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

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

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