the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
Columbus Marion "Dad" Joiner (1860–1947), oilman
Jerry Jones (born 1942), billionaire entrepreneur, oilman, owner of Dallas Cowboys football team
J. Erik Jonsson (1901–1995), co-founder and president of Texas Instruments, mayor of Dallas
K–M
Frank Kell (1859–1941), oil, flour milling, and railroad entrepreneur in Wichita Falls
Herb Kelleher (born 1931), founder and CEO of Southwest Airlines
Gary C. Kelly, CEO, Southwest Airlines
Joseph A. Kemp (1861–1930), conservationist and oil, flour milling, and railroad entrepreneur in Wichita Falls
Isaac Herbert Kempner (1873–1967), founder of Imperial Sugar, mayor of Galveston
Oliver Winfield Killam (1874–1959), Laredo oilman, businessman, rancher, former state legislator from Oklahoma
Radcliffe Killam (1910–2007), Laredo oilman, businessman, rancher, large landowner, philanthropist
Kay Kimbell (1886–1964), entrepreneur, philanthropist; endowed Kimbell Art Museum
Richard King (1824–1885), entrepreneur, founder of the legendary King Ranch
John Henry Kirby (1860–1940), businessman, founder of the Kirby Petroleum Company
Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. (1853–1932), managed the King Ranch
Fred C. Koch (1900–1967), chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became Koch Industries
Harry Koch (1867–1942), railroad founder, newspaper founder
Eugene Lacritz (1929–2012), retail executive, classical musician
Ninfa Laurenzo (1924–2001), restaurateur
Rodney Lewis (born 1954), oil and natural gas industrialist and rancher; second wealthiest individual in San Antonio
James Ling (1922–2004), founder of business conglomerate Ling-Temco-Vought
Tim Love (born 1971), chef, restaurateur
Gerald Lyda (1923–2005), construction CEO, owner of La Escalera Ranch in Sierra County, New Mexico
James E. Lyon (1927–1993), real estate developer, banker, and Republican politician in Houston
John Mackey (born 1953), CEO, Whole Foods Market
Herbert Marcus (1878–1950), co-founder and CEO of Neiman Marcus
Minnie Lichtenstein Marcus (1882–1979), vice-president of Neiman Marcus, horticulturist
Stanley Marcus (1905–2002), president and CEO of Neiman Marcus
Irving Allen Mathews (1917–1994), retail executive, Federal Reserve Bank board chairman
Glenn McCarthy (1907–1988), oil tycoon, entrepreneur; inspired the character Jett Rink in Giant Red McCombs (born 1927), businessman, has owned several professional sports franchises
Giles McCrary (1919–2011), oil operator, rancher, art collector, philanthropist
Eugene McDermott (1899–1973), founder of Texas Instruments, geophysicist, philanthropist
William Johnson McDonald (1844–1926), banker, philanthropist
Algur H. Meadows (1899–1978), oilman, philanthropist
George P. Mitchell (1919–2013), billionaire oilman, real estate developer, philanthropist
John T. Montford (born 1943), businessman in San Antonio, former chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, former state senator and district attorney from Lubbock
Barry Munitz (born 1941), corporation and foundation executive, university administrator
Raymond Nasher (1921–2007), real estate developer (NorthPark Center), art collector
George Neel, Jr. (1930–2015), businessman, rancher, community figure from his native Laredo, Texas
Abraham Lincoln Neiman (1875–1970), co-founder of Neiman Marcus
Carrie Marcus Neiman (1883–1953), co-founder and CEO of Neiman Marcus
B.P. Newman (1927–2008), entrepreneur, developer, and philanthropist from Laredo
Bill Noël (1914–1987), oil industrialist and philanthropist from Odessa
Peter O'Donnell (born 1924), investor, philanthropist, Republican state party chairman from 1962 to 1969; leader of the Draft Goldwater Committee in 1963–1964
William O'Neil (born 1933), entrepreneur, stockbroker, writer, founded Investor's Business Daily Marc Ostrofsky (born 1961), venture capitalist, entrepreneur, investor, author
Ross Perot (1930 – 2019), entrepreneur, founder of EDS & Perot Systems, and 1992 U.S. Presidential candidate
Bob J. Perry (1932–2013), homebuilder, political supporter
Stephen Samuel Perry (1825–1874), manager of Peach Point Plantation, preserved historical manuscripts
T. Boone Pickens (born 1928), energy entrepreneur, philanthropist
Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim (born 1928), founder, chairman, and principal owner of Pilgrim's Pride
Bernard Rapoport (1917–2012), entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, business executive
Kent Rathbun (born 1961), chef, restaurateur
Sid W. Richardson (1891–1959), oilman, cattleman, philanthropist
Rich Riley (born 1973), Senior Vice President & Managing Director of Yahoo!
EMEA
Montie Ritchie (1910–1999), owner and manager of JA Ranch from 1935 to 1993
Marvin Travis Runyon (1924–2004), business executive, U.S. Postmaster General
Fayez Sarofim (born 1929), stock-fund manager, part owner of Houston Texans, philanthropist, billionaire
Julius Schepps (1895–1971), business owner, civic leader and philanthropist
Daniel R. Scoggin (born 1937), founder of TGI Friday's, Inc., restaurateur
Frank Sharp (1906–1993), land developer
Walter Benona Sharp (1870–1912), oilman, innovator, philanthropist
Harold Simmons (1931–2013), billionaire businessman, banker, philanthropist; developed concept of leveraged buyout
Henry Singleton (1916–1999), electrical engineer, co-founder of Teledyne Technologies
Bill Sinkin (1913–2014), banker, community activist
Tom Slick (1916–1962), inventor, businessman, adventurer, entrepreneur, philanthropist
Merrie Spaeth (born 1948), business public relations consultant, political consultant, educator, former actress
John Sparks (1843–1908), cattle rancher, Texas Ranger, became governor of Nevada
A. Latham Staples (born 1977), CEO of EXUSMED, Inc., civil rights activist, and founder/Chairman of Empowering Spirits Foundation
Felix Stehling (1927–2012), businessman, restaurateur, founded Taco Cabana
John M. Stemmons (1909–2001), real estate developer, civic leader
Ross S. Sterling (1875–1949), founder of Humble Oil (which would become ExxonMobil), Governor of Texas
David Tallichet (1922–2007), developed the theme restaurant concept
Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy (1900–1980), rancher, horsebreeder, philanthropist, art collector
Charles D. Tandy (1918–1978), chairman, president, and CEO of Tandy Corporation
Ben Taub (1889–1982), businessman, philanthropist
Rich Templeton (born 1958), president, chairman, and CEO of Texas Instruments
Robert L. Thornton (1880–1964), founder and president of Mercantile Bank in Dallas, mayor and civic leader of Dallas
Tex Thornton (1913–1981), founder of Litton Industries
Felix Tijerina (1905–1965), restaurateur
Rex Tillerson (born 1952), chairman, president and CEO of ExxonMobil
Chet Upham (1925–2008), oil and gas industrialist; former Texas Republican Party chairman, owner of Loveland Ski Area in Colorado
Daniel Waggoner (1828–1902), rancher, businessman, banker
E. Paul Waggoner (1889–1967), rancher, horsebreeder
Guy Waggoner (1883–1950), rancher, business executive
William Thomas Waggoner (1852–1934), rancher, oilman, banker, horsebreeder, philanthropist
Kelcy Warren (born 1955), chairman and CEO of Energy Transfer Partners
Sherron Watkins (born 1959), Vice President at the Enron Corporation, whistleblower who helped uncover the Enron scandal
James Marion West, Jr. (1903–1957), oilman
James Marion West, Sr. (
1871–1941), business tycoon
Edward Whitacre, Jr. (born 1941), chairman of the board and CEO of General Motors, chairman of the board and CEO of AT&T Inc.
Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr. (born 1931), oilman; Republican gubernatorial nominee, 1990
Clayton Wheat Williams, Sr. (
1895–1983), oilman, geologist, rancher, historian
Gus Sessions Wortham (1891–1976), businessman, philanthropist
Charles Wyly (1933–2011), entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist, civic leader
Sam Wyly (born 1934), entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist
Angus G. Wynne (1914–1979), founder of Six Flags Over Texas and subsequent corporate theme parks
Benjamin Franklin Yoakum (1859–1929), railroad executive
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012), salesman, motivational speaker, author
Law and jurisprudence
Roy Bean (c. 1825 – 1903), Justice of the Peace, called himself "The Law West of the Pecos"
Nandita Berry (born 1968), Secretary of State of Texas (2014–2015); Houston lawyer
Norma V. Cantu (born 1954), civil rights lawyer, educator
Ronald H. Clark (born 1953), judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, based in Beaumont; former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Sherman, Texas
Linda Coffee (born 1942), attorney for Norma McCorvey in Roe v. Wade Elma Salinas Ender (born 1953), first Hispanic female to serve on a state district court in Texas; judge of the 341st Judicial District, based in Laredo, from 1983 to 2012
Marshall Formby (1911–1984), former Texas State Senator, attorney, and radio station owner from Plainview
Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen Gammel (1854–1931), editor and publisher of  The Laws of Texas 1822–1897 Julio A. Garcia (1941–2008), district attorney in Laredo
Mike Godwin (born 1956), attorney, author
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes (born 1927), defense attorney, author
Joe Jamail (born 1925), attorney, billionaire
Leon Jaworski (1905–1982), attorney, was special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal hearings
Odell McBrayer (1930–2008), Fort Worth Christian attorney who ran for governor in 1974
Harry McPherson (1929–2012), special counsel to President Lyndon Johnson, lawyer, lobbyist
William C. Meier (born 1940), state senator, holds world filibuster record; lost race for attorney general to Jim Mattox in 1982
Lawrence E. Meyers (born 1947), judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals since 1993, based in Fort Worth
Harriet Miers (born 1945), attorney, White House Counsel, nominated for U.S. Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor (born 1930), former associate justice of the United States Supreme Court; first woman on the high court
John O'Quinn (1941–2009), attorney
Louise Raggio (1919–2011), attorney, first female prosecutor in Texas
Ken Starr (born 1946), attorney, federal judge, Solicitor General, and Independent Counsel during the Clinton Administration
Craig Watkins (born 1967), first African-American district attorney in Texas, Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year 2008
Mark Yudof (born 1944), law professor, university chancellor
James B. Gillett (1856–1937), lawman, member of Texas Ranger Hall of Fame
TJ Goree (1835–1905), superintendent of penitentiaries in Texas, namesake of the Goree Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; Confederate Army captain, attorney
Frank Hamer (1884–1955), Texas Ranger, led raid in which Bonnie and Clyde were killed
Roy Hazelwood (born 1938), FBI profiler
Ted Hinton (1904–1977), deputy sheriff involved in raid in which Bonnie and Clyde were killed
Ramiro Martinez (born 1937), police officer involved in killing of sniper Charles Whitman
Captain Bill McDonald (1852–1918), one of the "Four Great Captains" of the Texas Rangers
David Atlee Phillips (1922–1988), officer for the CIA, recipient of the Career Intelligence Medal
Phil Ryan (born 1945), Texas Ranger who arrested serial killer Henry Lee Lucas
Charlie Siringo (1855–1928), Wild West lawman
J. D. Tippit (1924–1963), Dallas police officer who questioned Lee Harvey Oswald following the assassination of John F. Kennedy and was subsequently killed by Oswald
Charles Winstead (1891–1973), FBI Agent in the 1930s–1940s, famous for being one of the agents who shot and killed John Dillinger
Malouf Abraham, Jr. (born 1939), retired physician from Canadian, Texas, and patron of the arts
Walter W. Ahlschlager (1887–1965), architect
Larry D. Alexander (born 1953), visual artist
Natalia Anciso (born 1985), visual artist
José Arpa (1858–1952), painter
Atlee Ayres (1873–1969), architect
Bill Barminski (born 1962), artist, designer, filmmaker
Arthello Beck (1941–2004), visual artist
John T. Biggers (1924–2001), muralist, established art department at Texas Southern University
Electra Waggoner Biggs (1912–2001), sculptor
Melinda Bordelon (1949–1995), painter, illustrator
Berkeley Breathed (born 1957), Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, author/illustrator, director, screenwriter
Harold Dow Bugbee (1900–1963), artist
John Cassaday (born 1971), comic book artist
Keith Carter (born 1948), photographer, educator, artist
Harold F. Clayton (1954–2015), sculptor
Nicholas Joseph Clayton (1840–1916), architect
Matchett Herring Coe (1907–1999), sculptor
Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864–1939), impressionist painter
Charles August Albert Dellschau (1830–1923), outsider artist
Neil Denari (born 1957), architect
Richard Dominguez (born 1960), comic book artist
Dan Dunn (born 1957), speed painter, cartoonist, caricaturist
Joseph Finger (1887–1953), architect
Alfred C. Finn (1883–1964), architect
O'Neil Ford (1905–1982), architect
Alfred Giles (1853–1920), architect
Xavier Gonzalez (1898–1993), muralist, sculptor, teacher
Glenna Goodacre (born 1939), sculptor, designed obverse of Sacagawea dollar
Trenton Doyle Hancock (born 1974), visual artist
Wyatt C. Hedrick (1888–1964), architect
Wolf Hilbertz (1938–2007), architect, inventor, marine scientist, educator
Armando Hinojosa (born 1944), sculptor
Alexandre Hogue (1898–1994), realist painter
Carl Hoppe (1897–1981), painter
Louis Hoppe (fl.
