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

Regina Louise Kerr-Taylor is an American author, child advocate, and motivational speaker, who is best known for successfully navigating through more than thirty foster home placements as a ward of the California Juvenile Court system. Louise is the second child of the late singer/songwriter Tom Brock. Brock abandoned his daughter into the foster care system during the late-1970s to pursue musical interests.

James Patrick Allison is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate who holds the position of professor and chair of immunology and executive director of immunotherapy platform at the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas.

Lucas Patrick McCown is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisiana Tech University.

Chad Morris is an American football coach. He was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Auburn University. Previously he was the head football coach at the University of Arkansas, a position he held from the 2018 season to the 2019 season. Morris served as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2015 to 2017.

Ronna Romney McDaniel is an American political strategist serving as Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) since 2017. A member of the Republican Party and the Romney family, she was Chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 2015 to 2017.

Frank Lee Beard is the drummer in the American rock band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with the bands The Cellar Dwellers, who originally were a three-piece band, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and American Blues before starting to play and record with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top.

Troy Edward Baker is an American voice actor and musician. He is best known for his video game roles as Kanji Tatsumi in Persona 4, Vincent Brooks in Catherine, the Boss in the Saints Row series, Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite, Joel in The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II, the Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins, Delsin Rowe in Infamous Second Son, James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2 HD, Pagan Min in Far Cry 4, Rhys in Tales from the Borderlands, Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Samuel "Sam" Drake in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and The Lost Legacy and Higgs Monaghan in Death Stranding. He voices Batman, Hawkeye and Loki in various media. He has also voiced in a number of English versions of anime, including Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Naruto: Shippuden, One Piece and Soul Eater.

John Cornyn III is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States Senator for Texas since 2002. He was the Republican Senate Majority Whip for the 114th and 115th Congresses. Cornyn also previously served as Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2007 to 2011.

Don Edward Baylor was an American professional baseball player and manager. During his 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), Baylor was a power hitter known for standing very close to home plate and was a first baseman, left fielder, and designated hitter. He played for six different American League (AL) teams, primarily the Baltimore Orioles and California Angels, but he also played for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, and Boston Red Sox. In 1979, Baylor was an All-Star and won the AL Most Valuable Player Award. He won three Silver Slugger Awards, the Roberto Clemente Award, and was a member of the 1987 World Series champion Minnesota Twins.

Ronald Dee White is an American stand-up comedian, actor and author, best known as a charter member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. Nicknamed "Tater Salad", he is the author of the book I Had the Right to Remain Silent But I Didn't Have the Ability, which appeared on the New York Times best seller list.