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Houben
Houben is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname meaning "son of Houb". Houb was a nickname for Huibert/Huibrecht/Hubrecht ( Hubert) in Brabant and Limburg. People with this surname include:
- Claude Houben (born 1926), Belgian bobsledder
- Francine Houben (born 1955), Dutch architect
- Frank Houben (born 1939), Dutch politician
- Fred Houben (born 1974), Dutch punk rock bass player
- Heinrich Hubert Houben (1875–1935), German literary historian
- Heinrich Hubert Maria Josef Houben (1875–1940), German chemist
- Hilde Houben-Bertrand (born 1940), Belgian politician
- Hubert Houben (1898–1956), German sprinter
- Hubert Houben (born 1953), German historian
- Joannes Andreas Houben (1821–1893), Dutch-Irish priest (Karel Houben, St. Charles of Mount Argus)
- Josef Houben (1875–1940), German chemist
- Max Houben (1898–1949), Belgian athlete and bobsledder
- Robert J. Houben (1905–1992), Belgian politician
- Rom Houben (born 1963), Belgian long-term coma patient
- Steve Houben (born 1950), Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutist
- Stijn Houben (born 1995), Dutch footballer