1860s), 19th-century folk artist
Robert H.H. Hugman (1902–1980), architect, designed San Antonio River Walk
Natalie Irish (born 1982), multimedia artist, pioneer of the lip print technique
James Ivey (born 1967), artist, painter, carnival surrealism
Elisa Jimenez (born 1963), interdisciplinary artist, fashion designer
Luis Jiménez (1940–2006), sculptor
Raoul Josset (1899–1957), sculptor
Donald Judd (1928–1994), sculptor
George Kessler (1862–1923), landscape architect, city planner
Janet Krueger (born 1952), painter, educator
Thomas C. Lea, III (1907–2001), muralist, illustrator, artist, war correspondent, novelist, historian
Harold LeDoux (1926–2015), cartoonist, Judge Parker Hermann Lungkwitz (1813–1891), landscape artist, photographer
Stanley Marsh 3 (1938–2014), millionaire artist and philanthropist
Florence McClung (1894–1992), painter, printmaker, art teacher
Marion Koogler McNay (1883–1950), artist, teacher, art collector, museum founder, philanthropist
Jesús Moroles (1950–2015), sculptor
Elisabet Ney (1833–1907), sculptor
Julian Onderdonk (1882–1922), painter
Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (1852–1917), painter
Graydon Parrish (born 1970), realist painter
Harry D. Payne (1891–1987), architect
Dan Piraro (born 1958), painter, illustrator, cartoonist
Thomas M. Price (1916–1998), architect
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), painter, sculptor, graphic artist
Frank Reaugh (1860–1945), painter
Ace Reid (1925–1991), cartoonist and humorist
Joe Riley (1964–2007), visual and plastic artist
Nancy Rubins (born 1952), sculptor, installation artist
Verónica Ruiz de Velasco (born 1968), painter
Porfirio Salinas (1910–1973), landscape painter
Julian Schnabel (born 1951), artist, film director
Zachary Selig (born 1949), artist, painter, writer
Mark Seliger (born 1959), photographer
Grant Speed (1930–2011), western-themed sculptor
Justin Storms (born 1981), artist, musician, and creator of coloring book The Whaletopian Coloring Book James Surls (born 1943), modernist sculptor
Wilhelm Thielepape (1814–1904), architect, lithographer, photographer, surveyor, attorney, mayor of San Antonio
Bob Wade (born 1943), artist, sculptor in "Cosmic Cowboy" genre
Mack White (born 1952), comic book artist
Verner Moore White (1863–1923), noted landscape and portrait artist
Laura Wilson (born 1939), photographer
Robert William Wood (1889–1979), landscape painter
Jeff Abbott (born 1963), mystery novelist
Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940), mystery writer
Sybil Leonard Armes (1914–2007), author, poet, musician
Karle Wilson Baker (1878–1960), poet, author
Wendy Barker (born 1942), poet, educator
Neal Barrett, Jr. (born 1929), science fiction-fantasy writer
Barbara Barrie (born 1931), author of children's books
Rick Bass (born 1958), writer, environmentalist
Roy Bedichek (1878–1959), writer, naturalist, educator
Raymond Benson (born 1955), novelist
Sarah Bird (born 1949), novelist, screenwriter, journalist
Cheryl Bolen (born 1946), novelist, journalist
Sandra Brown (born 1948), novelist
James Lee Burke (born 1936), mystery writer
Harley True Burton (1888–1964), author The History of the JA Ranch Katherine Center (born 1972), author of chick lit, mommy lit
Pat Choate (born 1941), author, economist
Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), author and poet
Bill Crider (born 1941), mystery writer
Deborah Crombie (born 1952), mystery writer
Justin Cronin (born 1962), novelist
Grace Noll Crowell (1877–1969), poet
James Crumley (1939–2008), crime novelist
Patrick Dearen (born 1951), western author
Jan de Hartog (1914–2002), Nobel Prize-nominated author, Tony Award-winning playwright, social activist, philanthropist
Jim Dent (born 1953), author, sportswriter
Adina Emilia De Zavala (1861–1955), writer, historian, educator
J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964), folklorist and writer about open-range days
Carole Nelson Douglas (born 1944), mystery writer
Robert M. Edsel (born 1956), nonfiction writer, oil company founder and innovator
John R. Erickson (born 1943), cowboy, author, songwriter, voice actor, wrote Hank the Cowdog series
B. H. Fairchild (born 1942), poet
Kitty Ferguson (born 1941), science writer
Robert Flynn (born 1932), novelist
Horton Foote (1916–2009), author and playwright
Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen Gammel (1854–1931), editor and publisher of  The Laws of Texas 1822–1897 Bryan A. Garner (born 1958), lexicographer, grammarian, author, educator
Fred Gipson (1908–1973), novelist, author of Old Yeller John Graves (1920–2013), author
Jesse Edward Grinstead (1866–1948), author of Western fiction
Christine Ha (born 1979), writer, poet, editor; chef who won MasterChef cooking competition in 2012
Hardy Haberman (born 1950), author, filmmaker, educator, figure in BDSM culture
Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (born 1938), novelist, journalist, playwright
J. Evetts Haley (1901–1995), historian and political activist
Laura Vernon Hamner (1871–1968), author, ranch historian, educator
Stephen Harrigan (born 1948), novelist, journalist
Stanley Hauerwas (born 1940), theologian, philosopher
Bobbie Louise Hawkins (born 1930), short story writer, monologist, and poet
Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958), poet and writer
Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), novelist, author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley Rolando Hinojosa (born 1929), novelist, essayist, poet, educator
Thomas Elisha Hogg (1842–1880), poet, writer, editor
Mary Austin Holley (1784–1846), wrote first English-language history of Texas
Robert E. Howard (1906–1936), author of Conan the Barbarian stories and other pulp adventure tales
William Humphrey (1924–1997), novelist
Bret Anthony Johnston (born 1971), author, director of creative writing program at Harvard University
Mary Karr (born 1955), poet, essayist, memoirist
Elmer Kelton (1926–2009), journalist, western novelist
