Houston (disambiguation)

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Houston can refer to:

Contents 1 Cities and towns 2 Other places 3 Persons 4 Things 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Cities and towns

• Houston, Texas, United States of America
• Houston, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom, the original Scottish settlement of this name
• Houston, British Columbia, Canada

United States (other)

• Houston, Alabama
• Houston, Alaska
• Houston, Arkansas
• Houston, Delaware
• Houston, Florida
• Houston, Indiana
• Houston, Minnesota
• Houston, Mississippi
• Houston, Missouri
• Houston, Ohio
• Houston, Pennsylvania

[edit] Other places

• University of Houston, the largest university in Houston, Texas, often referred to as Houston in sports commentary
• Houston Street (Manhattan), New York City, dividing the SoHo neighborhood from the NoHo neighborhood
• Houston County, several places

[edit] Persons

• Houston Alexander, American mixed martial artist
• Houston (singer), an early 2000s R&B singer
• Houston (porn star), adult film star
• Allan Houston, former NBA player
• Angus Houston, Commander of the Australian Defence Force
• Brian Houston (musician), Northern Irish musician
• Brian Houston (pastor), Australian religious leader
• Charles Hamilton Houston, American civil rights lawyer
• Charles Snead Houston, American mountaineer, physician and scientist
• Lucy, Lady Houston, backer of the British entry for 1931 Schneider Trophy races
• Marques Houston, African-American R&B singer
• Penelope Houston, American singer-songwriter
• Penelope Houston (film critic), British film critic
• Sam Houston, 19th century American statesman
• Thelma Houston, African-American R&B and dance music singer
• Whitney Houston, American R&B/pop singer

[edit] Things

• "Houston", a 1965 pop hit song by Dean Martin, written by Lee Hazlewood
• "Houston", a 2008 song by R.E.M. on their Accelerate album.
• "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"

• USS Houston, several ships

[edit] See also

• Huston
• Houstoun

[edit] References

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