the-french-artist/wikipedia_20220301.simple_sentence_split huggingface dataset:
Bobby Unser (born in Colorado Springs) – auto racing driver; two-time winner of USAC/CART Indy Car championship (1968 and 1974), three-time winner of Indianapolis 500 (1968, 1975 and 1981) and thirteen-time winner of the Open-Wheel Class at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb; inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1990), Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1994), and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (1997)
Jerry Unser (born in Colorado Springs) – auto racing driver, winner of USAC Stock Car championship (1957)
Pat Valenzuela (born in Montrose – jockey, winner of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Breeders' Cup
Amy Van Dyken (born in Denver, alumnus of Cherry Creek High School) – swimmer, winner of six Olympic gold medals (four in 1996, two in 2000), three FINA World Championship gold medals (1998) and three Pan American Games gold medals (1995)
LenDale White (born and raised in Denver, alumnus of South High School and Chatfield Senior High School) – NFL running back
Cat Zingano (born in Winona, Minnesota but attended high school in Boulder) – UFC mixed martial artist
Business and community leaders
William Bent (lived near present-day La Junta) – with his brothers, Bent established Bent's Fort trading post; became a peace negotiator between settlers and Native Americans
Norman E. Brinker (born in Denver; died in Colorado Springs) – restaurateur responsible for new business concepts in the restaurant field, such as the salad bar
Margaret Brown (lived in Colorado) – socialite, philanthropist, and activist who became famous in the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, The Unsinkable Molly Brown James C. Collins (born in Boulder) – business consultant, author, and lecturer on the subject of company sustainability and growth
Adolph Coors (lived in Golden) – based in Golden, established what is now the nation's third largest brewing company; his family has been active in Colorado politics and philanthropy
Charles Gates, Jr. (born in Denver) – longtime president of the Gates Corporation, the world's largest maker of automotive belts and hoses
Elliot Handler (raised in Denver) – co-founder of Mattel; helped develop some of the biggest-selling toys in American history, including Barbie dolls, Chatty Cathy, Creepy Crawlers and Hot Wheels
Ruth Handler (born in Denver) – businesswoman and inventor; served as the president of the toy manufacturer Mattel and is remembered for her role in designing and marketing the Barbie doll
Daniel M. Lewin (born in Denver) – mathematician and entrepreneur, known for co-founding the internet company, Akamai Technologies.
Lewin was one of the murdered passengers on American Airlines Flight 11
James Smith McDonnell (1899–1980) (born in Denver) – aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
Otto Mears (born in Russia, lived in Silverton) – entrepreneur, financier, and railroad builder; founder of the Rio Grande Southern and the Silverton railroads
David Halliday Moffat (1839–1911) – banker, financier, industrialist, and inspiration for the Moffat Tunnel, the world's-longest railway tunnel upon its completion
Texas Jack Omohundro (lived and died in Leadville) – frontier scout, actor, and cowboy
General William Jackson Palmer (lived in Colorado Springs) – founder of the town of Colorado Springs, developed the first narrow gauge railroad system, the Denver and Rio Grande, owned the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Pueblo.
Winfield Scott Stratton (lived in Victor and Colorado Springs) – prospector, businessman and philanthropist; became a millionaire after he discovered and developed the Independence Mine; when he died he left all of his wealth for the construction of the Myron Stratton Home, for homeless and poor people
Horace Tabor (lived in Leadville) – prospector, businessman, and politician
Literary figures
Robert Baer (raised in Aspen) – author and a former CIA case officer assigned to the Middle East; wrote the books See No Evil and Sleeping with the Devil Matthew Berry (born in Denver) – creator of The Man's League, inductee in the Fantasy Sports Trade Association Hall of Fame, and author (Fantasy Life)
Neal Cassady (born in Salt Lake City, Utah, raised in Denver) – figure from the Beat Generation, known for being characterized as Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road Clive Cussler (lives in Golden) – novelist, Raise the Titanic, Deep Six Eugene Field (lived in Denver) – poet and journalist known for his work in children's literature, wrote such poems as Little Boy Blue and Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Allen Ginsberg (lived in Boulder) – beat poet, author of Howl and Kaddish, co-founder of the Naropa Institute's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder
Helen Hunt Jackson (lived in Colorado Springs) – wrote about the relationship between Coloradans and the Native Indian Tribes, and is often remembered for her brave stance in novels such as A Century of Dishonor and Ramona Ken Kesey (born in La Junta) – author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest James A. Michener (attended college in Greeley) – worked as a professor at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley where his archives are held; his novel Centennial, is about Colorado history
Jack Murphy (born in Denver) – sportswriter, football stadium in San Diego was named for him
Sayyid Qutb – author, poet, educator, and Islamic political theorist who described his stay in Greeley in the censorious article The America that I Have Seen that aroused Anti-American Sentiment among many Muslims; executed by Egypt
Marguerite Roberts (born in Greeley) – screenwriter, films include Ivanhoe, True Grit, 5 Card Stud Harold Ross (born in Aspen) – journalist, founder of The New Yorker magazine
Lowell Thomas (born in Woodington, Ohio, but raised in Victor, Colorado) – writer, journalist, broadcaster and traveler best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous
Hunter S. Thompson (lived in Woody Creek) – author and creator of Gonzo Journalism.
