The following are people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in Texas Texas ( /ˈtɛksəs/ ) is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. The name, meaning "friends" or "allies" in Caddo, was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in East Texas. Located in the South Central United.

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Military/war

Founders of the Republic of Texas

• Stephen F. Austin Stephen Fuller Austin , known as the Father of Texas, led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States. The capital of Texas, Austin in Travis County, Austin County, Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Austin College in Sherman, as well as a number of K-12 schools (1793–1836), the "Father of Texas The following is a list of significant men and women known for being the father, mother, or considered the founders in a field, listed by category. In some fields the title of being the "father" is debatable"
• Edward Burleson Edward Burleson was a soldier, general, and statesman in the state of Missouri, the Republic of Texas, and later the U.S. state of Texas (1798–1851), Texas soldier A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary. In most languages, "soldier" includes commissioned and non-commissioned officers in national land forces, general A general officer is an officer of very high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is simply called general, and statesman A statesman or stateswoman or statesperson is usually a politician or other notable public figure who has had a long and respected career in politics or government at the national and international level. As a term of respect, it is usually left to supporters or commentators to use the term. When politicians retire, they are often referred to as
• David G. Burnet David Gouverneur Burnet was an early politician within the Republic of Texas, serving as Interim President (1836 and again in 1841), Vice-President (1839-41), & Secretary of State (1846) for the new state of Texas after it was annexed to the United States of America (1788–1870), interim President President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. Etymologically, a "president" is one who presides, who sits in leadership . Originally, the term referred to the presiding officer of a ceremony or meeting (i.e., chairman), but today it most commonly refers to an official of the Republic of Texas
• Jao De La Porta Jao de la Porta, along with his brother Morin, successfully wired over $11 billion dollars in funds from the British government. They used these funds to finance the first settlement by Europeans on Galveston Island in 1816. Jao de la Porta was born in Portugal of Jewish parentage and later became a Jewish Texan trader. In 1818, Jean Laffite, trader, financed settlement of Galveston Island Galveston Island is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf coast in the United States, about 50 miles southeast of Houston. The entire island, with the exception of Jamaica Beach, is within the city limits of the City of Galveston
• Sam Houston Samuel Houston was a 19th century American statesman, politician, and soldier. Born on Timber Ridge, just north of Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, Houston was a key figure in the history of Texas, including periods as President of the Republic of Texas, Senator for Texas after it joined the United States, and (1793–1863), first President of Republic of Texas, later U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution . Each U.S state is represented by two senators, regardless of population. Senators serve staggered from Texas and Governor of Texas The following is a list of the Governors of the State of Texas. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Texas's government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Texas Legislature, and to convene the legislature. The governor may grant pardons
• Anson Jones Jones was born on January 20, 1798 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In 1820, Jones was licensed as a doctor by the Oneida, New York, Medical Society, and began medical practice in 1826. However, his practice didn't prosper, and he moved several more times before finally being arrested in Philadelphia by a creditor. He stayed in Philadelphia for (1798–1858), last President of the Republic of Texas, called the "Architect of Annexation"
• Mirabeau B. Lamar Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was an American politician, diplomat and soldier who was a leading Texas political figure during the Texas Republic era. He was the second president of the Republic of Texas, after David G. Burnet (1836 as ad-interim president) and Sam Houston (1798–1859), second President of Republic of Texas The Republic of Texas was an independent state in North America, bordering the United States and Mexico, that existed from 1836 to 1846
• Jose Antonio Navarro José Antonio Navarro was a Texas statesman, revolutionary, and politician. The son of Ángel Navarro and Josefa María Ruiz, he was born into a distinguished noble family at San Antonio de Béxar in New Spain. (modern-day San Antonio, Texas). Navarro County, Texas, is named in his honor (1795–1871), Texas statesman A statesman or stateswoman or statesperson is usually a politician or other notable public figure who has had a long and respected career in politics or government at the national and international level. As a term of respect, it is usually left to supporters or commentators to use the term. When politicians retire, they are often referred to as, revolutionary A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavour and politician A politician or political leader is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest, right of inheritance (see also: divine right) or
• Thomas Jefferson Rusk Thomas Jefferson Rusk was an early political and military leader of the Republic of Texas, serving as its first Secretary of War as well as a general at the Battle of San Jacinto. He was later a U.S. politician and served as a Senator from Texas from 1846 until his suicide. He served as the President pro tempore of the Senate in 1857 (1803–1857), Secretary of War between Texas and Mexico, chief justice The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Supreme Court of Ireland, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, of the Supreme Court of Texas The Texas Supreme Court is the court of last resort for non-criminal matters in the state of Texas. A different court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, is the court of last resort for criminal matters and Senator The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution . Each U.S state is represented by two senators, regardless of population. Senators serve staggered from Texas after admission to the Union ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language.
• Edwin Waller Judge Edwin Waller was an entrepreneur, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the first mayor of Austin, Texas, and the designer of its downtown grid plan (1800–1881) judge A judge, or arbiter of justice, is a lead who presides over a court of law, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is like an umpire in a game and conducts the trial impartially and in an open court. The, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
• Lorenzo de Zavala Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Saenz was a 19th-century Mexican politician. He served as finance minister under President Vicente Guerrero. A colonizer and statesman, he was also the interim vice president of the Republic of Texas, serving under President David G. Burnet from March to October 1836 (1788–1836), first vice-president A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president. A common colloquial term for the office is veep, deriving from a phonetic interpretation of the abbreviation VP of the Republic of Texas and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and formally signed the following day after errors were noted in the text

The Texas Revolution/The Alamo

• Jim Bowie James "Jim" Bowie , a 19th-century American pioneer and soldier, played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo. Countless stories of him as a fighter and frontiersman, both real and fictitious, have made him a legendary figure in Texas history and a folk hero of American culture (1796–1836), frontiersman A frontier is a political and geographical term referring to areas near or beyond a boundary, died at the Battle of the Alamo The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal point in the Texas Revolution. Following a twelve-day siege, Mexican troops under the President of Mexico General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission in San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas). All but two of the Texian defenders were killed. Santa Anna's
• John Coker (1789–1851), hero of San Jacinto
• Davy Crockett David Crockett was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; referred to in popular culture as Davy Crockett and often by the epithet “King of the Wild Frontier.” He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo (1786–1836), frontiersman and U.S. Congressman, died at the Alamo
• James Fannin James Walker Fannin, Jr. was a 19th century U.S. military figure and Texas leader during the Texas Revolution of 1835–36 (c. 1804–1836), key figure during the Texas Revolution The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was a military conflict between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican state Coahuila y Tejas. The war lasted from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836. However, a war at sea between Mexico and Texas would continue into the 1840s. Animosity between the Mexican government and the
• Sam Houston Samuel Houston was a 19th century American statesman, politician, and soldier. Born on Timber Ridge, just north of Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, Houston was a key figure in the history of Texas, including periods as President of the Republic of Texas, Senator for Texas after it joined the United States, and (1793–1863), commander of victorious Texian Texians is a name for immigrants from the United States and countries other than Mexico who became residents in the Tejas and Coahuila areas of Mexico, much of which later would be called Texas. Following a war for independence, several unofficial terms were used in the 19th century to denote residents of Texas, including Texasian, Texican, and Army at the Battle of San Jacinto The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texas Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican forces in a fight that lasted just eighteen minutes. About 700 of the Mexican soldiers were killed of the Texas Revolution, which won independence for Texas
• Benjamin McCulloch Benjamin McCulloch was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, a Texas Ranger, a U.S. marshal, and a brigadier general in the army of the Confederate States during the American Civil War (1811–1862), soldier in the Texas Revolution, Texas Ranger, U.S. Marshal The United States Marshals Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice (see 28 U.S.C. § 561) and is the oldest federal law enforcement agency in the United States, and brigadier general Brigadier General is a very senior rank in the Armed Forces. It is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. It is a Flag Rank.[citation needed] A Brigadier General is typically in command of a Brigade consisting of around 3,000 troops for the Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America was the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S. The CSA's de facto control over its claimed territory varied during the course of the American Civil War, depending on the success of its military in battle
• Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816–1895), a soldier in the Texas Revolution, Texas Ranger, and brigadier general Brigadier General is a very senior rank in the Armed Forces. It is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. It is a Flag Rank.[citation needed] A Brigadier General is typically in command of a Brigade consisting of around 3,000 troops for the Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America was the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S. The CSA's de facto control over its claimed territory varied during the course of the American Civil War, depending on the success of its military in battle
• Juan Seguin Juan Nepomuceno Seguín was a Tejano hero of the Texas Revolution (1806–1890), Tejano American English, Spanish, American Spanish, Spanglish, Indigenous languages of Mexico, Ladino hero during the Texas Revolution
• William B. Travis William Barret Travis was a 19th century American lawyer and soldier. At the age of 26, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Texian Army, and commanded the Republic of Texas forces. He died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution from the Republic of Mexico (1809–1836), commander Commander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement of Texas forces at the Alamo
• Logan Vandeveer (1815–1855), hero of San Jacinto

The Civil War

• John Henry Brown (1820–1895), Confederate officer, served on staffs of two generals
• Dick Dowling (1838–1867), commander at Sabine Pass and famous Houstonian
• John "Rip" Ford (1815–1897), Texas Rangers legend and commander at the Battle of Palmito Ranch
• John Bell Hood (1831–1879), commander of Hood's Texas Brigade and Confederate General
• Albert Sidney Johnston (1803–1862), Confederate General and commander of the Confederate western forces
• John B. Magruder (1807–1871), Confederate General at the Battle of Galveston
• Rosanna Osterman (1809–1866), Civil War nurse
• Felix Huston Robertson (1839-1928), only Confederate general who was a native-born Texan.
• Pleasant Tackitt (1803–1886), Confederate Officer and county official at Fort Belknap, Texas. One of the founders of Parker County, Texas.
• Charles S. West (1829–1885), Confederate officer and judge advocate general for the Trans-Mississippi Department
• Louis T. Wigfall (1816–1874), Confederate General and Senator from Texas, secured the surrender of Fort Sumter

World War I

• Benjamin Foulois, (1879–1967), was a U.S. Army Officer and a pioneering airman.

World War II

• Harlon Block (1924–1945) raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi at Iwo Jima
• Horace S. Carswell, Jr. (1916–1944), Army Air Corps major, awarded Medal of Honor
• Claire Chennault (1893–1958), commander of the "Flying Tigers"
• Ira C. Eaker (1896–1987), commander of the Eighth Air Force in World War II
• Oveta Culp Hobby (1905–1995), Colonel Women's Army Corps, first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare
• Neel E. Kearby (1911–1944), fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient
• Raymond L. Knight (1922–1945), aviator, Medal of Honor recipient
• Audie Murphy (1924–1971), World War II hero, actor, Medal of Honor Recipient
• Chester Nimitz (1885–1966), commander of Allied naval forces in the Pacific during World War II
• James Earl Rudder (1910–1970), hero of D-Day, Commander of the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion, which stormed the beach at Pointe du Hoc
• Wilburn Snyder (1923–2008), survivor of Bataan Death March and Baptist pastor in several Houston churches

Korean War

• Charles F. Pendleton (1931–1953), awarded Medal of Honor

Vietnam War

• Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez (born 1946, died 1968), Sergeant USMC Medal of Honor winner
• Oliver North (born 1943), Lieutenant-Colonel USMC Retired, involved in the Iran Contra scandal
• Billy Waugh (born 1929), Army Special Forces, Studies and Observations Group, Afghanistan Liberation

Public office

See also Category:Texas politicians and its subcategories. See also List of mayors of Austin, Texas; List of mayors of Dallas, Texas; List of mayors of El Paso, Texas; List of mayors of Fort Worth, Texas; List of mayors of Houston, Texas; List of mayors of Plano, Texas; List of mayors of San Antonio, Texas.

