List of people from Texas

The following are people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in.

Founders of The Republic of Texas

 * (1793–1836), the ""
 * (1798–1851), Texas, , and
 * (1788–1870), interim of the Republic of Texas
 * (1788–1836), first of the Republic of Texas and signer of the
 * (1793–1863), first President of Republic of Texas, later from Texas and
 * (1798–1858), last President of the Republic of Texas, called the "Architect of Annexation"
 * (1798–1859), second President of
 * (1795–1871), Texas, and
 * (1803–1857), Secretary of War between Texas and, of the  and  from Texas after admission to the.
 * (1800–1881), signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence

The Texas Revolution/The Alamo

 * (1796–1836), sman, died at the
 * (1786–1836), frontiersman and U.S. Congressman, died at the Alamo
 * (c. 1804 – 1836), key figure during the
 * (1811–1862), was a soldier in the Texas Revolution,, , and in the army of the  during the
 * (1816–1895), was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, Texas Ranger, and in the army of the  during the American Civil War
 * (1806–1890), hero during the Texas Revolution
 * (1809–1836), of Texas forces at the Alamo
 * (1815–1855), Hero of San Jacinto

The Civil War

 * (1820–1895), Confederate officer, served on staffs of two generals
 * (1838–1867), commander at and famous Houstonian
 * (1815–1897), legend and commander at the
 * (1831–1879), commander of and Confederate General
 * (1803–1862), Confederate General and commander of the Confederate western forces
 * (1807–1871), Confederate General at the
 * (1803–1886), Confederate Officer and county official at . One of the founders of.
 * (1829–1885), Confederate officer and judge advocate general for the
 * (1816–1874), Confederate General and Senator from Texas, secured the surrender of

World War I

 * , (1879–1967), was a Officer and a pioneering airman.

World War II

 * (1893–1958), commander of the ""
 * (1896–1987), commander of the in
 * (1905–1995),, first secretary of the
 * , fighter ace and Medal of Honor winner
 * (1924–1971),, actor, Medal of Honor Recipient
 * (1885–1966), commander of Allied naval forces in the during
 * Hero of D-Day, Commander of the United States Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion. Rudder's U.S. Army Rangers stormed the beach at
 * raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi at

Vietnam War

 * (born 1943),  Retired, involved in the

Public office

 * (1921–2006), and
 * (born 1954), former U.S. representative from
 * (born 1953),, raised in and
 * (1798–1851), Texas soldier, general, and
 * (born 1927), U.S. Secretary of Education, first Hispanic U.S. Cabinet officer
 * (born 1947), Former of San Antonio and
 * (1899–1977), and  of the
 * (born 1946), Texas
 * (1917–1993),, ,
 * (born 1952), United States Senator]]
 * (born 1945), Texas
 * (1875–1961), first female of Texas
 * (born 1958) current U.S. ambassador to
 * (born 1955), former
 * (1916-2000), former U.S. representative from San Antonio
 * (born 1942), former United States Senator
 * (1851–1906), first native Texan to become
 * (born 1943), first woman U.S. from Texas
 * (1936–1996), ,
 * (1920-2001), South Texas
 * (born 1930), First woman Justice of the
 * (1890–1969), former governor of Texas and United States Senator
 * (born 1950), former.
 * (born 1947), current land commissioner
 * (born 1950), current
 * (1882–1961), and
 * (1933–2006), former governor of Texas
 * (1908-2007), South Texas Mexican-American politician
 * (born 1963), Texas agriculture commissioner
 * (1925–1991), First United States Senator from Texas since
 * (born 1922), and

US President

 * (born 1924), 41st (born in )
 * (born 1946), 43rd, from  to  (born in New Haven, CT)
 * (1890–1969), 34th (born in, but raised in )
 * (1908–1973), 36th