Dalton Trumbo (born in Montrose; lived in Grand Junction; attended the University of Colorado Boulder) – author of Johnny Got His Gun and Academy Award-winning screenwriter for his work in The Brave One; wrote the scripts for Spartacus, Exodus, Hawaii, and Papillon; was blacklisted during the 1950s as one of the Hollywood 10
Elmo Scott Watson (lived in Colorado Springs and Denver) – journalist who specialized in the American West
Connie Willis (lives in Greeley) – science fiction writer
Military figures
Erwin J. Boydston (enlisted in Colorado) – recipient of the United States Navy Medal of Honor for his service during the Boxer Rebellion
Arleigh Burke (born in Boulder) – admiral of the United States Navy during World War II along with the Korean War; later the Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower administration
Louis H. Carpenter – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for meritorious service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (1809–1868) – frontiersman, commander of Fort Garland (1866–1867), and negotiator of the 1867 peace treaty between the United States and the Ute tribe
Francis S. Dodge – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
Dwight David Eisenhower (married in Denver) – 34th President of the United States; organized the temporary location of Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, for a new service academy, the United States Air Force Academy; in 1954, Colorado Springs won the location for the new United States Air Force Academy site; as president, his official airplanes, Lockheed Constellation were The Columbine, Colorado's state flower; Several times President Eisenhower was treated for cardiac events at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital
Edward P. Grimes – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
William R. Grove (enlisted in Colorado) – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service during the Philippine–American War
William P. Hall – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
Henry Johnson – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service as a "Buffalo Soldier" in Colorado during the Indian Wars
John S. Lawton – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
John Merrill – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for gallant service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
George Moquin – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for gallant service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
Edward F. Murphy – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for gallant service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
Wilhelm O. Philipsen – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
John A. Poppe – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for gallant service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
Hampton M. Roach – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
George W. Wallace (enlisted in Colorado) – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service during the Philippine–American War
Jacob Widmer – recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars
3OH!3 (formed in Boulder) – electronica group; song "Don't Trust Me" from the album Want certified platinum by the RIAA
Laurie Anderson (lived in Boulder) – avant garde performer and musician, communications expert, writer
The Astronauts (formed in Boulder) – surf rock; first album along with the song "Baja" was number sixty-one in May 1963 on the Billboard 200 album chart
Ginger Baker (lived in Parker during the 1990s) – English drummer, member of Cream
Jello Biafra (real name Eric Boucher; born in Boulder; lived in Denver) – singer, songwriter, owner of Alternative Tentacles record label, member of the punk band Dead Kennedys
Big Head Todd and the Monsters (formed at the University of Colorado Boulder) – rock band; two of the band's albums have reached Billboard's Top 40 Album charts (1993, 1994), with one (Sister Sweetly) certified platinum by the RIAA
Tommy Bolin (lived in Boulder) – guitarist of Zephyr, James Gang, and Deep Purple
Breathe Carolina (born and raised in Denver) – electronica/screamo group; band consists of David Schmitt, Tommy Coops, Luis Bonet, Eric Armenta
Antonia Brico (lived in Denver) – conductor and pianist; was conductor of the Brico Symphony Orchestra and the Denver Symphony Orchestra
Chris Broderick (lived in Lakewood; attended University of Denver) – lead guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth
Jesse Carmichael (born in Boulder) – keyboardist for the rock group Maroon 5
John Denver (real name Henry Deutschendorf Jr.; lived in Aspen) – singer, guitarist, songwriter; winner of a Grammy Award (1997) and a posthumous Grammy Hall of Fame Award (1998); inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1996); named the official Poet Laureate of the State of Colorado (1977), with his song "Rocky Mountain High", which was named as one of the state's official songs
DeVotchKa (formed in Denver) – rock band, nominated for a Grammy Award (2006), assisted in composing and performing the score for the film Little Miss Sunshine Bryan Erickson (lives in Westminster) – singer, producer; member of the bands Velvet Acid Christ and Toxic Coma
Flobots (formed in Denver) – Hip hop band known for the song "Handlebars" from their album Fight with Tools; board members on the non-profit organization Flobots.org, a community organization; Flobots.org was founded before the band attained any fame
The Fluid (formed in Denver) – grunge band
The Fray (formed in Denver) – rock band; nominated for two Grammy Awards (2007); album How to Save a Life has been certified double platinum by the RIAA; members Dave Welsh and Ben Wysocki attended Ralston Valley High School in Arvada
Arie (born as India Arie Simpson in Denver) – singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer; winner of two Grammy Awards (2003, nominated sixteen times); three released albums have all hit Billboard's Top 40 Albums chart and have been certified by the RIAA as either platinum or multi-platinum sellers
