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 Joe Sage (1920–1977), one of the first two Republicans since Reconstruction to represent Bexar County in the Texas House of Representatives
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 Scott Sanford (born 1963), member of the Texas House of Representatives from McKinney; Certified Public Accountant and executive pastor of Cottonwood Creek Baptist Church in Allen, Texas
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 Mike Schofield (born 1969), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County since 2015; former policy advisor to Governor Rick Perry
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 Leighton Schubert (born c. 1982), member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 13; lawyer in Caldwell, Texas
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 Matt Shaheen (born 1965), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Collin County
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 John Sharp (born 1950), former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, chancellor of Texas A&M University
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 Gwyn Shea (born 1937), Texas secretary of state (2002–2003), member of the Texas House of Representatives (1983–1993)
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 J. D. Sheffield (born 1960), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Coryell County since 2013; physician in Gatesville
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 Ralph Sheffield (born 1955), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bell County, 2008 to 2015
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 Mark M. Shelton (born 1956), pediatrician and member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 97 (Fort Worth) from 2009 to 2013
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 David McAdams Sibley (born 1948), attorney-lobbyist, former Texas state senator (1991–2002) and mayor of Waco (1987–1988)
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 Ryan Sitton (born 1975), Republican nominee for Texas Railroad Commission in November 4, 2014 general election
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 Wayne Smith (born 1943), member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 128 in Harris County since 2003
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 Barry Smitherman (born 1957), departing member of the Texas Railroad Commission; unsuccessful candidate for attorney general in 2014
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 Clay Smothers (1935–2004), member of the Texas House of Representatives; operator of St. Paul Industrial Training School orphanage in Malakoff, Texas; radio personality
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 Burt Solomons (born 1950), Denton County lawyer and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1995 to 2013
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 James C. Spencer (1914–2009), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Henderson County 1939–1941, 1947–1949.
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 Stuart Spitzer (born 1967), surgeon in Kaufman, Texas, and incoming Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives
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 Drew Springer, Jr. (born 1966), state representative from District 68 (North Texas and the eastern South Plains)
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 Barbara Staff (born 1924), co-chairman of the 1976 Ronald Reagan Texas presidential primary campaign
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 Ken Starr (born 1946), federal judge, Solicitor General, and Independent Counsel during the Clinton Administration
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 Jonathan Stickland (born 1983), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Tarrant County since 2013
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 Steve Stockman (born 1956), member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas; candidate for Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2014
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 George William Strake, Jr. (born 1935), Texas secretary of state (1979–1981), Houston businessman and philanthropist
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 Robert Schwarz Strauss (1918–2014), politician (chairman of Democratic National Committee) and diplomat
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 Dwayne Stovall (born 1966), Cleveland businessman and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate against John Cornyn in primary election scheduled March 4, 2014
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 Carole Strayhorn (born 1939), Texas comptroller (1999–2007), former railroad commissioner, former mayor of Austin
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 Michael Quinn Sullivan (born 1970), reporter, political activist, president of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility
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 Robert Talton (born 1945), former police office, attorney, and member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County from 1993 to 2009; candidate for Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court in the 2014 Republican primary
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 Jack Taylor (1907-1995), Arizona Republican politician born in Sonora and former resident of Brownwood
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 Buddy Temple (born 1942), businessman, state representative from Angelina County, and railroad commissioner
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 Ed Thompson (born 1950), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Brazoria County since 2013
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 Ernest O. Thompson (1892–1966), Texas Railroad Commissioner, mayor of Amarillo, expert on petroleum production and conservation
