Houshang 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