Famous Texas women

 * (1923–2007),  monitor and cofounder of  in
 * (1886–1961), founder of "The Edna Gladney Home" for ed children
 * (1924–1980), inventor of
 * (1882–1975),
 * (1912–2007), former first lady (married to )
 * (born 1946)
 * (1798–1880), considered to be
 * (1826–1870), kidnapped in 1836 and raised by Indians. Mother to, the last Comanche
 * (c. 1815 – 19th century), an know as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" who, legend has it, helped win the Texas war of independence from Mexico
 * a fictional character from the children's TV show
 * , daughter of Ann Richards

Film/theater

 * (born 1978), actor ', '
 * (born 1950), actress, choreographer, director, producer
 * (born 1969), ', ', ', '
 * (born 1982), Actor
 * (born 1964), ,
 * (1908–1980),, ,
 * (born 1936), actor
 * (1899–1990), actress
 * (born 1961), actress and singer
 * (born 1981), actress, starred in 
 * (1928–1972), actor "Hoss Cartwright" on 
 * (1895–1969), actor
 * (born 1949), actor
 * (born 1947),
 * (born 1978), actress,
 * (born 1944), actor
 * (born 1953), actress, married to
 * (born 1921), actress,
 * (born 1971), actor, "Carlos Solis" on ''
 * (born 1961), -nominated actor
 * (born 1932), actor
 * (born 1940), actor
 * (1908–1977), actress
 * (born 1980),actress,star of &
 * (born 1952), star of Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * (born 1985), actress
 * (born 1946), actress, singer
 * (born 1949), actress, played in the film 
 * (born 1967), actor, plays in the TV series ''* (born 1973), actress
 * (born 1938), actor 
 * (1912–2001), actress, singer-songwriter, married to
 * (born 1950), actress
 * (born 1947), actress
 * (born 1916), two-time -winning actor
 * (born 1967) -winning actor
 * (born 1972), actress, star of 
 * (1904–1996), actress
 * (born 1961), actress
 * (born 1981), dancer & actress 
 * (born 1992), actress
 * (born 1984), actress
 * (born 1931), actor, son of actress
 * (born 1935), actress
 * (born 1956), model, actress, former wife of
 * (born 1972), actress
 * (born 1961), actor
 * (born 1970), actor
 * (born 1927), actor, children's television host
 * (born 1928), actress
 * (born 1979), actress
 * , (born 1932), actor, played the  "Higgins" on 
 * (born 1991), actress
 * , (born 1943), ', ', 
 * (1936–2003), actor
 * (1929–1983), actress, best known as "Morticia" in 
 * (born 1946), actor
 * (born 1962),, animator and actor
 * (born 1936), actor, singer, songwriter
 * (born 1961), ', ', ', ', ''
 * (born 1975), actress
 * (born 1943), ', '
 * (1913–1990), actress, mother of actor
 * (born 1963) screenwriter,
 * (born 1969), actor
 * (1928–1993), actor played "Spanky" in the ' comedies, AKA '
 * (born 1978), actor 
 * (1923–2004), actress, dancer
 * (born 1949), actress
 * (born 1959), actor, Agent on
 * (1924–1971), actor,
 * (born 1971) actress
 * (born 1955), dancer, actress
 * (born 1982), actor ', '
 * (born 1990), television actress
 * (born 1955), actor 
 * (born 1954), actor
 * (born 1950), actor
 * (born 1948), actress
 * (born 1932), actress, mother of
 * (1921–1991),  creator, writer, director, producer
 * (born 1978), actress 
 * (born 1968), director, producer, writer, composer
 * (1886–1943), actor
 * (1902–1973), actress "Granny" on 
 * (1915–1967), actress
 * (born 1957), actress, model, classical musician
 * (1967–2007), model, actress
 * (born 1947), actress, starred in 
 * (born 1983), model, actress
 * (born 1949), actress, cousin of
 * (born 1949), actor, star of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * (born 1979), actor
 * (born 1952), actor
 * (1943–1969), actress
 * (born 1971), actor , musician
 * (born 1931), actor, cousin of
 * (born 1939), ,
 * (1894–1982),, producer
 * (born 1963), actor
 * (born 1963), actress, author
 * (born 1961), actor
 * (born 1948), actress
 * (born 1934), actor
 * (1903–1978), actor, singer
 * (1886–1953), actor, singer, played "Sam" in 
 * (born 1971), actor
 * (born 1968), actor
 * (born 1966), actress, married to
 * (born 1969), actress

