplomat and scouting notable
- Arthur Boyd Houghton, British painter and illustrator
- Bob Houghton, English football manager
- Buck Houghton, American television producer
- Chantelle Houghton, participant in Celebrity Big Brother
- Charles Frederick Houghton, Canadian politician
- Claude Houghton, British novelist
- Daniel Houghton, Irish explorer of Africa
- Don Houghton, British television screenwriter
- Dorothy D. Houghton, American politician and clubwoman
- Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby, British Labour politician
- Douglass Houghton, American geologist
- Eric Houghton, English football player and manager
- Ernest Houghton, American basketball player
- Evangeline Florence Houghton, soprano
- Fred Houghton, English semi-professional footballer
- Harold Houghton, English footballer
- Harry Houghton, British naval officer who spied for the Polish and Soviet secret services
- Henry Oscar Houghton, American publisher
- Israel Houghton, American Christian music singer
- Jim Houghton, American actor and writer
- James R. Houghton, American businessman
- John Houghton , English Catholic priest and martyr
- John T. Houghton, British scientist
- John Houghton, Isle of Man politician
- John Houghton, New Zealand international football player
- Katharine Houghton, American actress
- Kenneth J. Houghton, American Marine general, Navy Cross recipient
- Kris Houghton, known as Kris Kardashian or Kris Jenner, reality TV star
- Laura Mersini-Houghton, Albanian theoretical physicist-cosmologist
- Nick Houghton, British Army officer
- Peter Houghton, artificial heart transplant patient
- Peter Houghton , English footballer
- Ray Houghton, Scottish-born Irish footballer
- Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, English poet and politician
- Sherman Otis Houghton, American politician
- Stanley Houghton, English playwright
- Steph Houghton, English footballer
- Thomas Houghton , Irish-born Anglican clergyman
- Thomas Houghton, English rugby league player
- Thomas Houghton , American architect
- Vasey Houghton, Australian politician
