Famous Texans
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Texas or spent some important time in Texas.
Flozell Adams, football player
Roger Adams, inventor of Heelys
Troy Aikman, football player
Larry Allen, football player
Clay Allison, the Gentleman Gunfighter
Rosita Fernandez Almaguer, singer
Lance Armstrong, bicyclist, 7-time winner of the Tour de France
Stephen F. Austin, pioneer
Jeff Bagwell, baseball player
Martin Banks, jazz musician
Marion Barber III, football player
Ray Bard, book publisher
David Bates, artist
Roy Bean, frontier judge
Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. senator, secretary of the treasury, and vice presidential candidate
Elvin Bethea, football player
Craig Biggio, baseball player
George Blanda, football player
Drew Bledsoe, football player
Bruce Bowen, basketball player
Corey Bradford, football player
Edgar Brown, oilman
Josh Brown, football player
Barbara Bush, U.S. first lady
George H. W. Bush, CIA director and U.S. president
George W. Bush, Texas governor and U.S. president
Mathew “Old Paint” Caldwell, pioneer and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Earl Campbell, football player
Dave Campo, football coach
David Carr, football player
Dave Casper, football player
Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle, explorer
Paul C.W. Chu, physicist
Mia Church, actress
Thomas Haden Church, actor
Henry Cisneros, mayor, president of
Univision
Roger Clemens, baseball pitcher
Jody Conradtm, basketball player and
coach
Amy Cook, singer
Barry Corbin, actor
John Cornyn, U.S. senator
Jose Cortez, football player
Catherine Crier, TV host
Davy Crockett, Alamo defender
Mark Cuban, Internet billionaire and Dallas Mavericks basketball team owner
Billy Cundiff, football player
Michael DeBakey, doctor that developed first artificial heart
Tom Delay, U.S. congressman and House majority leader
Al Del Greco, football player
Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computers and billionaire
Patrick Dempsey, actor
Eric Dickerson, football player
Tony Dorsett, football player
Tim Duncan, basketball player
Michael Finley, basketball player
Tom Ford, fashion designer
Jamie Foxx, actor and singer
Wick Fowler, humorist
Bud Frazer, gambler
Fray Garcia, pioneer missionary
Sid Gillman, football coach
Givins, football player
Terry Glenn, football player
La'Roi Glover, football player
A.C. Greene, novelist, columnist,
historian
V. T. Hamlin, comic strip creator, Alley Oop
John Wesley Hardin, killer and gambler
Cliff Harris, football player
Charles Haley, football player
Angie Harmon, actress
Alvin Harper, football player
Bob Hayes, football player and track star
Chad Hedrick, Olympic skater
Tish Hinojosa, singer and songwriter
Priest Holmes, football player
John Houser, sculptor
Ken Houston, football player
Sam Houston, Texas governor
Torii Hunter, baseball player
Kay Bailey Hutchison, senator
Michael Irwin, football player
Molly Ivins, columnist
Steve Jackson, football player
Heywood Jeffires, football player
Charlie Joiner, football player
Andre Johnson, football player
Jimmie Johnson, football coach
Keyshawn Johnson, football player
Lady Bird Johnson, first lady
Lyndon Baines Johnson, senator and U.S. president
Albert Sidney Johnston, general
Jerry Jones, football team owner
Julius Jones, football player
Tommy Lee Jones, actor
Norah Jones, jazz singer
Janis Joplin, rock singer
Lee Roy Jordan, football player
Jim Kelly, football player
Richard King, founder, King Ranch
Tom Landry, football coach
Leon Lett, football player
Bob Lilly, football player
David Lindsey, novelist
Ronald Mackenzie, colonel, Mackenzie Raiders
George C. Marshall, general
William “Bat” Masterson, lawman and columnist
Bruce Matthews, football player
Red McCombs, businessman, sports team
owner
Matthew McConaughey, actor
Bubba McDowell, football player
Leander McNelly, Texas Ranger
Steve Melendez, president of the American Indian Genocide Museum
Don Meredith, football player
Steve Miller, rock musician
Yao Ming, basketball player
Warren Moon, football player
Mike Munchak, football player
Clint Murchison, Jr., oilman
Ty Murray, rodeo champion
Lamar Muse, CEO, Southwest Airlines
Steve Nash, basketball player
Royston Nave, artist
Willie Nelson, country singer
Terrance Newman, football player
Dat Nguyen, football player
Austin Nichols, actor
Chester Nimitz, admiral
Ken Norton, football player
Jay Novacek, football player
Dirk Nowitzki, basketball player
Roy Orbison, rock singer
Juan de Onate, explorer
Joel Osteen, TV minister
Bill Parcells, football coach
Jack Pardee, football coach
George C. Patton, general
Ron Paul, U.S. representative
Ross Perot, billionaire and presidential candidate
Cicero Rufus Perry, Texas Ranger
Rick Perry, Texas governor
Adrian Peterson, football player
Andy Pettitte, baseball pitcher
Bum Phillips, football coach
Wade Phillips, football coach
William Sidney Porter, aka O. Henry, short story writer
Johnny Preston, country singer
Dan Rather, news anchor
Sam Rayburn, U.S. speaker of the house
Jim Reeves, country singer
Mel Renfro, football player
Ann Richards, Texas governor
J. P. Richardson, aka The Big Bopper, country singer
Tex Ritter, actor and country singer
Marco Rivera, football player
Nolan Ryan, baseball player
David Robinson, basketball player
Kenny Rogers, baseball player
Deion Sanders, football player
Boz Scaggs, singer
Tex Schramm, football owner
Charles A. Schreiner, Texas Ranger, rancher, and philanthropist
Joe Sears, actor, playwright
Luke Short, gambler
Ashlee Simpson, singer and actress
Jessica Simpson, singer and actress
Webster Slaughter, football player
Emmitt Smith, football player
H. Allen Smith, humorist
Liz Smith, gossip columnist
Bob Snead, artist
Alfonso Soriano, baseball player
Roger Staubach, football player
Hallie Stillwell, rancher, teacher, and author
George Strait, country singer
Kathryn Sullivan, astronaut, first American woman to walk in space
Pat Summerall, football broadcaster
Barry Switzer, football player and coach
Zachary Taylor, general and U.S. president
Spencer Tillman, football player
LaDainian Tomlinson, football player
Janine Turner, actress
Charles Umlaug, sculptor
Richie Valens, rock singer
Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist
Abraham Verghese, author, doctor, and
professor of medicine
Joe Vitale, book author and metaphysician
Bigfoot Wallace, Texas Ranger and frontiersman
Don Walser, musician and yodeler
Demarcus Ware, football player
George Webster, football player
Forest Whitaker, actor
Danny White, football player
Lorenzo White, football player
Randy White, football player
Ricky Williams, football player
Roy Williams, football player
Laura Wilson, photographer
Owen Wilson, actor
Marion Winik, author
Jason Witten, football player
Rayfield Wright, football player
Vince Young, football player
Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias, golfer, basketball player, Olympic track star, baseball player
For more famous Texas, go to http://www.famoustexans.com, a great web site.
Texas obituaries: http://www.texasalmanac.com/obituaries.
