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

David Lee is an American poet and the first poet laureate of the state of Utah. His 1999 collection News From Down to the Café was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and, in 2001, he was a finalist for the position of United States Poet Laureate. He has been acclaimed by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities as one of the twelve greatest writers to ever emerge from the state. A former farmer, he is the subject of the PBS documentary The Pig Poet. His poems have appeared widely in publications including Poetry, Ploughshares, The Missouri Review, Narrative Magazine, and JuxtaProse Literary Magazine. He has been cited as an influence on writers such as Lance Larsen and Bonnie Jo Campbell.

David Charles Novak is an American businessman, author and philanthropist. He is Founder and CEO of David Novak Leadership and is Co-Founder and retired Chairman and chief executive officer of YUM! Brands Inc.

Tyra Ferrell is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films Boyz n the Hood (1991), Jungle Fever (1991), White Men Can't Jump (1992), and Poetic Justice (1993).

David Wade Sullivan is an American film and television actor.

Bonnie Kathleen Curtis is an American film producer whose credits include Saving Private Ryan, A.I., Minority Report, and The Lost World: Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg. Her first solo project was the 2005 release The Chumscrubber. She then joined Mockingbird Pictures with partner Julie Lynn in 2011. Curtis and Lynn produced Albert Nobbs, which was nominated for three Academy Awards. Curtis is a co-recipient of the 1999 Producers Guild Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year, for Saving Private Ryan. On March 12, 2015, Curtis was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame. Spielberg congratulated her via video message during the ceremony.

Martha Tilton was an American popular singer during America's swing era and traditional pop period. She is best known for her 1939 recording of "And the Angels Sing" with Benny Goodman.

Wayne Alton Wells is an American wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.

Gail Cronauer is an American stage, television, and feature film actress and an acting professor. She has performed in films as diverse as Oliver Stone's JFK to the TV series, Walker, Texas Ranger. She is a recipient of the 2007 Dallas Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum award, for her role in the Lyric Stage production Master Class.

Eddie Steeples is an American actor known for his roles as the "Rubberband Man" in an advertising campaign for OfficeMax, Cal in Would You Rather, and as Darnell Turner on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl.

Mariette Elizabeth "Ettie" Garner was the wife of John Nance Garner, the 32nd Vice President of the United States, who served from 1933 until 1941.