Larry L. King (1929–2012), playwright, journalist, novelist, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951), author of crime thrillers, Hap and Leonard novels
Jenny Lawson (born 1973), journalist, humorist, blogger
Warren Leslie (1927–2011), author, journalist, screenwriter, business executive
David Liss (born 1966), writer
Janette Sebring Lowrey (1892–1986), author of children's books, including The Poky Little Puppy Max Lucado (born 1955), best-selling Christian author
Cathy Luchetti (born 1945), author of books about American frontier
Corey Marks (born 1970), poet, educator
A. J. Mayers (born 1987), mystery and science fiction novelist
Larry McMurtry (born 1936), Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove Alex McVey (born 1978), illustrator
Philipp Meyer (born 1974), novelist
Frances Mossiker (1906–1985), author of historical novels
Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952), poet, songwriter, novelist
Bill O'Neal (born 1942), author, historian, educator
Marc Ostrofsky (born 1961), author, entrepreneur, investor
William A. Owens (1905–1990), author, folklorist, educator
Greg Pak (born 1968), comic-book writer, film director
Americo Paredes (1915–1999), author of books on life along U.S.–Mexican border
Paul Patterson (1909–2008), western author and educator
Stanley G. Payne (born 1934), historian of modern Spain and European Fascism
Rachel Plummer (1818–1839), wrote a sensational account of her captivity among Comanches
Julie Powell (born 1973), author, blogger, subject of film Julie & Julia Hugh Prather (1938–2010), writer, minister, counselor
James Reasoner (born 1953), writer
Rupert N. Richardson (1891–1988), historian
Rick Riordan (born 1964), novelist
Lou Halsell Rodenberger (1926–2009), author, educator, journalist
Jane Gilmore Rushing (1925–1997), novelist, journalist
Dorothy Scarborough (1878–1935), author, folklorist
Robert Schenkkan (born 1953), playwright, screenwriter, actor
Cynthia Leitich Smith (born 1967), author of fiction for children and young adults
Terry Southern (1924–1995), author, screenwriter
Suzy Spencer (born 1954) true crime author, journalist
John Steakley (1951–2010), science-fiction and fantasy writer
Lorenzo Thomas (1944–2005), poet, critic, educator
Jim Thompson (1906–1977), crime novelist
Thomas Thompson (1933–1982), author, journalist
Lon Tinkle (1906–1980), author, Texas historian
Sergio Troncoso (born 1961), author of The Nature of Truth Lizzie Velásquez (born 1989), author, motivational speaker, anti-bullying activist
Walter Prescott Webb (1888–1963), author, historian
Ruthe Lewin Winegarten (1929–2004), author, editor, historian, social activist
Joaquin Zihuatanejo (Royce Johnson) (born 1971), poet
Bidal Aguero (1949–2009), Hispanic newspaper publisher in Lubbock
Wick Allison (born 1948), magazine owner and publisher, author
Bud Andrews (1940–2014), radio personality in Lubbock
Jim Angle (born 1946), Chief Washington Correspondent for Fox News
Ole Anthony (born 1938), investigative journalist, magazine editor
John Ardoin (1935–2001), music critic and author
Hugh Aynesworth (born 1931), journalist, investigative reporter, authority on the assassination of John F. Kennedy
Dave Barnett (born 1958), sportscaster
Skip Bayless (born 1951), sportswriter
Michelle Beadle (born 1975), sports reporter for ESPN and NBCUniversal
Paul Begala (born 1961), Democratic political consultant, political commentator
Alfred Horatio Belo (1839–1901), newspaper founder
Joshua Benton (born 1975), newspaper reporter and columnist, educator
Michael Berry (born 1970), conservative talk-radio host in Houston
Kevin Blackistone (born 1959), sportswriter
Bill Blair (1921–2014), newspaper founder and publisher, Negro league baseball player
Brandon Boyer (born 1977), blog editor
Pat Boyette (1923–2000), radio journalist, comic book artist
Billy Lee Brammer (1929–1978), journalist, novelist, political staffer
William Cowper Brann (1855–1898), journalist, iconoclastic writer
Marie Brenner (born 1949), investigative journalist, writer
Joe Bob Briggs (John Bloom) (born 1953), film critic
John Henry Brown (1820–1895), historian, newspaper founder and editor, politician
Lance Brown (born 1972), television sportscaster, NFL football player
Samantha Brown (born 1969), television host
Liz Carpenter (1920–2010), writer, feminist, reporter, media advisor, speechwriter, political humorist, public relations expert
Al Carrell (1925–2014), home-improvement columnist, radio host
Al Carter (born 1952), sports journalist
Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), newspaper founder and publisher
Cheryl Casone (born 1970), Fox Business Network anchor
Elizabeth Chambers (born 1982), television host and news reporter for Current TV
Dan Cook (1926–2008), sportswriter, sportscaster
Tim Cowlishaw (born 1955), sportswriter
Candice Crawford (born 1986), KDAF reporter
Lane Crockett (born 1941), journalist for The Shreveport Times; born in Ballinger, Texas
Walter Cronkite (1916–2009), CBS News anchor
Jim Cummins (1945–2007), NBC News reporter
Don Dahler (born 1960), journalist, writer, correspondent for CBS News
Corby Davidson (born 1969), sports radio personality
Mark Davis (born 1957), conservative talk-show host, newspaper columnist
George B. Dealey (1859–1946), newspaper publisher
Jody Dean (born 1959), radio journalist, author
Pete Delkus (born 1965), television meteorologist
Dayna Devon (born 1970), television journalist
Sam Donaldson (born 1934), ABC News reporter
Troy Dungan (born 1936), television meteorologist
George Dunham (born 1965), radio personality, sportscaster
E–J
Linda Ellerbee (born 1944), journalist, correspondent, reporter
Gene Elston (born 1922), sportscaster
John Henry Faulk (1913–1990), storyteller and radio broadcaster
T. R. Fehrenbach (1925–2013), newspaper columnist, historian
Shannon Fife (1888–1972), journalist, humorist, screenwriter
Robert Flores (born 1970), ESPN Sports anchor
Clint Formby (1923–2010), radio personality
Ron Franklin (born 1942), sportscaster
