List of Famous people born in Texas, United States of America
Jill Goodacre
Jill Goodacre Connick is an American actress and former model. She was one of Victoria's Secret's main models in the 1980s and early 1990s. She is married to singer Harry Connick Jr.
Michael Dell
Michael Saul Dell is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world's largest technology infrastructure companies. He is ranked 27th richest in the world by Forbes, with a net worth of $41.8 billion as of February 2021.
Trevone Boykin
Trevone Dequan Boykin is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Texas Christian University (TCU), and was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2016.
Fred Kerley
Fredrick Lee Kerley is an American track and field sprinter known primarily for competing in the 400 meters distance. He has earned several medals at the World Championships in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay including an individual bronze and a relay gold at the 2019 edition. Kerley's personal best time of 43.64 seconds makes him the eighth fastest man in history over 400 m. He won the Silver medal in the 100m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Shawne Fielding
Shawne Fielding is an American-Swiss actress and model who has appeared in US, German, and Swiss television series and movies. Notably, Fielding had been married to Thomas Borer, former Swiss Ambassador to Germany, as well as American billionaire Charles Addison Williams of Sammons Enterprises.
JoJo Fletcher
Joelle Hannah Fletcher is a real estate developer and American television personality, who is best known for her role as a contestant on the twentieth season of ABC's The Bachelor and as the lead on the twelfth season of The Bachelorette.
Lafayette G. Pool
Lafayette Green Pool was an American tank-crew and tank-platoon commander in World War II and is widely recognized as the US tank ace of aces, credited with 12 confirmed tank kills and 258 total armoured vehicle and self-propelled gun kills, over 1,000 German soldiers killed and 250 more taken as prisoners of war, accomplished in only 81 days of action from June 27 to September 19, 1944, using three different Shermans. He received many medals, including the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit, the Silver Star, the Purple Heart, the Belgian Fourragère, and the French Légion d'honneur.
Kelvin Beachum
Kelvin Lee Beachum Jr. is an American football offensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at SMU, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL draft. He has also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Jets.
Micheal Ray Richardson
Micheal "Sugar" Ray Richardson is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. He most recently was head coach of London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada. Richardson played college basketball for the Montana Grizzlies. The No. 4 overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, Richardson played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight years, for the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors and New Jersey Nets. Richardson was a four-time NBA All-Star.
Jaz Sinclair
Jasmine Sinclair Sabino, known professionally as Jaz Sinclair, is an American film and television actress. She is known for playing Angela in Paper Towns, Anna in When the Bough Breaks and Rosalind Walker in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.