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

Sonny Curtis is an American singer and songwriter. Most of his work falls into the pop and country genres. He was a teenage friend and band member with Buddy Holly in Lubbock, Texas.

Federico Fabian Peña is an American attorney who was the United States Secretary of Transportation from 1993 to 1997 and United States Secretary of Energy from 1997 to 1998, during the presidency of Bill Clinton.

William McClellan "Mac" Thornberry is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from the Texas Panhandle. He served from 1995, when the House seated its first Republican majority in 40 years, to 2021, and signed the "Contract with America" authored by then Speaker Newt Gingrich. A Republican, Thornberry represented Texas's 13th congressional district, the most Republican district in the United States by partisan voting index. The district covers the Texas Panhandle and stretched between the Oklahoma and New Mexico borders.

Enrique Roberto "Henry" Cuellar is an American politician currently serving as the U.S Representative for Texas's 28th congressional district, a position he has held since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party and a self described moderate-centrist. The district extends from the Rio Grande to the suburbs of San Antonio.

Drayton McLane Jr. is an American billionaire businessman. He is chairman of the McLane Group, a holding company with a portfolio of various diverse enterprises. He was, until 1990, the CEO of the McLane Company, a grocery and food service warehouse, supply, and logistics firm, and was, from 1993 until 2011, the chairman and CEO of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros. On the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, he was ranked number 324 in 2015, with an estimated net worth of $2 billion.

Michael Thomas McCaul Sr. is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the House Committee on Homeland Security during the 113th, 114th, and 115th Congresses. His district stretches from Austin to Houston.

Harvey Smith is an American video game designer and writer, working at Arkane Studios.

George Phydias Mitchell was an American businessman, real estate developer and philanthropist from Texas credited with pioneering the economic extraction of shale gas.

David Purdham is an American character actor who has appeared in approximately one hundred films, television series and theatre productions throughout his career.

Juan Gabriel Pareja is an American actor. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, to parents who immigrated from Colombia, Pareja is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.