• Joseph Hugh Allen (1940–2008), one of the "Dirty 30" reform members of the Texas House of Representatives in the 1971 legislative session
• Ben Barnes (born 1938), lieutenant governor (1969–1973) of Texas; youngest House Speaker in Texas history (1965–1969)
• Lloyd Bentsen (1921–2006), U.S. representative and United States senator
• Teel Bivins (born 1947), state senator from Amarillo and U.S. Ambassador to Sweden
• Henry Bonilla (born 1954), U.S. representative from San Antonio
• Jeb Bush (born 1953), Governor of Florida, raised in Midland and Houston
• Edward Burleson (1798–1851), Texas soldier, general, and statesman
• Victor G. Carrillo (born 1965), chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission
• Lauro Cavazos (born 1927), U.S. Secretary of Education, first Hispanic U.S. Cabinet officer
• Henry Cisneros (born 1947), Mayor of San Antonio and United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• Tom C. Clark (1899–1977), United States Attorney General and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Susan Combs (born 1946), Texas comptroller
• John Connally (1917–1993), Secretary of the Navy, Governor of Texas, United States Secretary of the Treasury
• Wayne Connally (1923–2000), member of both houses of state legislature, 1965–1973
• Kilmer B. Corbin (1919–1993), state senator from Lubbock (1949-1947), father of Barry Corbin
• John Cornyn (born 1952), United States Senator
• Henry Cuellar (born 1955), U.S. Representative from South Texas; former state representative
• David Dewhurst (born 1945), Lieutenant Governor of Texas since 2003
• Paul Eggers (born 1919), Republican gubernatorial nominee, 1968 and 1970
• David Farabee (born 1964), Texas state representative from Wichita Falls
• Ray Farabee (born 1932), former Texas State Senator from Wichita Falls
• James E. "Pa" Ferguson (1871–1944), governor of Texas (1915–1917), impeached, convicted, and removed from office
• Miriam "Ma" Ferguson (1875–1961), first female governor of Texas
• Marshall Formby (1911–1984), former Texas State Senator, attorney, and radio station owner from Plainview
• Julio A. Garcia (1941–2008), district attorney in Laredo
• Tony Garza (born 1958) current U.S. ambassador to Mexico
• Alberto Gonzales (born 1955), United States Attorney General
• Henry B. Gonzalez (1916–2000), U.S. representative from San Antonio
• Blake Gottesman (born 1980), aide to President George W. Bush
• Phil Gramm (born 1942), United States Senator
• Henry C. Grover (1927–2005), state legislator, 1972 Republican gubernatorial nominee
• Jim Hogg (1851–1906), first native Texan to become Governor of Texas
• Kay Bailey Hutchison (born 1943), first woman U.S. Senator from Texas
• Barbara Jordan (1936–1996), congresswoman, United States House of Representatives
• Mike Krusee (born 1959), state representative; transportation policy expert
• Oscar M. Laurel (1920–2001), South Texas Mexican-American politician
• Gary D. McCaleb (born 1941), mayor of Abilene and president of the Texas Municipal League
• Jim Mattox (born 1943), U.S. representative and attorney general of Texas
• William C. Meier (born 1940), state senator, holds world filibuster record; lost race for attorney general to Jim Mattox in 1982
• Sandra Day O'Connor (born 1930), First woman Justice of the Supreme Court
• W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890–1969), governor of Texas and US Senator
• Bill Owens (born 1950), former Governor of Colorado.
• Jerry E. Patterson (born 1946), current land commissioner
• Rick Perry (born 1950), current Governor of Texas
• Robert "Bob" Price (1927–2004), U.S. representative from Pampa
• Richard P. Raymond (born 1960), South Texas state representative
• Sam Rayburn (1882–1961), United States Congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Ann Richards (1933–2006), governor of Texas
• Ezequiel D. Salinas (1908–2007), South Texas Hispanic politician
• Gwyn Shea (born 1937), former Texas secretary of state (2002–2003) and a member of the Texas House of Representatives (1983–1993)
• John Ben Shepperd (1915–1990), attorney general of Texas (1953–1957)
• Preston Smith (1912–2003), governor (1969–1973) and lieutenant governor (1963–1969) of Texas
• Margaret Spellings (born 1957), U.S. Secretary of Education
• Todd Staples (born 1963), Texas agriculture commissioner
• George William Strake, Jr. (born 1935), Texas secretary of state (1979–1981); Texas Republican state chairman (1983–1988), Houston businessman and philanthropist^[1]
• Carole Strayhorn (born 1939), Texas comptroller (1999–2007), railroad commissioner
• Ernest O. Thompson (1892–1966), Texas Railroad Commissioner, mayor of Amarillo, expert on petroleum production and conservation
• John G. Tower (1925–1991), First Republican United States Senator from Texas since Reconstruction
• Vidal M. Trevino (1929–2006), state representative, school superintendent
• Morris W. Turner (1931–2008), mayor of Lubbock (1972–1974)
• George E. "Buddy" West (1936–2008), state representative from Odessa
• Ric Williamson (1952–2007), state representative; chairman of Texas Transportation Commission
• John Roger Williams (born 1949), Texas secretary of state and professional baseball player
• Phil Wilson (born 1967), Texas secretary of state (2007–2008)
• Will Wilson (1912–2005), Texas attorney general (1957–1963); Assistant U.S. Attorney General over Criminal Division (1969–1971); Texas Supreme Court justice (1951–1956); district attorney of Dallas County (1947–1951)
• Jim Wright (born 1922), United States Congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Judith Zaffirini (born 1946), state senator from Laredo

US Presidents

• George H.W. Bush (born 1924), 41st President of the United States (born in Milton, Massachusetts)
• George W. Bush (born 1946), 43rd President of the United States, Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 (born in New Haven, Connecticut)
• Dwight Eisenhower (1890–1969), 34th President of the United States (born in Denison, but raised in Kansas)
• Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), 36th President of the United States

Notable Texas women

• Cornelia Adair (1837–1921) matriarch of JA Ranch in Texas Panhandle
• Cathie Adams (born 1950), chairman of the Republican Party of Texas
• Tina Benkiser (born 1962), former chairman of the Republican Party of Texas
• Laura Bush (born 1946) First Lady of the United States
• Minnie Lou Bradley (born 1931), matriarch of the Bradley 3 Ranch in Childress County
• Ruthe B. Cowl (1912–2008), philanthropist from Laredo
• Helen J. Farabee (1934–1988), pioneer in mental health
• Margaret Formby (1929–2003), founder of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth
• Norma Rhodes Gabler (1923–2007), public school textbook monitor and cofounder of Educational Research Analysts in Longview
• Edna Gladney (1886–1961), founder of "The Edna Gladney Home" for orphaned children
• Selena Gomez (born 1992) actress and singer
• Lena Guerrero (1957–2008), politician
• Laura Vernon Hamner (1871–1968) author; ranch historian; educator
• Ima Hogg (1882–1975), philanthropist
• Joan Huffman (born 1956), former Houston criminal court judge and member of Texas State Senate
• Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007), former first lady (married to President Lyndon B. Johnson)
• Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (1798–1880), considered to be "the Mother of Texas"
• Demi Lovato (born 1992), actress and singer
• Cynthia Ann Parker (1826–1870), kidnapped in 1836 and raised by Comanche Indians. Mother to Quanah Parker, the last Comanche Chief
• Emily West Morgan (c. 1815 – 19th century), an indentured servant know as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" who, legend has it, helped win the Texas Revolution
• Ann Richards (1933–2006), second woman governor of Texas (1991–1995); state treasurer (1983–1991)
• Cecile Richards, daughter of Ann Richards; liberal political activist
• Carole Strayhorn (born 1939), Independent gubernatorial candidate in 2006 general election
• Judith Zaffirini (born 1946), South Texas state senator from Laredo

Entertainment

Fashion

• Brooke Burns (born 1978), model, actress
• Lois Chiles (born 1947), model, actress
• Chloe Dao (born 1972), fashion designer
• Marisol Deluna (born 1967), fashion designer
• Kelly Emberg (born 1959), model, former partner of Rod Stewart
• Natasha Galkina (born 1985), model, runner-up on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8
• Jerry Hall (born 1956), model, actress
• Angie Harmon (born 1972), model, actress
• Irlene Mandrell (born 1956), model, actress
• Ali Michael (born 1990), model
• Chandra North (born 1973), model
• Suzy Parker (1932–2003), model, actress
• Amber Rose (born 1983), model, singer
• Joan Severance (born 1958), model, actress
• Lori Singer (born 1957), actress, model, classical musician
• Anna Nicole Smith (1967–2007), model, actress
• Kimberly Kay Smith (born 1983), model, actress
• Paola Turbay (born 1970), model, actress, beauty pageant winner
• Audrey Kiko "Mizuhara" Daniel (born 1990), Japan fashion model, Vivi (magazine) actress Norwegian Wood (novel)#Film, TV or theatrical adaptations 水原希子 [1]