Itchy-O (formed in Denver) – electronica experimental group; approximately 40 band members performing in the audience, with marching-band drums, taiko drums, electronics, dancers, and a Chinese Lion; all while masked, covered in LED lights, often with fireworks and other props such as giant puppets, flame throwers and the like
Ronnie Lane (lived and died in Trinidad) – singer, songwriter, bass guitarist; member of the bands Small Faces and Faces, and founder of his own backing band Slim Chance
The Lumineers (based in Denver) – folk rock band
C.W. McCall (lived in Ouray) – country singer known for the song "Convoy" in 1975; served six years as mayor of Ouray in 1986
Glenn Miller (full name Alton Glenn Miller; lived in Fort Morgan and Boulder; alumnus of Fort Morgan High School and the University of Colorado Boulder) – trombonist, band leader, leader of the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the United States Army Air Force Band; at the time of his death, one fifth of all music played on jukeboxes was a Glenn Miller creation
Ronnie Montrose (born in Denver) – rock guitarist who led a number of his own bands as well as performing with a variety of musicians
Jaye P. Morgan (born in Mancos) – singer and television personality
OneRepublic (formed in Colorado Springs) – rock band; album Dreaming Out Loud has been certified platinum by the RIAA
Pretty Lights (from Fort Collins)
Reverb and The Verse (formed in Denver) – electronic/hip-hop band
The Samples (formed in Boulder) – reggae-influenced rock/pop group
Tickle Me Pink (formed in Fort Collins) – signed to Wind-Up Records; debut album Madeline Townes Van Zandt (lived in Boulder; briefly attended the University of Colorado) – country singer and songwriter
Velvet Acid Christ (based in Denver) – electro-industrial band
Chuck E. Weiss (grew up in Denver) – musician and subject of the 1979 Rickie Lee Jones song "Chuck E.'s in Love"
Paul Whiteman (born in Denver) – considered by some the "King of Jazz"; after selling two million records with the song "The Japanese Sandman", Whiteman added to his fame by being one of the first nationally broadcast jazz musicians; remembered for his ability to fuse jazz and classical in hits like Rhapsody in Blue and "Whispering"
Kip Winger (born in Denver) – singer and bassist for the 1980s hair metal band Winger, which had hit songs such as "Seventeen" and "Headed for a Heartbreak"; since band's breakup in 1994, Winger has continued as a solo artist
Yonder Mountain String Band (based in Nederland) – bluegrass jam band whose fan base has been fueled primarily through live performances since their inception in 1998; self-titled 2006 studio album was the band's first release with a major label
Ace Young (born and raised in Denver) – American Idol finalist
Madeleine Albright (spent her teen years in Denver; graduated from the Kent Denver School in Cherry Hills Village) – U.S. Secretary of State during the presidency of Bill Clinton
William B. Ebbert (lived in Rocky Ford, Pueblo and Cortez) – served in Colorado General Assembly, 1889–1890 (Republican); 1907–1908 (Democrat); 1911–1912 (Democrat); rancher, farmer, poet and American Civil War veteran
Gerald Ford (lived in Vail) – 38th President of the United States
Trent Franks (born in Uravan) –  U.S. Representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district
Irving Howbert (born in Columbus, Indiana) – one of the founders of Colorado Springs; donated the Colorado Springs Opera House from profits in his silver mine; member of the Colorado Senate (1882–1886)
John Kerry (born in Aurora) – U.S. Secretary of State; former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1985–2013; ran as the Democratic nominee for U.S. President in 2004
Golda Meir (spent part of her adolescence in Denver) – fourth prime minister of Israel
Chief Ouray (lived in Colorado) – Native American leader of the Uncompahgre band of the Ute tribe of southwestern Colorado
Dana Perino (grew up in Denver, graduate of Colorado State University–Pueblo) – White House Press Secretary during the presidency of George W. Bush from September 14, 2007, to January 20, 2009
Condoleezza Rice (attended St. Mary's Academy in Cherry Hills Village) – U.S. Secretary of State during the presidency of George W. Bush
Karl Rove (born in Denver) – Deputy Chief of Staff during the presidency of George W. Bush
Kenneth R. Rutherford – co-founder of the Landmine Survivors Network
Justin Smith (born in Kansas; resident of Fort Collins) – sheriff of Larimer County since 2011
Scott Walker (born in Colorado Springs) – Governor of Wisconsin
Byron R. White (born in Fort Collins; raised in Wellington); graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder) – appointed by U.S. President John F. Kennedy as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; served from 1962 until retiring to senior status in 1993; also notable as a football player, both in college at the University of Colorado Boulder (with the Colorado Buffaloes) and professionally in the National Football League (with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Lions)
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Maurice L. Albertson (1918–2009) – civil engineer and educator
Sidney Altman (born 1939) – molecular biologist; 1989 Nobel laureate in Chemistry for the discovery of catalytic properties of ribonucleic acid (RNA)
Albert Allen Bartlett (born 1923) – physicist; opponent of the concept of sustainable growth
Arden Lee Bement, Jr. (born 1932) – metallurgical engineer, scientist; director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Lewis M. Branscomb (born 1926) – physicist; director of the National Bureau of Standards, founder of the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (now known as JILA)
Mary Babnik Brown (1907–1991) – her hair was used for the Norden bombsight crosshairs
Louis George Carpenter - founder of the first Bachelor of Science degree in Irrigation Engineering in the Americas.
