List of people from Houston

This is a list of people who were born, were raised, or have lived in **Houston, Texas**.

## Entertainment, arts, and media personalities
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* Mark Aguhar (1987–2012), multidisciplinary fine artist
* Debbie Allen (born 1950), choreographer, actress
* Lauren Anderson (born 1965), ballet dancer
* Wes Anderson (born 1969), movie director
* Archie Bell and the Drells, Soul/R&B music group
* Mark Ballas (born 1986), ballroom dancer and choreographer from *Dancing with the Stars*, actor, singer-songwriter and musician (member of duo Alexander Jean)
* Kirko Bangz (born 1989), rapper
* Donald Barthelme (1931–1989), journalist
* Skye McCole Bartusiak (1992–2014), actress
* Baby Bash (born 1969), rapper
* Texas Battle (born 1980), actor
* Frank Beard (born 1949), percussionist for ZZ Top
* Jeff Bennett (born 1962), voice actor 
* Melissa Benoist (born 1988), actress
* Michael Berry (born 1970), from Orange, lawyer and radio talk show host
* Beyoncé (born 1981), singer, songwriter, and actress
* Clint Black (born 1962), musician
* Lisa Hartman Black (born 1956), singer and actress
* B L A C K I E (born Michael LaCour), rapper
* Alexis Bledel (born 1981), actress
* Maggie Blye (1942–2016), actress
* Craig Bohmler (born 1956), composer
* Matt Bomer (born 1977), from Spring, actor
* Booker T (born Booker Huffman Jr., 1965), wrestler
* Danielle Bradbery (born 1996), from Cypress, Texas, season 4 winner of *The Voice*
* Jonathan Breck (born 1965), actor, best known as "the Creeper" in *Jeepers Creepers*
* Berkeley Breathed (born 1957), born in California, cartoonist
* Jean Brooks (1915–1963), actress
* Karamo Brown (born 1980), television personality and activist
* William Broyles Jr. (born 1944), screenwriter
* Ingrid Burley (born 1986), rapper and songwriter
* Burnie Burns (born 1973), filmmaker
* Johnny Bush (1935–2020), country singer
* William Butler, born 1982 in California; raised in The Woodlands; musician
* Win Butler, born 1980 in California; raised in The Woodlands
* Peter Cambor (born 1978), actor
* Chandler Canterbury, actor
* Jonathan Caouette, filmmaker
* Chamillionaire (born Hakeem Seriki), rapper
* Machine Gun Kelly (musician), singer, rapper, and actor born in Houston, Texas 
* Lois Chiles, actress
* Lynn Collins, actress
* Chedda Da Connect, rapper
* Dan Cook, sportswriter
* Peter James Cooper, screenwriter, film producer and businessman
* Nichole Cordova, singer for girl group Girlicious
* Walter Cronkite, television journalist
* Rodney Crowell, musician
* Peter Brett Cullen, actor
* Alexandria DeBerry, actress
* Loretta Devine, actress
* DhoomBros, YouTube personalities, actors, dancers, entertainers, and DJs
* Ryan Donowho, actor and musician
* Allen Drury, author
* Haylie Duff, actress
* Hilary Duff, actress and singer
* Shelley Duvall, actress
* Ike Eisenmann, sound effects
* Dorian Electra, singer
* Shannon Elizabeth, actress
* Terry Ellis, singer for R&B girl group En Vogue
* Robert Ellis, country singer 
* Kelly Emberg, model
* Sean Faris, actor
* Fenix TX, band
* Ashley Fink, actress of *Glee*
* Suzanne Finstad, author
* Sean Patrick Flanery, actor; from Sugar Land
* Mark Flood, artist
* Jake Flores, comedian
* Tom Ford, designer
* A. J. Foyt, auto racer
* Jennifer Garner, born in Houston; raised in Charleston, West Virginia; actress
* Greg Germann, actor
* Geto Boys members
* Billy Gibbons, guitarist and singer for ZZ Top
* Robert Glasper, musician
* Olivia Gonzales, dancer
* Neal Hamil, talent agent 
* R.W. Hampton, singer
* Lisa Hartman, actress
* Bill Hicks, comedian
* Dusty Hill, bassist and singer for ZZ Top
* Jay Hooks, blues musician
* Larry Hovis, actor