Film/theater/television

• F. Murray Abraham (born 1939), actor
• Jensen Ackles (born 1978), actor Smallville, Supernatural
• Sunrise Adams (born 1982), actress
• Kevin Alejandro (born 1976), actor
• Debbie Allen (born 1950), actress, choreographer, director, producer
• Joshua Allen (born 1989), dancer, 2008 winner of So You Think You Can Dance
• Krista Allen (born 1971), actress
• René Alvarado (born 1979), actor
• Audrey Marie Anderson, actress, Kim Brown on The Unit
• Wes Anderson (born 1969), director Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Michael Arden (born 1982), actor
• Kelly Asbury (born 1960), story artist, director, writer, Shrek 2
• Karan Ashley (born 1978), actress
• "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (born 1964), professional wrestler, actor
• Tex Avery (1908–1980), animator, cartoonist, director
• Joe Don Baker (born 1936), actor
• Taylor Ball (born 1987), actor
• Bob Banner (born 1921), television producer, writer, director
• Matt Barr (born 1984), actor
• Barbara Barrie (born 1931), actress, Suddenly Susan, Barney Miller, Double Trouble
• Jim Beaver (born 1950), actor, Ellsworth on Deadwood
• Madge Bellamy (1899–1990), actress
• Crystal Bernard (born 1961), actress and singer
• Dustin Lance Black (born 1979), Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer
• Alexis Bledel (born 1981), actress, starred in Gilmore Girls
• Dan Blocker (1928–1972), actor "Hoss Cartwright" on Bonanza
• Joan Blondell (1906–1979), actress
• Don Bluth (born 1937), animator, studio owner, An American Tail, The Land Before Time
• John Boles (1895–1969), actor
• Matthew Bomer (born 1977), actor, Tru Calling
• Powers Boothe (born 1949), actor, Cy Tolliver on Deadwood
• Jesse Borrego (born 1962), actor, Fame, 24, Dexter
• Michael Bowen (born 1953), actor
• Rob Bowman (born 1960), film and television director, The X-Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Lombardo Boyar (born 1973), actor, The Bernie Mac Show
• Richard Bradford (born 1937), actor, Man in a Suitcase
• Abby Brammell (born 1979), actress, Tiffy Gerhardt on The Unit
• Betty Buckley (born 1947), actress, singer
• Norman Buckley (born 1955), television director and editor
• Carol Burnett (born 1933), actress, comedian, singer, writer The Carol Burnett Show
• Brooke Burns (born 1978), actress, model
• Wendell Burton (born 1947), actor
• Gary Busey (born 1944), actor
• Bill Camfield (1929–1991), radio-TV host, writer, comedian
• Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress, married to Steven Spielberg
• Allen Case (1934–1986), actor, singer
• Duane Lee Chapman, II (born 1973), Dog the Bounty Hunter
• Leland Chapman (born 1976), Dog the Bounty Hunter
• Cyd Charisse (1921–2008), actress, dancer
• Ricardo Chavira (born 1971), actor, "Carlos Solis" on Desperate Housewives
• Lois Chiles (born 1947), actress, model
• Cindy Chiu (born 1984), actress
• Thomas Haden Church (born 1961), Academy Award-nominated actor
• Taylor Cole (born 1984), actress/model, Summerland
• Dabney Coleman (born 1932), actor
• Jessica Collins (born 1983), actress
• Lynn Collins (born 1979), actress, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Merrill Connally (1921–2001), actor and former county judge
• Kevin Cooney (born 1945), actor
• Chris Cooper (born 1951), Oscar-winning actor, Seabiscuit, The Bourne Identity, The Patriot
• Barry Corbin (born 1940), actor
• Chace Crawford (born 1985), actor
• Joan Crawford (1908–1977), actress
• Brett Cullen (born 1956), actor
• Linda Darnell (1923–1965), actress
• Eddie Dean (1907–1999), singer, songwriter, and actor
• Loretta Devine (born 1949), actress
• Jenna Dewan (born 1980), actress, star of Step Up and Take the Lead
• Shae D'Lyn (born 1962), actress, Dharma and Greg
• Colby Donaldson (born 1974), actor
• Michael Dorn (born 1952), star of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Haylie Duff (born 1985), actress
• Hilary Duff (born 1987), actress, singer
• Karen Dufilho-Rosen (born 1968), Academy Award-winning film producer
• Sandy Duncan (born 1946), actress, singer
• Shelley Duvall (born 1949), actress, played Olive Oyl in the film Popeye
• George Eads (born 1967), actor, plays Nick Stokes in the TV series CSI
• Shannon Elizabeth (born 1973), actress
• Chris Ellis (born 1956), actor
• Ron Ely (born 1938), actor Tarzan
• Dale Evans (1912–2001), actress, singer-songwriter, married to Roy Rogers
• Morgan Fairchild (born 1950), actress
• Parisa Fakhri (born 1975), voice actress, Dragon Ball GT, Fruits Basket
• Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), actress
• Katie Featherston (born 1982), actress, Paranormal Activity
• Miles Fisher (born 1983), actor
• Sean Patrick Flanery (born 1965), actor
• Horton Foote (1916–2009), two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter
• Scott Michael Foster (born 1985), actor
• Robert Foxworth (born 1941), actor
• Jamie Foxx (born 1967) Academy Award-winning actor
• James Frawley (born 1937), director, actor, producer
• Al Freeman, Jr. (born 1934), actor, director
• Jennifer Garner (born 1972), actress, star of Alias
• Greer Garson (1904–1996), actress
• Peri Gilpin (born 1961), actress
• Summer Glau (born 1981), dancer & actress Firefly
• Renee Elise Goldsberry (born 1971), actress, singer-songwriter
• Selena Gomez (born 1992), actress & singer
• David Gordon Green (born 1975), filmmaker
• Kristin Griffith (born 1953), actress
• Sarah Hagan (born 1984), actress
• Emily Hagins (born 1992), film producer, writer, editor, director
• Larry Hagman (born 1931), actor, son of actress Mary Martin
• Jackie Earle Haley (born 1961), actor
• Irma P. Hall (born 1935), actress
• Jerry Hall (born 1956), model, actress, former wife of Mick Jagger
• John Lee Hancock (born 1957), film director, The Blind Side
• Catherine Hardwicke (born 1955), film director, Twilight
• Mark Harelik (born 1951), actor, playwright
• Angie Harmon (born 1972), actress
• Woody Harrelson (born 1961), actor
• Laura Harring (born 1964), actress
• Harriet Sansom Harris (born 1955), actress, Desperate Housewives, Frasier, It's All Relative, The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
• James V. Hart (born 1960), screenwriter
• Lisa Hartman-Black (born 1956), actress
• Ethan Hawke (born 1970), actor
• Jerry Haynes (born 1927), actor, children's television host
• Amber Heard (born 1986), actress
• Katherine Helmond (born 1928), actress
• Stephen Herek (born 1958), film director, 101 Dalmatians
• Jennifer Love Hewitt (born 1979), actress
• John Benjamin Hickey (born 1963), actor, It's All Relative
• John Hillerman (born 1932), actor, played the English Major domo "Higgins" on Magnum, P.I.
• Jordan Hinson (born 1991), actress
• Gregory Hoblit (born 1944), television and film director
• Tommy Hollis (1954–2001), actor
• Tobe Hooper (born 1943), director The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist, 'Salem's Lot
• William Hootkins (1948–2005), actor, Batman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars
• Larry Hovis (1936–2003), actor
• John M. Jackson (born 1950), actor, Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden on JAG
• Annalee Jefferies (born 1954), actress
• Alex Jones (born 1974), radio host, television host, film producer
• Ashley Jones (born 1976), actress
• Carolyn Jones (1929–1983), actress, best known as "Morticia" in The Addams Family
• L.Q. Jones (born 1927), actor, originally from Beaumont
• Margo Jones (1911–1955), theatre founder and director
• Mickey Jones (born 1941), actor, musician, Home Improvement, Flo
• Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946), actor
• Mike Judge (born 1962), producer, animator and actor
• Christian Kane (born 1974), actor, singer, played "Lindsay" on Angel, Close to Home (TV series)
• Lyle Kanouse (born 1952), actor
• Evelyn Keyes (1916–2008), actress
• Callie Khouri (born 1957), screenwriter, director
• Kris Kristofferson (born 1936), actor, singer, songwriter
• Sheryl Leach (born 1952), creator of children's programming (Barney & Friends)
• Liana Liberato (born 1995), teen actress
• Richard Linklater (born 1961), director Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, School of Rock, A Scanner Darkly
• Joshua Logan (1908–1988), stage and film director
• Eva Longoria (born 1975), actress
• Deirdre Lovejoy (born 1962), actress, Rhonda Pearlman on The Wire
• Martha Madison (born 1977), actress
• Terrence Malick (born 1943), director Badlands, Days of Heaven
• Irlene Mandrell (born 1956), actress, model
• Stephanie March (born 1974), actress
• Amelia Marshall (born 1958), actress
• Mary Martin (1913–1990), actress, mother of actor Larry Hagman
• Margo Martindale (born 1951), actress, The Riches, 100 Centre Street
• Tim McCanlies (born 1963) screenwriter, director
• Matthew McConaughey (born 1969), actor
• Carolyn McCormick (born 1959), actress, Dr. Liz Olivet on Law & Order
• Jake McDorman (born 1986), actor
• George McFarland (1928–1993), actor played "Spanky" in the Our Gang comedies, AKA The Little Rascals
• Benjamin McKenzie (born 1978), actor The O.C.
• Alex McLeod (born 1968), actress
• Terrence McNally (born 1939), playwright
• Liz Mikel (born 1963), actress, singer
• Ann Miller (1923–2004), actress, dancer
• Valarie Rae Miller (born 1974), actress
• Roger Mobley (born 1949), child actor, Christian pastor
• Belita Moreno (born 1949), actress
• Glenn Morshower (born 1959), actor, Agent Aaron Pierce on 24
• Audie Murphy (1924–1971), actor, World War II hero
• Edwin Neal (born 1945), actor
• Austin Nichols (born 1980), actor, Julian Baker on One Tree Hill
• Derek Lee Nixon (born 1983), actor
• James Noble (born 1922), actor, Benson
• Chuck Norris actor
• Renee O'Connor (born 1971) actress
• Annette O'Toole (born 1955), dancer, actress
• Lee Pace (born 1979), actor
• Jared Padalecki (born 1982), actor, Gilmore Girls, Supernatural
• Kay Panabaker (born 1990), television actress
• Suzy Parker (1932–2003), actress, model
• Bill Paxton (born 1955), actor Titanic
• Valerie Perrine (born 1943), actress
• Lou Perryman (1941–2009), actor
• Cindy Pickett (born 1947), actress
• Mary Kay Place (born 1947), actress, singer, co-starred in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
• Dennis Quaid (born 1954), actor
• Randy Quaid (born 1950), actor
• Haley Ramm (born 1992), teen actress
• Phylicia Rashād (born 1948), actress
• Debbie Reynolds (born 1932), actress, mother of Carrie Fisher
• Kevin Reynolds, screenwriter, director, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Red Dawn
• Emilio Rivera (born 1961), actor
• Dallas Roberts (born 1970), actor
• James Roday (born 1976), actor
• Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991), Star Trek creator, writer, director, producer
• Michelle Rodriguez (born 1978), actress Lost
• Robert Rodriguez (born 1968), director, producer, writer, composer
• Henry Roquemore (1886–1943), actor
• Irene Ryan (1902–1973), actress "Granny" on The Beverly Hillbillies
• August Schellenberg (born 1936), actor
• Thomas Schlamme (born 1950), producer, director
• Julian Schnabel (born 1951), award-winning film director, visual artist
• Maïté Schwartz (born 1979), actress
• Kimberly Scott (born 1961), actress
• Zachary Scott (1914–1965), actor
• Eileen Sedgwick (1898–1991), actress in silent films
• Joan Severance (born 1958), actress, model
• Ann Sheridan (1915–1967), actress
• Lori Singer (born 1957), actress, model, classical musician
• J. Mack Slaughter, Jr. (born 1983), actor
• Anna Nicole Smith (1967–2007), model, actress
• Jaclyn Smith (born 1947), actress, starred in Charlie's Angels
• Kimberly Kay Smith (born 1983), model, actress
• Sissy Spacek (born 1949), actress, cousin of Rip Torn
• Aaron Spelling (1923–2006), TV producer
• Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor, star of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Andy Stahl (born 1952), actor, The Client, The Patriot, The Blind Side
• Nick Stahl (born 1979), actor
• Jimmy Starr (1904–1991), screenwriter, columnist
• Jennifer Stone ( born 1993), actress
• Matt Stone (born 1971), animator, voice actor, cocreator of South Park with Trey Parker
• Gale Storm (1922–2009), actress, singer
• Sherry Stringfield (born 1967), actress
• Patrick Swayze (1952–2009), actor
• Clarence Swensen (1917–2009), actor
• Ralph Tabakin (1921–2001), actor, Homicide: Life on the Street
• Sharon Tate (1943–1969), actress
• Buck Taylor (born 1938), actor, artist, rancher in Fort Worth
• Regina Taylor (born 1960), actress, Molly Blane on The Unit
• Henry Thomas (born 1971), actor E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, musician
• Jay Thomas (born 1948), actor
• Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951), actor, Bob Bishop on Heroes
• Rip Torn (born 1931), actor, cousin of Sissy Spacek
• Stacey Travis (born 1964), actress
• Alan Tudyk (born 1971), actor
• Tommy Tune (born 1939), Broadway director, choreographer
• Karri Turner (born 1966), actress
• Conrad Vernon (born 1968), voice actor, writer, director, the Shrek movies, the Madagascar movies, Monsters vs. Aliens
• King Vidor (1894–1982), film director, producer
• Tom Virtue (born 1957), actor, Even Stevens, Blades of Glory
• Isaiah Washington (born 1963), actor, Dr. Preston Burke on Grey's Anatomy
• Barry Watson (born 1974), actor
• Peter Weller (born 1947), actor
• Lisa Whelchel (born 1963), actress, author
• Forest Whitaker (born 1961), actor
• JoBeth Williams (born 1948), actress
• Van Williams (born 1934), actor
• Noble Willingham (1931–2004), actor, Walker, Texas Ranger
• Chill Wills (1903–1978), actor, singer
• Chandra Wilson (born 1969), actress, Dr. Miranda Bailey on Grey's Anatomy
• Dooley Wilson (1886–1953), actor, singer, played "Sam" in Casablanca
• Luke Wilson (born 1971), actor
• Owen Wilson (born 1968), actor
• Trey Wilson (1948–1989), actor
• Doug Wright (born 1962), Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright, screenwriter
• Robin Wright Penn (born 1966), actress, married to Sean Penn
• Natalie Zea (born 1975), actress
• Nora Zehetner (born 1981), actress
• Renée Zellweger (born 1969), actress