Thomas Robert Čech (born 1947) – biochemist; 1989 Nobel laureate in Chemistry for the discovery of catalytic properties of ribonucleic acid (RNA)
Edward Uhler Condon (1902–1974) – nuclear physicist; director of the National Bureau of Standards; president of the American Physical Society
Eric Allin Cornell (born 1961) – physicist; 2001 Nobel laureate in Physics for creating the first Bose–Einstein condensate in 1995
T. Neil Davis (born 1932) – professor emeritus of geophysics from the University of Alaska Fairbanks; author of several books
George Gamow (born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Георгий Антонович Гамов)) (1904–1968) – theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
John Lewis "Jan" Hall (born 1934) – physicist; 2005 Nobel laureate in Physics for precision spectroscopy and the optical frequency comb technique
Deborah S. Jin (born 1968) – physicist; created the first fermionic condensate in 2003
Herbert Kroemer (born 1928) – physicist and electrical engineer; 2000 Nobel laureate in Physics for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics
Margaret Mary Murnane (born 1959) – physicist and creator of ultra-high-speed lasers
Frank Friedman Oppenheimer (1912–1985) – nuclear physicist and educator
Tim Samaras (1957–2013) – engineer and storm chaser; starred on the Discovery Channel's documentary reality television series Storm Chasers; he died in Oklahoma City's EF3 wedge tornado on May 31, 2013, with his twenty-four-year-old son, Paul, and forty-five-year-old TWISTEX colleague Carl Young of South Lake Tahoe, California
Nikola Tesla (Никола Тесла) (1856–1943) – inventor and engineer; ran a laboratory in Colorado Springs between 1899 and 1900 to conduct high-voltage, high-frequency experiments
Carl Edwin Wieman (born 1951) – physicist; 2001 Nobel laureate in Physics for creating the first Bose–Einstein condensate in 1995
Other notable people
Anwar al-Awlaki (1971–2011) – earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the Colorado State University before becoming a militant Qutbist and Al Qaeda spokesman; subject of a targeted killing by the United States in Yemen
Emily Gibson Braerton (1884–1966) (lived in Denver) – historian; vice president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution (1950–1953)
John Lewis Dyer (lived in Denver and Castle Rock) – Methodist Episcopal circuit rider in South Park mining camps from 1861 to 1877; one of sixteen with portraits in the Colorado State Capitol recognized as founders of Colorado
Mary "Mamie" Geneva Doud Eisenhower (lived in Denver) – married West Point graduate and future U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower in 1916 in her Lafayette Street home; was a military wife before becoming the First Lady of the United States (1953–1961)
Gottlieb Fluhmann (c. 1837 – c. 1892) – cattle rancher in Park County who disappeared amid mysterious circumstances
Brison D. Gooch (born 1925) – historian; town council member and mayor pro tempore in Silverton
Lars Grimsrud (born 1956) – aerospace engineer and performance automobile enthusiast
Marie Guiraud (c. 1830 1909) – pioneer woman rancher in Park County; founder and namesake of Garo
Samuel Hartsel (1834–1918) – pioneer rancher in Park County; founder and namesake of Hartsel
Marvin Heemeyer (1951–2004) – automobile muffler-repair shop owner killed in his rampage in Granby
John J. Hoover (died 1880) – murderer lynched by a mob in Fairplay in Park County as he awaited transport to the state penitentiary
Sheldon Jackson (1834–1909) – Presbyterian missionary in Denver and Fairplay and later Alaska
Frank H. Mayer (1850–1954) – frontiersman based in Park County
Arthur Roy Mitchell (born in Trinidad) – western painter
Talcott Parsons (1902–1979) – sociologist who founded the concept of action theory
Benjamin Ratcliff (1841–1896) – rancher hanged in 1896 for the murder of three school board members in 1895 in Park County
Rick Reilly (born 1958) – sportswriter, author, screenwriter (Leatherheads) and commentator (ESPN)
Jon Scott (born 1958) – news anchor (Fox News)
Anna Blythe Speas (c. 1869 1898) – housewife in Park County cleared of accessory to murder; her life is featured in the book Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past'' by Laura King Van Dusen
James Q. Wilson (1931–2012) – academic, political scientist, and an authority on public administration
The State of Colorado
Founders and early settlers of Texas
Augustus Chapman Allen (1806–1864) and John Kirby Allen (1810–1838), the founders of Houston
Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), the "Father of Texas"
John Neely Bryan (1810–1877), the founder of Dallas
Moses Austin Bryan (1817–1895), early settler of Texas
David G. Burnet (1788–1870), an interim President of the Republic of Texas
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels (1812–1875), established colonies of German immigrants in Texas
Henri Castro (1786–1865), a Jewish empresario
Jesse Chisholm (1806–1868), Indian trader, guide, interpreter, namesake of the Chisholm Trail
Jao De La Porta (fl.
1810s), trader, financed settlement of Galveston Island
Johann Friedrich Ernst (born Friedrich Diercks) (1796–1848), first German to bring his family to Texas, benefactor to German immigrants
Warren Angus Ferris (1810–1873), early surveyor of Dallas
Henry Francis Fisher (1805–1867), German settler, explored and colonized San Saba area
Sam Houston (1793–1863), the first and the third President of Republic of Texas, later a U.S. Senator from Texas and the Governor of Texas
Anson Jones (1798–1858), last President of the Republic of Texas, called the "Architect of Annexation"
Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798–1859), second President of Republic of Texas, One of the strongest proponents of the Texas Navy
Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (1798–1880), considered to be "the Mother of Texas"
Collin McKinney (1766–1861), a drafter of the Texas Declaration of Independence; both Collin County and its county seat, McKinney, are named for him
Jose Antonio Navarro (1795–1871), Texas statesman, revolutionary and politician
Robert Neighbors (1815–1859), Indian agent, soldier, legislator
Cynthia Ann Parker (1826–1870), kidnapped in 1836 and raised by Comanche Indians.
