List of people from Houston

Houston

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

Entertainment and media personalities

• DhoomBros, YouTube personalities, actors, dancers, entertainers, DJs^[1]
• Whitney Able, actress and model
• Mark Aguhar, multidisciplinary fine artist^[2]
• Shayan Farooqi, model, Mr. Pakistan 2013
• Debbie Allen, choreographer, actress
• Wes Anderson, film director
• Mark Ballas, ballroom dancer and choreographer from Dancing with the Stars, actor, singer-songwriter and musician (Alexander Jean)
• Kirko Bangz, rapper
• Donald Barthelme, journalist
• Skye McCole Bartusiak, actress
• Baby Bash, rapper
• Texas Battle, actor
• Frank Beard, percussionist for ZZ Top
• Jeff Bennett, voice actor
• Michael Berry, from Orange, lawyer and radio talk show host
• Clint Black, musician
• Alexis Bledel, actress
• Maggie Blye, actress
• Matt Bomer, from Spring, actor
• Booker T (born Booker Huffman Jr.), wrestler
• Bowling for Soup, band
• Danielle Bradbery, from Cypress, Texas, season 4 winner of The Voice
• Berkeley Breathed, born in California, cartoonist
• William Broyles Jr., screenwriter
• Burnie Burns, filmmaker
• William Butler, born in California; raised in The Woodlands, musician
• Win Butler, born in California; raised in The Woodlands
• Jonathan Caouette, filmmaker
• Chamillionaire (born Hakeem Seriki), rapper
• Lois Chiles, actress^[3]
• Lynn Collins, actress
• Dan Cook, sportswriter
• Nichole Cordova, singer for girl group Girlicious
• Walter Cronkite, television journalist
• Rodney Crowell, musician* Allen Drury, author
• Peter Brett Cullen, actor
• Loretta Devine actress
• Allen Drury, author
• Haylie Duff, actress
• Hilary Duff, actress and singer
• Shelley Duvall, actress
• Ike Eisenmann, sound effects
• Dorian Electra, singer
• Shannon Elizabeth, actress
• Terry Ellis, singer for R&B girl group En Vogue
• Kelly Emberg, model
• Sean Faris, actor
• Ashley Fink, actress of Glee
• Sean Patrick Flanery, actor from Sugar Land
• Mark Flood, artist
• Tom Ford, designer
• Ragan Fox, Big Brother contestant
• A. J. Foyt, auto racer
• Jeremy Furstenfeld
• Justin Furstenfeld
• Jennifer Garner, born in Houston; raised in Charleston, West Virginia, actress
• Geto Boys members
• Greg Germann, actor
• Billy Gibbons, guitarist and singer for ZZ Top
• Robert Glasper, musician
• Olivia Gonzales, dancer
• R.W. Hampton, singer
• Lisa Hartman, actress
• Bill Hicks, comedian
• Dusty Hill, bassist and singer for ZZ Top
• Larry Hovis, actor
• Molly Ivins, journalist
• J Metro, singer
• Mickey Jones, musician
• Mike Jones, rapper
• Nicky Jones, voice actor
• Bradley Jordan, rapper
• Robert Earl Keen, singer
• Beyoncé (full name Beyoncé Knowles-Carter), singer
• Solange Knowles, singer
• Richard Linklater, film director
• Lyle Lovett, from Klein, musician and actor
• Todd Lowe, actor
• Mark Lowry, comedian
• LeToya Luckett, singer
• Barbara Mandrell, singer
• Maxine Mesinger, columnist
• Mitchelle'l, singer-songwriter
• Cole Mohr, model
• Lecrae Moore, rapper, co-founder of Reach Records
• Johnny Nash, singer
• Edwin Neal, actor
• Michael Nesmith, musician, singer for The Monkees
• Renee O'Connor, actress
• Mary-Jean O'Doherty, opera singer
• Tony Oller, actor
• Annette O'Toole, actress
• Jim Parsons, actor
• DJ Premier (born Christopher Edward Martin)
• P. J. Proby, singer
• Dennis Quaid, actor
• Randy Quaid, actor
• Leven Rambin, actress
• Cierra Ramirez, actress
• Phylicia Rashad, actress
• Dan Rather, from Wharton, television journalist
• Riff Raff (born Horst Christian Simco), rapper
• Chelsea Ricketts, actress
• LaTavia Roberson
• Charlie Robison, singer
• Kenny Rogers, singer
• Kelly Rowland, singer
• Travis Scott, rapper
• DJ Screw (born Robert Earl Davis, Jr.)
• Molly Louise Shepard, born in Houston; raised in Lake Jackson and Huntsville, writer
• Guitar Shorty
• Anna Nicole Smith, born in Houston; raised in Mexia, model and actress
• Jaclyn Smith, actress
• South Park Mexican (born Carlos Coy)
• Brent Spiner, actor
• Dayna Steele, radio personality
• Matt Stone, creator of South Park
• Patrick Swayze, actor
• Susan Swift, actress
• Amir Taghi, fashion designer
• B. J. Thomas, singer
• Rigo Tovar, emigrated from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
• Trae (born Frazier Othel Thompson) rapper
• Tommy Tune, dancer and choreographer
• The Undertaker (born Mark William Calaway), wrestler
• Brooke Valentine, singer
• Jaci Velasquez, singer
• Paul Wall, rapper
• Isaiah Washington, actor
• William Ward Watkin, architect
• Alicia Webb, wrestling personality
• Wesley Weston, Jr., rapper
• Al White, actor
• JoBeth Williams, actress
• Chandra Wilson, actress
• Harris Wittels, actor, writer, comedian, musician
• Renée Zellweger, from Katy, actress
• Z-Ro (born Joseph Wayne McVey)

