Famous People with Name Houston

Houston Summers IV            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Houston Summers IV: an American R&B singer best known for the hit single "I Like That". Houston grew up in Los Angeles, California and performed on the streets with his friends, who were fellow rappers; his niche was rapping freestyle, for which he had a talent.Summers comes from a very devout Christian background, and his family was open in their disdain for his choice to do "secular" music. His mother, LaTylanol Houston, had forbade him as a child to partake in rap or any other music that wasn't affiliated with God. Houston had a strong relationship with his mother, a Belize native whose skills include painting, sewing and, most significantly for Houston, singing. Always supportive, Houston's mother encouraged him to sing around the house

Houston Antwine            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Houston Antwine: an American college and professional football player from Southern Illinois University, was drafted by the American Football League's Houston Oilers, then traded to the Boston Patriots in 1961.

Houston Harris            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Houston Harris: was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Bobo Brazil. Harris was credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling. Harris is considered one of the first successful African-American professio

Houston Irving Flournoy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Houston Irving Flournoy: was an American politician who served as a California legislator and State Controller. He later became a professor of public administration at the University of Southern California (USC). In 1956, he earned a Ph.D. in politics at Princeton University. Whi

Penelope Houston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Penelope Houston: is an American singer-songwriter and singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band The Avengers. She was born in L.A. and raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellingham, Washington.[citation needed] In 1977, Houston m

Jessica Houston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jessica Houston: is an American figure skater. She is a two season competition on the Junior Grand Prix, winning bronze medals at the 2004 events in Courchevel and Miercurea Ciuc. She won the Triglav Trophy in 2003 on the novice level. She has been coached by Mark Mitchel

Andrew Jackson Houston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Andrew Jackson Houston: was an American politician. He was a son of the famous Texas hero and statesman Sam Houston, and was named for his father's mentor Andrew Jackson.Houston is one of 4 Senators (the others being William Johnson, Edmund Pettus and Strom Thurmond) to be the o

Samuel Houston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Houston: was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas and was elected as the first and third President

Robert Griffith Houston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Griffith Houston: was an American lawyer, publisher and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served four terms as U.S. Representative from Delaware. "Houston" is pronounced "house-ton," unlike the city in Texa