Houghton
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Houghton may refer to:
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[edit] Buildings
- Houghton Hall, a country house in Norfolk, England (residence of Sir Robert Walpole)
- Houghton Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire, a stately home in Yorkshire, England
- Houghton House, a ruined house in Bedfordshire, England
[edit] Places
[edit] Australia
- Houghton, South Australia, a town near Adelaide
- Houghton Highway, the longest bridge in Australia, between Redcliffe and Brisbane in Queensland
- Houghton Island (Queensland)
[edit] Canada
- Houghton Township, Ontario, a former township in Norfolk County, Ontario
[edit] New Zealand
[edit] South Africa
- Houghton Estate, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg
[edit] United Kingdom
- Houghton, Cambridgeshire
- Houghton, Cumbria
- Houghton, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Houghton, Hampshire
- Houghton, Northumberland
- Houghton, Pembrokeshire
- Houghton, West Sussex
- Houghton-le-Side, Darlington
- Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland
- Houghton Bank, Darlington
- Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire
- Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire
- Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire
- New Houghton, Derbyshire
- New Houghton, Norfolk
- Little Houghton (disambiguation)
- Great Houghton (disambiguation)
[edit] United States
- Houghton, Iowa
- Houghton, Michigan
- Houghton County, Michigan
- Houghton Lake, Michigan, an unincorporated community
- Houghton Lake (Michigan), a large lake
- Houghton Township, Michigan
- Houghton, New York
- Houghton, South Dakota
- Houghton, Washington
Many of the places in the U.S. were named after geologist Douglass Houghton.
[edit] People
- Adam Houghton (1310-1389), Bishop of St. David's, Lord Chancellor of England
- Amo Houghton (born 1926), New York politician
- Amory Houghton (1899–1981), American diplomat and scouting notable
- Arthur Boyd Houghton (1836–1875), British painter and illustrator
- Bob Houghton (born 1947), English football manager
- Buck Houghton (1915–1999), American television producer
- Chantelle Houghton (born 1983), participant in Celebrity Big Brother
- Charles Frederick Houghton (1839–1898), Canadian politician
- Daniel Houghton (1740–1791), Irish explorer of Africa
- Don Houghton (1930–1991), British television screenwriter
- Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby (1898–1996), British Labour politician
- Douglass Houghton (1809–1845), American geologist
- Eric Houghton (1910–1996), English football player and manager
- Harry Houghton (1906-?), British naval officer who spied for the Polish and Soviet secret services
- Israel Houghton (born 1971), American Christian music singer
- James Houghton (born 1948), American actor and writer
- James R. Houghton, American businessman
- John Houghton (martyr) (died 1535), English Catholic priest and martyr
- John T. Houghton (born 1931), British scientist
- John Houghton (politician), Isle of Man politician
- John Houghton (footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
- Katharine Houghton (born 1945), American actress
- Nick Houghton (born 1954), British Army officer
- Peter Houghton (1938–2007), artificial heart transplant patient
- Peter Houghton (footballer) (born 1954), English footballer
- Ray Houghton (born 1962), Scottish-born Irish footballer
- Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809–1885), English poet and politician
- Sherman Otis Houghton (1828–1914), American politician
- Stanley Houghton (1881–1913), English playwright
- Thomas Houghton (1859–1951), Irish-born Anglican clergyman
- Vasey Houghton (1921–2001), Australian politician
[edit] Other
- Houghton College, a Christian liberal arts college in Houghton, New York
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, an American educational publishing company
- Houghton Winery, a vineyard in Western Australia
- the Houghton family, American business family
- Bev Houghton, fictional character in the Australian soap opera Number 96
- Lurie–Houghton telescope, a catadioptric telescope
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