Business, government, law, and military

• Elsa Alcala, judge since 2011 of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals^[4]
• Mary Kay Ash, cosmetics mogul^[5]
• George HW Bush, 43rd Vice President and 41st President of the United States; father of George W
• George W Bush, former Governor of Texas (1995-2000) and 43rd President of the United States; son of George HW
• Jeb Bush, politician, former Governor of Florida (1999-2007), and unsuccessful 2016 presidential candidate; brother of George
• James Baker, White House chief of staff, Secretary of State^[6]
• Nandita Berry, Houston lawyer and 109th Secretary of State of Texas^[7]
• Paul Bettencourt, incoming member of the Texas State Senate from District 7^[8]
• Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com^[9]
• Bill Blythe, Houston realtor and former state representative^[10]
• Briscoe Cain, incoming Republican member of the Texas House, effective January 2017
• Ted Cruz, U.S. senator from Texas; unsuccessful 2016 Republican presidential candidate in challenge to Donald Trump
• Russell B. Cummings, politician^[11]
• Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Inc.^[12]
• Richard W. Dowling, Civil War officer^[13]
• Anna Johnson Dupree, (1891-1977) businessowner and philanthropist.
• Les Eaves, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for White County; former Houston resident^[14]
• Robert Eckels, railroad executive^[15]
• Gary Elkins, politician^[16]
• Tilman J. Fertitta, businessman and reality TV personality
• Ed Emmett, judge^[17]
• Allen Fletcher, departing state representative^[18]
• Nobia A. Franklin, (1892-1934) African American beauty mogul
• Jay F. Honeycutt, former director of the Kennedy Space Center; began career in Houston in 1966 as engineer at Johnson Space Center^[19]
• Joan Huffman, politician^[20]
• Howard Hughes, billionaire aviator, film producer^[21]
• Thad Hutcheson, politician^[22]
• Jason Isaac, politician^[23]
• Jesse H. Jones, politician^[24]
• Barbara Jordan, U.S. Representative^[25]
• Susan King, politician^[26]
• Mickey Leland, politician^[27]
• James E. Lyon, banker^[28]
• Walter Mengden, politician^[29]
• Louis Molnar, businessman, politician, author, artist^[30]
• Steve Munisteri, politician^[31]
• George Nattin, mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana, 1961-1973; vice president of ABM Securities in Houston after his term as mayor^[32]
• David Newell, judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9^[33]
• Joe Nixon, politician^[34]
• Tom Oliverson, anesthesiologist and incoming state representative for District 130^[35]
• Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas, outgoing member of the Texas State Senate
• Dennis Paul, state representative from District 129 in Harris County^[36]
• Gilbert Pena, incoming 2015 Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Pasadena, lived in Houston prior to 1992^[37]
• Gary M. Polland, attorney and former chairman of the Harris County Republican Party^[38]
• Mike Schofield, state representative, former gubernatorial advisor^[39]
• Leighton Schubert, state representative from Caldwell, Texas; former Houston resident^[40]
• Jim Sharp, state court judge, 2009-2014
• George William Strake, Jr., politician^[41]
• Kathryn J. Whitmire, first female Mayor of Houston also served five terms.
• Jared Woodfill, Houston attorney and former chairman of the Harris County Republican Party^[42]
• Kevin Patrick Yeary, judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, based in San Antonio; former assistant district attorney for Harris County^[43]

Religion

• Charles L. Allen
• Kim Burrell
• Finis Alonzo Crutchfield
• Rafael Bienvenido Cruz
• Yusuf Estes
• Jerry Johnston
• David Koresh
• Hal Lindsey
• Joel Osteen
• Paul Pressler
• Hyman Judah Schachtel

