Hout, van Hout and van den Hout are Dutch surnames meaning "wood", "timber" or "of the wood". Notable people with the surname include:

Hout

• Michael Hout (born 1950), American sociologist
• Morgan Hout (born 1940s), American football coach

Van Hout

• Cor van Hout (1957–2003), Dutch kidnapper
• Jan van Hout [fr; nl] (1542–1609), Dutch statesman, "city secretary" of Leiden
• Jan van Hout (1908–1945), Dutch racing cyclist
• Joris Van Hout (born 1977), Belgian footballer
• Kristof Van Hout (born 1987), Belgian football goalkeeper
• Léon van Hout (1864–1945), Belgian violinist and music educator
• Roald van Hout (born 1988), Dutch footballer
• Ronnie van Hout (born 1962), New Zealand artist
• Russell Van Hout (born 1976), Australian former racing cyclist

Van den Hout

• Ron van den Hout [de; fy; nl; pl] (born 1964), Dutch Roman Catholic bishop
• Theo van den Hout (born 1953), Dutch-American historian
• Willem van den Hout (1915–1985), Dutch writer and publicist

Al-Hout

"(Al-)Hout" is a common romanization of the Arabic surname ال)حوت) (al)-ḥūt, meaning "(the) whale". People with this name include:

• Shafiq al-Hout (1932-2009), Palestinian politician and writer, a founder of the Palestine Liberation Front and the Palestine Liberation Organization