Houben is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

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meaning "son of Houb". Houb was a nickname for Huibert/Huibrecht/Hubrecht (

Hubert Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from ''hug'' "mind" and ''beraht'' "bright". It also occurs as a surname. Saint Hubertus or Hubert (c. 656 – 30 May 727) is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers. ...

) in

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Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...

. People with this surname include: * Claude Houben (1926–2009), Belgian bobsledder *

Francine Houben Francine Marie Jeanne Houben (; born 2 July 1955)Francine Houben, Architect/Urbanist ...

(born 1955), Dutch architect *

Frank Houben Frank Johannes Maria Houben is the former Queen's Commissioner for the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Brabant in between 22 April 1987 and 1 October 2003, when he retired after 16 years of service for Beatrix of the Netherlands. His success ...

(born 1939), Dutch politician * Fred Houben (born 1974), Dutch punk rock bass player *

Heinrich Hubert Houben Heinrich Hubert Houben (30 March 1875 – 27 July 1935) was a German literary historian. From 1907 to 1919 Houben was literary director of the publishing firm Brockhaus. Works * ''Zeitschriften der Romantik'' omantic magazines 1904 * (ed.) ''Ges ...

(1875–1935), German literary historian *

Heinrich Hubert Maria Josef Houben Heinrich Hubert Maria Josef Houben (27 October 1875, in Waldfeucht (Rheinland) Germany – 28 June 1940, in Tübingen) was a German chemist. He made achievements within ketone synthesis, terpenes, and camphor studies. After being wounded several ...

(1875–1940), German chemist *

Henri Houben Henri Houben (1858–1931, born and died in Antwerp) was a Belgian genre painter. Life He originally studied to be a violinist, but his interest in painting took the upper hand, so he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp, whe ...

(1858–1931), Belgian genre painter *

Hilde Houben-Bertrand Hilde Houben-Bertrand (born Genk, 24 May 1940) is a Belgian politician of the Christian Democratic and Flemish Party (CD&V). She is best known for being a former governor of the Belgian province Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions ...

(born 1940), Belgian politician *

Hubert Houben Hubert Houben (24 February 1898 – 9 November 1956) was a German sprinter who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, together with Georg Lammers, Richard Corts and Helmut Körnig, and failed to r ...

(1898–1956), German sprinter *

(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 Heinrich Hubert Maria Josef Houben (27 October 1875, in Waldfeucht (Rheinland) Germany – 28 June 1940, in Tübingen) was a German chemist. He made achievements within ketone synthesis, terpenes, and camphor studies. After being wounded several t ...

(1875–1940), German chemist *

Max Houben Max Houben (5 May 1898 – 10 February 1949) was a Belgian versatile athlete who competed from the early 1920s until his death at the 1949 FIBT World Championships. He won a silver medal in the four-man bobsled event at the 1948 Winter Olympics ...

(1898–1949), Belgian athlete and bobsledder *

Philippe Houben Philippe Jean Louis Houben (born 4 June 1881, date of death unknown) was a Belgian-born naturalized French (in 1939) male water polo player. He was a member of the Belgium men's national water polo team The Belgium men's national water polo te ...

(1881–?), Belgian-French waterpolo player *

Reinhard Houben Reinhard Houben (born 29 April 1960) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017. Early life and career Houben graduated in bu ...

(born 1960), German politician *

Robert J. Houben Robert J. Houben (5 May 1905 – 11 April 1992) was a Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, F ...

(1905–1992), Belgian politician *

Rom Houben Rom Houben is a comatose Belgian man who was claimed to have the ability to type through facilitated communication, a scientifically discredited technique. Houben was comatose and in a vegetative state for 23 years after a near-fatal automobile ...

(born 1963), Belgian long-term coma patient * Saul Houben (1922-1982), Belgian-French violinist concertmaster *

Steve Houben Steve Houben (born 19 March 1950 in Liège, Belgium) is a Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutist. Biography In the mid-1970s, Houben attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. When he returned to Belgium, he established the jazz seminar at ...

(born 1950), Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutist *

Stijn Houben Stijn Houben (born 5 April 1995) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Hoofdklasse club VOC as a central defender. Club career Houben started his career at HBS-Craeyenhout, one of the Netherlands' oldest clubs and at that time playing in the To ...

(born 1995), Dutch footballer * Tuur Houben (born 1996), Belgian footballer

Given name

Houben R.T. Houben Tcherkelov, (Bulgarian: Хубен Черкелов; known as Houben R.T.; American, born in Bulgaria on January 23, 1970) is a painter and experimental artist who lives and works in New York. In his early photographs, film, and installati ...

(born 1970), Bulgarian painter

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