John Houghton may refer to:

Politicians

Leicester (UK Parliament constituency) Leicester was a parliamentary borough in Leicestershire, which elected two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1918, when it was split into three single-member divisions. History Leicester sent burgesses to Par ...

* John Houghton (died 1583) (before 1522–1583), MP for

Stamford (UK Parliament constituency) Stamford was a constituency in the county of Lincolnshire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. I ...

John Houghton (Manx politician) John Ramsey Houghton Member of the House of Keys, MHK (born 1958/1959 in Douglas, Isle of Man) is a former Isle of Man politician who served as Member of the House of Keys for Douglas, Isle of Man, Douglas North until losing his seat in the 2016 ...

* John Houghton (Zimbabwean politician)

Others

* John Houghton (physicist) (1931–2020), Welsh atmospheric physicist *

John Houghton (martyr) John Houghton (c. 1486 – 4 May 1535) was Catholic priest of the Carthusian order and the first martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England. He was also the first of the Carthusians to die as a martyr. As ...

(c. 1486–1535), English Catholic priest and martyr *

John Houghton (apothecary) John Houghton (1645–1705) was an English apothecary and writer on agriculture and trade, a Fellow of the Royal Society. Life Houghton studied for a time at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He subsequently became an apothecary and dealer in tea ...

(1645–1705), English writer, apothecary and merchant *

John Houghton (footballer) John Houghton was an association football player who represented New Zealand. Houghton made his full All Whites The New Zealand men's national football team ( mi, Tīma hoka a-motu o Aotearoa) represents New Zealand in men's internation ...

, New Zealand international footballer * John Houghton (footballer born 1891), former player of Fulham and Wigan * John Houghton (rugby league) (fl. 1970), former St Helens RLFC rugby player {{human name disambiguation, Houghton, John