Comedians

 * (born 1933),, actor
 * (born 1968), comedian
 * (born 1975), comedian, actor
 * (born 1957), comedian, actor
 * (born 1944), comedian, novelist, politician
 * Mark Garrison (born 1979), humorist, satirist
 * (1961–1994), comedian
 * (born 1945), comedian, actor
 * (born 1956), comedian, actor

Music

 * (1966–2004),
 * (born 1964), musician
 * (born 1928), composer, conductor, educator
 * (1915–1976), conductor
 * (born 1943), musician
 * (born 1939), musician
 * (born 1937), pop/folk singer
 * (1907–1998), singer
 * (born 1971), and  singer
 * (born 1949), singer
 * (born 1949), in
 * , musician, writer, actress)
 * (born 1955), jazz pianist and educator
 * Bill Smith Combo aka DFW Rock 'n Roll group
 * (born 1974), dub, salsa and progressive rock musician
 * (born 1962), country music singer, raised in
 * (1885–1951), conductor, cellist
 * (born 2000), singer-songwriter, drummer
 * (born 1958), rock singer, producer
 * (1931–1999), country singer
 * (born 1966), singer – married to
 * , classical pianist siblings raised in and Texas
 * (born 1964), musician
 * (born 1928), orchestra conductor and violinist
 * (born 1982), member of
 * (born 1980), lead singer of Canadian indie-rock band
 * (born 1982),
 * (born 1976), musician
 * (born 1941),, , and  singer
 * (born 1979), rapper
 * (born 1991), singer-songwriter
 * (born 1982), singer,  winner
 * (born 1934), famous (born in, raised in Texas)
 * (born 1930), musician
 * (1932–1993), blues musician
 * (born 1970), rap singer-songwriter
 * (born 1951), singer
 * (1924–2000), violist
 * (born 1942), musician
 * (born 1984), concert violinist
 * (born 1968), rapper
 * (born 1964), country music singer-songwriter
 * (born 1940), operatic soprano
 * (born 1987), singer
 * (born 1955), singer-songwriter, musician
 * (born 1953), musician,
 * (born 1941), classical bassist and teacher
 * (born 1942), singer from 
 * (1937–2006), musician
 * (born 1951), musician, founder of
 * (born 1926), opera composer
 * (1877–1925), violinist and conductor
 * (born 1944), singer-songwriter, novelist, columnist, candidate for governor of
 * (1928–1975), country singer
 * (1942–1966), singer and
 * (born 1975), singer and
 * (born 1955), and
 * (1923–1984), jazz pianist
 * (born 1948),, member of The Gatlin Brothers
 * (born 1950), guitarist in
 * (1912–1978), composer, conductor, producer, educator
 * (born 1945), singer-songwriter
 * (born 1939), concert violinist
 * (1950–2000), classical pianist
 * (born 1960), opera singer
 * (1915–1976), Swing-Era arranger and bandleader
 * (born 1953), singer / songwriter
 * (born 1951), bassist in
 * (born 1969), jazz trumpet player
 * (born 1944), concert cellist raised in Texas
 * (born 1985),
 * (born 1957), lead singer of the
 * (born 1941), Roy Head and The Traits
 * (born 1947), musician with rock group the
 * (born 1945), ist in
 * (born 1955), Mexican-American folk singer
 * (c. 1899 – 1956), orchestra conductor
 * (1936–1959), singer-songwriter
 * (born 1972), country singer
 * (born 1960), rock instrumentalist
 * (born 1978), concert violinist
 * (born 1946), country singer-songwriter
 * (born 1950), jazz flutist
 * (1943–1993), avant-garde composer
 * (born 1953), guitarist,
 * (1897–1929), blues musician
 * (1937–2002), country singer
 * (born 1939), musician
 * (born 1992), singer, guitarist of the Jonas Brothers
 * (born 1981), rapper
 * (born 1979), / singer-songwriter, born in but raised in Texas
 * (born 1928), of
 * (1943–1970), singer
 * (c. 1867 – 1917),  and
 * (1909–2006), concert violist and conductor
 * (born 1957), singer-songwriter
 * (1934–1976), blues guitarist, singer
 * (born 1946), cellist
 * (born 1981), singer, actress
