List of Famous people born in Texas, United States of America
Howard Shoup
Howard Shoup was an American costume designer who received 5 Academy Award nominations.
Jean Brooks
Jean Brooks was an American film actress and singer who appeared in over thirty films. Though she never achieved major stardom in Hollywood, she had several prominent roles in the early 1940s as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures.
Bill Clements
William Perry Clements Jr. was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served two non-consecutive terms as Governor of Texas between 1979 and 1991. His terms bookended the sole term served by Mark Wells White, a Democrat who defeated Clements in the 1982 election only to lose his campaign for re-election in 1986.
Teagan Presley
Mark L. Taylor
Mark Lawrence Taylor is an American actor and voice actor, known for his roles in such films as Innerspace (1987), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Arachnophobia (1990), and High School Musical 2 (2007), as well as television series like Superman (1988) and The Mask: Animated Series (1995–97).
John M. Fabian
John McCreary Fabian is a former NASA astronaut and Air Force officer who flew two Space Shuttle missions and worked on the development of the Shuttle's robotic arm. He later led the Air Force's space operations.
Anjanette Comer
Anjanette Comer is an American actress.
Robert Rowling
Robert B. Rowling is an American billionaire businessman, and the Founder of TRT Holdings, the holding company of Omni Hotels and Gold's Gym.
Adrienne Ames
Adrienne Ames was an American film actress. Early in her career she was known as Adrienne Truex.
Victoria Spivey
Victoria Regina Spivey, sometimes known as Queen Victoria, was an American blues singer and songwriter. During a recording career that spanned 40 years, from 1926 to the mid-1960s, she worked with Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Clarence Williams, Luis Russell, Lonnie Johnson, and Bob Dylan. She also performed in vaudeville and clubs, sometimes with her sister Addie "Sweet Peas" Spivey (1910–1943), also known as the Za Zu Girl. Among her compositions are "Black Snake Blues" (1926), "Dope Head Blues" (1927), and "Organ Grinder Blues" (1928). In 1962 she co-founded Spivey Records.