Biographical Records
Notable People from Texas
2,803 notable figures born in Texas, showing page 29 of 57, ranked by historical prominence.
Jerri Sloan Truhill
1929 – 2013
aircraft pilot
Mario Valentin Gallegos Jr.
1950 – 2012
politicianfirefighter
Vendyl Jones
1930 – 2010
archaeologistanthropologistexplorer
Monroe Alpheus Majors
1864 – 1960
civil rights advocatejournalisteditor
John Henry Faulk
1913 – 1990
radio personality
Saxton Pope
1875 – 1926
outdoor enthusiastbow hunterarcher
Charlie Waller
1935 – 2004
musician
Chase Craig
1910 – 2001
comics writer
Pat Zachry
1952 – 2024
baseball player
Carl Gardner
1928 – 2011
singer
Arthur Roberts
1890 – 1961
film editor
Jerome Pearson
1938 – 2021
scientistengineer
Don Hardeman
1952 – 2016
American football player
Vernon Smith
1958 – 1992
basketball player
Ewing Thomas Kerr
1900 – 1992
lawyerjudge
Amanda Julia Estill
1882 – 1965
head teacherfolkloristeducator
Sam West
1904 – 1985
baseball player
James Z. Spearing
1864 – 1942
politicianlawyer
Joan Sawyer
1887 – 1966
suffragistdancerbusinessperson
Jim Bob Floyd
1929
university teachermusicianpianist
Waggoner Carr
1918 – 2004
politicianlawyer
Johnny Perkins
1953 – 2007
American football player
Anthony Dickerson
1957 – 2019
American football player
B. B. Watson
1953 – 2013
songwritersinger
Lee White
1888 – 1949
stage actorsongwriteractor
Norman Houston
1887 – 1958
film actorfilm directorscreenwriter
Lester Williams
1920 – 1990
songwritersinger
Easy Parham
1921 – 1982
basketball player
Dave Hilton
1950 – 2017
baseball player
Noel Brown
1926 – 2021
tennis player
Oscar Wyatt
1924 – 2025
businessperson
Denice Denton
1959 – 2006
engineer
Lovett Fort-Whiteman
1889 – 1939
political activist
Doug Ault
1950 – 2004
baseball player
George Sims
1927
American football player
Jack Halliday
1928 – 2000
American football player
David F. Sellers
1874 – 1949
military officer
Gladys W. Royal
1926 – 2002
biochemistuniversity teacherchemist
Jimmie Lee Solomon
1956 – 2020
sports executivelawyer
Ben Kilpatrick
1874 – 1912
cowboy
Joe Pittman
1954 – 2014
baseball player
Horace Worth Vaughan
1867 – 1922
politicianlawyerjudge
Archie W. Straiton
1907 – 2000
engineerphysicist
Bob Blake
1885 – 1962
American football playerlawyer
Eddie Preston
1925 – 2009
jazz musiciantrumpetermusician
Edmond L. Browning
1929 – 2016
Anglican priest
Chelo Silva
1922 – 1988
singer
Eric Kuhne
1951 – 2016
architect
Jose Gonzales-Gonzales
1922 – 2000
film actortelevision actor
Paul Ward Beck
1876 – 1922
aircraft pilot