 * (born 1928), composer, music educator
 * (1856–1929), conductor, pianist, educator; created
 * (born 1936), singer-songwriter, actor
 * (born 1941), composer
 * (born 1922), concert violinist
 * (born 1983),
 * (Huddie Ledbetter) (1888–1949), blues musician
 * (1923–1988), concert pianist
 * (1895–1976), singer,
 * (born 1947), concert violinist and master teacher
 * (born 1959), orchestra conductor
 * (1867–1948), musicologist, folklorist
 * (born 1937), musician, singer
 * (born 1957), singer-songwriter
 * (born 1943), classical guitarist and lutenist
 * (born 1951), musician,
 * (born 1974), musician
 * (born 1989), singer, born and raised in The Woodlands/Houston.
 * (born 1948), country singer
 * (born 1962), rock musician member of
 * David (Dave) Martin (1937–1987)     rock musician, original member of, Bill Smith Combo,
 * (1942–1995), orchestra conductor
 * (born 1935), singer
 * (born 1933), composer, music educator
 * (born 1951), singer, actor
 * , drummer
 * (1936–1992), singer-songwriter
 * (born 1943), blues/rock guitarist
 * (born 1945), country singer-songwriter
 * (born 1962), Latin pop/country musician
 * (born 1978),
 * (born 1933), country singer-songwriter
 * (born 1942), singer with
 * (born 1933), jazz saxophonist
 * (1909–2002), opera singer and teacher
 * (born 1932), avant-garde composer, performance artist
 * (1936–1988), singer-songwriter
 * (1929–2006), country singer
 * (1946–2006), ian
 * (born 1926), country singer
 * (born 1938), country singer
 * (1971–1995), singer
 * (1931-2006), jazz saxophonist
 * (1930–1959), singer
 * (born 1982), country singer, born in, but grew up in
 * (1905–1974), singer/ actor, father of actor
 * (born 1952), classical string bass player
 * (born 1949), concert cellist
 * (born 1975), Dub and Progressive rock musician
 * (born 1938), country singer-songwriter
 * (1914–2005), conductor and music educator
 * (born 1952), orchestra conductor
 * (1880–1948), classical pianist and teacher
 * (born 1937), rock 'n' roll musician, bandleader, entertainer ("")
 * (born 1960), violinist
 * (born 1938), classical composer, pianist, conductor
 * (born 1944), singer-songwriter
 * (born 1982), finalist (8th place)
 * (born 1929), musical theatre composer ()
 * (born 1970), rapper
 * (born 1962), singer-songwriter, musician
 * (born 1984), singer
 * (born 1980), singer
 * (born 1957), concert cellist (better known as actress)
 * (born 1980), rapper
 * (born 1945), singer-songwriter
 * (born 1952), country singer
 * (born 1940), songwriter, born in
 * (born 1939),  ("", "Big Blue Diamonds")
 * (born 1970), jazz pianist
 * (born 1951), classical pianist
 * (1905–1964), jazz trombonist and bandleader
 * (born 1918), classical pianist and teacher
 * (born 1967), classical composer
 * (born 1942), country singer-songwriter
 * (born 1958), classical composer
 * aka Bill Smith Combo DFW Rock 'n Roll group
 * (1914–1984), country singer-songwriter
 * (born 1958), country singer
 * (1934–1994), composer and educator
 * (1944–2007), blues drummer
 * (born 1945), avant-garde composer
 * (1910–1972), concert pianist and teacher
 * (born 1927), composer and educator
 * (1858–1929), conductor, composer; founder of
 * (born 1968),
 * (1885–1974), pianist, conductor, composer, educator
 * (1954–1990), musician
 * (1860–1938), composer, conductor, violinist, music educator
 * (1910–1975), blues musician
 * (born 1980), rapper
 * (born 1934), jazz pianist
 * (born 1958), jazz composer and pianist
 * (born 1948), composer, music educator, bassoonist
 * (1944–2003), soul singer and
 * (died 1940), music educator
 * (1905–1975), country singer with
 * (born 1944),
 * (born 1974), classical pianist

