Famous+Texans

Famous Texans

Dwight David Eisenhower U.S. president, general, Denison A. J. Foyt auto racer, Houston Larry Hagman actor, Fort Worth Ben Hogan golfer, Dublin Buddy Holly musician, Lubbock Howard Hughes industrialist, film producer, Houston Jack Johnson boxer, Galveston Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. president, Stonewall Michael Johnson olympic sports, Dallas George Jones singer, Saratoga Janis Joplin blues singer, Port Arthur Tommy Lee Jones actor, San Saba Trini Lopez singer, Dallas Mary Martin singer, actress, Weatherford Roger Miller singer, songwriter, Fort Worth Spanky McFarland actor, Fort Worth Audie Murphy actor, war hero, Kingston Willie Nelson singer, Abbot Chester Nimitz admiral, Fredricksburg Sandra Day O'Connor jurist, El Paso Roy Orbisonsinger, Vernon Buck Owens singer, Sherman Bonnie Parker outlaw, Rowena H. Ross Perot philanthropist, Texarkana Katherine Anne Porter author, Indian Creek Wiley Post aviator, Grand Saline Dan Rather TV newscaster, Wharton Robert Rauschenberg painter, Port Arthur Tex Ritter singer, Murval Eugene Wesley Gene Roddenberry screenwriter, El Paso Tabitha Soren TV journalist, San Antonio Rip Torn actor, director, Temple Ernest Tubb country music, Crisp Tommy Tune dancer, choreographer, Wichita Falls Kathy Whitworth golfer, Monahans Dooley Wilson actor, musician, Tyler Babe Didrikson Zaharias athlete, golfer, Port Arthur
 * Red Adair**** fireman oil well fires, Houston
 * Alvin Ailey** choreographer, Rogers
 * Mary Kay Ash** cosmetics entrepreneur, Hot Wells
 * Steven Fuller Austin** founding father of Texas, Austinville,VA
 * Gene Autry** singer, actor, Tioga
 * Kathy Bake**r actress, Midland
 * Clyde Barrow** outlaw, Telico
 * Carol Burnett** comedienne, San Antonio
 * Cyd Charisse** actress, dancer, Amarillo
 * Henry Cisneros** politician, San Antonio
 * Denton A. Cooley** heart surgeon, Houston
 * Joan Crawford** actress, San Antonio
 * Robert Dennard** inventor, Terrell