Houston (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Houston may also refer to:
United States (other)
Houston may also refer to:
Cities and towns
- Houston, Renfrewshire (United Kingdom) – the original Scottish settlement of this name
- Houston, British ColumbiaHouston, British ColumbiaHouston is a forestry, mining and tourism town in the Bulkley Valley of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its urban population is approximately 3600 people, with approximately 2000 in the surrounding rural area. It is known as the "Steelhead Capital" and it has the world's largest...
(Canada)- Houston (British Columbia) railway station
United States (other)
- Houston, Alabama
- Houston, AlaskaHouston, AlaskaHouston is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,202 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Houston is located at ....
- Houston, ArkansasHouston, ArkansasHouston is a town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 159 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
- Houston, DelawareHouston, DelawareHouston is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 374 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Houston is located at ....
- Houston, Florida
- Houston, GeorgiaHouston, GeorgiaHouston is an unincorporated community in Heard County, Georgia, United States. Its elevation is 833 feet , and it is located at .-References:...
- Houston, IndianaHouston, IndianaHouston is an unincorporated town in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana....
- Houston, MinnesotaHouston, MinnesotaHouston is a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 979 at the 2010 census.-History:The community was named after Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas....
- Houston, MississippiHouston, MississippiHouston is a city in and one of two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,079 at the 2000 census. The land on which Houston, MS resides was donated to the city by Judge Joel Pinson on the condition that it would be named for Sam Houston, a childhood...
- Houston, MissouriHouston, MissouriHouston is a city in Texas County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,992 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Texas County.-Geography:...
- Houston, OhioHouston, OhioHouston is an unincorporated community in northern Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office and a grain elevator. It is home to Houston High School, which serves grades K-12 and has approximately 948 students...
- Houston, PennsylvaniaHouston, PennsylvaniaHouston is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,314 at the 2000 census.Students in Houston and neighboring Chartiers Township attend school in the Chartiers-Houston School District.-Geography:...
- Houston, TennesseeHouston, TennesseeHouston is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee, United States.-Geography:Houston, Tennessee is located southwest of Waynesboro, Tennessee. There are many creeks and branches in Houston which include: Indian Creek, Rayburn Creek, Davis Branch, and many more small Streams...
Other places
- University of HoustonUniversity of HoustonThe University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
– the largest university in Houston (USA) often referred to as Houston in sports commentary - Houston Street (Manhattan) – New York City, dividing the SoHo neighborhood from the NoHo neighborhood
- Houston Street (Hong Kong) – a street in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island
- Houston County (disambiguation) – a name of various counties in the United States
Persons
- Houston (pornographic actress) – former adult-film star
- Houston (singer)Houston (singer)Houston is an American R&B singer, best known for the hit single "I Like That."-Background:...
– an early 2000s R&B singer - Allan HoustonAllan HoustonAllan Wade Houston is a retired American professional basketball player for the NBA, and currently the Assistant General Manager for the New York Knicks. He was one of the top 3-point shooters in the NBA until a knee injury forced him to retire...
(born 1971) – former NBA player - Angus HoustonAngus HoustonAir Chief Marshal Allan Grant "Angus" Houston AC, AFC is a retired senior commander of the Royal Australian Air Force and was the Chief of the Defence Force from 4 July 2005 until his retirement on 3 July 2011...
– Commander of the Australian Defence Force - Brian Houston (musician)Brian Houston (musician)Brian Houston is a singer-songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland. His style varies from Christian to roots and mainstream-orientated.-Discography:*Crush *Sex, Love & Religion *Good News Junkie...
– Northern Irish musician - Brian Houston (pastor)Brian Houston (pastor)Brian Houston is a pastor in the Australian Christian Churches. He is currently the Senior Pastor at Hillsong Church which has locations in Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, London, Cape Town, Kiev, Germany, Paris, Moscow, Stockholm and New York City. He was also the National President of Australian...
– Australian religious leader - Charles Hamilton HoustonCharles Hamilton HoustonCharles Hamilton Houston was an African American lawyer, Dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP Litigation Director who played a significant role in dismantling the Jim Crow laws and trained future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.Houston was born in Washington, D.C. His father...
– American civil rights lawyer - Charles Snead HoustonCharles Snead Houston-References:-External links:* - Daily Telegraph obituary* Independent obituary, 1 October 2009.-Notes:...
– American mountaineer, physician and scientist - Cherylee HoustonCherylee HoustonCherylee Houston is a British actress. She grew up in Morecambe, Lancashire, in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her role as Izzy Armstrong, friend of Kirk Sutherland in Coronation Street.-Early life:...
– actress currently playing Izzy Armstrong In Corronation Street - Drew HoustonDrew HoustonAndrew "Drew" Houston is an American internet entrepreneur and is best known for being the founder and CEO of Dropbox, an online backup and storage service. According to Forbes magazine, he has a net worth of $400 million US dollars.-Early life:...
(born 1983), American internet entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Dropbox - Jean HoustonJean HoustonJean Houston is an American scholar, lecturer, author and philosopher who has helped pioneer and motivate the human potentials movement. As a teacher and visionary thinker, Houston holds conferences and seminars with social leaders, educational institutions and business organizations worldwide...
– American author of New Thought or New Age books - Jamie HoustonJamie HoustonJamie Ben Houston is a retired German international rugby union player, having played for the SC 1880 Frankfurt in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He is the current coach of RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga.He made his debut for Germany in a friendly versus Hong...
