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The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Texas This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Bill Clements (1917–2011), Texas governor and businessman; John Ford Coley (born 1948), famous singer-songwriter; John Congleton (born 1977), music producer; Kerry Cooks (born 1974), football coach; Pat Corley (1930–2006), actor (Murphy Brown) Rafael Cruz (born 1939), Christian preacher and public speaker; father of Texas Senator Ted Cruz
Gilbert Pena, incoming 2015 Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Pasadena, lived in Houston prior to 1992 [51] Jack Porter, U.S. Senate candidate in 1948 and a builder of the modern Texas Republican Party [52] Leighton Schubert, state representative from Caldwell, Texas; former Houston resident [53]
Name Term Appointed by Charles Mariner: February 20, 1846 – May 4, 1846 James Pinckney Henderson: David G. Burnet: May 4, 1846 – January 1, 1848 Washington D. Miller: January 1, 1848 – January 2, 1850 George Tyler Wood: James Webb: January 2, 1850 – November 14, 1851 Peter Hansborough Bell: Thomas H. Duval: November 14, 1851 ...
Nearly half of the most popular boy names in Texas also made an appearance on the nation's list for 2023. All but two of Texas' most popular girl names also made the U.S. list.
Rick Galindo, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bexar County; born in 1981 and reared in San Antonio; Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General under President George W. Bush; Henry B. Gonzalez, U.S. Representative for Texas's 20th congressional district, the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio is named in his honor
This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Austin, Texas, and its surrounding metropolitan area. It does not include people whose only connection with the city is attending the University of Texas; see: List of University of Texas at Austin alumni .
Hart wrote the 1999 follow-up A View from the Year 3000, [33] voiced in the perspective of a person from that future year and ranking the most influential people in history. Roughly half the entries are fictional people from 2000 to 3000, but the remainder are taken mostly from the 1992 ranking, with some sequence changes. [34] [35]