List of Famous people born in Texas, United States of America

Iliza Vie Shlesinger is an American comedian, actress and television host. Born in New York City, she was raised in Dallas, Texas. Shlesinger was the 2008 winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing and went on to host the syndicated dating show Excused and the TBS game show Separation Anxiety.

Bessie Coleman was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native-American to hold a pilot license. She earned her pilot license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale on June 15, 1921, and was the first black person to earn an international pilot's license.

Quinn Ewers is an American football quarterback who previously played for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He was often previously considered to be the best collegiate prospect for the 2022 high school recruiting class before reclassifying and enrolling at Ohio State in 2021.

Lamont Marcell Jacobs is an Italian male sprinter and long jumper. He won the 60 m title during the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Kirstin Taylor "Kirstie" Maldonado is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and a member of the a cappella group Pentatonix. Together with Pentatonix, Maldonado has released seven studio albums, won three Grammy Awards, and sold over six million albums.

Brandon Lee Figueroa is an American professional boxer. He is currently a unified super bantamweight world champion, having held the WBA (Regular) title since 2019 and the WBC title since May 2021.Mexican American

Henry Ross Perot was an American business magnate, billionaire, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an independent presidential campaign in 1992 and a third-party campaign in 1996, establishing the Reform Party in the latter election. Although he failed to carry a single state in either election, both campaigns were among the strongest presidential showings by a third party or independent candidate in U.S. history.

Noah Seth Syndergaard, nicknamed Thor, is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Toronto Blue Jays selected him in the first round of the 2010 MLB draft and traded him to the Mets in 2012.

Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, who is best known as the bassist and secondary lead vocalist of the American rock group ZZ Top. With the band, Hill plays bass guitar, sings backing and lead vocals, and keyboards. Hill was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ZZ Top in 2004.

Otis Williams is an American baritone singer. Nicknamed "Big Daddy", he is occasionally also a songwriter and a record producer.