Kinky Friedman (born 1944), columnist, singer-songwriter, novelist, candidate for governor of Texas
Mel Gabler (1915–2004), public school textbook monitor and cofounder of Educational Research Analysts of Longview
Randy Galloway (born 1943), radio host, newspaper columnist
Kyle Gann (born 1955), music critic, composer, musicologist
George Gimarc (born 1957), radio announcer, disc jockey, producer
Frank Glieber (1934–1985), sportscaster
Oscar Griffin, Jr. (1933–2011), newspaper editor, won Pulitzer Prize for uncovering Billie Sol Estes scandal
Jesse Edward Grinstead (1866–1948), founder of The Kerrville Mountain Sun Jane Hall (born 1951), former Fox News pundit, Fox News Watch, The O'Reilly Factor Tamron Hall (born 1970), MSNBC daytime anchor
Milo Hamilton (born 1927), sportscaster
Dale Hansen (born 1948), sportscaster
Stephen Harrigan (born 1948), journalist, novelist
Houston Harte (1893–1972), co-founder of Harte-Hanks chain of newspapers
Heloise (1919–1977 [mother] and born 1951 [daughter]), syndicated columnists
Kate Heyhoe (born 1955), food writer
Norm Hitzges (born 1944), sportscaster, reporter
Skip Hollandsworth (born 1957), journalist, screenwriter, magazine editor
Mark Holtz (1945–1997), sportscaster
Karen Elliott House (born 1947), journalist, publishing and business executive
Deborah Howell (1941–2010), newspaper editor
June Hunt (born 1944), radio host of religious programs
Jovita Idar (1885–1946), journalist, civil rights activist
Molly Ivins (1944–2007), political commentator, liberal journalist, and author
Dahr Jamail (born 1968), journalist
Craig James (born 1961), sports commentator on ABC and ESPN
Dan Jenkins (born 1929), sportswriter and author
Sally Jenkins (born 1960), sports columnist and feature writer for The Washington Post Iola Johnson (born 1950), television news anchor, first African-American anchor in the Southwest
Kenneth P. Johnson (1934–2008), newspaper editor
Richard Justice, sportswriter
K–O
Todd Kalas (born 1965), sportscaster
Bill P. Keith (born 1934), author in Longview; former member of the Louisiana State Senate
Gordon Keith, radio personality
Steven G. Kellman (born 1947), literary critic, columnist, author, educator
Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker (1898–1949), journalist, author
Harry Koch (1867–1942), newspaper founder, railroad founder
Phil Konstantin (born 1952), journalist, author
Kidd Kraddick (1959–2013), radio host
Jim Lehrer (born 1934), television journalist, author
Josh Lewin (born 1968), sportscaster
Verne Lundquist (born 1940), sportscaster, reporter
Bill Macatee (born 1955), sportscaster, reporter
Debra Maffett (born 1956), host of TNN Country News, Miss America 1983
Dan Malone (born 1955), Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter
Ernie Manouse (born 1969), television host, radio personality, writer, producer
Charles E. Maple (1932–2006), journalist, chamber of commerce official, and assistant superintendent of the Texas State Railroad from 1981 to 1993
Chris Marrou (born 1947), television news anchor
Roland Martin (born 1968), journalist, syndicated columnist, CNN commentator
Russ Martin (born 1960), radio host
Mary Maverick (1818–1898), memoirist
Frank W. Mayborn (1903–1987), newspaper publisher
John McCaa (born 1954), television news anchor
Kevin McCarthy, radio and television announcer
Joe McLaughlin (1934–1997), sportswriter
Gordon McLendon (1921–1986), radio pioneer, innovator, entrepreneur
Howard McNeil (1920–2010), television meteorologist
Sonny Melendrez (born 1946), radio personality, voice actor
Curt Menefee (born 1965), sportscaster, reporter
Bill Mercer (born 1926), sportscaster
Maxine Mesinger (1925–2001), gossip columnist
Dale Milford (1926–1997), television meteorologist, U.S. Representative
Ray Miller (1919–2008), television journalist
Leslie Mouton (born 1965), news reporter
John H. Murphy (1913–2007), newspaperman
Eric Nadel (born 1951), sportscaster
James Pearson Newcomb (1837–1907), newspaper journalist, publisher; Secretary of State of Texas
Chau Nguyen (born 1973), television news anchor
Jim O'Brien (1939–1983), reporter, disc jockey
Norah O'Donnell (born 1974), commentator on The Today Show and MSNBC correspondent
Barbara Olson (1955–2001), Fox News and CNN commentator
P–Z
Scott Pelley (born 1957), anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News Uma Pemmaraju (born 1958), anchor for Fox News
Gary Perkins (1937–1991), radio broadcaster
Bob Phillips (born 1951), creator, producer, and host of Texas Country Reporter Michael Phillips (born 1960), journalist, historian, author, educator
Stone Phillips (born 1954), co-anchor of Dateline NBC Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980), journalist, essayist, novelist
Cactus Pryor (1923–2011), radio personality, actor
John Quiñones (born 1952), ABC News correspondent
Dan Rather (born 1931), former CBS Evening News anchor
Julia Scott Reed (1917–2004), newspaper columnist, reporter, editor
Rex Reed (born 1938), movie critic
Dick Risenhoover (1927–1978), sportscaster
Tracy Rowlett (born 1942), television news anchor
John Phillip Santos (born 1957), journalist, author, filmmaker, producer
Bob Schieffer (born 1937), CBS Evening News anchor
Brad Sham (born 1949), sportscaster
Bud Shrake (1931–2009), sportswriter, author
William Dean Singleton (born 1951), newspaper publishing executive, chairman of the board of Associated Press
Evan Smith (born 1966), magazine editor, television, radio, internet journalist
Liz Smith (born 1923), syndicated columnist
David Snell (1921–1987) writer and cartoonist
Mickey Spagnola (born 1952), sportswriter
Ron Stone (1936–2008), television news reporter
Linda Stouffer (born 1970), television news anchor
Clinton Howard Swindle (1945–2004), investigative newspaper journalist, author
Harold Taft (1922–1991), television meteorologist
Thomas Thompson (1933–1982), investigative journalist for Life magazine, author
Bascom N. Timmons (1890–1987), opened news bureau in Washington to serve newspapers in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, and Ohio; native of Amarillo.
