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
Mark Aguhar, multidisciplinary fine artist
Debbie Allen, choreographer, actress
Lauren Anderson, ballet dancer
Wes Anderson, movie director
Archie Bell and the Drells, Soul/R&B music group
Mark Ballas, ballroom dancer and choreographer from Dancing with the Stars, actor, singer-songwriter and musician (member of duo Alexander Jean)
Kirko Bangz, rapper
Donald Barthelme, journalist
Skye McCole Bartusiak, actress
Baby Bash, rapper
Texas Battle, actor
Frank Beard, percussionist for ZZ Top
Jeff Bennett, voice actor
Melissa Benoist, actress
Michael Berry, from Orange, lawyer and radio talk show host
Beyonce, singer, songwriter, and actress
Clint Black, musician
Lisa Hartman Black, singer and actress
B L A C K I E (born Michael LaCour), rapper
Alexis Bledel, actress
Maggie Blye, actress
Craig Bohmler, composer
Matt Bomer, from Spring, actor
Booker T (born Booker Huffman Jr.), wrestler
Danielle Bradbery, from Cypress, Texas, season 4 winner of The Voice
Jonathan Breck, actor, best known as "the Creeper" in Jeepers Creepers
Berkeley Breathed, born in California, cartoonist
Jean Brooks, actress
Karamo Brown, television personality and activist
William Broyles Jr., screenwriter
Ingrid Burley, rapper and songwriter
Burnie Burns, filmmaker
Johnny Bush, country singer
William Butler, born in California; raised in The Woodlands; musician
Win Butler, born in California; raised in The Woodlands
Peter Cambor, 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, 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)
Renee Zellweger, from Katy, actress
Gwendolyn Zepeda, author
Trevor Daniel, singer
Will Flanary, ophthalmologist and comedian
Business, government, law, and military
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
Religion
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
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
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
People from Houston
Lists of American people