Mother to Quanah Parker, the last Comanche Chief
Emily Austin Perry (1795–1851), early settler of Texas
Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson (1820–1879), early settler, translator, lawyer, postmaster
Sterling C. Robertson (1785–1842), empresario, colony founder; signed Texas Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803–1857), Secretary of War of Republic of Texas, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, U.S. Senator from Texas after its admission to the United States
Edwin Waller (1800–1881) a judge and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Frank E. Wheelock (1863–1932), a founder and first mayor of Lubbock, with service from 1909 to 1915
Lorenzo de Zavala (1788–1836), first vice-president of the Republic of Texas and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Military/war
The Texas Revolution/The Alamo
James Bowie (1796–1836), frontiersman, died at the Battle of the Alamo
William Joel Bryan (1815–1903), soldier in Texas Revolution, landowner
Edward Burleson (1798–1851), lieutenant colonel during Texas Revolution, later Vice-President of the Republic of Texas
John Coker (1789–1851), hero of San Jacinto
Davy Crockett (1786–1836), frontiersman and U.S. Congressman, died at the Alamo
James Fannin (c. 1804 – 1836), key figure during the Texas Revolution
Thomas Green (1814–1864), artillery officer at San Jacinto, brigadier general in the Confederate Army
Sam Houston (1793–1863), commander of victorious Texian Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, which won independence for Texas
Henry Karnes (1812–1840), soldier and commander in Texas Revolution
Robert J. Kleberg (1803–1888), veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto; his descendants owned and managed the King Ranch
Benjamin Milam (1788–1835), commander in Texas Revolution
Emily West Morgan (c. 1815 – 1891), an indentured servant known as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" who, legend has it, helped win the Texas Revolution
Joel Walter Robison (1815-1889), fought in most battles of the revolution and later was a state representative from Fayette County.
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna rode double on Robison's horse into Sam Houston's camp on April 21, 1836.
Juan Seguin (1806–1890), Tejano hero during the Texas Revolution
John William Smith (1792–1845), fought at Battle of San Jacinto; later was first mayor of San Antonio
William B. Travis (1809–1836), commander of Texas forces at the Alamo
Logan Vandeveer (1815–1855), hero of San Jacinto
William A. A. "Bigfoot" Wallace (1817–1899), Texas Ranger who fought in the Texas Revolution, Mexican–American War, Civil War
John Henry Brown (1820–1895), Confederate officer, served on staffs of two generals
Nicholas Henry Darnell (1807–1885), leader of the 18th Texas Cavalry Regiment, known as "Darnell's Regiment"; Speaker of the House for both the Republic of Texas and the state of Texas
Dick Dowling (1838–1867), commander at Sabine Pass and famous Houstonian
John "Rip" Ford (1815–1897), Texas Rangers legend and commander at the Battle of Palmito Ranch
John Bell Hood (1831–1879), commander of Hood's Texas Brigade and Confederate General
Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr. (
1838–1915), soldier, grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Albert Sidney Johnston (1803–1862), Confederate General and commander of the Confederate western forces
John J. Kennedy (1813–1880), Confederate cavalry officer, ended the Regulator-Moderator War
John B. Magruder (1807–1871), Confederate General at the Battle of Galveston
Benjamin McCulloch (1811–1862), soldier in the Texas Revolution, Texas Ranger, U.S. Marshal, and brigadier general for the Confederate States of America
Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816–1895), a soldier in the Texas Revolution, Texas Ranger, and brigadier general for the Confederate States of America
Felix Huston Robertson (1839–1928), only Confederate general who was a native-born Texan
Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross (1838–1898), Confederate general, Governor of Texas, President of Texas A&M University, namesake of Sul Ross State University
William Read Scurry (1821–1864), Confederate General at the Battle of Glorieta Pass
Pleasant Tackitt (1803–1886), Confederate Officer and county official at Fort Belknap, Texas.
One of the founders of Parker County, Texas.
Charles S. West (1829–1885), Confederate officer and judge advocate general for the Trans-Mississippi Department
Louis T. Wigfall (1816–1874), Confederate General and Senator from Texas, secured the surrender of Fort Sumter
Charles Gray Catto (1896–1972), flying ace credited with eight aerial victories
Daniel R. Edwards (1897–1967), received Medal of Honor
William S. Graves (1895–1940), commander of US forces in Siberia during the allied intervention in Russia
David E. Hayden (1897–1974), Navy corpsman, Medal of Honor recipient
Robert Lee Howze (1864–1926), Major General of 38th Infantry Division, commander of Third Army of Occupation of Germany, Medal of Honor recipient
Louis Jordan (1890–1918), 1914 All American, first US Army officer from Texas to be killed in action during World War I
William Thomas Ponder (1893–1947), flying ace credited with 6 aerial victories
Harlon Block (1924–1945) raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi at Iwo Jima
Charles P. Cabell (1903–1971), U.S. Air Force general; later Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Horace S. Carswell, Jr. (1916–1944), Army Air Corps major, awarded Medal of Honor
Claire Chennault (1893–1958), commander of the "Flying Tigers"
Robert G. Cole (1915–1944), soldier, won Medal of Honor for his role in the D-Day Normandy invasion
Samuel David Dealey (1906–1944), U.S. Navy submarine commander, received Medal of Honor and many other distinctions for valor
Ira C. Eaker (1896–1987), commander of the Eighth Air Force in World War II
Calvin Graham (1930–1992), youngest US serviceman of World War II
Dean E. Hallmark (1914–1942), aviator, Army Air Corps 1st lieutenant, Doolittle Raid
Oveta Culp Hobby (1905–1995), Colonel Women's Army Corps, first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare
