Hout

Hout, van Hout and van den Hout are Dutch surnames meaning "wood", "timber" or "of the wood". Notable individuals surnamed Hout, van Hout or van den Hout include but not limited to:

Hout

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

Van Hout

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

Van den Hout

 Willem van den Hout (1915 – 1985), Dutch writer and publicist
 (born 1964), Dutch Roman Catholic bishop
 Theo van den Hout (born 1953), Dutch-American historian

Al-Hout

(Al-)Hout is a common romanization of the Arabic surname  (al)-ḥūt, meaning "(the) whale". Those with such a name include but not limited to:

 Shafiq al-Hout (1932 – 2009), Palestinian writer, politician and one of the founders of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)