* Stevie Ray Huffman, Professional Wrestler
* Molly Ivins, journalist
* Cassandra Jean, actress, model
* Mickey Jones, musician
* Mike Jones, rapper
* Nicky Jones, voice actor
* Bradley Jordan, rapper
* Robert Earl Keen, singer
* Ruth Kelley, one of the first women to fly to Antarctica
* Candice King, actress and singer
* Solange Knowles, singer and songwriter
* Liza Koshy, actress and YouTube personality
* Eric Ladin, actor
* Hubert Laws, jazz musician
* Johnny Lee, singer 
* Richard Linklater, movie director
* Lizzo, singer
* Lyle Lovett, from Klein, musician and actor
* Todd Lowe, actor
* Mark Lowry, Southern gospel singer, songwriter and comedian. Formerly sang with the Gaither Vocal Band
* LeToya Luckett, singer
* Debra Maffett, Miss America 1983
* Barbara Mandrell, singer
* Ayanna Jolivet McCloud, visual artist
* Maxine Mesinger, columnist
* Angelbert Metoyer, artist
* Mitchelle'l, singer-songwriter
* Farrah Moan, drag queen and entertainer
* Cole Mohr, model
* Jason Moore, Wikipedia editor and organizer
* Jason Moran, pianist
* Cory Morrow, country singer
* Lecrae Moore, Christian rapper, co-founder of Reach Records
* Johnny Nash, singer
* Edwin Neal, actor
* Michael Nesmith, musician, singer for the Monkees
* Iceman Nick, jeweler and jewelry designer
* Renee O'Connor, actress
* Mary-Jean O'Doherty, opera singer
* Tony Oller, actor
* Annette O'Toole (born 1952), actress
* Jim Parsons, actor
* David Phelps, Christian singer
* DJ Premier (born Christopher Edward Martin)
* P. J. Proby, singer
* Dennis Quaid, actor
* Randy Quaid, actor
* Leven Rambin, actress
* Cierra Ramirez, actress
* Phylicia Rashad, actress
* Dan Rather, from Wharton, television journalist
* Prudencesa Renfro, singer
* Riff Raff (born Horst Christian Simco), rapper
* LaTavia Roberson
* Charlie Robison, singer
* Charlie Robinson, actor
* Kenny Rogers, singer
* Roger Rohatgi, independent movie producer and screenwriter, motivational speaker, actor and ordained minister
* Kelly Rowland, singer
* Joshua Rush, actor
* San Kim Sean - martial artist
* Scarface (born Brad Terrence Jordan)
* Travis Scott, rapper, singer, and producer
* DJ Screw (born Robert Earl Davis, Jr.), founder of Screwed Up Click
* Joan Severance, actress
* Guitar Shorty, musician
* Anna Nicole Smith, born in Houston; raised in Mexia, model and actress
* Jaclyn Smith, actress
* South Park Mexican (born Carlos Coy)
* Brent Spiner, actor
* Megan Thee Stallion, rapper
* Matt Stone, co-creator of *South Park*
* Patrick Swayze, actor
* Susan Swift, actress
* Amir Taghi, fashion designer
* B. J. Thomas, singer
* Larry D. Thomas, 2008 Texas State Poet Laureate
* Slim Thug (born Stayve Jerome Thomas), rapper
* Gary Tinterow, art historian and curator
* Don Toliver, rapper and singer
* Allison Tolman, actress
* Nephew Tommy, actor
* Rigo Tovar, emigrated from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
* Trae tha Truth (born Frazier Othel Thompson), rapper
* Tommy Tune, dancer and choreographer
* Steve Tyrell, singer and music producer
* Ngozi Ukazu, author
* The Undertaker (born Mark William Calaway), wrestler
* Brooke Valentine, singer
* Ameer Vann, rapper and former member of Brockhampton
* Jaci Velasquez, singer
* Sauce Walka, rapper
* Paul Wall, rapper
* Isaiah Washington, actor
* Watermark, band
* Waterparks, band
* William Ward Watkin, architect
* Alicia Webb, wrestling personality
* Wesley Weston, Jr., rapper
* Al White, actor
* JoBeth Williams, actress
* Chandra Wilson, actress
* Harris Wittels, actor, writer, comedian, musician
* Z-Ro (born Joseph Wayne McVey)
* Renée Zellweger, from Katy, actress
* Gwendolyn Zepeda, author 
* Trevor Daniel, singer
* Will Flanary, ophthalmologist and comedian

