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

Herb Johnson was a professional basketball player with Villars Basket in Switzerland. Johnson played collegiately with the University of Tulsa.

Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, CVO is an American heiress and socialite. She is the Chief of Protocol for the state of California, and the Chief of Protocol for the City and County of San Francisco. She was married to former United States Secretary of State George P. Shultz, from 1997 until his death in 2021.

Phillip Gene Ruffin is an American businessman. He owns the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino and Circus Circus Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, in addition to a number of other enterprises including hotels, casinos, greyhound racing tracks, oil production, convenience stores, real estate, and the world's largest manufacturer of hand trucks. He is also a business partner of former United States President Donald Trump, with whom he co-owns the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas. On the Forbes 2019 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked No. 838 with a net worth of US $3.1 billion.

Rickey Dixon was an American professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners. Dixon was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the first round of the 1988 NFL draft with the fifth overall pick. He played five seasons with the Bengals and one for the Los Angeles Raiders.

Lawrence James Christopher VanDyke is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a former Solicitor General of both Nevada and Montana.

Marcus Davenport is an American football defensive end for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UTSA. He was drafted by the Saints in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

Herman Lehmann was captured as a child by Native Americans. He lived first among the Apache and then the Comanche but eventually returned to his family later in life. The phenomenon of a white child raised by Indians made him a notable figure in the United States. He published his autobiography, Nine Years Among the Indians in 1927.

Decrick De'Shawn "Dede" Westbrook is an American football wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma.

Rasheed Wesley Sulaimon is an American professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. He was selected as a McDonald's All-American as well as a Jordan Brand Classic All-American in 2012. He was the primary reserve off the bench for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team during the 2014–15 season before being dismissed from the team on January 29, 2015. He subsequently transferred to Maryland for his senior season.

Randy Bullock is an American football placekicker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas A&M, and was recognized as the nation's best college football kicker and a consensus All-American. He was selected by the Houston Texans in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL Draft, after winning college football's Lou Groza Award. Bullock is currently the 18th most accurate placekicker in NFL history.