List of Famous people born in Texas, United States of America
Julie Kocurek
Julie H. Kocurek is an American attorney and judge who is currently a Texas state court judge, having served as presiding judge of the 390th District Court in Austin, Texas since January 1999, being appointed by then-governor George W. Bush. Prior to serving as a Texas state judge, Kocurek served as an Assistant District Attorney in Travis County for seven years.
Jodie Fisher
Jodie Lin Fisher is an American actress whose acting credits include NCIS: Los Angeles, and Little Big League as well as the reality TV series Age of Love.
Raevyn Rogers
Raevyn Rogers is an American middle-distance athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 800 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the fourth-fastest time in U.S. history. At the 2019 World Championships, Rogers came from seventh with 100m remaining in the race to place silver over USA teammate Ajeé Wilson in bronze. She took a world indoor title as a member of the USA's 4x400 m relay squad that took gold in Birmingham in 2018. She ran on the University of Oregon Ducks women's track and field team until 2017, when she went professional.
Izora Armstead
Izora Rhodes-Armstead was an American singer-songwriter. Known for her distinctive alto voice, Armstead first achieved fame as one half of the successful act Two Tons O' Fun who sang backup vocals for American disco singer Sylvester. After gaining their own record deal, they released three consecutive commercially successful songs which all peaked at number 2 in the dance charts. The duo was renamed The Weather Girls in 1982 after they released the top-selling single "It's Raining Men", which brought the duo to mainstream pop attention. As a duo, The Weather Girls released five albums and were heavily featured on Sylvester's albums.
Uche Nwaneri
Uchechukwu Eberechukwu "Uche" Nwaneri is an American YouTuber and former American football guard. Uche was born in Dallas, Texas, to Nigerian parents. He played college football for Purdue University after graduating from Naaman Forest High School. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the 149th overall pick in the 5th round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He currently runs "The Observant Lineman" channel on YouTube.
Christine Lakin
Christine Helen Lakin is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Alicia "Al" Lambert on the 1990s ABC/CBS sitcom Step by Step. She also played Joan of Arc on Showtime's Reefer Madness, was the sidekick on Craig Kilborn's 2010 Fox talk show The Kilborn File, and provides the voice of Joyce Kinney in Family Guy.
Hollie Vise
Hollie Diane Vise is an American former artistic gymnast. A two-time world champion, Vise went on to compete for the University of Oklahoma.
Peter Masterson
Carlos Bee Masterson Jr. was an American actor, director, producer, and writer.
Hal LeSueur
Hal Hays LeSueur was an American actor and the older brother of Oscar-winning actress Joan Crawford.
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Dale Tubb, nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music.