List of Famous people born in Texas, United States of America
Burton Gilliam
Burton Gilliam is an American actor. He is best known for memorable roles in several popular 1970's movies, such as Blazing Saddles and Paper Moon.
Mike Timlin
Michael August Timlin is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. Timlin played on four World Series championship teams in an 18-year career; the 1992 Toronto Blue Jays, 1993 Toronto Blue Jays, 2004 Boston Red Sox, and 2007 Boston Red Sox.
Bonnie Nettles
Bonnie Lu Nettles, later known as Ti, was co-leader of a group with Marshall Applewhite that later became the Heaven's Gate group after Nettles's death. Nettles died of liver cancer in 1985 in Dallas, Texas, twelve years before the group's mass suicide in March 1997.
Bryan Bertino
Bryan Michael Bertino is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known as the writer/director of The Strangers (2008), as well as writing its sequel, The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018), with Ben Ketai.
Gerre Hancock
Gerre Edward Hancock was an American organist, improviser, and composer. Hancock was Professor of Organ and Sacred Music at the University of Texas at Austin. He died of cardiac arrest in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, January 21, 2012.
Cherami Leigh
Cherami Leigh Kuehn is an American film, television and voice actress. She has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of anime series and video games with Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Funimation, NYAV Post, Studiopolis and Viz Media. Some of her roles include Sae Kashiwagi in Peach Girl, Tamaki Kawazoe in Bamboo Blade, Patty Thompson in Soul Eater, Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Cecily Campbell in The Sacred Blacksmith, Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online, Sailor Venus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Plutia / Iris Heart in Hyperdimension Neptunia, Sarada Uchiha in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations and Chloe in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
Albert George Wilson
Albert George Wilson was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.
Frank Ashmore
Frank Ashmore is an American actor.
Teddy Wilson
Theodore Shaw Wilson was an American jazz pianist. Described by critic Scott Yanow as "the definitive swing pianist", Wilson had a sophisticated, elegant style. His work was featured on the records of many of the biggest names in jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald. With Goodman, he was one of the first black musicians to appear prominently with white musicians. In addition to his extensive work as a sideman, Wilson also led his own groups and recording sessions from the late 1920s to the 1980s.
Eric Chase Anderson
Eric Chase Anderson is an American author, illustrator and actor.