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 Beiren, Chinese artist and politician
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 Yanqi, diplomat
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