Houshang

Houshang is a given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Houshang Asadi (born 1951), Iranian journalist and writer
 * Houshang Golmakani, Iranian journalist, film critic and director
 * Houshang Golshiri (1938–2000), Iranian fiction writer, critic and editor
 * Houshang Kargarnejad (born 1945), retired Iranian heavyweight weightlifter who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
 * Houshang Moradi Kermani (born 1944), Iranian writer best known for children's and young adult fiction
 * Houshang Mashian (born 1938), Iranian-Israeli chess master
 * Houshang Montazeralzohour (1947–1982), Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
 * Houshang Ostovar (1927–2016), Persian symphonic music composer and instructor
 * Houshang Rafati, Iranian basketball player
 * Amir Houshang Keshavarz Sadr (1933–2013), scholar of Iranian history and a prominent civic-nationalist activist
 * Houshang Seddigh, Iranian retired fighter pilot
 * Houshang Zarif (born 1938), Iranian master musician and renowned tar player