Television/radio

 * (born 1916), former , born in raised in Texas
 * (born 1934), 
 * (1913–1990), and radio
 * (born 1950), television
 * (1937–1991), radio broadcaster
 * (born 1951), creator, producer, and host of 
 * (born 1954), co-anchor of 
 * (born 1923), radio personality, actor
 * (born 1931), former CBS Evening News anchor
 * (born 1937), CBS Evening News anchor
 * (1923–2006),

Miss America/ Miss USA pageant winners

 * (born 1955), 1975
 * (born 1923), Miss America 1942
 * (born c. 1963), 1986
 * (born 1949), Miss America 1971
 * (born 1966), Miss USA 1988
 * (born c. 1977), Miss USA 2001
 * (born 1964), Miss USA 1985
 * (born c. 1966), Miss USA 1989
 * (born c. 1966), Miss USA 1987
 * (born c. 1974), Miss USA 1995 and 1995
 * (born c. 1956), Miss USA 1977

Athletics
Alfred Irving (b.1986) College Football Player
 * (born 1985) player, ,
 * (born 1971),, seven-time winner
 * (born 1931), r
 * (born 1980),,  of the
 * , NFL
 * (born 1984) player, ,
 * , NFL
 * , NFL
 * AKA "The Undertaker" (born 1965), professional wrestler
 * (born 1955), r, winner
 * (1912–1988), professional
 * (born 1962),, seven-time  winner
 * (born 1950), champion
 * (born 1972), Olympic gold & silver medallist in
 * , NFL
 * , NFL
 * , NFL
 * (born 1949),, TV pitchman,
 * , NFL
 * (1904–1978), Baseball Hall of Famer
 * (born 1935),
 * , tennis player
 * (1912–1997), great
 * , NFL
 * (1878–1946), first black
 * (born 1967), gold medalist,  holder
 * (born 1949),
 * (born 1986), World and U.S. champion, in the
 * (born 1938), college and professional  player,.
 * professional wrestler
 * (born 1982),, gold medalist
 * (born 1970), basketball player, gold medalist
 * (born 1938),  and
 * professional wrestler
 * (born 1964), player and oldest
 * (born 1950), current manager for the, and former  manager
 * player,
 * (born 1940),    for the  and
 * (born 1985),  for the
 * (born 1923), in the
 * (1870–1932), and  performer
 * , NBA
 * (1928–2002), All-American running back at and 1951–1961   wide receiver
 * (born 1947), r
 * (1931–2003), most successful in history
 * (born 1971),, Olympic gold medalist
 * (born 1981)
 * , NFL
 * (born 1939), golfer
 * (born 1987), who won a  at the 2004 Summer Olympics
 * , Track & Field Olypic Gold Medalist
 * (born 1939), golfer
 * Olympic Gold Medalist in Track & Field
 * (1886–1951), Baseball great
 * (born 1983),  of the 2005 and 2006
 * (1914–1956), ist Olympics, golf great
 * (1914–1956), ist Olympics, golf great

