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

Cade Cunningham is an American college basketball player for the Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference. He stands 6 feet and 8 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best point guards in the 2020 class, with 247Sports and Rivals ranking him number one overall. Cunningham finished his high school career at Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. He won a gold medal for the United States at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup. He is widely projected to be the first overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft.

Brigette Lundy-Paine is an American actor, known for their portrayal of Casey Gardner on the television series Atypical and Billie Logan in Bill & Ted Face the Music.

Alexander Quincy Morono is an American professional mixed martial artist who currently fights as a welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2010, Morono has also fought for Legacy Fighting Championship, where he was Welterweight Champion.

Joseph Tucker Davidson is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at Midland College. He was drafted by the Braves in the 19th round of the 2016 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2020.

Hunter Tylo is an American actress, author and former model. She is best known for her role as Taylor Hayes on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Julián Castro is an American politician from San Antonio. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the youngest member of President Obama's cabinet, serving as the 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2017. Castro served as the mayor of his native San Antonio, Texas from 2009 until he joined Barack Obama's cabinet in 2014.

Michael Lee Aday, better known as Meat Loaf, is an American singer and actor. He is noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy—Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose—has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. More than four decades after its release, the first album still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best-selling albums in history.

George Harvey Strait Sr. is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. George Strait is known as the "King of Country" and is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. He is known for his neotraditionalist country style, cowboy look, and being one of the first and most prominent country artists to bring country music back to its roots and away from the pop country era in the 1980s.

Christopher Wesson Bosh is an American former professional basketball player. A Texas Mr. Basketball in high school, Bosh played one season of college basketball for Georgia Tech before declaring for the 2003 NBA draft. He was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Raptors.

Tracy Lynn Curry, better known by his stage name the D.O.C., is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. In addition to a solo career, he was a member of the Southern Hip-Hop group Fila Fresh Crew and later collaborated with gangsta rap group N.W.A–where he co-wrote many of their releases–as well as Eazy-E's solo debut album Eazy-Duz-It. He has also worked with Dr. Dre, co-writing his solo debut album, while Dre produced Curry's solo debut album, released by Ruthless Records. He was one of the founders of Death Row Records along with Dr. Dre and Suge Knight.