Comedians

• Carol Burnett (born 1933), comedian, actor
• Rodney Carrington (born 1968), comedian
• Jade Esteban Estrada (born 1975), comedian, actor
• Bill Engvall (born 1957), comedian, actor
• Kevin Nicks (born 1971), comedian, actor www.worldcomedynetwork.com^{[citation needed]}
• Jack Handey (born 1949), writer for Saturday Night Live
• Bill Hicks (1961–1994), comedian
• Steve Martin (born 1945), comedian, actor
• Sean Rouse (born 1975), comedian
• Iliza Shlesinger (born 1983), comedian
• Ron White (born 1956), comedian, actor

Music

• Dimebag Darrell Abbott (1966–2004), musician
• Vinnie Paul Abbott (born 1964), musician
• Jacques Abram (1915–1998), concert pianist
• Yolanda Adams (born 1961), Grammy-winning gospel singer
• Samuel Adler (born 1928), composer, conductor, educator
• Carter Albrecht (1973–2007), rock keyboardist, guitarist, classical pianist
• Victor Alessandro (1915–1976), conductor
• Terry Allen (born 1943), musician
• Jerry Allison (born 1939), musician
• Nancy Ames (born 1937), pop/folk singer
• Bud Andrews (born 1940), DJ, discovered Jerry Clower
• Larry Austin (born 1930), composer, educator
• Gene Autry (1907–1998), country music singer
• Erykah Badu (born 1971), R&B and hip hop singer
• Wilfred Bain (1908–1997), music educator
• Zac Baird (born 1971), rock keyboardist
• Marcia Ball (born 1949), blues singer
• Clint Ballard, Jr. (1931–2008), songwriter
• Frank Beard (born 1949), drummer in ZZ Top
• Leila Bela, musician, writer, actress (born in Tehran, Iran, immigrated to Austin)
• Archie Bell (born 1944), singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
• Taz Bentley, rock drummer (Burden Brothers)
• Shelly Berg (born 1955), jazz pianist and educator
• David Berman (born 1967), alt-rock singer-songwriter (The Silver Jews)
• Big Moe (Kenneth Moore) (1974–2007), rapper
• Bill Smith Combo aka Tommy & The Tom Toms DFW Rock 'n Roll group
• Cedric Bixler-Zavala (born 1974), dub, salsa and progressive rock musician
• Clint Black (born 1962), country music singer, raised in Houston
• Jules Bledsoe (1898–1943), Broadway singer
• Julien Paul Blitz (1885–1951), conductor, cellist
• Blues Boy Willie (born 1946), blues musician
• Maya Bond (born 2000), (born in Osaka, Japan, immigrated to Austin), singer-songwriter, drummer
• Juke Boy Bonner (1932–1978), blues musician
• Brent Bourgeois (born 1958), rock singer, producer
• Boxcar Willie (1931–1999), country singer
• Donald Braswell II (born 1963), classical crossover singer
• Zachary Breaux (1960–1997), jazz guitarist
• Leon Breeden (born 1921), jazz bandleader, musician, educator
• Edie Brickell (born 1966), singer – married to Paul Simon
• The 5 Browns (born 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986), classical pianist siblings born in Texas, raised in Texas and Utah
• Rex Brown (born 1964), musician
• Anshel Brusilow (born 1928), orchestra conductor and violinist
• Stephen Bruton (1948–2009), country musician
• Betty Buckley (born 1947), actress, singer
• T-Bone Burnett (born 1948), rock/country songwriter, musician, producer
• William Butler (born 1982), member of Arcade Fire
• Win Butler (born 1980), lead singer of Canadian indie-rock band Arcade Fire
• Ryan Cabrera (born 1982), singer/songwriter
• Tevin Campbell (born 1976), musician
• Barney Cannon (1955–2009), Country music deejay
• Vikki Carr (born 1941), jazz, pop, country and Latin music singer
• Georgia Carroll (born 1919), big-band singer, actress, model
• Jason Castro (born 1987), pop singer/guitarist
• John Cerminaro (born 1947), classical horn player
• Chamillionaire (born 1979), rapper
• Ciara (Ciara Harris) (born 1985), musician
• Lakrea Clark (born 1991), singer-songwriter
• Kelly Clarkson (born 1982), singer, American Idol winner
• Laura Claycomb (born 1968), operatic soprano
• Van Cliburn (born 1934), famous pianist (born in Louisiana, raised in Texas)
• Ornette Coleman (born 1930), jazz musician
• John Ford Coley (born 1948), rock musician (England Dan & John Ford Coley)
• Albert Collins (1932–1993), blues musician
• Eugene Conley (1908–1981), opera singer
• David Cook (born 1982), rock singer-songwriter (born in Houston, raised in Missouri)
• Larry Coryell (born 1943), jazz fusion guitarist
• Cowboy Troy (born 1970), rap singer-songwriter
• Dash Crofts (born 1940), soft-rock musician (Seals and Crofts)
• Christopher Cross (born 1951), singer
• Wayne Crouse (1924–2000), violist
• Rodney Crowell (born 1950), country singer-songwriter
• Jim Cullum, Jr. (born 1941), Dixieland/jazz cornetist and bandleader
• Floyd Dakil, pop guitarist-songwriter
• Ivan Davis (born 1932), classical pianist
• Mac Davis (born 1942), musician
• Ronnie Dawson (1939–2003), rockabilly musician
• Tim DeLaughter (born 1965), rock singer
• Lindsay Deutsch (born 1984), concert violinist
• Mike Dillon, rock drummer-singer-songwriter
• DJ Screw (Robert Earl Davis, Jr.) (1971–2000), hip-hop artist
• The D.O.C. (born 1968), rapper
• Deryl Dodd (born 1964), country music singer-songwriter
• Helen Donath (born 1940), operatic soprano
• Hilary Duff (born 1987), singer
• Chauntelle DuPree (born 1981), rock/pop guitarist (Eisley)
• Garron DuPree (born 1989), rock/pop bass guitarist (Eisley)
• Sherri DuPree (born 1983), rock/pop singer, guitarist, lyricist (Eisley)
• Stacy DuPree (born 1988), rock/pop keyboardist, singer (Eisley)
• Weston DuPree (born 1986), rock/pop drummer (Eisley)
• Steve Earle (born 1955), singer-songwriter, musician
• Terry Ellis (born 1966), R&B singer (En Vogue)
• Paul Ellison (born 1941), classical bassist and teacher
• Joe Ely (born 1947), singer-songwriter, guitarist
• Ralna English (born 1942), singer from The Lawrence Welk Show
• Terry Fator (born 1965), singer, ventriloquist, impersonator
• Freddy Fender (1937–2006), musician
• Carl Finch (born 1951), polka musician, founder of Brave Combo
• Charles Finger (1867–1941), music teacher, conservatory administrator; later a noted author of children's literature
• Carlisle Floyd (born 1926), opera composer
• Bruce Ford (born 1956), operatic tenor
• Walter Fried (1877–1925), violinist and conductor
• Kinky Friedman (born 1944), singer-songwriter, novelist, columnist, candidate for governor of Texas
• Lefty Frizzell (1928–1975), country singer
• Steven Fromholz (born 1945), singer-songwriter
• Bobby Fuller (1942–1966), rock singer and guitarist
• Justin Furstenfeld (born 1975), rock singer and guitarist
• Kyle Gann (born 1955), composer, musicologist, music critic
• Red Garland (1923–1984), jazz pianist
• Henry Garza (born 1978) Los Lonely Boys lead guitarist of San Angelo, 2005 Grammy winner
• Jojo Garza (born 1980) Los Lonely Boys bass of San Angelo, 2005 Grammy winner
• Ringo Garza (born 1981) Los Lonely Boys drummer of San Angelo, 2005 Grammy winner
• Larry Gatlin (born 1948), singer-songwriter, member of The Gatlin Brothers
• Richard Giangiulio (born 1942), classical trumpet player and conductor
• Billy Gibbons (born 1949), guitarist in ZZ Top
• Mickey Gilley (born 1936), country musician
• Don Gillis (1912–1978), composer, conductor, producer, educator
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore (born 1945), singer-songwriter
• John Giordano (born 1937), orchestra conductor
• Jimmy Giuffre (1921–2008), jazz composer, arranger, clarinetist and saxophonist
• Robert Glasper, jazz pianist
• Jack Glatzer (born 1939), concert violinist
• Renee Elise Goldsberry (born 1971), singer-songwriter, actress
• David Golub (1950–2000), classical pianist, conductor
• Selena Gomez (born 1992), actress & singer
• Floyd Graham (1902–1974), bandleader, educator
• Susan Graham (born 1960), opera singer
• Donald Grantham (born 1947), classical composer and music educator
• Jerry Gray (1915–1976), Swing-Era arranger and bandleader
• Nanci Griffith (born 1953), singer / songwriter
• David Wendel Guion (1892–1981), composer, arranger of folk tunes
• Stuart Hamblen (1908–1989), country singer, candidate for U.S. President
• Gene Hall (1913–1993), jazz saxophonist, music educator
• Butch Hancock (born 1945), country/folk recording artist, songwriter
• Gerre Hancock (born 1934), organist, composer
• Hannibal (born 1948), jazz trumpet player, composer
• Roy Hargrove (born 1969), jazz trumpet player
• Everette Harp (born 1961), jazz saxophonist
• Lynn Harrell (born 1944), concert cellist raised in Texas
• Mack Harrell (1909–1960), operatic baritone
• Earl Harvin, rock drummer
• Gibby Haynes (born 1957), lead singer of the Butthole Surfers
• Roy Head (born 1941), Roy Head and The Traits
• Julius Hemphill (1938–1995), jazz composer, saxophonist
• Don Henley (born 1947), musician with rock group the Eagles
• Casey Hess, rock guitarist (Burden Brothers)
• Sara Hickman (born 1963), rock/pop singer-songwriter
• Dusty Hill (born 1945), bass guitarist in ZZ Top
• Tish Hinojosa (born 1955), Mexican-American folk singer
• Ernst Hoffmann (c. 1899–1956), orchestra conductor
• Jennifer Holliday (born 1960), Grammy Award-winning singer, actress
• Buddy Holly (1936–1959), singer-songwriter
• Steve Holy (born 1972), country singer
• Sam Lightnin' Hopkins (1912–1982), blues musician
• Johnny Horton (1925–1960), country singer
• Brad Houser (born 1960), rock instrumentalist
• Frank Huang (born 1978), concert violinist
• Ray Wylie Hubbard (born 1946), country singer-songwriter
• Bobbi Humphrey (born 1950), jazz flutist
• Jerry Hunt (1943–1993), avant-garde composer
• Jeff Huskins (born 1966), country musician
• Blind Lemon Jefferson (1897–1929), blues musician
• Speight Jenkins (born 1937), opera administrator, producer
• Waylon Jennings (1937–2002), country singer
• Flaco Jiménez (born 1939), musician
• Conrad O. Johnson (1915–2008), music educator
• Virgil L. Johnson (born 1935), musician, The Velvets
• Nicholas Jonas (born 1992), singer, guitarist of the Jonas Brothers
• George Jones (born 1931), country singer
• Mike Jones (born 1981), rapper
• Norah Jones (born 1979), soul/folk singer-songwriter, born in New York City but raised in Texas
• Tom Jones (born 1928), lyricist of musical theater
• Janis Joplin (1943–1970), singer
• Scott Joplin (c. 1867–1917), ragtime musician and composer
• Milton Katims (1909–2006), concert violist and conductor
• Robert Earl Keen (born 1957), singer-songwriter
