Biographical Records
Notable People from Texas
2,803 notable figures born in Texas, showing page 20 of 57, ranked by historical prominence.
Oscar Callaway
1872 – 1947
politicianlawyer
Thomas L. Blanton
1872 – 1957
politicianlawyerjudge
Ross Winn
1871 – 1912
essayist
Flavia Arcaro
1876 – 1937
actor
Thomas Gallon
1886 – 1945
athletics competitorbanker
Raymond H. Fleming
1889 – 1974
military personnel
Jed Johnson
1888 – 1963
editorpoliticianlawyer
Elsie Motz Lowdon
1882 – 1960
painter
Clara Belle Williams
1885 – 1994
teacher
Erwin E. Smith
1886 – 1947
photographer
Paul J. Kilday
1900 – 1968
law clerkclerkpolitician
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr.
1892 – 1943
military officerpoliticianlawyer
Clarence Brooks
1896 – 1969
film actoractor
Kewpie Morgan
1892 – 1956
actorscreenwriter
James R. Beverley
1894 – 1967
governorpoliticianlawyer
Clarence Henry
1895 – 1999
boxer
Albert Arnold Gillespie
1899 – 1978
artist
Kathleen Blackshear
1897 – 1988
painter
Peck Kelley
1898 – 1980
jazz musiciansongwriterpianist
Henry Halstead
1897 – 1984
jazz musicianviolinistbandleader
Sonny Clay
1899 – 1973
jazz musicianbandleaderpianist
Toby Morris
1899 – 1973
politicianlawyerjudge
Bertram D. Lewin
1896 – 1971
psychoanalystphysician
Bibb Falk
1899 – 1989
baseball player
Barbette
1899 – 1973
female impersonatorcircus performeracrobat
Inez Beverly Prosser
1895 – 1934
psychologist
Walter Frank Woodul
1892 – 1984
politicianlawyer
Ormer Leslie Locklear
1891 – 1920
film actorstunt performeraircraft pilot
Guy Wilkerson
1899 – 1971
actor
Gordon Thomas Whyburn
1904 – 1969
topologistuniversity teachermathematician
Jimmy Joy
1902 – 1962
jazz musiciansaxophonistbandleader
Willie Lewis
1905 – 1971
jazz musiciansaxophonistbandleader
Roy Hawkins
1903 – 1974
songwriterpianistmusician
Texas Ruby
1908 – 1963
songwritersinger
Lera Millard Thomas
1900 – 1993
politician
Omar Truman Burleson
1906 – 1991
special agentlawyerpolitician
Harry Monty
1904 – 1999
television actorstunt performeractor
Ernie Koy
1909 – 2007
baseball player
Teddy Buckner
1909 – 1994
jazz musiciantrumpetermusician
Byron G. Rogers
1900 – 1983
politicianlawyer
Tom Steed
1904 – 1983
editorjournalistpolitician
Gordon Kidd Teal
1907 – 2003
chemist
Hal LeSueur
1903 – 1963
television actoractor
John Louis Morkovsky
1909 – 1990
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Bernard Popp
1917 – 2014
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Bill Dodd
1909 – 1991
baseball playerpoliticianlawyer
Dick Campbell
1903 – 1994
theatre directorstage actoractor
Thomas C. Lea III
1907 – 2001
novelistgraphic artistjournalist
Black Ace
1905 – 1972
musician
Kathleen Collins
1903 – 1994
film actoractor