## Business, government, law, and military
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* Elsa Alcala, judge since 2011 of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
* Monroe Dunaway Anderson, banker; cotton trader; co-founder of Anderson, Clayton and Company; philanthropist; namesake of University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
* Mary Kay Ash, cosmetics mogul
* James A. Baker (born 1821), lawyer and founder of the law firm now known as Baker and Botts.
* James A. Baker (born 1857), lawyer for William Marsh Rice and trustee for Rice University.
* James A. Baker Jr., a lawyer for the law firm now known as Baker and Botts, banker, and real estate developer.
* James A. Baker III, White House chief of staff, Secretary of State 
* Nandita Berry, Houston lawyer and 109th Secretary of State of Texas
* Paul Bettencourt, member of the Texas State Senate from District 7
* Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com
* Bill Blythe, Houston realtor and former state representative
* Paul Bremond, merchant and railroad developer.
* George H. W. Bush, 43rd Vice President and 41st President of the United States; father of George W. Bush
* George W. Bush, former Governor of Texas (1995–2000) and 43rd President of the United States; son of George H.W. Bush
* Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida (1999–2007), and former 2016 presidential candidate; brother of George W. Bush
* Briscoe Cain, Republican member of the Texas House
* William L. Clayton, cotton trader; cofounder of Anderson Clayton Co., government official
* Ted Cruz, U.S. senator from Texas; former 2016 Republican presidential candidate 
* Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Inc. 
* Richard W. Dowling, Civil War officer
* Anna Johnson Dupree (1891–1977), business owner and philanthropist
* Les Eaves, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for White County; former Houston resident
* Gary Elkins, politician
* Tilman J. Fertitta, businessman and reality TV personality
* Nobia A. Franklin (1892–1934), African American beauty mogul
* Jay F. Honeycutt, former director of the Kennedy Space Center; began career in Houston in 1966 as engineer at Johnson Space Center
* Edward Mandell House, diplomat, a commissioner of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, and advisor of Woodrow Wilson.
* Joan Huffman, politician 
* Howard Hughes, billionaire aviator, film producer 
* Thad Hutcheson, politician 
* Jesse H. Jones, politician 
* Barbara Jordan, U.S. Representative 
* Mickey Leland, politician 
* James E. Lyon, banker
* Gray H. Miller, Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
* Steve Munisteri, politician 
* David Newell, judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9
* Tom Oliverson, anesthesiologist and incoming state representative for District 130 
* Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas, outgoing member of the Texas State Senate 
* Dennis Paul, state representative from District 129 in Harris County
* Gilbert Pena, incoming 2015 Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Pasadena, lived in Houston prior to 1992 
* Jack Porter, U.S. Senate candidate in 1948 and a builder of the modern Texas Republican Party
* Leighton Schubert, state representative from Caldwell, Texas; former Houston resident
* Jim Sharp, state court judge, 2009–2014
* Stephen Susman (1941–2020), plaintiffs attorney and a founding partner of Susman Godfrey
* Kathryn J. Whitmire, first female Mayor of Houston; served five terms
* Jared Woodfill, Houston attorney and former chairman of the Harris County Republican Party
* Kevin Patrick Yeary, judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, based in San Antonio; former assistant district attorney for Harris County