• Peck Kelley (1898–1980), jazz pianist and bandleader
• Freddie King (1934–1976), blues guitarist and singer
• Ralph Kirshbaum (born 1946), cellist
• Beyoncé Knowles (born 1981), R&B singer, actress
• Solange Knowles (born 1986), R&B singer-songwriter, actress, model, dancer
• Karl Korte (born 1928), composer, music educator
• Hans Kreissig (1857–1929), conductor, pianist, educator; created Dallas Symphony Orchestra
• Kris Kristofferson (born 1936), singer-songwriter, actor
• Philip Krumm (born 1941), composer
• Fredell Lack (born 1922), concert violinist
• Miranda Lambert (born 1983), singer/songwriter
• Melissa Lawson (born 1976), country singer
• Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter) (1888–1949), blues musician
• Raymond Lewenthal (1923–1988), concert pianist
• Vaden Todd Lewis (born 1965), grunge singer-guitarist (The Toadies, Burden Brothers)
• Lil Flip (Wesley Weston, Jr.) (born 1981), rapper
• Mance Lipscomb (1895–1976), Blues singer, guitarist
• Robert Lipsett (born 1947), concert violinist and master teacher
• Bill Lister (1923–2009), country singer
• Andrew Litton (born 1959), orchestra conductor
• Lisa Loeb (born 1968), singer-songwriter, actress
• John Lomax (1867–1948), musicologist, folklorist
• Trini Lopez (born 1937), Hispanic musician, singer
• Lyle Lovett (born 1957), singer-songwriter
• David Lowery (born 1960), rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter
• LeToya Luckett (born 1981), singer
• Ray Lynch (born 1943), classical guitarist and lutenist
• Michael Madden (born 1979), bassist for Maroon 5
• Martie Maguire (born 1969), country singer-songwriter (The Dixie Chicks)
• Lloyd Maines (born 1951), musician, producer
• Natalie Maines (born 1974), musician
• Will Makar (born 1989), singer, born and raised in The Woodlands/Houston
• Petronel Malan (born 1974), concert pianist
• Barbara Mandrell (born 1948), country singer
• Louise Mandrell (born 1954), country singer
• Chris Marion (born 1962), rock musician member of Little River Band
• David Martin (1937–1987) [2] rock musician, original member of Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, Bill Smith Combo, Tommy & The Tom Toms
• Eduardo Mata (1942–1995), orchestra conductor
• Johnny Mathis (born 1935), singer
• Rich Matteson (1929–1993), jazz brass player, bandleader, educator
• W. Francis McBeth (born 1933), composer, music educator
• Erin McCarley (born 1979), alternative music singer-songwriter
• Delbert McClinton (born 1940), singer-songwriter, instrumentalist
• Mary McCormic (1889–1981), opera singer, educator
• Neal McCoy (born 1958), country singer
• Meat Loaf (born 1951), singer, actor
• David Meece (born 1952), contemporary Christian singer, pianist
• Lydia Mendoza (1916–2007), Tejano singer
• Tift Merritt (born 1975), rock/country singer-songwriter
• Liz Mikel (born 1963), jazz singer, actress
• Buddy Miles (1947–2008), rock drummer
• Jason Miller, drummer
• Roger Miller (1936–1992), singer-songwriter
• Steve Miller (born 1943), blues/rock guitarist
• Jason Moran (born 1975), jazz pianist
• Craig Morris (born 1968), classical trumpet player, educator
• Harold Morris (1890–1964), classical pianist, composer, educator
• Lacey Mosley (born 1981), lead singer of alternative metal band Flyleaf
• Michael Martin Murphey (born 1945), country singer-songwriter
• Emilio Navaira (born 1962), Latin pop/country musician
• Nelly (born 1978), rapper
• Willie Nelson (born 1933), country singer-songwriter
• Michael Nesmith (born 1942), singer with The Monkees
• David "Fathead" Newman (1933–2009), jazz saxophonist
• Johnny Nicholas (born 1948), blues singer, pianist
• Elena Nikolaidi (1909–2002), opera singer and teacher
• Phil Ochs (1940–1976), folk singer-songwriter
• Pauline Oliveros (born 1932), avant-garde composer, performance artist
• Roy Orbison (1936–1988), singer-songwriter
• K. T. Oslin (born 1941), country singer-songwriter
• Buck Owens (1929–2006), country singer
• Jack Petersen (born 1933), jazz guitarist, educator
• Patrice Pike, rock/soul singer-songwriter-guitarist
• Pimp C (Chad Butler) (1973–2007), rapper
• Mark Pirro, rock bass player
• Mark Powell (born 1966), symphony and opera conductor
• Billy Preston (1946–2006), soul musician
• Ray Price (born 1926), country singer
• Charley Pride (born 1938), country singer
• P. J. Proby (born 1938), singer-songwriter, actor
• Selena Quintanilla (1971–1995), singer
• Ezra Rachlin (1915–1995), orchestra conductor, pianist
• Dewey Redman (1931–2006), jazz saxophonist
• Claire Raphael Reis (1888–1978), classical music promoter, educator
• Nicolà Rescigno (1916–2008), opera conductor
• Timothy Rhea (born 1967), conductor, music educator
• J.P. (The Big Bopper) Richardson (1930–1959), singer
• Jim Riggs (born 1941), saxophonist, educator
• Jeannie C. Riley (born 1945), country singer
• LeAnn Rimes (born 1982), country singer, born in Mississippi, but grew up in Garland, Texas
• Tex Ritter (1905–1974), singer/ actor, father of actor John Ritter
• LaTavia Roberson (born 1981), singer
• Hal Robinson (born 1952), classical string bass player
• Sharon Robinson (born 1949), concert cellist
• Emily Robison (born 1972), country singer-songwriter (The Dixie Chicks)
• Carrie Rodriguez (born 1978), folk singer-songwriter, fiddler
• David Rodriguez (born 1952), folk singer-songwriter
• Johnny Rodriguez (born 1951), country singer
• Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (born 1975), Dub and Progressive rock musician
• Robert Xavier Rodríguez (born 1946), classical composer
• Kenny Rogers (born 1938), country singer-songwriter
• Randy Rogers, country singer
• A. Clyde Roller (1914–2005), conductor and music educator
• Lulu Roman (born 1947), country/gospel singer, comedian
• Amber Rose (born 1983), singer
• Kelly Rowland (born 1981), R&B singer-songwriter, dancer, actress
• Corey Rozzoni (born 1973), rock guitarist (Burden Brothers)
• Tim Rushlow (born 1966), country musician
• Carl St.Clair (born 1952), orchestra conductor
• Olga Samaroff (1880–1948), classical pianist and teacher
• Joe Sample (born 1939), jazz pianist, composer
• Domingo "Sam" Samudio (born 1937), rock 'n' roll musician, bandleader, entertainer ("Sam the Sham")
• Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio (born 1960), violinist
• Simon Sargon (born 1938), classical composer, pianist, conductor
• Boz Scaggs (born 1944), singer-songwriter
• Haley Scarnato (born 1982), American Idol (season 6) finalist (8th place)
• Harvey Schmidt (born 1929), musical theatre composer (The Fantasticks)
• Scarface (born 1970), rapper
• Kendrick Scott (born 1980), jazz drummer, bandleader, composer
• Dan Seals (1948–2009), rock/country musician (England Dan & John Ford Coley)
• Jim Seals (born 1941), soft-rock musician (Seals and Crofts)
• Lynn Seaton (born 1957), jazz bassist, educator
• Billy Joe Shaver (born 1939), country singer-songwriter
• John Sheridan (born 1946), jazz pianist
• Michelle Shocked (born 1962), singer-songwriter, musician
• Ashlee Simpson (born 1984), singer
• Jessica Simpson (born 1980), singer
• Lori Singer (born 1957), concert cellist (better known as actress)
• Slim Thug (born 1980), rapper
• Buster Smith (1904–1991), jazz saxophonist
• Elliott Smith (1969–2003), rock singer-songwriter
• Julia Smith (1905–1989), composer, pianist, author
• Stephen Stills (born 1945), singer-songwriter Crosby, Stills & Nash
• George Strait (born 1952), country singer
• Eric Stuer (1953–2008), drummer
• Deanna Summers (born 1940), songwriter, born in Mississippi
• Gene Summers (born 1939), rock 'n roll singer ("School of Rock 'n Roll", "Big Blue Diamonds")
• Helen Sung (born 1970), jazz pianist
• Jeffrey Swann (born 1951), classical pianist
• Johnnie Taylor (1937–2000), soul/pop singer, DJ
• Jack Teagarden (1905–1964), jazz trombonist and bandleader
• Alfred Teltschik (1918–2009), classical pianist and teacher
• Tha Realest (Jevon Jones) (born 1974), rapper
• Christopher Theofanidis (born 1967), classical composer
• B. J. Thomas (born 1942), country singer-songwriter
• Hank Thompson (1925–2007), country singer-songwriter
• Frank Ticheli (born 1958), classical composer
• Neal Tiemann (born 1982), David Cook's rock band guitarist
• Chris Tomlin (born 1972), singer-songwriter
• Tommy & The Tom Toms aka Bill Smith Combo DFW Rock 'n Roll group
• Ernest Tubb (1914–1984), country singer-songwriter
• Tanya Tucker (born 1958), country singer
• Fisher Tull (1934–1994), composer and educator
• "Blue" Gene Tyranny (born 1945), avant-garde composer
• Alexander Uninsky (1910–1972), concert pianist and teacher
• Usher (Usher Raymond IV) (born 1978), R&B and pop singer
• Mary Jeanne van Appledorn (born 1927), composer and educator
• Frank Van der Stucken (1858–1929), conductor, composer; founder of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
• Vanilla Ice (born 1968), rapper
• Paul van Katwijk (1885–1974), pianist, conductor, composer, educator
• Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997), country singer-songwriter
• Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954–1990), musician
• Jaci Velasquez (born 1979), Contemporary Christian Latin pop singer
• Carl Venth (1860–1938), composer, conductor, violinist, music educator
• Charlie Walker (1926–2008), country singer-songwriter
• T-Bone Walker (1910–1975), blues musician
• William Walker (born 1931), opera singer
• Paul Wall (born 1980), rapper
• Cedar Walton (born 1934), jazz pianist
• Michael Weiss (born 1958), jazz composer and pianist
• Dan Welcher (born 1948), composer, music educator, bassoonist
• Barry White (1944–2003), soul singer and record producer
• Clifton Williams (1923–1976), composer, educator
• Dave Williams (1972–2002), rock singer
• Lew Williams (born 1934), rockabilly singer-songwriter
• Otis Williams (born 1941), singer with The Temptations
• Sudie L. Williams (1872–1940), music educator
• Bob Wills (1905–1975), country singer with The Texas Playboys
• Edgar Winter (born 1946), jazz/blues/rock musician
• Johnny Winter (born 1944), blues guitarist
• Lee Ann Womack (born 1966), country singer-songwriter
• Darren Keith Woods (born 1958), opera director, singer
• Roger Wright (born 1974), classical pianist
• Jimmy Wyble (born 1922), jazz/swing guitarist

