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.[1] People with this surname include:

  • Claude Houben (1926–2009), 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
  • Henri Houben (1858–1931), Belgian genre painter
  • Hilde Houben-Bertrand (born 1940), Belgian politician
  • Hubert Houben (1898–1956), German sprinter
  • Hubert Houben (born 1953), German historian
  • Jean-Marie Houben (born 1966), Belgian footballer
  • 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
  • Philippe Houben (1881–?), Belgian-French waterpolo player
  • Reinhard Houben (born 1960), German politician
  • Robert J. Houben (1905–1992), Belgian politician
  • Rom Houben (born 1963), Belgian long-term coma patient
  • Saul Houben (1922–1982), Belgian-French violinist concertmaster
  • Steve Houben (born 1950), Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutist
  • Stijn Houben (born 1995), Dutch footballer
  • Tuur Houben (born 1996), Belgian footballer

Given name

References

  1. ^ "Houben". Nederlandse Familienamenbank.

External links

  • Houben (surname) in the world
Surname list
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