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* Yolanda Adams
* Charles L. Allen
* Kim Burrell
* Finis Alonzo Crutchfield
* Rafael Cruz
* Yusuf Estes
* Jerry Johnston
* David Koresh
* Hal Lindsey
* Joel Osteen
* Paul Pressler
* Hyman Judah Schachtel
* Marianne Williamson

## Science
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* Red Adair, oil-well firefighter
* Denton Cooley, heart surgeon
* Michael DeBakey, heart surgeon
* James "Red" Duke, trauma surgeon
* Bonnie J. Dunbar, astronaut, professor, Director of Aerospace Engineering and Director of STEM Center at the University of Houston
* Mary K. Estes, Ph.D., professor in molecular virology and microbiology and in medicine-gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine, founding director of the Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center
* William V. Houston, physicist and president of Rice University
* Lydia Kavraki, Ph.D., computer scientist
* Dr. Ellen Ochoa, Director of NASA Johnson Space Center, veteran astronaut
* Richard Smalley, chemist, physicist and astronomer; recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996)
* Robert Woodrow Wilson, astronomer; born in Houston and graduated from Rice University (1957); recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1976)

## Athletics
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* Cammile Adams, Olympic swimmer
* Sam Adams, football player 
* Lance Alworth, football player 
* Heather Armbrust, IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Tim Atchison, former American football player
* H. B. Bailey, auto racer 
* Harold Bailey, football player
* Keith Baldwin, football player
* Joey Banes, football player
* Daniel Bard, Major League Baseball (MLB)) pitcher 
* Pat Batteaux, football player
* Shane Baz (born 1999), MLB pitcher
* Simone Biles, gymnast
* Michael Bishop, football player 
* Booker T (born Booker Tio Huffman, Jr.), professional wrestler 
* Jason Bourgeois, baseball player 
* Michael Bourn, former MLB outfielder who played for the Houston Astros
* Jeff Bourns, tennis player 
* Joe Bowman, marksman of the American West 
* Ken Bradshaw, big wave surfer
* Jimmy Butler, NBA basketball player
* Mark Calaway, professional wrestler
* Tina Chandler, IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Jermall Charlo, boxer
* Roger Clemens, former MLB pitcher who played for the Houston Astros 
* Brad Coleman, auto racer
* Carl Crawford, baseball player
* Dalip Rana (The Great Khali), professional wrestler, promoter, model and actor
* Sedrick Curry, football player 
* Andy Dalton, football player, from Katy, Texas
* Santia Deck, athlete
* Jimmy Demaret, golfer
* Gerald Dockery, football player
* Karl Douglas, football player
* Clyde Drexler, basketball player
* Donald Driver, retired football player
* Tyler Duffey, Baseball Player
* Adam Dunn, baseball player 
* Aaron Durley, basketball player 
* George Foreman, boxer
* Eddie Foster, NFL player
* A. J. Foyt, auto racer 
* Andrew Friedman, MLB executive
* Zina Garrison, tennis player, born in Houston; resident of Missouri City, Texas
* Donovan Greer, football player 
* Brittney Griner, basketball player
* Ben Guez, baseball player
* Charlie Haas, retired professional wrestler
* Brede Hangeland, soccer player
* Lindsey Harding, basketball player 
* Will Harris, MLB relief pitcher who played for the Houston Astros
* D. J. Hayden, professional football player currently on the Oakland Raiders
* Warrick Holdman, football player 
* Jonathan Horton, gymnast 
* Jalen Hurts, football player
* Germain Ifedi, football player
* Steve Jackson, former defensive back who is currently the senior offensive assistant for the Atlanta Falcons
* Craig James, football player
* Brandon Jordan, football player
* DeAndre Jordan, basketball player
* Kaitlyn, wrestler 
* Joshua Kalu, football player
* Scott Kazmir, MLB pitcher who played for the Houston Astros 
* Greg Kindle, football player
* Gary Kubiak, football coach
* Iris Kyle, ten-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder
* Rashard Lewis, basketball player 
* Tara Lipinski, figure skater, Olympic gold medalist, from Sugar Land 
* Denzel Livingston (born 1993), basketball player for Hapoel Kfar Saba of the Israeli Liga Leumit
* James Loney, baseball player 
* Andrew Luck, football player 
* Marie Mahoney, outfielder, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Guy Mezger, mixed martial artist
* Tyler Myers, ice hockey player
* Chiney Ogwumike, basketball player
* Emeka Okafor, basketball player 
* Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Josh Pastner, college basketball coach
* Andy Pettitte, former MLB pitcher from Deer Park, Texas, who played for the Houston Astros 
* Gene Phillips, basketball player 
* Mel Renfro, football player 
* Mary Lou Retton, gymnast, 1984 Olympic gold medalist 
* Cody Risien, football player 
*Taylor Rochestie (born 1985) American-Montenegrin player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
* Michael Russell, tennis player
* Kevin Schwantz, motorcycle racer 
* Bob Smith, football player
* David Starr, auto racer 
* Kohl Stewart, professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
* Michael Strahan, American-German retired football player, actor, and television personality; currently hosts *Good Morning America* and *NFL on FOX*; born and raised in Houston before moving to Mannheim, (West) Germany 
* Mike Swick, UFC fighter 
* Thurman Thomas, football player from Missouri City, Texas 
* Tyler Thornburg, baseball player
* Justin Tucker, football player (kicker)
*Will Vest, Professional Baseball Player
* Billy Wade, auto racer
* Bones Weatherly, football player
* Kaitlyn Weaver, Olympic ice dancer
* Ruston Webster, Scout for the Atlanta Falcons
* Kip Wells, baseball player 
* Billy Welu, professional bowler
* Reggie White, football player
* Alfred Williams, football player
* Willie Williams, football player
* Woody Williams, former MLB pitcher who played for the Houston Astros 
* George Wright, football player
* James Young, football player
* Joe Young, basketball player
* Vince Young, football player

## Related pages
* List of people from Texas

## References