List of Famous people born in Texas, United States of America
Uzoma Nwachukwu
Uzoma "Eazy" Nwachukwu is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football for Texas A&M. He was a member of the Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks, and Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL), and BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Robert Crippen
Robert Laurel Crippen is an American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and retired astronaut. He traveled into space four times: as Pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission; and as Commander of STS-7 in June 1983, STS-41-C in April 1984, and STS-41-G in October 1984. He was also a part of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test, Apollo–Soyuz, and the Approach and Landing Tests for the Space Shuttle. He did not go to space for any of those programs.
Candice King
Candice Rene King is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for her role as Caroline Forbes in The CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017) and her recurring role as the same character on the spin-off series The Originals (2018).
Hank Kuehne
Henry August "Hank" Kuehne II is an American former U.S. Amateur champion and professional golfer who enjoyed some success on the PGA Tour.
William Jefferson Blythe, Jr.
William Jefferson Blythe Jr. was an Arkansas salesman of heavy equipment and the biological father of Bill Clinton. Blythe died three months before his son was born.
Karen Silkwood
Karen Gay Silkwood was an American chemical technician and labor union activist known for raising concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility.
Ed Oliver
Edward Oliver is an American football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Houston, and was drafted by the Bills in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
LaBradford Smith
LaBradford Corvey Smith is an American retired professional basketball player.
Thurman Thomas
Thurman Lee Thomas is an American former professional football player who was a running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. He was selected by the Bills in the second round of the 1988 NFL Draft, where he spent all but one season of his pro career. Thomas spent his final NFL year as a member of the Miami Dolphins in 2000.
Byron Nelson
John Byron Nelson Jr. was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time.