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 Tano Tijerina (born 1974), former professional baseball player for Milwaukee Brewers and incoming County Judge of Webb County in 2015
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 Corbin Van Arsdale (born 1969), former state representative from Harris County, 2003–2008; lawyer and lobbyist in Austin
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 Gary VanDeaver (born 1958), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bowie County, effective 2015
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 Jason Villalba (born 1971), state representative from Dallas County since 2013; Dallas attorney with Haynes and Boone
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 Richard A. Waterfield (1939–2007), state representative who advocated for feeding programs for the disabled and elderly
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 Craig Watkins, first African-American district attorney in Texas, Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year 2008
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 Gary Watkins (1946–2004), state representative, county judge, and state district court judge in Ector County
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 Reed N. Weisiger (1838–1908), Texas State Senator (1891–1893), Confederate cavalry officer, pioneer in Victoria County
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 Jack Wheeler (1944–2010), presidential aide to the Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush administrations
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 Molly S. White (born 1958), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bell County
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 Michael L. Williams (born 1953), director of the Texas Education Agency, former Texas Railroad Commissioner, former assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights
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 John Roger Williams (born 1949), Republican U.S. representative from Texas, former Texas secretary of state, and former professional baseball player
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 Will Wilson (1912–2005), Texas attorney general (1957–1963), Texas Supreme Court justice (1951–1956)
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 Arlene Wohlgemuth (born 1947), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Johnson County from 1995 to 2005; executive director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation; ran unsuccessfully against Chet Edwards for Congress in 2004
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 Paul Womack (born 1947), member of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1997–2015, resides in Georgetown in Williamson County
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 Jared Woodfill (born 1968), Houston attorney and chairman of the Harris County Republican Party, 2002 to 2014
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 Jim Wright (1922–2015), former United States Congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives
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 George H. W. Bush (born 1924) 41st President of the United States (born in Milton, Massachusetts, but lived much of his life in Texas)
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 George W. Bush (born 1946), 43rd President of the United States (born in New Haven, CT, but raised in Texas)
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 Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), 34th President of the United States (born in Denison, but raised in Kansas)
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 Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), 36th President of the United States (1963–69); Vice President (1961–63)
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 Norma Rhodes Gabler (1923–2007), public school textbook monitor and cofounder of Educational Research Analysts in Longview
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 Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007), a former First Lady of the United States (married to President Lyndon B. Johnson)
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 Lucy Pickett (1832–1899), socialite, Southern belle; known as the "Queen of the Confederacy," her portrait appeared on some Confederate currency
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 Lauren Anderson (born 1965), ballet dancer; first African-American ballerina to be principal of a major company (Houston Ballet)
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 Ross Sisters, Betsy (born 1926), Vickie (born 1927), and Dixie (1929–1963), Broadway singers, dancers, contortionists
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 Lois Chiles (born 1947), actress, model, Moonraker, The Great Gatsby, Broadcast News Cindy Chiu (born 1984), actress
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 Thomas Haden Church (born 1961), Academy Award-nominated actor, Sideways, Spider-Man 3, All About Steve Victoria Clark (born 1959), Tony Award-winning actress, singer
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 Taylor Cole (born 1984), actress/model, Summerland, The Event Dabney Coleman (born 1932), actor, Buffalo Bill, 9 to 5, The Towering Inferno, Tootsie Jessica Collins (born 1983), actress, Maggie on Rubicon Lynn Collins (born 1979), actress, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Marcus Collins (born 1974), actor, singer
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 Chris Cooper (born 1951), actor; winner, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Adaptation, Seabiscuit, The Bourne Identity, The Patriot, The Muppets Barry Corbin (born 1940), actor, Urban Cowboy, Nothing in Common, Who's Harry Crumb?
