List of Famous people born in Texas, United States of America
Tom Byron
Tom Byron is a former American pornographic actor, director and producer. A member of the XRCO and the AVN Halls of Fame, he was voted #20 in AVN's list of top 50 pornstars of all time. He was a co-founder and co-owner of the defunct Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) independent professional wrestling promotion.
Travis Willingham
Travis Willingham is an American voice actor. He is a cast member of the web series Critical Role, in which he and other voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons.
Katy Moffatt
Katherine Louella "Katy" Moffatt is an American musician, lyricist, composer, vocalist. She is the sister of country singer-songwriter Hugh Moffatt.
Cliff Richey
George Clifford Richey Jr. is an American former amateur and professional tennis player who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. Richey achieved a highest singles ranking of World No. 6 and reached at least the quarterfinal stage of the singles event at all four Grand Slam tournaments.
Tom Schieffer
John Thomas Schieffer is an American diplomat and entrepreneur who served as U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 2001 to 2005 and as U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 2005 to 2009.
Callie Khouri
Carolyn Ann "Callie" Khouri is an American film and television screenwriter, producer, and director. In 1992, she won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for the film Thelma & Louise, which was controversial upon its release, but which subsequently became a classic. It was inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry in December 2016.
Jay Presson Allen
Jay Presson Allen was an American screenwriter, playwright, stage director, television producer, and novelist. Known for her withering wit and sometimes-off-color wisecracks, she was one of the few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession. "You write to please yourself," she said, "The only office where there's no superior is the office of the scribe."
Dick Jones
Richard Percy Jones, known as Dick Jones or Dickie Jones, was an American actor, singer and voice actor, who achieved success as a child performer and as a young adult, especially in B-Westerns. In 1938, he played Artimer "Artie" Peters, nephew of Buck Peters, in the Hopalong Cassidy film The Frontiersman. He may be best known as the voice of Pinocchio in Walt Disney's film of the same name.
Frances Reid
Frances Reid was an American dramatic actress. Reid acted on television for nearly all of the second half of the 20th century. Her career continued into the early 2000s.
Mason Musso
Mason Tyler Musso is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead vocalist of Metro Station. Musso is the older brother of actor Mitchel Musso of Hannah Montana fame.