James L. Holloway, Jr. (1898–1984), U.S. Navy four-star admiral; Superintendent of U.S. Naval Academy
Neel E. Kearby (1911–1944), fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient
Raymond L. Knight (1922–1945), aviator, Medal of Honor recipient
Felix Z. Longoria, Jr. (1920–1945), Hispanic soldier KIA in the Philippines whose burial was refused in his home town causing a statewide debate
Glenn McDuffie (1927–2014), sailor featured kissing a nurse in Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic photograph V-J Day in Times Square
Doris Miller (1919–1943), Pearl Harbor hero, first African American to receive the Navy Cross
Audie Murphy (1924–1971), World War II hero, actor, Medal of Honor Recipient
Chester Nimitz (1885–1966), commander of Allied naval forces in the Pacific during World War II
Bruce Palmer, Jr. (1913–2000), U.S. Army officer, Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the Vietnam War
James Earl Rudder (1910–1970), D-Day commander of the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion, which stormed the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc
William H. Simpson (1888–1980), commander of the U.S. Ninth Army in the European Theater
Wilburn Snyder (1923–2008), survivor of Bataan Death March and Baptist pastor in several Houston churches
Lucian K. Truscott (1895–1965), U.S. Army General who held successive commands in the European Theater
Edwin Walker (1909–1993), U.S. Army Major General known for conservative views and attempted assassination target for Lee Harvey Oswald
Walton Walker (1889–1950), U.S. Army general who served under Patton in the European Theater and later in the Korean War
Charles F. Pendleton (1931–1953), awarded Medal of Honor
Oliver P. Smith (1893–1977), U.S Marine Corps general noted for his leadership in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir
Edwin Walker (1909–1993), U.S. Army Major General known for conservative views and attempted assassination target of Lee Harvey Oswald
Walton Walker (1889–1950), U.S. Army general and first commander of the U.S. Eighth Army during the Korean War
Raul (Roy) Perez Benavidez (1935–1998) awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in South Vietnam
Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez (1946–1968), Sergeant, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient
David H. McNerney (1931–2010), 1st Sergeant U.S. Army, Medal of Honor, Vietnam 1967
Oliver North (born 1943), Lieutenant-Colonel, USMC Retired, NRA Board Member and founder of the Freedom Alliance
Bruce Palmer, Jr. (1913–2000), U.S. Army officer who was the Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the Vietnam War
Alfred M. Wilson (1948–1969), Marine Private First Class awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously
Marcus Luttrell (born 1975), U.S. Navy SEAL, won Navy Cross for actions in conflicts with Taliban
William H. McRaven (born 1955), U.S. Navy admiral and SEAL, led planning for Operation Neptune Spear
Patrick M. Walsh (born 1955), U.S. Navy admiral, Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet
Billy Waugh (born 1929), U.S. Army Special Forces, Studies and Observations Group
Chris Kyle (1974–2013), U.S. Navy SEAL who fought in the Second Battle of Fallujah
Kristian Menchaca (1983–2006), U.S. Army soldier who was captured and executed
Politics and public office
Greg Abbott (born 1957), governor of Texas, former Attorney General of Texas
Malouf Abraham, Sr. (
1915–1994), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Hemphill County from 1967 to 1971
Cathie Adams (born 1950), chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, 2009–2010
Fred Agnich (1913–2004), Texas state representative, member of the "Dirty 30" in 1971; oilman, rancher, conservationist
Elsa Alcala (born 1964), judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals from Houston since 2011
Elizabeth Alexander (born 1979), press secretary for U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden
Bruce Alger (1918–2015), Republican U.S. representative for Texas's 5th congressional district, based in Dallas County, 1955 to 1965
Joseph Hugh Allen (1940–2008), another of the "Dirty 30" of the Texas House of Representatives
Rodney Anderson (born 1968), former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Grand Prairie
Betty Andujar (1912–1997), first Republican woman to serve in the Texas State Senate (1973–1983); Pennsylvania native.
Ernest Angelo (born 1934), oilman, mayor of Midland from 1972 to 1980, and Texas Republican national committeeman, 1976–1996
Bob Armstrong (1932–2015), member of the Texas House of Representatives for Travis County from 1963 to 1971; Commissioner of the General Land Office from 1971 to 1983
Trent Ashby (born 1972), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Lufkin
Roy Alvin Baldwin (1885-1940), state representative from Slaton in Lubbock County; co-author of 1923 legislation establishing Texas Tech University
Ben F. Barnes (born 1938), lieutenant governor (1969–1973) of Texas; youngest House Speaker in Texas history (1965–1969)
Ray Barnhart (1928–2013), former state representative and director of the Federal Highway Administration under President Reagan
Pat M. Baskin (1926–2005), state court judge and city council member in Midland
Roy Bass (1918–1978), mayor of Lubbock from 1974 to 1978
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793–1874), district judge, a framer of the Texas Constitution; also co-founded Baylor University
Tina Benkiser (born 1962), former chairman of the Republican Party of Texas
Lloyd Bentsen (1921–2006), U.S. representative and United States senator
David Berchelmann (born 1947), judge of two state district courts and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; lawyer in his native San Antonio
Leo Berman (born 1936), former state representative from Tyler
Nandita Berry (born 1968), current and outgoing Secretary of State of Texas, 2014–2015
Paul Bettencourt (born 1958), Republican member of the Texas State Senate from Houston, effective January 2015
Teel Bivins (1947–2009), state senator from Amarillo and U.S. Ambassador to Sweden
William H. Bledsoe (1869-1936), member of both houses of the legislature from Lubbock, 1915-1929; co-authored the bill establishing Texas Tech University
Bill Blythe (born ca.