Science

• Red Adair, oil-well firefighter
• Denton Cooley, heart surgeon
• William V. Houston, physicist and president of Rice University
• Richard Smalley, chemist, physicist and astronomer; recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996)

Sports

Roger Clemens

George Foreman

Michael Russell

• Sam Adams, football player^[44]
• Brandon Allen, baseball player
• Lance Alworth, football player^[45]
• Heather Armbrust, IFBB professional bodybuilder^[46]
• H. B. Bailey, auto racer^[47]
• Harold Bailey, football player^[48]
• Keith Baldwin, football player
• Joey Banes, football player^[49]
• Pat Batteaux, football player
• Simone Biles, gymnast
• Michael Bishop, football player^[50]
• Booker T (born Booker Tio Huffman, Jr.), professional wrestler^[51]
• Jason Bourgeois, baseball player^[52]
• Michael Bourn, baseball player^[53]
• Joe Bowman, marksman of the American West^[54]
• Ken Bradshaw, big wave surfer
• Jimmy Butler, basketball player
• Mark Calaway, professtional wrestler
• Tina Chandler, IFBB professional bodybuilder^[55]
• Roger Clemens, baseball player^[56]
• Brad Coleman, auto racer^[57]
• Carl Crawford, baseball player^[58]
• Sedrick Curry, football player^[59]
• Jimmy Demaret, golfer^[60]
• Clyde Drexler, basketball player
• Gerald Dockery, football player^[61]
• Karl Douglas, football player^[62]
• Donald Driver, retired football player
• Adam Dunn, baseball player^[63]
• Aaron Durley, basketball player^[64]
• George Foreman, boxer^[65]
• Eddie Foster, NFL player^[66]
• A.J. Foyt, auto racer^[67]
• Zina Garrison, tennis player, born in Houston; resident of Missouri City, Texas^[68]
• Donovan Greer, football player^[69]
• Brittney Griner, basketball player
• Ben Guez, baseball player
• Lindsey Harding, basketball player^[70]
• Charlie Haas, retired professional wrestler
• D. J. Hayden, Professional football player currently on the Oakland Raiders
• Warrick Holdman, football player^[71]
• Jonathan Horton, gymnast^[72]
• Craig James, football player^[73]
• DeAndre Jordan, basketball player
• Brandon Jordan, football player^[74]
• Kaitlyn, wrestler^[75]
• Scott Kazmir, baseball player^[76]
• Greg Kindle, football player^[77]
• Gary Kubiak, football coach
• Iris Kyle, 10-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder^[78]
• Rashard Lewis, basketball player^[79]
• Tara Lipinski, figure skater, Olympic gold medalist, from Sugar Land^[80]
• Denzel Livingston (born 1993), basketball player for Hapoel Kfar Saba of the Israeli Liga Leumit^[81]
• Debra Maffett - Miss America 1983.^[82]
• James Loney, baseball player^[83]
• Andrew Luck, football player^[84]
• Marie Mahoney, outfielder, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player^[85]
• Guy Mezger, mixed martial artist
• Tyler Myers, ice hockey player
• George Nattin, Jr., LSU Tigers basketball player, 1959-1962, born in Houston, reared in Bossier City, Louisiana^[86]
• Chiney Ogwumike, basketball player
• Nneka Ogwumike, basketball player
• Emeka Okafor, basketball player^[87]
• Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Andy Pettitte, baseball player from Deer Park, Texas^[88]
• Gene Phillips, basketball player^[89]
• Mel Renfro, football player^[90]
• Mary Lou Retton, gymnast, 1984 Olympic gold medalist
• Cody Risien, football player^[91]
• Michael Russell, tennis player^[92]
• Nolan Ryan, baseball player from Alvin, Texas
• Kevin Schwantz, motorcycle racer^[93]
• Bob Smith, American football player^[94]
• David Starr, auto racer^[95]
• Michael Strahan, American-German retired football player, actor, and television personality; currently hosts Good Morning America and NFL on FOX; born and raised in Houston before moving to Mannheim, (West) Germany^[96]
• Mike Swick, UFC fighter^[97]
• Thurman Thomas, football player from Missouri City, Texas^[98]
• Billy Wade, auto racer^[99]
• Bones Weatherly, football player^[100]
• Kip Wells, baseball player^[101]
• Billy Welu, professional bowler
• Reggie White, football player^[102]
• Alfred Williams, football player ^[103]
• Willie Williams, football player^[74]
• Woody Williams, baseball player^[104]
• George Wright, football player^[105]
• James Young, football player^[106]
• Joe Young, basketball player

• Vince Young, football player^[107]

See also

• List of people from Texas

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