Houston (disambiguation)

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Houston can refer to:

Contents 1 Cities and towns 2 Other places 3 Persons 4 Things 5 References

[edit] Cities and towns

• Houston, Texas (the best known city with this name)
• Houston, Scotland, in Renfrewshire is the original Houston
• Houston, British Columbia, Canada
• Houston, Alabama, United States of America
• Houston, Alaska, United States of America
• Houston, Arkansas, United States of America
• Houston, Delaware, United States of America
• Houston, Florida, United States of America
• Houston, Minnesota, United States of America
• Houston, Mississippi, United States of America
• Houston, Missouri, United States of America
• Houston, Ohio, United States of America
• Houston, Pennsylvania, United States of America

[edit] Other places

• University of Houston
• Houston Street (Manhattan), New York City divides the SoHo neighborhood from the NoHo neighborhood.

[edit] Persons

• Houston (singer), an early 2000s R&B singer.
• Houston (porn star), adult film star.
• Armstrong Houston, a character in the stories of the Metroid videogame series
• Brian Houston, Senior Pastor, Hillsong Church
• Lucy, Lady Houston Backer of the British entry for 1931 Schneider Trophy races
• Penelope Houston, American singer-songwriter
• Penelope Houston, British film critic
• Sam Houston
• Thelma Houston
• Whitney Houston

[edit] Things

• "Houston", a song by Dean Martin
• "Houston", a song by the band Soul Coughing from the album El Oso
• "Houston", a colloquial term for NASA's Mission Control Center and the radio call sign for the Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM), as in the well-known (mis)quote^[1] from the Apollo 13 mission and film: "Houston, we have a problem"

• A variety of ships have been named USS Houston

See also: Houston County

[edit] References

1. ^ quote is actually in the past tense: "Houston, we've had a problem." See the Apollo 13 Chronology