Jack Tinsley (1935–2004), newspaper executive editor
Frank X. Tolbert (1912–1984), author, historian, journalist, restaurateur
Karen Tumulty (born 1955), newspaper correspondent
Juan M. Vasquez (born 1944), journalist
Rob Walker (born 1968), journalist, author
Todd Wagner (born 1960), internet broadcasting pioneer
Richie Whitt (born 1964), sports columnist, radio personality
Edwin "Big Ed" Wilkes (1931–1998), Lubbock radio personality
Greg Williams (born 1960), sports radio host
Robert Wilonsky (born 1968), newspaper columnist, critic
Lawrence Wright (born 1947), journalist, author of The Looming Tower Marvin Zindler (1921–2007), television journalist
Science, including medicine
Muthu Alagappan (born c. 1990), sports statistician
Nima Arkani-Hamed (born 1972), theoretical physicist
Edmund F. Baroch (born 1934), metallurgist
Brady Barr (born 1963), herpetologist
R. Palmer Beasley (1936–2012), physician, public health educator, epidemiologist
Angela Belcher (born 1967), materials scientist, biological engineer, MIT professor, MacArthur Fellow
Bruce Beutler (born 1957), immunologist, geneticist, won Nobel Prize in Medicine
Bob Biard (born 1931), electrical engineer; invented the GaAs infrared light-emitting diode (LED), the optical isolator, the Schottky transistor, and MOS ROM
Gail Borden (1801–1874), inventor of condensed milk and other foodstuffs, surveyor, publisher
T. Berry Brazelton (born 1918), pediatrician, author, syndicated columnist
Michael Glyn Brown (1957–2013), hand surgeon
Michael Stuart Brown (born 1941), Nobel Prize-winning geneticist
John Cacioppo (born 1951), co-founder of social neuroscience
Robert Cade (1927–2007), physician, scientist; inventor of Gatorade
William H. Cade (born 1946), zoologist, evolutionary biologist, authority on mating systems of Orthoptera
Paul C. W. Chu (born 1941), physicist, leading authority on superconductivity
Denton Cooley (born 1920), pioneering heart surgeon
Kenneth H. Cooper (born 1931), physician, developed concept of aerobic exercise
Robert Curl (born 1933), Nobel Prize-winning chemist
Michael E. DeBakey (1908–2008), pioneering heart surgeon
Everette Lee DeGolyer (1886–1956), geophysicist, philanthropist
Robert Dennard (born 1932), computer scientist and inventor
Bryce DeWitt (1923–2004), physicist, co-developed Wheeler-DeWitt equation ("wave function of the Universe")
Cécile DeWitt-Morette (born 1922), physicist, mathematician
Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874–1954), mathematician
James "Red" Duke (1928–2015), physician, professor, journalist
Helen J. Farabee (1934–1988), pioneer in mental health
Ralph Feigin (1938–2008), pediatrician, writer, educator, hospital administrator
Joseph L. Goldstein (born 1940), Nobel Prize-winning geneticist, biochemist
Cecil Howard Green (1900–2003), geophysicist, founder of Texas Instruments, philanthropist
G.B. Halsted (1853–1922), mathematician
Aubrey Otis Hampton (1900–1955), radiologist
John Haynes, Jr. (born 1937), rural family physician, national recognition as Country Doctor of the Year
George H. Heilmeier (1936–2014), engineer, contributed to invention of LCDs; was Chief Technical Officer at Texas Instruments
M. King Hubbert (1903–1989), geophysicist
Lane P. Hughston (born 1951), mathematician, physicist, scholar and professor of mathematical finance
Nathan Isgur (1947–2001), theoretical physicist
Mavis Kelsey (1912–2013), physician who founded the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, professor, writer, philanthropist
Jack Kilby (1923–2005), electrical engineer; invented integrated circuit, handheld calculator, thermal printer; Nobel Prize Laureate
R. Bowen Loftin (born 1949), physicist, computer scientist, educator, university president
Cyrus Longworth Lundell (1907–1994), botanist, archaeologist; discovered several Mayan cities in Mexican jungle
Eugene McDermott (1899–1973), geophysicist, founder of Texas Instruments, philanthropist
C. Wright Mills (1916–1962), prominent political sociologist and author
Forrest Mims (born 1944), amateur scientist, popular science writer
W. E. Moerner (born 1953), chemist, professor
Oscar Monnig (1902–1999), astronomer and meteoricist
Robert Lee Moore (1882–1974), mathematician, educator
Matt Mullenweg (born 1984), developed WordPress software
Hermann Joseph Muller (1890–1967), geneticist, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Joseph Nagyvary (born 1934), biochemist, violin maker, Stradivarius researcher
John Park (1814–1872), inventor, construction materials expert, builder
Percy Pennybacker (1895–1963), civil engineer, innovator of bridge design
Victor Poor (1933–2012), as Technical Director at Datapoint in San Antonio, led design of the Intel 8008 microprocessor chip
Ilya Prigogine (1917–2003), physicist and chemist, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Doreen Rosenstrauch (born 1969), scientist, physician, humanist
Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau (1911–2000), chemical engineer; designed the first commercial penicillin production plant
Nikos Salingaros (born 1952), mathematician, physicist, architectural theorist, urban theorist
Robert Simpson (1912–2014), meteorologist, hurricane specialist
John Stapp (1910–1999), Air Force officer, researched human transport and safety
Michael Starbird (born 1948), mathematician, educator
George Sudarshan (born 1931), physicist, author, University of Texas professor
John Tate (born 1925), mathematician, Wolf Prize in Mathematics
Gordon Teal (1907–2003), electrical engineer known for developing the first silicon transistor
Alice Y. Ting (born 1974), chemist, MIT professor
Beatrice Tinsley (1941–1981), astronomer
Catalina Trail (born 1949), amateur naturalist, social worker
Karen Uhlenbeck (born 1942), mathematician, National Medal of Science
Harry Vandiver (1882–1973), mathematician
Abraham Verghese (born 1955), physician, educator, author
Hubert Stanley Wall (1902–1971), mathematician, educator
Steven Weinberg (born 1933), Nobel Laureate in Physics
Spencer Wells (born 1969), geneticist and anthropologist
