Biographical Records
Notable People from Texas
2,803 notable figures born in Texas, showing page 24 of 57, ranked by historical prominence.
Tim Gray
1952 – 2015
American football player
Felix L. Sparks
1917 – 2007
army officersoldierlawyer
John Thomason
1893 – 1944
novelistmilitary officerwriter
Milton Horace West
1888 – 1948
politicianlawyer
John Steakley
1951 – 2010
science fiction writernovelistwriter
Rebeca Iturbide
1924 – 2003
film actoractor
Lee Bowers
1925 – 1966
businessperson
T. R. Fehrenbach
1925 – 2013
opinion journalisthistorianwriter
Arthur Roberts
1890 – 1961
film editor
Samuel W. Lewis
1930 – 2014
diplomatambassador
Harriet Burns
1928 – 2008
artist
Andrew Woolfolk
1950 – 2022
musician
Hardy Brown
1924 – 1991
American football playerjournalist
William Hardy
1933 – 2008
television actortheatre directorstage actor
Hippo Vaughn
1888 – 1966
baseball player
Gene Cockrell
1934 – 2020
Canadian football playerAmerican football player
Al Haynes
1931 – 2019
military personnel
John H. Van Vliet Jr.
1914 – 2000
military officer
Berlyn Brixner
1911 – 2009
photographer
Little Hat Jones
1899 – 1981
musician
Woodrow Chambliss
1914 – 1981
television actoractor
Bill Henry
1927 – 2014
baseball player
William D. McElroy
1917 – 1999
biochemistuniversity teacherbiologist
Blake Williams
1924 – 2003
basketball player
Walter Brown
1917 – 1956
songwritermusiciansinger-songwriter
Evan-Burrows Fontaine
1898 – 1984
dancerZiegfeld girlactor
Vincent Madeley Harris
1913 – 1988
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Big Walter Price
1914 – 2012
songwritermusicianpianist
John M. Pinckney
1845 – 1905
justice of the peacepoliticianlawyer
Vendyl Jones
1930 – 2010
archaeologistanthropologistexplorer
Tom McCormick
1930 – 2012
American football player
Dave Danforth
1890 – 1970
baseball player
William H. Ellis
1864 – 1923
translatorcowboybusinessperson
Tex O'Reilly
1880 – 1946
journalistmilitary personnelwriter
Marie Adams
1925 – 1998
singer
William Winn Hay
1934 – 2022
paleontologistclimatologistbotanist
Joe Horlen
1937 – 2022
baseball player
James Aubrey Parker
1937 – 2022
judgelawyer
Ken Smith
1930 – 1999
poker playerchess player
Don Reynolds
1937 – 2019
actor
Elliott Sullivan
1907 – 1974
film actoractor
Charley Ferguson
1939 – 2023
American football player
Charley Johnson
1938 – 2024
American football player
Roland W. Schmitt
1923 – 2017
managerphysicist
Jim Jeter
1921 – 2007
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Marilyn Hickey
1931 – 2026
televangelistChristian minister
Max Williams
1938 – 2025
basketball playerbasketball coach
King Hill
1936 – 2012
American football playerbasketball player
William Edmondson
1906 – 1998
audio engineer
Tom O'Folliard
1858 – 1880
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