Houston (disambiguation)
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Houston can refer to:
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[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
- 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, 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
[edit] Persons
- Houston (singer), an early 2000s R&B singer.
- Houston (porn star), adult film star.
- Allan Houston, former NBA player
- Angus Houston is currently Commander of the Australian Defence Force
- Brian Houston, Australian religious leader
- Brian Houston, Northern Irish musician
- 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, British film critic
- Penelope Houston, American singer-songwriter
- 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 song by the band Soul Coughing from the album El Oso
- "Houston", a rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1999-2005.
- "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
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ quote is actually in the past tense: "Houston, we've had a problem." See the Apollo 13 Chronology
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