Business

 * (1915–2004),
 * (1918–2001), and founder of
 * (born 1965), founder of
 * (born 1961),, former chief director of
 * billionaire businessman owner of 36.6 of all ownable properties in Texas
 * (1863–1955), pioneer and businessman, known as the "Prophet of "
 * (1905–1976),, filmmaker,
 * (1910–2007), oilman, businessman, rancher, large landowner, philanthropist* (1860–1940), businessman, founder of the Kirby Petroleum Company
 * (1844–1926), ,
 * (1923-2005), Chairman and President of s and, owner of , former owner of  in
 * (born 1930),, founder of & , and


 * (1913–1981), founder of

Art/fashion/literature/journalism

 * (1935–2001), and
 * (1941–2004),
 * (1820–1895), historian, newspaper founder and editor, politician
 * (born 1954), and
 * (born 1967),
 * (1888–1964), and  about open-range days
 * (born 1946), and
 * (born 1944),, ,
 * (born 1916), and
 * (1915–2004),  monitor and cofounder of  of
 * (born 1985),, runner-up on
 * (born 1958), and
 * (born 1919 [mother] and born 1951 [daughter]), syndicated columnists
 * (born 1921),, author of ' and '
 * (1906–1936), author of the  stories, and other.
 * (1944–2007),, journalist, and
 * (1928–1994), ,
 * (born 1986),
 * (born 1938),, ,
 * (born 1936), winning author of 
 * (1890–1980), journalist, ,
 * (born 1925),, ,
 * (born 1938), movie critic
 * (1878–1935), ,
 * (born 1923),
 * (1912-1984), author, historian, journalist, restaurateur
 * (born 1961), of ', and '

Science/medicine

 * (born 1920), pioneering
 * (born 1908), pioneering
 * , physicist
 * (born 1932), and
 * , physicist, co-developed Wheeler-DeWitt equation ("wave function of the Universe")
 * , mathematician
 * (1903–1989),
 * , electrical engineer
 * (1902–1999), astronomer and meteoricist
 * , geneticist, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
 * , physicist and chemist, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
 * , mathematician, Wolf Prize in Mathematics
 * , astronomer
 * , mathematician, National Medal of Science
 * , mathematician
 * , Nobel Laureate in Physics
 * , geneticist and anthropologist
 * , physicist, Wolf Prize in Physics, coined the term 'black hole'
 * , physicist, Wolf Prize in Physics, coined the term 'black hole'

Aviation/space exploration

 * (born 1933),
 * (born 1932), astronaut
 * {b. 1942), astronaut
 * (born 1950), astronaut
 * (1892–1926), first female
 * (1907–1995),
 * (born 1943), astronaut
 * (1905–1976), billionaire playboy, entrepreneur and aviation pioneer
 * (1957–2003), commander of the, killed in.
 * (born 1956) astronaut
 * (born 1945) astronaut
 * (born 1965) NASA astronaut of Mexican descendant, currently aboard the (, launched on ],
 * (1898–1935), first to fly solo around the world
 * (1930–1967), first American astronaut to
 * (born 1952), broke distance records during her (and 's) nonstop flight around the world in the experimental airplane in 1986
 * (born 1966 in ), first female space tourist.

Infamous Texans

 * (1909–1934),
 * (1851–1878), and
 * (born 1955), murdered
 * (1853-?), Old West Outlaw (Possibly)
 * (1853–1895), and, reputed to be "the meanest man alive"
 * (born 1955), attempted to assassinate
 * (1959–1993), self proclaimed and head of  cult
 * (1910–1934), bank robber
 * (born 1960),
 * (1860–1898), infamous confidence man of and
 * (1848–1889), the 's "bandit queen"
 * (1868–1925), Belle's daughter and infamous Texas owner
 * (1855–1953), dancehall girl, prostitute, and owner better known as Squirrel-tooth Alice
 * (born 1945),, former member of the
 * (1858–1880) Outlaw and Billy the Kid's best friend