Miss America/Miss USA pageant winners

• Shirley Cothran (born 1955), Miss America 1975
• Jo-Carroll Dennison (born 1923), Miss America 1942
• Christy Fichtner (born 1962), Miss USA 1986
• Phyllis George (born 1949), Miss America 1971
• Courtney Gibbs (born 1966), Miss USA 1988
• Kandace Krueger (born 1976), Miss USA 2001
• Debra Maffett (born 1956), Miss America 1983
• Laura Martinez-Harring (born 1964), Miss USA 1985
• Gretchen Polhemus (born 1965), Miss USA 1989
• Michelle Royer (born 1966), Miss USA 1987
• Chelsi Smith (born 1973), Miss USA 1995 and Miss Universe 1995
• Crystle Stewart (born 1981), Miss USA 2008
• Kimberly Tomes (born 1956), Miss USA 1977

Athletics

Professional Wrestling

• Jason Reyman AKA "The Wall"
• Stan Hansen
• John Layfield
• Terry Funk
• Dory Funk Jr.
• Dory Funk Sr.
• Booker Huffman, competes under the ring name "Booker T"
• Lane Huffman, competed under the ring name "Stevie Ray"
• Stone Cold Steve Austin
• Von Erich Family
• Mark Calaway AKA "The Undertaker"
• Shawn Michaels

• Joseph Addai (born 1983), running back for the Indianapolis Colts
• LaMarcus Aldridge (born 1985) NBA player, Portland Trail Blazers, power forward
• Lance Armstrong (born 1971), cyclist, seven-time Tour de France winner, two doping affairs discovered
• Remi Ayodele (born 1983), defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints
• Jonathan Babineaux (born 1981), defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
• Jordan Babineaux (born 1982), defensive back for the Seattle Seahawks
• Ernie Banks (born 1931), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Daniel Bard (born 1985), professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
• Tony Battie (born 1976), NBA power forward/center for the New Jersey Nets
• Josh Beckett (born 1980), baseball, Boston Red Sox, pitcher, MVP of the 2003 World Series
• Martellus Bennett (born 1987), tight end for the Dallas Cowboys
• Cedric Benson (born 1982), running back for the Cincinnati Bengals
• David Boston (born 1978), former NFL wide receiver
• Chris Bosh (born 1984) NBA player, Toronto Raptors, power forward
• Bobby Boyd (born 1937), All-Pro, NFL Defensive Back, Baltimore Colts, Oklahoma University
• Colin Braun (born 1988), NASCAR driver for Roush Fenway Racing
• Drew Brees (born 1979), NFL quarterback for the New Orleans Saints
• Kris Brown (born 1976), placekicker for the Houston Texans
• Matthew S. Brown (born 1976), track and field champion at 2007 Parapan American Games in Rio de Janiero^[2]
• Clay Buchholz (born 1984), baseball, Boston Red Sox, pitcher, Threw a No Hitter in just his second MLB start.
• Melvin Bullitt (born 1984), defensive back for the Indianapolis Colts
• Earl Campbell (born 1955), Pro Football Hall of Famer, Heisman Trophy winner
• Rock Cartwright (born 1979), running back for the Washington Redskins
• Scott Chandler (born 1985), tight end for the New York Giants
• Joie Chitwood (1912–1988), professional racecar driver
• Randy Choate (born 1975), relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Roger Clemens (born 1962), baseball pitcher, seven-time Cy Young Award winner
• Randall "Tex" Cobb (born 1950), champion boxer
• Brad Coleman (born 1988), NASCAR driver for Joe Gibbs Racing
• Patrick Crayton (born 1979), wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys
• Mason Crosby (born 1984), placekicker for the Green Bay Packers
• Chase Daniel (born 1986), quarterback for the New Orleans Saints
• Chris Davis (born 1986), first baseman for the Texas Rangers
• Josh Davis (born 1972), Olympic gold and silver medalist in freestyle swimming
• Leonard Davis (born 1978), guard for the Dallas Cowboys
• Ty Detmer (born 1967), NFL
• Eric Dickerson (born 1960), NFL
• Santana Dotson (born 1969), NFL
• Doug Drabek (born 1962), former Cy Young-winning MLB pitcher
• Donald Driver (born 1975), wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers
• Cowboy Morgan Evans (1903–1969), Rodeo Steer wrestling World Series champion 1928, Rancher Roughneck, Father, oilman.
• Matt Flynn (born 1985), quarterback for the Green Bay Packers
• George Foreman (born 1949), World Heavyweight champion boxer, Father, Entrepreneur, Christian ordained minister
• Barry Foster (born 1968), NFL
• Bill Foster (1904–1978), Baseball Hall of Famer
• A. J. Foyt (born 1935), race car driver
• Ron Gant (born 1965), former MLB outfielder and second baseman
• Zina Garrison (born 1963), tennis player
• Greg Golson (born 1985), outfielder for the New York Yankees
• Andre Gurode (born 1978), center for the Dallas Cowboys
• Tommie Harris (born 1983), defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears
• David Hawthorne (born 1985), linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks
• Johnnie Lee Higgins (born 1983), wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders
• Ben Hogan (1912–1997), golf great
• Priest Holmes (born 1973), NFL
• Chris Houston (born 1984), cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons
• Thomas Howard (born 1983), linebacker for the Oakland Raiders
• Michael Huff (born 1983), free safety for the Oakland Raiders
• Sam Hurd (born 1985), wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys
• Quentin Jammer (born 1979), cornerback for the San Diego Chargers
• Charlie Johnson (born 1984), offensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts
• Jack Johnson (1878–1946), first black Heavyweight Champion of the World
• Michael Johnson (born 1967), Olympic gold medalist, World Record holder
• Johnny Jolly (born 1983), defensive end for the Green Bay Packers
• Scott Kazmir (born 1984), starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels
• Clayton Kershaw (born 1988), starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Tom Kite (born 1949), golfer
• Johnny Knox (born 1986), wide receiver for the Chicago Bears
• Gary Kubiak (born 1961), head coach for the Houston Texans
• Courtney Kupets (born 1986), World and U.S. champion gymnast, silver medalist in the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Bobby Labonte (born 1964), NASCAR driver
• Terry Labonte (born 1956) former NASCAR driver
• John Lackey (born 1978), starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
• Ernie Ladd (1938–2007), American college and professional football player, professional wrestler.
• Tom Landry football head coach, Dallas Cowboys
• Shane Lechler (born 1976), punter for the Oakland Raiders
• Tara Lipinski (born 1982), figure skater, Olympic gold medalist
• Grady Little (born 1950), former baseball manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Boston Red Sox
• Nastia Liukin (born 1989), 2008 Olympic gymnastics all-around gold medalist
• Boone Logan (born 1984), relief pitcher for the New York Yankees
• Danieal Manning (born 1982), free safety for the Chicago Bears
• Taj McWilliams-Franklin (born 1970), basketball player, gold medalist
• "Dandy" Don Meredith (born 1938), Quarterback Dallas Cowboys and TV Football color commentator
• Gerald Myers (born 1945), basketball coach 1971-1991 & athletic director Texas Tech University
• Jim Morris (born 1964), Major League Baseball player and oldest rookie
• Thomas Morstead (born 1986), punter for the New Orleans Saints
• Joe Nathan (born 1974), closer for the Minnesota Twins
• Jayson Nix (born 1982), second baseman for the Chicago White Sox
• Emeka Okafor (born 1982), basketball player, New Orleans Hornets
• Carly Patterson (born 1988), 2004 Olympic gymnastics all-around gold medalist
• Mac Percival (born 1940), former National Football League placekicker for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears
• Jason Peters (born 1982), offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Adrian Peterson (born 1985), National Football League running back for the Minnesota Vikings
• Bum Phillips (born 1923), head coach in the National Football League
• Wade Phillips (born 1947), head coach for the Dallas Cowboys
• Bill Pickett (1870–1932), cowboy and rodeo performer
• Dennis Rodman (born 1961), NBA
• Frank Robinson (born 1935), won Triple Crown in both National League and American League, hit 586 career home runs, and was the first black manager in the Major Leagues
• Aaron Ross (born 1982), defensive back for the New York Giants
• Kyle Rote (1928–2002), All-American running back at Southern Methodist University and 1951–1961 NFL New York Giants wide receiver
• Stanford Routt (born 1983), cornerback for the Oakland Raiders
• Nolan Ryan (born 1947), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Willie Shoemaker (1931–2003), most successful jockey in history
• Hunter Smith (born 1977), punter for the Washington Redskins
• Matthew Stafford (born 1988), quarterback for the Detroit Lions
• Matt Stover (born 1968), placekicker for the Indianapolis Colts
• Sheryl Swoopes (born 1971), WNBA, Olympic gold medalist
• Jordan Tata (born 1981), former MLB pitcher
• Taylor Teagarden (born 1983,) catcher for the Texas Rangers
• David Thomas (born 1983), tight end for the New Orleans Saints
• LaDainian Tomlinson (born 1979), NFL running back for the San Diego Chargers
• Michael Toudouze (born 1983), offensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts
• Lee Trevino (born 1939), golfer
• Jeremiah Trotter (born 1977), linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Tony Ugoh (born 1983), offensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts
• Dana Vollmer (born 1987), swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Jeremy Wariner (born 1984), Track & Field Olympic Gold Medalist
• Kathy Whitworth (born 1939), golfer
• Roy Williams (born 1981), wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys
• Smokey Joe Williams (1886–1951), Baseball great
• Darold Williamson (born 1983), Olympic Gold Medalist in Track & Field
• Josh Wilson (born 1985), cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks
• Will Witherspoon (born 1980), linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Vince Young (born 1983), quarterback for the Tennessee Titans, MVP of the 2005 and 2006 Rose Bowl
• Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914–1956), gold medalist 1932 Olympics, golf great

