Houshang

Houshang or Hushang is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Houshang Asadi (born 1951), Iranian journalist and writer
• Houshang Golmakani, Iranian journalist, film critic and director
• Houshang Golshiri (1938–2000), Iranian fiction writer, critic and editor
• Houshang Kargarnejad (born 1945), retired Iranian heavyweight weightlifter who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Houshang Moradi Kermani (born 1944), Iranian writer best known for children's and young adult fiction
• Houshang Mashian (born 1938), Iranian-Israeli chess master
• Houshang Montazeralzohour (1947–1982), Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Houshang Ostovar (1927–2016), Persian symphonic music composer and instructor
• Houshang Rafati, Iranian basketball player
• Amir Houshang Keshavarz Sadr (1933–2013), scholar of Iranian history and a prominent civic-nationalist activist
• Houshang Seddigh, Iranian retired fighter pilot
• Houshang Zarif (born 1938), Iranian master musician and renowned tar player
• Hushang, a character in the Persian epic Shahnameh
• Hushang Ansary (born 1926), Iranian-American former diplomat, businessman, and philanthropist
• Hushang Ebtehaj (1928–2022), Iranian poet
• Hushang Hamidi, Iranian Kurdish politician
• Hushang Harirchiyan (1932-2024), Iranian actor and comedian
• Hushang Irani (1925–1973), Iranian poet, translator, critics, journalist and painter
• Hushang of Shirvan (died 1382), the 32nd ruler of Shirvan and last member of the Kasranid branch of House of Shirvanshah
• Hushang Shah (1406–1435), medieval ruler of Malwa, India
• Hushang Mirza (1604–1628), Indian prince, grandson of the Mughal Emperor Akbar

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Houshang
• All pages with titles containing Houshang
• Hoshan (disambiguation)
• Husan
• Hushang (name)
• Ushan (disambiguation)