Victor Tasho Houteff (March 2, 1885 – February 5, 1955) was merchant and a author. Houteff was born in Raicovo, Bulgaria, and as a child baptized as a member of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. As a young man, he was engaged in the mercantile trade. In 1907, he and his brothers emigrated to the United States after, according to Victor Houteff's testimony, a mob that had taken up arms against his family and forced them onto a boat.