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."

• Alyson Hau (Hou Jiaming), Hong Kong DJ/presenter
• Hau Yung Sang, Chinese/Republic of China international footballer
• Hou Baolin, Xiangsheng performer
• 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 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

• Ranka Hou, character from Mr. Driller

• Five Great Clans of the New Territories

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