Hou (surname)
# Hou (surname)

Hou (Chinese: 侯; pinyin: Hóu) is a Chinese surname, listed the 80th in the Hundred Family Surnames. It is romanized Hau in Cantonese. It originated from a Chinese nobility title, often translated as "marquis."

## Notable people

* Alyson Hau (Hou Jiaming), Hong Kong DJ/presenter
* Hau Yung Sang, Chinese/Republic of China international footballer
* Hou Baolin, Xiangsheng performer
* Hou Bin, athlete
* Hou Ching-shan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China
* Hou Chong-wen, Deputy Mayor of Chiayi City
* Hou Dejian, songwriter from Taiwan
* Hou Hsiao-hsien, film director
* Hou Junji, Tang Dynasty general
* Hou Minghao, actor
* Hou Sheng-mao, Minister of Department of Health of the Republic of China (2005-2008)
* Hou Yao, pioneering film director, screenwriter, and theorist
* Hou Yaowen, actor
* Hou Yifan, chess player
* Hou You-yi, Deputy Mayor of New Taipei City (2016-2018)
* John Hou Sæter, Norwegian football player
* Yi-Jia Susanne Hou, violinist
* Yojun Hou, Entrepreneur
* Hou Zhihui, Chinese weightlifter

## Fictional characters

* Ranka Hou, character from Mr. Driller