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 Joan Crawford (1908–1977), Academy Award-winning actress, Mildred Pierce, Johnny Guitar, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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 Bob Denver (1935–2005), actor, played Maynard G. Krebs in Dobie Gillis and title role in Gilligan's Island
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 Morgan Fairchild (born 1950), actress in Dallas television series (one of three actresses to play character "Jenna Wade") and Flamingo Road
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 Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), actress and artist, Charlie's Angels, The Burning Bed, Extremities, The Apostle
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 Jennifer Garner (born 1972), actress, 13 Going on 30, Dallas Buyers Club, Draft Day, television series Alias
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 Jackie Earle Haley (born 1961), Academy Award-nominated actor, The Bad News Bears, Breaking Away, Little Children
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 Woody Harrelson (born 1961), actor, Cheers, Natural Born Killers, White Men Can't Jump, No Country for Old Men, True Detective
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 Harriet Sansom Harris (born 1955), actress, Desperate Housewives, Frasier, It's All Relative, The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
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 Martha Hyer (1924–2014), Academy Award-nominated actress, Some Came Running, The Carpetbaggers, The Sons of Katie Elder
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 Joe Johnston (born 1950), film director, Jumanji, Jurassic Park III, Captain America: The First Avenger
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 Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946), Academy Award-winning actor, The Fugitive, Men in Black, Batman Forever, No Country for Old Men, Lincoln
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 Richard Linklater (born 1961), director Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, School of Rock, A Scanner Darkly
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 Steve Martin (born 1945), actor, The Jerk, Pennies from Heaven, Three Amigos, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Father of the Bride, Parenthood, The Pink Panther
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 Matthew McConaughey (born 1969), Academy Award-winning actor, Dallas Buyers Club, A Time to Kill, The Lincoln Lawyer, Contact, Magic Mike, True Detective
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 George McFarland (1928–1993), actor played "Spanky" in the Our Gang comedies, AKA The Little Rascals
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 Valerie Perrine (born 1943), Academy Award-nominated actress, Lenny, The Electric Horseman, Superman
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 Mary Kay Place (born 1947), actress, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, The Big Chill, John Grisham's The Rainmaker
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 Dennis Quaid (born 1954), actor, Breaking Away, The Right Stuff, The Big Easy, Wyatt Earp, Everybody's All-American, Any Given Sunday
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 Randy Quaid (born 1950), actor, The Last Picture Show, The Last Detail, National Lampoon's Vacation, Brokeback Mountain
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 Richard Rawlings (born 1969), reality-television star (Fast N' Loud), entrepreneur, auto mechanic, race car driver
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 Debbie Reynolds (born 1932), Academy Award-nominated actress and singer, Singin' in the Rain, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, How the West Was Won, Mother, mother of Carrie Fisher
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 Marc Singer (born 1948), actor, Michael Donovan on V: The Original Miniseries, V: The Final Battle, and V: The Series
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 Sissy Spacek (born 1949), Academy Award-winning actress, Coal Miner's Daughter, Carrie, Missing, cousin of Rip Torn
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 Merrie Spaeth (born 1948), child and teen actress; now a business and political consultant and educator
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 Andy Stahl (born 1952), actor, The Client, The Patriot, The Blind Side Nick Stahl (born 1979), actor, Sin City, The Man Without a Face, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Jimmy Starr (1904–1991), screenwriter, columnist
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 Patrick Swayze (1952–2009), actor, Dirty Dancing, The Outsiders, Road House, Ghost Clarence Swensen (1917–2009), actor
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 Ralph Tabakin (1921–2001), actor, Homicide: Life on the Street Margaret Tallichet (1914–1991), actress
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 Sharon Tate (1943–1969), actress, Valley of the Dolls Buck Taylor (born 1938), actor, artist, rancher in Fort Worth
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 Henry Thomas (born 1971), actor, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Gangs of New York, All the Pretty Horses Jay Thomas (born 1948), actor, Mr. Holland's Opus, Cheers Tiffany Thornton (born 1986), actress
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 Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951), actor, Bob Bishop on Heroes, Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day Rip Torn (born 1931), Academy Award-nominated actor, Cross Creek, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Cincinnati Kid, Defending Your Life, The Larry Sanders Show, cousin of Sissy Spacek
