List of Famous people born in Texas, United States of America
Trae tha Truth
Frazier Othel Thompson III, better known by his stage name Trae tha Truth or simply Trae, is an American rapper, songwriter, record executive and activist from Houston, Texas. Embarking on a musical career in 1998, he soon established himself as a prominent member of the Texas hip hop scene, releasing his solo debut Losing Composure in September 2003. Same Thing Different Day (2004) and Restless (2006), followed up, the latter of which was his debut on Rap-a-Lot Records.
Rocket Rodriguez
Callie Hernandez
Callie Marie Hernandez is an American actress known for her roles in the films Blair Witch (2016), La La Land (2016), The Endless (2017), and Alien: Covenant (2017).
Jeremy Wariner
Jeremy Matthew Wariner is a retired American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals and six World Championships medals. He is the fourth fastest competitor in the history of the 400 m event with a personal best of 43.45 seconds, behind Wayde van Niekerk, Michael Johnson and Butch Reynolds and the fifth fastest all-time mark when set in 2007.
Kirby Bliss Blanton
Kirby Bliss Blanton is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles as Kirby in the comedy film Project X and as Amy in the horror film The Green Inferno.
Richard E. Nisbett
Richard Eugene Nisbett is an American social psychologist and writer. He is the Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished Professor of social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Nisbett's research interests are in social cognition, culture, social class, and aging. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University, where his advisor was Stanley Schachter, whose other students at that time included Lee Ross and Judith Rodin.
Dooley Wilson
Arthur "Dooley" Wilson was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered as Sam in the 1942 film, Casablanca; in the film, he also performed its theme song, "As Time Goes By".
Ryan Lee
Ryan Scott Lee is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Warren in the show Trophy Wife and as Cary in the 2011 film Super 8. He also co-starred in the show My Dead Ex on go90, as well as appearing in the music video for David Guetta's "Titanium".
E. Donnall Thomas
Edward Donnall "Don" Thomas was an American physician, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and director emeritus of the clinical research division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. In 1990 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Joseph E. Murray for the development of cell and organ transplantation. Thomas and his wife and research partner Dottie Thomas developed bone marrow transplantation as a treatment for leukemia.
Travis Tedford
Travis William Tedford is an American former actor. A child actor during the 1990s, he is best known for portraying Our Gang kid Spanky McFarland in the 1994 feature film The Little Rascals and for being the first Welch's "advertising-spokeskid" beginning in 1994 at age 6.