– English-born German rugby union international - Kevin HoustonKevin HoustonKevin Houston was an American basketball player who is best known for leading NCAA Division I in scoring during his senior season at Army in 1986–87...
– American basketball player - Lucy, Lady HoustonLucy, Lady HoustonLucy, Lady Houston, DBE , born Fanny Lucy Radmall, was an English benefactor, philanthropist, adventuress and patriot.-Early life:...
– backer of the British entry for 1931 Schneider Trophy races - Marques HoustonMarques HoustonMarques Barrett Houston is an American R&B singer, songwriter, rapper, and actor. A member of the R&B singing group Immature/IMx until 2002, he went solo in 2003. He is also the cousin of J-Boog, former member of the R&B/Hip-Hop group B2K....
– African-American R&B singer - Penelope HoustonPenelope HoustonPenelope Houston is an American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band The Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellingham, Washington...
– American singer-songwriter - Penelope Houston (film critic)Penelope Houston (film critic)Penelope Houston is a British film critic and journal editor. In 1947 she was the first editor of the short-lived film journal Sequence founded by Lindsay Anderson, Karel Reisz and Gavin Lambert. From 1956 to 1990, she edited Sight & Sound, the journal of the British Film Institute, and was a...
– British film critic - Phil HoustonPhil HoustonPhil Houston is a former New Zealand rugby league referee. An international referee, Houston has also controlled Auckland Rugby League, New Zealand Rugby League, Australian Rugby League and Super League matches.-Domestic career:...
, New Zealand rugby league football referee - Sam HoustonSam HoustonSamuel Houston, known as Sam Houston , was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas and was elected as the first and third President of...
(1793–1863) – 19th century American statesman and namesake of the Texas city - Stewart HoustonStewart HoustonStewart Mackie Houston is a Scottish former football player and coach.A left back, Houston's first professional club were Chelsea, but he failed to break into the first team and only made 14 appearances in five years. He was sold to Brentford in 1972...
– Scottish football player and coach - Thelma HoustonThelma HoustonThelma Houston is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She scored a number-one hit in 1976 with her cover version of the song "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.-Early life & career:Houston is the daughter of a cotton picking mother...
– R&B and dance music singer - Victor HoustonVictor Houston (athlete)Victor Emmanuel Livingstone Houston is a retired male track and field athlete from Barbados, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. He competed in the men's decathlon and hurdling events during his career. Since 2011, Houston has been an assistant track and...
– Barbadian track and field athlete - Walter Scott HoustonWalter Scott HoustonWalter Scott Houston was an American popularizer of amateur astronomy. He wrote the "Deep-Sky Wonders" column in Sky and Telescope magazine from 1946 to 1993.-Biography:...
– popularizer of amateur astronomy - Wade HoustonWade HoustonWade Houston is a former college basketball player and coach. He was an assistant coach under Denny Crum at Louisville for 13 years until 1989 when he was named the head coach of the University of Tennessee....
– American basketball coach (also father of the aforementioned Allan Houston) - Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonWhitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
(born 1963) – American R&B/pop singer - William Vermillion HoustonWilliam Vermillion HoustonWilliam Vermillion Houston was an American physicist who made contributions to spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, and solid-state physics as well as being a teacher and administrator.His family name is pronounced HOW-stun, in contrast to the pronunciation of the city of Houston in which he lived...
– (1900–1968) American physicist and president of Rice University - Houston AlexanderHouston AlexanderHouston Alexander is an American professional mixed martial artist, who fights as a light heavyweight and heavyweight. He also works as a DJ in North Omaha, Nebraska...
– American mixed martial artist - Huston StreetHuston StreetHuston Lowell Street is an American baseball relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. His father is former University of Texas quarterback James Street, and his brother Juston Street is currently a pitcher for the minor league Vancouver Canadians....
– American baseball player (name pronounced like Houston, Texas)
Miscellaneous
- "Houston" – a colloquial term for NASA's Mission Control CenterMission Control CenterA mission control center is an entity that manages aerospace vehicle flights, usually from the point of lift-off until the landing or the end of the mission. A staff of flight controllers and other support personnel monitor all aspects of the mission using telemetry, and send commands to the...
in Houston (USA) - The radio call sign for the Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) at NASA Mission Control Center
- USS HoustonUSS HoustonFour United States Navy ships have borne the name Houston, after the city of Houston, Texas., was a cargo ship during World War I, was a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1930, and sunk in 1942...
– several ships - Clan HoustonClan HoustonClan Houston is a Scottish clan. The clan does not currently have a chief therefore it is considered an Armigerous clan.-Origins of the Clan:...
- Houston's RestaurantHouston's RestaurantHouston's Restaurant is an American casual dining restaurant chain based in Beverly Hills, California with restauants in 12 states, as well as in the District of Columbia.-Company profile:...
, steakhouse located throughout the United States
Teams
- Houston AstrosHouston AstrosThe Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
– current MLB team - Houston CometsHouston CometsThe Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...
– former WNBA basketball team - Houston CougarsHouston CougarsHouston Cougars is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Houston. Informally, the Houston Cougars have also been referred to as the Coogs, UH, or simply Houston. Houston's nickname was created by early physical education instructor of the university and former head football...
– the intercollegiate athletic program of the University of Houston - Houston DynamoHouston DynamoThe Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic...
– current MLS team - Houston RocketsHouston RocketsThe Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before being...
– NBA basketball team - Houston TexansHouston TexansThe Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
– current NFL team