1935), Houston Realtor and Republican state representative from Harris County, 1971 to 1983
Robert Lee Bobbitt (1888–1972), Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1927–1929), state attorney general (1929–1930)
Elton Bomer (born 1935), former state representative from Anderson County and former Texas Secretary of State
Henry Bonilla (born 1954), former U.S. representative from San Antonio
Dennis Bonnen (born 1972), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Brazoria County since 1997
Greg Bonnen (born 1966), neurosurgeon and state representative from Galveston County; brother of Dennis Bonnen
Charles Robert Borchers (1943–1997), district attorney for Webb County 1973–1980
Jeffrey S. Boyd (born 1961), associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court since 2012
Stephen Broden (born 1952), politician, professor, businessman, activist
Louis H. Bruni (born 1949), businessman and politician
J. E. "Buster" Brown (born 1940), politician and lobbyist
Esther Buckley (1948–2013), member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights; educator in Laredo
Orville Bullington (1882–1956), Texas Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1932
Cindy Burkett (born 1958), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County
DeWayne Burns (born 1972), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Johnson and Bosque counties since 2015
Joel Burns (born 1969), Fort Worth city councilman who spoke out against bullying of LGBT youth
Albert S. Burleson (1863–1937), U.S. Postmaster General and Congressman
Edward Burleson (1798–1851), Texas soldier, general, and statesman
Konni Burton (born 1963), member of the Texas Senate from Tarrant County
Jeb Bush (born 1953), former governor of Florida, reared in Midland and Houston
George C. Butte (1877–1940), Texas Republican gubernatorial nominee, 1924
Angie Chen Button (born 1954), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County
Frank Kell Cahoon (1934–2013), Midland oilman and Republican former state representative
Erwin Cain (born 1960), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Sulphur Springs
Bill Callegari (born 1941), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County, 2001–2015
Donna Campbell (born 1954), Texas state senator and physician from New Braunfels
Francisco Canseco (born 1949), former U.S. representative from San Antonio
Kent Caperton (born 1949), lobbyist, former state senator
J. Allen Carnes (born 1975), mayor of Uvalde, Texas, since 2012; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner in the 2014 primary election
John Carona (born 1955), state senator from Dallas County from 1996 to 2015
Victor G. Carrillo (born 1965), member of the Texas Railroad Commission, 2003–2011
Stefani Carter (born 1978), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County since 2011; first African-American female Republican to serve in the state House
Carlos Cascos (born 1952), incoming Secretary of State of Texas in the Abbott administration
Carter Casteel (born 1942), female, former educator, county judge, and member of the Texas House of Representatives; attorney in New Braunfels
Phil Cates (1947–2014), state representative from Texas Panhandle, 1971–1979; thereafter lobbyist in Austin
Henry E. Catto, Jr. (1930–2011), U.S. diplomat, businessman
Lauro Cavazos (born 1927), U.S. Secretary of Education in the George H. W. Bush administration, first Hispanic U.S. Cabinet officer
Francis Cherry (1908–1965), governor of Arkansas from 1953 to 1955, born in Fort Worth
Richard M. Chitwood (1878-1926), state representative from Sweetwater, 1921-1925; first business manager of Texas Tech University
Wayne Christian (born 1950), Republican former state representative from Center and Nacogdoches; candidate for Texas Railroad Commission in 2014
Henry Cisneros (born 1947), former mayor of San Antonio and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Tom C. Clark (1899–1977), United States Attorney General and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Ronald H. Clark (born 1953), federal judge; former member of the Texas House of Representatives.
David Cobb (born 1962), 2004 U.S. Presidential candidate for Green Party
Cathy Cochran (born 1944), retiring judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Susan Combs (born 1945), retiring Texas comptroller and former agriculture commissioner and state representative
John B. Connally, Jr. (1917–1993), Secretary of the Navy, Governor of Texas, US Treasury Secretary
Wayne Connally (1923–2000), member of both houses of state legislature, 1965–1973
Kilmer B. Corbin (1919–1993), state senator from Lubbock (1949–1957), father of Barry Corbin
John Cornyn (born 1952), United States Senator since 2002
Frank Corte, Jr. (born 1959), member of the Texas House of Representatives from San Antonio from 1993 to 2011
Tom Craddick (born 1943), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Midland; former Speaker
Juanita Craft (1902–1985), Dallas city council member, civil rights activist
Brandon Creighton (born 1970), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Conroe; House Majority Leader (2013), attorney, businessman, and rancher
Ted Cruz (born 1971), U.S. Senator since 2013
Henry Cuellar (born 1955), U.S. Representative from Texas' 28th congressional district; native of Laredo
John Cyrier (born 1973), member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 17 since 2015; owner Sabre Commercial, Inc., in Lockhart
D–F
Tony Dale (born 1969), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Williamson County since 2013
Price Daniel (1910–1988), Democratic US Senator and the 38th Governor of Texas
Nicholas Henry Darnell (1807–1885), Speaker of the House for both the Republic of Texas and the state of Texas
David Dewhurst (born 1945), Lieutenant Governor of Texas since 2003
John E. Davis (born 1960), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Houston since 1999
Wendy Davis (born 1963), Texas State Senator from Tarrant County, Democratic gubernatorial nominee in 2014
Robert Eckels (born 1957), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Houston (1983–1995) and county judge of Harris County (1995–2007)
