Notable People from Texas

Floyd Dixon

American rhythm and blues pianist and singer (1929-2006)

Bobby Layne

American football player (1926–1986)

Clora Bryant

American musician (1927–2019)

Thomas Stewart

American bass-baritone singer (1928-2006)

Tom Jones

American lyricist and librettist of musical theatre (1928-2023)

Rayford Barnes

actor (1920–2000)

Arianna W. Rosenbluth

physicist and computer scientist

Harlon Block

United States Marine (1924–1945)

Jimmy Weldon

American voice actor (1923–2023)

Patricia Benoit

American actor (1927-2018)

Mary Leona Gage

Stripped of the 1957 Miss USA title after it was learned that she had lied about her age and marital status (1939–2010)

Dan Duncan

American businessman (1933–2010)

Aaron Cohen

former Deputy Administrator of NASA (1931–2010)

Norm Cash

American baseball player

Jack Fincher

American screenwriter (1930–2003)

Doug Hart

American football player (1939-2020)

Walter Booker

American jazz double-bassist

Art Williams

American basketball player (1939-2018)

W. C. Clark

American blues musician (1939–2024)

Marietta Marich

American actress (1930-2017)

Roy Gaines

American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (1937-2021)

Jimmy Johnson

American football player (1938–2024)

John E. McCarthy

American bishop (1930–2018)

John Lutz

American writer (1939–2021)

Tom Reamy

American writer (1935-1977)

Thomas Gordon Hartley

American botanist (1931-2016)

John Yanta

American Roman Catholic bishop (1931–2022)

Johnny Duncan

American country singer (1938–2006)

Katie Webster

American boogie-woogie pianist, organist, "electric blues" vocalist, and harmonica player

Lincoln Tate

American actor (1934-2001)

Marlon Riggs

American filmmaker (1957–1994)

Johnny Rodriguez

American singer

Gino Hernandez

American professional wrestler (1957-1986)

David Brooks

American serial killer (1955–2020)

Zachary Breaux

American jazz guitarist (1960–1997)

Big Hawk

American rapper (1969–2006)

Roddie Haley

Track and field athlete (1965–2022)

Jeremy Ward

American musician (1976–2003)

DJ Screw

American hip hop DJ (1971-2000)

Nic Kerdiles

American ice hockey player

Juan Seguín

Hero of the Texas Revolution, Senator, Mayor, Judge (1806–1890)

John Hall Stephens

American politician (1847-1924)

Rudolph Kleberg

American politician (1847–1924)

Charlie Siringo

American law enforcement officer (1855–1928)

Thomas Henry Ball

American politician (1859–1944)

William Henry Long

American mycologist (1867-1947)

James Young

U.S. Representative from Texas (1866-1942)

C. Pope Caldwell

American politician (1875-1940)

James Clifton Wilson

American politician (1874-1951)

Augustus McCloskey

American politician (1878-1950)