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 Paola Turbay (born 1970), actress, model, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Cane Janine Turner (born 1962), model, actress, author, radio talk show host
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 Michael Urie (born 1980), actor, Ugly Betty Brenda Vaccaro (born 1939), Academy Award-nominated actress, Once Is Not Enough, Midnight Cowboy, Airport '77 Conrad Vernon (born 1968), voice actor, writer, director, the Shrek movies, the Madagascar movies, Monsters vs. Aliens Florence Vidor (1895–1977), actress
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 Tom Virtue (born 1957), actor, Even Stevens, Blades of Glory Elda Voelkel (1911–2001), actress; later documentary filmmaker (as Elda Hartley)
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 Isaiah Washington (born 1963), actor, Dr. Preston Burke on Grey's Anatomy Barry Watson (born 1974), actor
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 Ann Wedgeworth (born 1935), actress, Lana on Three's Company Peter Weller (born 1947), actor, RoboCop, Star Trek Into Darkness Bob West (born 1956), actor, Barney & Friends Lisa Whelchel (born 1963), actress, author
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 Forest Whitaker (born 1961), Academy Award-winning actor and director, The Last King of Scotland, Bird, Good Morning, Vietnam, Panic Room, Lee Daniels' The Butler Johnny Whitworth (born 1975), actor, CSI: Miami Guinn Williams (1899–1962), actor
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 Noble Willingham (1931–2004), actor, Walker, Texas Ranger Travis Willingham (born 1981), actor, voice actor
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 Chandra Wilson (born 1969), actress, Miranda Bailey on Grey's Anatomy Dooley Wilson (1886–1953), actor, singer, played "Sam" in Casablanca Luke Wilson (born 1971), actor, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, Idiocracy Owen Wilson (born 1968), actor, The Darjeeling Limited, Midnight in Paris, Wedding Crashers Trey Wilson (1948–1989), actor, Bull Durham, Raising Arizona William D. Wittliff (born 1940), screenwriter, author, photographer
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 Morgan Woodward (born 1925), actor, Dallas, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Gunsmoke Doug Wright (born 1962), Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright, screenwriter
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 Robin Wright Penn (born 1966), actress, The Princess Bride, House of Cards Jack Wyatt (1917–2008), host of ABC's Confession (1958–1959), videotaped in Dallas; later an Episcopalian priest in Rockport, Texas
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 Renée Zellweger (born 1969), Academy Award-winning actress, Cold Mountain, Jerry Maguire, ChicagoComedians
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 Rasika Mathur (born 1976), comedian, actress, Wild 'n Out Grady Nutt (1934–1982), humorist, Baptist minister
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 Jim Beck (1916–1956), country music talent agent, record promoter, recording studio owner, A&R engineer, record producer, music publisher
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 The 5 Browns (born 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986), classical pianist siblings born in Texas, raised in Texas and Utah
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 Ralna English (born 1942), singer from The Lawrence Welk Show Roky Erickson (born 1947), rock singer-songwriter, instrumentalist
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 Charles Finger (1867–1941), music teacher, conservatory administrator; later a noted author of children's literature
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 Woody Guthrie (1912–1967), folk singer-songwriter (spent several years in Pampa, Texas, during the formative period of his youth)
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 W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890–1969), country-western singer-songwriter, Texas governor, and U.S. senator
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 Bob (1909–1983), Joe (1911–1980), and Merle Shelton (1917–1982), country musicians, The Shelton Brothers
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 Horst Simco (born 1982), rapper known as RiFF RAFF/ JODY HiGHROLLER/ iCEBURG SiMPSON/ NEON iCON/ VERSACE PYTHON/ KOKAYNE DAWKiNZ/ THE FREESTYLE SCiENTiST/ JODY 3 MOONS/ THE PEACH PANTHER
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 Will Taylor (born 1968), jazz/rock/pop/country violist, violinist, arranger, composer, producer, guitarist
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 Candice Crawford (born 1986), beauty queen, winner of Miss Missouri USA, competed in the Miss Texas Teen USA pageant and the Miss USA pageant
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 Jeff Banister (born 1964), former catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, current manager for the Texas Rangers
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 Clay Buchholz (born 1984), baseball, Boston Red Sox, pitcher, Threw a No Hitter in just his second MLB start
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 Rogers Hornsby (1896–1963), Hall of Fame infielder, manager; .358 career batting average, two-time NL MVP, earned two Triple Crowns, All-Century Team, first-team MLB All-Time Team