Business

• John George Adair (1823–1885), partner with Charles Goodnight in JA Ranch
• Red Adair (1915–2004), offshore oil field firefighter
• Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001), businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
• Norman Brinker (1931–2009), restaurateur
• Carl G. Cromwell, oil driller and aviation pioneer ^[3]
• Michael Dell (born 1965), founder of Dell Inc.http://www.example.com link title
• Tom Ford (born 1961), Fb-games designer, former chief director of [[Gucci and designer of fb-games.de fb-games ]]
• Charles Goodnight (1836–1929), legendary Texas cattleman
• Najeeb Halaby (1915–2003), FAA administrator, chairman and CEO of Pan Am, father of Queen Noor of Jordan
• Ebby Halliday (born 1911), Realtor, entrepreneur
• Adolph R. Hanslik (1917–2007), "dean" of West Texas cotton producers
• Pattillo Higgins (1863–1955), oil pioneer and businessman, known as the "Prophet of Spindletop"
• Timothy Dwight Hobart (1855–1935), landowner, surveyor, rancher, mayor of Pampa
• Howard Hughes (1905–1976), Aviator, filmmaker, eccentric billionaire
• Jim Humphreys (1921–2007), former manager of Pitchfork Ranch east of Lubbock
• H. L. Hunt (1889–1974), oil tycoon, patriarch of Dallas family of legendary wealth and power
• Radcliffe Killam (1910–2007), oilman, businessman, rancher, large landowner, philanthropist
• Richard King (1824–1885), entrepreneur, founder of the legendary King Ranch
• John Henry Kirby (1860–1940), businessman, founder of the Kirby Petroleum Company
• James Ling (1922–2004), founder of business conglomerate Ling-Temco-Vought
• Eugene McDermott (1899–1973), founder of Texas Instruments, geophysicist, philanthropist
• William Johnson McDonald (1844–1926), banker, philanthropist
• Gerald Lyda (1923–2005), construction CEO, owner of La Escalera Ranch in Sierra County, New Mexico
• Glenn McCarthy (1907–1988), oil tycoon, entrepreneur; inspired the character Jett Rink in Giant
• Giles McCrary (born 1919), oil operator, rancher, art collector, philanthropist
• Algur H. Meadows (1899–1978), oilman, philanthropist
• B.P. Newman (1927–2008), entrepreneur, developer, and philanthropist from Laredo
• Ross Perot (born 1930), entrepreneur, founder of EDS & Perot Systems, and 1992 U.S. Presidential candidate
• Montie Ritchie (1910–1999), owner and manager of JA Ranch from 1935–1993
• Tex Thornton (1913–1981), founder of Litton Industries
• Chet Upham (1925–2008), oil and gas industrialist from Mineral Wells; former Texas Republican Party chairman, owner of Loveland Ski Area in Colorado
• Edward Whitacre, Jr. (born 1941), chairman of the board and CEO of General Motors, chairman of the board and CEO of AT&T
• Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr. (born 1931), oilman; Republican gubernatorial nominee, 1990
• Clayton Wheat Williams, Sr. (1895–1983), oilman, first registered geologist in Texas, rancher, historian

Art and architecture

• Tex Avery (1908–1980), animator, cartoonist, director
• Arthello Beck (1941–2004), artist
• Harold Dow Bugbee (1900–1963), artist
• Keith Carter (born 1948), photographer, educator, artist
• Nicholas Joseph Clayton (1840–1916), architect
• O'Neil Ford (1905–1982), architect
• Donald Judd (1928–1994), sculptor
• Janet Krueger (born 1952), painter, educator
• Stanley Marsh 3 (born 1938), millionaire, artist, philanthropist
• Julian Onderdonk (1882–1922), painter
• Graydon Parrish (born 1970), realist painter
• Dan Piraro (born 1958), painter, illustrator, cartoonist (Bizarro)
• Thomas M. Price (1916–1998), architect
• Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), painter, sculptor, graphic artist
• Frank Reaugh (1860–1945), painter
• Julian Schnabel (born 1951), artist, film director
• Zachary Selig (born 1949), artist, painter, writer
• Mark Seliger, photographer
• Mack White (born 1952), comic book artist
• Laura Wilson (born 1945), photographer

Literature

• Jeff Abbott (born 1963), mystery novelist
• Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940), mystery writer
• Sybil Leonard Armes (1914–2007), author, poet, musician
• Barbara Barrie (born 1931), author of children's books
• Rick Bass (born 1958), writer, environmentalist
• James Lee Burke (born 1936), mystery writer
• Harley True Burton (1888–1964), author The History of the JA Ranch
• Katherine Center (born 1972), author of chick lit, mommy lit
• Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), author and poet
• Deborah Crombie (born 1952), mystery writer
• James Crumley (1939–2008), crime novelist
• J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964), folklorist and writer about open-range days
• Carole Nelson Douglas (born 1944), mystery writer
• Kitty Ferguson (born 1941), science writer
• Horton Foote (1916–2009), author and playwright
• Bryan A. Garner (born 1958), lexicographer, grammarian, author, educator
• Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (born 1938), novelist, journalist, playwright
• J. Evetts Haley (1901–1995), historian and political activist
• Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958), poet and writer
• Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen Gammel, editor and publisher of The Laws of Texas 1822-1897
• Patricia Highsmith (born 1921), writer, author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Thomas Elisha Hogg (1842–1880), poet, writer, editor
• Mary Austin Holley (1784–1846), wrote first English-language history of Texas
• Robert E. Howard (1906–1936), author of the Conan the Barbarian stories, and other pulp adventure tales
• William Humphrey (1924–1997), novelist
• Elmer Kelton (1926–2009), journalist, western novelist
• Max Lucado (born 1955), best-selling Christian author
• Larry McMurtry (born 1936), Pulitzer Prize winning author of Lonesome Dove
• Rupert N. Richardson (1891–1988), historian
• Rick Riordan (born 1964), novelist
• Lou Halsell Rodenberger (1926–2009), author, educator, journalist
• Dorothy Scarborough (1878–1935), author, folklorist
• Jerry D. Thompson (born 1943), historian of Texas and the Southwestern United States
• Jim Thompson (1906–1977), author of hardboiled crime fiction
• Lon Tinkle (1906–1980), author, Texas historian
• Sergio Troncoso (born 1961), author of The Last Tortilla and Other Stories, and The Nature of Truth
• Walter Prescott Webb (1888–1963), author, historian

Journalism

• Wick Allison (born 1948), magazine owner and publisher, author
• Jim Angle (born 1946), Chief Washington Correspondent for Fox News
• Ole Anthony (born 1938), investigative journalist, magazine editor
• John Ardoin (1935–2001), music critic and author
• Skip Bayless (born 1951), sportswriter
• Kevin Blackistone (born 1959), sportswriter
• Pat Boyette (1923–2000), radio journalist, comic book artist
• Billy Lee Brammer (1929–1978), journalist, novelist, political staffer
• Joe Bob Briggs (John Bloom) (born 1953), film critic
• John Henry Brown (1820–1895), historian, newspaper founder and editor, politician
• Samantha Brown (born 1969), television host
• Bob Bruce (1934–2009), Abilene Reporter-News journalist, 1959–1998
• Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), newspaper founder and publisher
• Cheryl Casone (born 1970), Fox Business News anchor
• Dan Cook (1926–2008), sportswriter, sportscaster
• Tim Cowlishaw (born 1955), sportswriter
• Corby Davidson, sports radio personality
• George B. Dealey (1859–1946), newspaper publisher
• Jody Dean, radio journalist, author
• Pete Delkus (born 1965), television meteorologist
• Dayna Devon (born 1970), television journalist
• Sam Donaldson (born 1934), ABC News reporter
• Troy Dungan (born 1936), television meteorologist
• George Dunham (born 1965), radio personality, sportscaster
• Linda Ellerbee (born 1944), journalist, correspondent, reporter
• Gene Elston (born 1922), sportscaster
• John Henry Faulk (1913–1990), storyteller and radio broadcaster
• Clint Formby (born 1923), radio personality
• Kinky Friedman (born 1944), columnist, singer-songwriter, novelist, candidate for governor of Texas
• Mel Gabler (1915–2004), public school textbook monitor and cofounder of Educational Research Analysts of Longview
• Randy Galloway (born 1943), radio host, newspaper columnist
• Kyle Gann (born 1955), music critic, composer, musicologist
• Frank Glieber (1934–1985), sportscaster
• Jane Hall, (born 1951), former Fox News pundit, Fox News Watch, The O'Reilly Factor
• Tamron Hall (born 1970), MSNBC daytime anchor
• Dale Hansen (born 1948), sportscaster
• Heloise (1919–1977 [mother] and born 1951 [daughter]), syndicated columnists
• Kate Heyhoe (born 1955), food writer
• Norm Hitzges (born 1944), sportscaster, reporter
• Mark Holtz (1945–1997), sportscaster
• Deborah Howell (1941–2010), newspaper editor
• Molly Ivins (1944–2007), political commentator, liberal journalist, and author
• Dan Jenkins (born 1929), sportswriter and author
• Iola Johnson, television news anchor, first African-American anchor in the Southwest
• Kenneth P. Johnson (1934–2008), newspaper editor
• Bill P. Keith (born 1934), author in Longview; former member of the Louisiana State Senate
• Gordon Keith, radio personality
• Kidd Kraddick (born 1959), radio host
• Jim Lehrer (born 1934), television journalist, author
• Josh Lewin (born 1968), sportscaster
• Verne Lundquist (born 1940), sportscaster, reporter
• Debra Maffett (born 1956), host of TNN Country News, Miss America 1983
• Dan Malone, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter
• Chris Marrou (born 1947), television news anchor
• Russ Martin (born 1960), radio host
• Mary Maverick (1818–1898), memoirist
• Frank W. Mayborn (1903–1987), newspaper publisher
• Kevin McCarthy, radio-TV announcer
• Joe McLaughlin (1934–1997), sportswriter
• Curt Menefee (born 1965), sportscaster, reporter
• Bill Mercer (born 1926), sportscaster
• Dale Milford (1926–1997), television meteorologist, U.S. Representative
• Ray Miller (1919–2008), television journalist
• Dave Mitchell (born 1947), radio personality
• John H. Murphy (1913–2007), newspaperman
• Eric Nadel (born 1951), sportscaster
• Charlie Pallilo, sportscaster
• Gary Perkins (1937–1991), radio broadcaster
• Bob Phillips (born 1951), creator, producer, and host of Texas Country Reporter
• Michael Phillips (born 1960), journalist, historian, author, educator
• Stone Phillips (born 1954), co-anchor of Dateline NBC
• Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980), journalist, essayist, novelist
• Cactus Pryor (born 1923), radio personality, actor
• Dan Rather (born 1931), former CBS Evening News anchor
• Rex Reed (born 1938), movie critic
• Dick Risenhoover (1927–1978), sportscaster
• Tracy Rowlett (born 1942), television news anchor
• Bob Schieffer (born 1937), CBS Evening News anchor
• Brad Sham (born 1949), sportscaster
• Bud Shrake (1931–2009), sportswriter, author
• William Dean Singleton (born 1951), newspaper publishing executive, chairman of the board of Associated Press
• Liz Smith (born 1923), syndicated columnist
• David Snell (1921–1987) writer and cartoonist
• Mickey Spagnola, sportswriter
• Ron Stone (1936–2008), television news reporter
• Clinton Howard Swindle (1945–2004), investigative newspaper journalist, author
• Frank X. Tolbert (1912–1984), author, historian, journalist, restaurateur
• Todd Wagner (born 1960), internet broadcasting pioneer
• Edwin "Big Ed" Wilkes (1931–1998), Lubbock radio personality
• Greg Williams, sports radio host
• Robert Wilonsky (born 1968), newspaper columnist, critic
• Marvin Zindler (1921–2007), television journalist