Fred Wendorf (1924–2015), anthropologist
John A. Wheeler (1911–2008), physicist, Wolf Prize in Physics, coined the term 'black hole'
Mary Wheeler (born 1938), mathematician
Quentin Wilson (born 1942), engineer, one of the "Rocket Boys" portrayed in a 1990s book and film
Robert Woodrow Wilson (born 1936), Nobel Prize-winning physicist, astronomer
Lloyd Youngblood (born 1946), neurosurgeon
Aviation and space exploration
Randy Acord (1919–2008), historian of aviation
William Anders (born 1933), Apollo program astronaut
Anousheh Ansari (born 1966 in Mashhad, Iran), first female space tourist
Jeffrey Ashby (born 1954), astronaut
Alan Bean (born 1932), astronaut
John E. Blaha (born 1942), astronaut
David Harold Byrd (1900–1986), founder of Civil Air Patrol, oilman
Kenneth Cockrell (born 1950), astronaut
Aaron Cohen (1931–2010), director of NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Bessie "Queen Bess" Coleman (1892–1926), first African American female aviator
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (1907–1995), aviator
John Oliver Creighton (born 1943), astronaut
Robert Crippen (born 1937), astronaut
John M. Fabian (born 1939), astronaut
William Frederick Fisher (born 1946), astronaut
Patrick G. Forrester (born 1957), astronaut
Benjamin Foulois (1879–1967), pioneering military aviator
Edward Givens (1930–1967), astronaut
Bernard A. Harris, Jr. (born 1956), astronaut
Gary L. Herod (1929–1961), Texas Air National Guard pilot who stayed with his plane as it crashed, in order to avoid residential areas
Paul Hill (born 1962), Director of Mission Operations at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Donald Holmquest (born 1939), astronaut
Howard Hughes (1905–1976), billionaire playboy, entrepreneur and aviation pioneer
Millie Hughes-Fulford (born 1945), astronaut
Rick Husband (1957–2003), commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia, killed in its crash
Robert S. Kimbrough (born 1967), astronaut
Timothy Kopra (born 1963), astronaut
Paul Lockhart (born 1956), astronaut
Ormer Locklear (1891–1920), stunt flyer
Edgar Mitchell (born 1930), astronaut
Richard Mullane (born 1945), astronaut
Arthur W. Murray (1918–2011), test pilot
John D. Olivas (born 1965), NASA astronaut of Mexican descent, flew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-117) in June 2007
Wiley Post (1898–1935), first pilot to fly solo around the world
James F. Reilly (born 1954), astronaut
David Scott (born 1932), astronaut
Elliot See (1927–1966), astronaut
Katherine Stinson (1891–1977), pioneering female aviator
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (born 1951), airline pilot, safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River after a bird strike
Ed Swearingen (1925–2014), aeronautical engineer
Shannon Walker (born 1965), astronaut, physicist
Edward White (1930–1967), first American astronaut to walk in space
Jeana Yeager (born 1952), broke distance records during nonstop flight around the world in the experimental Voyager airplane
Scholars, educators, academiciansSee also the listings on this page for individual areas of specialization (e.g., Literature, Science/medicine, Music)A–K
R.J.Q. Adams (born 1943), professor of British history at Texas A&M University
Theodore Albrecht (born 1945), music historian, educator
Sara Alpern (born 1942), professor of women's history at Texas A&M
L.C. (Laurine Cecil) Anderson (1853–1938), African-American educator
Terry H. Anderson (born 1946), professor of history at Texas A&M University
Domingo Arechiga (1926-1987),president of Laredo Community College, 1974 to 1985
B W Aston (1936–2010), historian, professor
Eugene C. Barker (1874–1956), premier historian of Texas; Barker History Center on UT campus bears his name
Alwyn Barr (born 1938), historian
Jacques Barzun (1907–2012), historian, philosopher, recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom
Garland Bayliss (1924–2015), historian, administrator at Texas A&M University
ZerNona Black (1906–2005), civil rights activist, educator
H. W. Brands (born 1953), historian, author, professor at University of Texas
Brené Brown (born 1965), scholar, researcher, and University of Houston professor of social work
Walter L. Buenger (born 1951), historian
Rufus Columbus Burleson (1823–1901), president of Baylor University, minister
Robert A. Calvert (1933–2000), historian
Paul H. Carlson (born 1940), historian of the American West
Christine Comer, Director of Science in the curriculum division of the Texas Education Agency; resigned amid controversy
Louise Cowan (born 1916), liberal arts scholar, professor, critic
Light Townsend Cummins (born 1946), historian, educator
Henry C. Dethloff (born 1934), historian, author, retired professor at Texas A&M
Ramón H. Dovalina (born 1943), president of Laredo Community College, 1995-2007
Chester Dunning (born 1949), historian, specialist in Russian studies
T. R. Fehrenbach (1925–2013), historian, newspaper columnist
Dan Flores (born 1948), historian of the American West
Joe Bertram Frantz (1917–1993), historian
W. C. Friley (1845–1911), first president of Hardin-Simmons University, 1892–1894
Kyle Gann (born 1955), musicologist, composer, music critic
Bryan A. Garner (born 1958), lexicographer, grammarian, author, educator
Brison D. Gooch (1925–2014), historian and professor emeritus from Texas A&M
Elizabeth Goree (1845–1929), teacher, school administrator, education advocate
Claude Hall (1922–2001), historian, professor of American diplomacy
Anna Harriet Heyer (1909–2002), musicologist, music librarian, bibliographer
Harold Hoehner (1935–2009), theologian, author, professor
Roy Hofheinz, Jr. (born 1935), sinologist, professor at Harvard University
William Curry Holden (1896–1993), historian, archaeologist, educator, museum director
John Holmes Jenkins (1940–1989), historian, antiquarian bookseller, publisher, poker player
Shirley Strum Kenny (born 1935), English scholar, university president
V. O. Key, Jr. (1908–1963), political scientist, Ivy League professor