Paul Eggers (1919–2013), Republican gubernatorial nominee in both 1968 and 1970
Gary Elkins (born 1955), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Houston since 1995
Ed Emmett (born 1949), Harris County administrative county judge since 2007; Republican member of the Texas House from 1979 to 1987
Pat Fallon (born 1967), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton County
David Farabee (born 1964), former state representative from Wichita Falls
Ray Farabee (1932–2014), former state senator from Wichita Falls
Marsha Farney (born 1958), state representative from Williamson County since 2013; member of the Texas State Board of Education 2011–2013; businesswoman and former educator
James E. "Pa" Ferguson (1871–1944), governor of Texas (1915–1917), impeached, convicted, and removed from office
Miriam "Ma" Ferguson (1875–1961), first female governor of Texas
Allen Fletcher (born 1955), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Tomball since 2009
Charles R. Floyd (1881–1945), Texas State Senator, State Representative, and co-founder of Paris Junior College
Dan Flynn (born 1943), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Van Zandt County
Marshall Formby (1911–1984), former Texas state senator, attorney, and radio station owner from Plainview
John Richard Fowler (1927–2007), pharmacist and politician in Memphis, Texas
James Frank (born 1967), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls
John Frullo (born 1962), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Lubbock
Rick Galindo (born 1981), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 117 in Bexar County, effective 2015
Pete Gallego (born 1961), U.S. representative from Texas' 23rd congressional district
H. S. "Buddy" Garcia (born c. 1968), former interim 2012 member of the Texas Railroad Commission
Julio A. Garcia (1941–2008), district attorney in Laredo
John Nance Garner (1868–1967), 44th Speaker of the US House and 32nd Vice President of the United States
Tony Garza (born 1958) former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Kenn George (born 1948) former state representative from Dallas County; former assistant U.S. secretary of commerce
Charlie Geren (born 1949), member of the Texas House of Representatives from his native Fort Worth
Pete Geren (born 1952), former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 12th congressional district; former United States Secretary of the Army
Ron Givens (born 1952), first African-American Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives since 1882; served from Lubbock County from 1985 to 1989; a Realtor in Lubbock
Craig Goldman (born 1968), member of the Texas House of Representatives from his native Fort Worth
Alberto Gonzales (born 1955), United States Attorney General
Henry B. Gonzalez (1916–2000), U.S. representative from San Antonio
Austan Goolsbee (born 1969), Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama
Tony Goolsby (born 1933), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County from 1989 to 2009
Blake Gottesman (born 1980), aide to President George W. Bush
Phil Gramm (born 1942), former United States Senator
Rick Green (born 1970), former state representative and motivational speaker
Tom Greenwell (1956–2013)
Jesse Edward Grinstead (1866–1948), one-time mayor of Kerrville and state legislator
Henry C. Grover (1927–2005), state legislator, 1972 Republican gubernatorial nominee
Kent Grusendorf (born 1939), former state representative from Arlington
Joe A. Guerra (1934–2010), politician
Lena Guerrero (1957–2008), politician
H–I
Bob Hall (born 1942), Texas state senator from Van Zandt County
Rick Hardcastle (born 1956), Republican former member of the Texas House form Wilbarger County
Doug Harlan (1943–2008), Republican political consultant, author, lawyer, educator, public official from San Antonio
Patricia Harless (born 1963), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from northwestern Harris County since 2007
Linda Harper-Brown (born 1948), Republican member of the Texas House from Irving in Dallas County
O.H. "Ike" Harris (born 1932), state senator from Dallas County (1967–1995), author of Texas' parimutuel betting law
Will Ford Hartnett (born 1956), Dallas lawyer and Republican member of the Texas House from 1991 to 2013
Thomas E. Hayden (born 1967), mayor of Flower Mound, Texas
Grady Hazlewood (1902–1989), state senator, author of farm-to-market road program in Texas
Joseph P. Heflin (born 1952), former state representative from Crosbyton, defeated November 2, 2010
Talmadge L. Heflin (born 1940), former state representative from Harris County, defeated November 2004; current director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin
Glenn Hegar (born 1970), state senator and Republican candidate for state comptroller in 2014
Jeb Hensarling (born 1957), U.S. representative
Dick Hervey (1920–2014), mayor of College Station from 1971 to 1974
Harvey Hilderbran (born 1960), state representative from Kerrville; Republican candidate for state comptroller in 2014
Chuck Hopson (born 1941), former state representative and pharmacist from Jacksonville, Texas
Jim Hogg (1851–1906), first native Texan to become Governor of Texas
Dan Huberty (born 1968), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County
Joan Huffman (born 1956), former Houston criminal court judge; Republican member of Texas State Senate
Bryan Hughes (born 1969), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wood County
Swanee Hunt (born 1950), U. S. Ambassador
Robert Dean Hunter (born 1928), former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Abilene; served 1986 to 2007
Todd A. Hunter (born 1953), state representative 1989–1997, 2009–present.
Thad Hutcheson (1915–1986), Houston lawyer and Republican politician
Ray Hutchison (born 1932), Dallas lawyer and Republican former politician
Kay Bailey Hutchison (born 1943), first woman U.S. Senator from Texas, 1993–2013
Frank N. Ikard (1913–1991), U.S. representative from Texas' 13th congressional district from 1951 to 1961
Jason Isaac (born 1971), member of the Texas House of Representatives from Hays County since 2011
J–L
Alphonso Jackson (born 1945), U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George W. Bush