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 Chuck Knoblauch (born 1968), former second baseman, played primarily with the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees
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 Frank Robinson (born 1935), won Triple Crown in both National League and American League, hit 586 career home runs, and was the first black manager in the Major Leagues
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 Randy Velarde (born 1962), former MLB infielder and utility player, primarily with the New York Yankees
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 Clyde Drexler (born 1962), Hall of Fame swingman for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets
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 Dennis Rodman (born 1961), former NBA forward, played primarily with the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls
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 Tex Winter (born 1922), former basketball coach, innovator of the triangle offense, Hall of Fame inductee
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 John David Crow (1935–2015), athletic director for Texas A&M; professional football player and coach
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 "Mean Joe" Greene (born 1946), College and Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers
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 "Dandy" Don Meredith (1938–2010), quarterback Dallas Cowboys and television football color commentator
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 Tommy Nobis (born 1943), former linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons and College Football Hall of Famer
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 Mac Percival (born 1940), former National Football League placekicker for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears
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 Kyle Rote (1928–2002), All-American running back at Southern Methodist University and 1951–1961 NFL New York Giants wide receiver
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 Bubba Smith (1945–2011), defensive end with the Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders, and Houston Oilers
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 Wade Wilson (born 1959), former quarterback primarily with the Minnesota Vikings; current quarterbacks coach for the Dallas Cowboys
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 Vince Young (born 1983), quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, MVP of the 2005 and 2006 Rose Bowl
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 Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911–1956), athlete, won 82 amateur and professional golf tournaments, including five major professional championships
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 Clint Dempsey (born 1983), soccer player, plays for Fulham FC and United States Men's National Soccer Team
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 Nancy Richey (born 1942), tennis player, won six major championships in singles and doubles, achieved world number-two ranking
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 Anne Smith (born 1959), tennis player, ten major championships in doubles, ranked world number one in doubles
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 Matthew S. Brown (born 1976), track and field champion at 2007 Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro
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 Courtney Kupets (born 1986), world and U.S. champion gymnast, silver medalist in 2004 Summer Olympics
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 Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914–1956), track & field gold medalist 1932 Olympics, golfer in World Golf Hall of Fame
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 Peter Arguindegui (1931–2014), petroleum industrialist and member of the Laredo City Council (1960–1976)
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 George Washington Brackenridge (1832–1920), banker, business executive, philanthropist, social activist, university regent
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 Jack Crichton (1916–2007), oil and natural gas industrialist; Republican candidate for governor of Texas in 1964
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 William Stamps Farish II (1881–1942), president of Standard Oil, founder and president of American Petroleum Institute
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 Bette Nesmith Graham (1924–1980), inventor, founder of Liquid Paper Corporation, mother of The Monkees' Mike Nesmith
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 Najeeb Halaby (1915–2003), FAA administrator, chairman and CEO of Pan Am, father of Queen Noor of Jordan
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 1814–1880), early Houston cotton shipper, founder of Houston's first private bank and first public utility
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 Lamar Hunt (1932–2006), founder of American Football League, Major League Soccer, North American Soccer League
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 Joseph A. Kemp (1861–1930), conservationist and oil, flour milling, and railroad entrepreneur in Wichita Falls
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 Oliver Winfield Killam (1874–1959), Laredo oilman, businessman, rancher, former state legislator from Oklahoma
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 Fred C. Koch (1900–1967), chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became Koch Industries