Arnold Krammer (born 1941), historian of Germany and the United States; retired professor at Texas A&M University
Allan J. Kuethe (born 1940), historian of Latin America at Texas Tech University
Ray A. Laird, president of Laredo Community College, 1960 to 1974; died in Kerrville in 1986
Herbert H. Lang (1921–2006), historian, professor at Texas A&M University
Umphrey Lee (1893–1958), Methodist pastor, president of Southern Methodist University
John Lomax (1867–1948), musicologist, folklorist
Edgar Odell Lovett (1871–1957), educator, college administrator, first president of Rice University
Juan L. Maldonado (born 1948), president of Laredo Community College since 2007
Martin V. Melosi (born 1947), environmental and urban historian at University of Houston
Kenneth R. Mladenka (born 1943), political scientist at Texas A&M University who researched in urban studies
Francis Joseph Mullin (1906–1997), president of Shimer College
Barry Munitz (born 1941), corporation and foundation executive, chancellor of University of Houston System and California State University System
J. Milton Nance (1913–1997), historian who specialized in 19th century Texas at Texas A&M University
Hasan Bülent Paksoy (born 1948), historian, literary critic
Leonidas Warren Payne, Jr. (1873–1945), linguist, folklorist, English professor
Anna Pennybacker (1861–1938), educator, author, social activist
Albert Reyes, executive of Baptist charity, university president
Henry C. Schmidt (born 1937), historian, specialist in Latin American affairs
Marilyn McAdams Sibley (1921–2006), historian, professor
John Silber (1926–2012), president and chancellor of Boston University
Ruth J. Simmons (born 1945), first female African-American president of a major college (Smith College), first African-American president of an Ivy League college (Brown University)
Thomas Vernor Smith (1890–1964), philosopher, scholar, educator, U.S. representative
Jean A. Stuntz (born 1957), historian of women's studies
Jerry D. Thompson (born 1943), historian of Texas and the Southwestern United States
Leon Toubin (born 1928), Jewish civic leader, philanthropist, and historian
Decherd Turner (1922–2002), bibliophile, book collector, librarian, minister
Betty Miller Unterberger (1922–2012), the first woman faculty member at Texas A&M University (1968–2004) and the first president (1986) of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Ernest Wallace (1906–1985), historian of Texas and the southern Great Plains
Sudie L. Williams (1872–1940), music educator
Roger L. Worsley (born 1937), president of Laredo Community College, 1985 to 1995
Susan Youens (born 1947), musicologist, music professor, author
George Washington Baines (1809–1882), Baptist
Kathleen Baskin-Ball (1958–2008), Methodist
Norman A. Beck (born 1933), Lutheran pastor, professor
Claude Black (1916–2009), Baptist
Kirbyjon Caldwell (born 1953), Methodist
Jo Carr (1926–2007), Methodist
Benajah Harvey Carroll (1843–1914), Baptist
Henry Cohen (1863–1952), Jewish
Kenneth Copeland (born 1936), Pentecostal
W.A. Criswell (1909–2002), Baptist
John B. Denton (1806–1841), Methodist minister for whom Denton (and Denton County) in Texas are named
James T. Draper, Jr. (born 1935), Baptist
Yusuf Estes (born 1944), Islamic scholar (moved to Texas from Ohio)
George Foreman (born 1949), Christian ordained minister, world heavyweight champion boxer, entrepreneur
Ruben Habito (born 1947), Zen master, former Jesuit priest
John Hagee (born 1940), Nondenominational
Kenneth E. Hagin (1917–2003), Pentecostal
Homer Hailey (1903–2000), Church of Christ
J. H. Hamblen (1877–1971), Methodist bishop
John Wesley Hardt (born 1921), Methodist
Samuel Augustus Hayden (1839–1918), Baptist pastor, newspaper publisher
Steve Hill (born 1954), evangelist
V. E. Howard (1911–2000), Church of Christ; started radio International Gospel Hour in Texarkana
Jack Hyles (1926–2001), Baptist
T. D. Jakes (born 1957), nondenominational pastor, entrepreneur, author
Robert Jeffress (born 1955), pastor since 2007 of the First Baptist Church of Dallas
Jimmy Kessler (born 1945), Jewish
John Kilian (1811–1884), Lutheran
Abraham Cohen Labatt (1802–1899), Jewish
David Lefkowitz (1875–1955), Jewish
Billie Wayne Lemons (1955–2008), Church of Christ; played for Cleveland Browns in 1977
G. Craige Lewis (born 1969), Presbyterian
Max Lucado (born 1955), Church of Christ
J. Vernon McGee (1904–1988), Presbyterian
W. Winfred Moore (1920–2015), Baptist
J. Frank Norris (1877–1952), Baptist
Grady Nutt (1934–1982), Baptist minister, humorist
Kevin O'Brien (1955–2008), Independent Baptist
Levi Olan (1903–1984), Jewish
Joel Osteen (born 1963), Nondenominational
John Osteen (1925–1999), Nondenominational
Albert Outler (1908–1989), Methodist theologian
Cline Paden (1919–2007), Church of Christ
Paige Patterson (born 1942), Baptist
William Evander Penn (1832–1895), Baptist evangelist
John R. Rice (1895–1980), Baptist
James Robison (born 1943), Nondenominational
Lester Roloff (1914–1982), Independent Baptist
Dmitri Royster (1923–2011), archbishop of Orthodox Church in America
Hyman Judah Schachtel (1907–1990), Jewish
R. W. Schambach (1926–2012), Christian televangelist based in Tyler
Priscilla Shirer (born 1974), Christian speaker, author
William Angie Smith (1894–1974), Methodist bishop
Samuel M. Stahl (born 1939), Jewish
David E. Stern (born 1961), Jewish
James Anthony Tamayo (born 1949), Roman Catholic
Robert Tilton (born 1946), Christian televangelist
George Washington Truett (1867–1944), Baptist
Cecil Williams (born 1929), Methodist minister, community leader, author, lecturer, spokesperson for the poor
Kenneth W. Wright (born 1945), Church of Christ
John Yanta (born 1931), Roman Catholic bishop
Jack Yates (1828–1897), Baptist pastor, black community leader, former slave
Infamous Texans
Charles Albright (born 1933), Dallas area serial killer
Joe Ball (1892–1938), serial killer
Buck Barrow (1903–1933), member of Bonnie and Clyde's gang, brother of Clyde Barrow
Sam Bass (1851–1878), train robber and western icon
Benny Binion (1904–1989), crime boss; later a Las Vegas casino owner