Science/medicine

• William H. Cade (born 1946), zoologist, evolutionary biologist, authority on mating systems of Orthoptera
• Paul C. W. Chu (born 1941), physicist, leading authority on superconductivity
• Denton Cooley (born 1920), pioneering heart surgeon
• Michael E. DeBakey (1908–2008), pioneering heart surgeon
• Everette Lee DeGolyer (1886–1956), geophysicist, philanthropist
• Robert Dennard (born 1932), computer scientist and inventor
• Bryce DeWitt (1923–2004), physicist, co-developed Wheeler-DeWitt equation ("wave function of the Universe")
• Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874–1954), mathematician
• James "Red" Duke (born 1928), physician, professor, journalist
• G.B. Halsted (1853–1922), mathematician
• M. King Hubbert (1903–1989), geophysicist
• Jack Kilby (1923–2005), electrical engineer; invented integrated circuit, handheld calculator, thermal printer; Nobel Prize Laureate
• Eugene McDermott (1899–1973), geophysicist, founder of Texas Instruments, philanthropist
• Oscar Monnig (1902–1999), astronomer and meteoricist
• Hermann Joseph Muller (1890–1967), geneticist, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
• Joseph Nagyvary (born 1934), biochemist, violin maker, Stradivarius researcher
• Ilya Prigogine (1917–2003), physicist and chemist, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
• John Stapp (1910–1999), Air Force officer, researched human transport and safety
• John Tate (born 1925), mathematician, Wolf Prize in Mathematics
• Alice Y. Ting (born 1974), chemist, MIT professor
• Beatrice Tinsley (1941–1981), astronomer
• Karen Uhlenbeck (born 1942), mathematician, National Medal of Science
• Harry Vandiver (1882–1973), mathematician
• Steven Weinberg (born 1933), Nobel Laureate in Physics
• Spencer Wells (born 1969), geneticist and anthropologist
• John A. Wheeler (1911–2008), physicist, Wolf Prize in Physics, coined the term 'black hole'
• Robert Woodrow Wilson (born 1936), Nobel Prize-winning physicist, astronomer

Aviation/space exploration

• Randy Acord (1919–2008), historian of aviation
• William Anders (born 1933), Apollo program astronaut
• Anousheh Ansari (born 1966 in Mashhad, Iran), first female space tourist.
• Alan Bean (born 1932), astronaut
• John E. Blaha (born 1942), astronaut
• Kenneth Cockrell (born 1950), astronaut
• Aaron Cohen (1931–2010), director of NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
• Bessie "Queen Bess" Coleman (1892–1926), first African American female aviator
• Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (1907–1995), aviator
• John Oliver Creighton (born 1943), astronaut
• Howard Hughes (1905–1976), billionaire playboy, entrepreneur and aviation pioneer
• Richard Douglas Husband (1957–2003), commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia, killed in its crash
• Paul Lockhart (born 1956), astronaut
• Richard Mullane (born 1945), astronaut
• John D. Olivas (born 1965), NASA astronaut of Mexican descent, flew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-117) in June 2007
• Wiley Post (1898–1935), first pilot to fly solo around the world
• Elliot See (1927–1966), astronaut
• Katherine Stinson (1891–1977), pioneering female aviator
• Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (born 1951), airline pilot famous for safely landing US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River on January 15, 2009 after a bird strike
• Shannon Walker (born 1965), astronaut, physicist
• Edward White (1930–1967), first American astronaut to walk in space
• Jeana Yeager (born 1952), broke distance records during her (and Dick Rutan's) nonstop flight around the world in the experimental Voyager airplane in 1986

Clergy

• George Washington Baines (1809–1882), Baptist
• Kathleen Baskin-Ball (1958–2008), Methodist
• Claude Black (1916–2009), Baptist
• Kirbyjon Caldwell, Methodist
• Jo Carr (1926–2007), Methodist
• Benajah Harvey Carroll (1843–1914), Baptist
• Henry Cohen (1863–1952), Jewish
• W.A. Criswell (1909–2002), Baptist
• Kenneth Copeland (born 1936), Pentecostal
• James T. Draper, Jr. (born 1935), Baptist
• George Foreman (born 1949), Christian ordained minister, Father, World Heavyweight champion boxer, Entrepreneur
• Ruben Habito (born 1947), Zen master, former Jesuit priest
• John Hagee (born 1940), Nondenominational
• Kenneth E. Hagin (1917–2003), Pentecostal
• J. H. Hamblen (1877–1971), Methodist bishop
• John Wesley Hardt (born 1921), Methodist
• L.W. "Buck" Hatfield (1929–1995), Independent Baptist
• Steve Hill (born 1954), evangelist
• T. D. Jakes (born 1957), nondenominational pastor, entrepreneur, author
• Jimmy Kessler (born 1945), Jewish
• John Kilian (1811–1884), Lutheran
• Abraham Cohen Labatt (1802–1899), Jewish
• David Lefkowitz (1875–1955), Jewish
• Max Lucado (born 1955), Church of Christ
• J. Vernon McGee (1904–1988), Presbyterian
• J. Frank Norris (1877–1952), Baptist
• Kevin O'Brien (1955–2008), Independent Baptist
• Levi Olan (1903–1984), Jewish
• Joel Osteen (born 1963), Nondenominational
• John Osteen (1925–1999), Nondenominational
• Cline Paden (1919–2007), Church of Christ
• Paige Patterson (born 1942), Baptist
• John R. Rice (1895–1980), Baptist
• James Robison (born 1943), Nondenominational
• Lester Roloff (1914–1982), Independent Baptist
• Hyman Judah Schachtel (1907–1990), Jewish
• Samuel M. Stahl (born 1939), Jewish
• David E. Stern (born 1961), Jewish
• James Anthony Tamayo (born 1949), Roman Catholic
• Robert Tilton (born 1946), Christian televangelist
• George Washington Truett (1867–1944), Baptist

Infamous Texans

• Sam Bass (1851–1878), train robber and western icon
• Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie Parker [1910–1934] and Clyde Barrow [1909–1934]), bank robbers
• David Brooks (born 1955), Houston serial killer, early 1970s
• Marilyn Buck (born 1947), accomplice in both the 1979 prison break of black activist Assata Shakur and the 1981 Brink's robbery
• Mark David Chapman (born 1955), murdered Beatle John Lennon
• John Wesley Hardin (1853–1895), outlaw and gun-fighter, reputed to be "the meanest man alive"
• Elmer Wayne Henley (born 1956), Houston serial killer, early 1970s
• John Hinckley, Jr. (born 1955), attempted to assassinate President Reagan
• David Koresh (1959–1993), self proclaimed messiah and head of Branch Davidian cult
• Tom O'Folliard (1858–1880) Outlaw and Billy the Kid's best friend
• Jonathan Pollard (born 1954), intelligence analyst convicted of espionage
• Richard Ramirez (born 1960), serial killer
• Ollie P. Roberts (1879?-1950), claimed to be Billy the Kid
• Jon Schillaci (born 1971), a former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
• Soapy Smith (1860–1898), infamous confidence man of Round Rock, Texas and Fort Worth, Texas
• Belle Starr (1848–1889), the Wild West's "bandit queen"
• Pearl Starr (1868–1925), Belle's daughter and infamous Texas brothel owner
• Libby Thompson (1855–1953), dancehall girl, prostitute, and brothel owner better known as Squirrel-tooth Alice
• Charles "Tex" Watson (born 1945), convicted murderer, former member of the Charles Manson "Family"
• Andrea Yates (born 1964), drowned her five children in the bathtub of her house
• Jack Ruby (1910-1967), killed Lee Harvey Oswald following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Other

• Lauren Anderson, ballet dancer; first African-American ballerina to be principal of a major company (Houston Ballet)
• Eugene C. Barker (1874–1956), premier historian of Texas; Barker History Center on UT campus bears his name
• ZerNona Black (1906–2005), civil rights activist, educator
• Tom Blasingame (1898–1989), oldest cowboy in the history of the American West
• Joe Bowman (1925–2009), bootmaker and marksman and guardian of Old West culture
• Candice Crawford (born 1986), beauty queen, winner of Miss Missouri USA, competed in the Miss Texas Teen USA pageant and the Miss USA pageant.
• Henry C. Dethloff (born 1934), historian, author, professor
• Claude Hall (1922–2001), historian, professor
• Harold Hoehner (1935–2009), theologian, author, professor
• Herbert H. Lang (1921–2006), historian, professor
• Clarence Hailey Long (1910–1978), Texas cowboy who inspired the Marlboro Man cigarette advertising campaign
• Odell McBrayer (1930–2008), Fort Worth Christian attorney who ran for governor in 1974
• Captain Bill McDonald (1852-1918), one of the "Four Great Captains" of the Texas Rangers
• Karen Silkwood (1948–1974), nuclear plant worker, labor activist, died under mysterious circumstances
• Ruth J. Simmons (born 1945), first female African-American president of a major college (Smith College), first African-American president of an Ivy League college (Brown University)
• Thomas Vernor Smith (1890–1964), philosopher, scholar, educator, U.S. representative
• Swante M. Swenson (1816–1896), Founder of SMS Ranches
• Ernest Wallace (1906–1985), historian of Texas and the southern Great Plains
• Plennie L. Wingo (1895–1993), holds the world record for longest distance walked backwards (from Santa Monica, California, to Istanbul, Turkey).

References

1. ^ ""Tradition: St. Thomas High School"". sths.org. http://www.sths.org/about/hallofhonor/strakegw.html. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
2. ^ ""Faces in the Crowd"". Sports Illustrated.com, October 22, 2007. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/scorecard/faces/2007/10/22/. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
3. ^ The Handbook of Texas (Texas State Historical Association)

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