List of people from Dallas
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The following is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived a significant portion of their lives, in Dallas, Texas (USA).
A
- Darrell Abbott (Dimebag Darrell)
- Vinnie Paul Abbott, musician
- Amy Acker, actress
- Jensen Ackles, actor
- LaMarcus Aldridge, basketball player
- Bruce Alger, former U.S. representative for Texas's 5th Congressional District
- Heather Armbrust, IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Darrell Arthur, basketball player
- Tex Avery, cartoonist
B
- Erykah Badu, singer
- Jerry Bailey, Hall of Fame jockey
- Troy Baker, singer, musician, voice actor
- Ernie Banks, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Sebastian Barrie, football player
- Clyde Barrow, outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde)
- Tony Battie, basketball player
- Bedhead, indie-rock band
- Robby Benson, actor
- Elton Bomer, politician
- Tommy Bond, actor (Butch from Our Gang)
- Chris Bosh, basketball player
- Charlie Brackins, football player
- Doyle Bramhall II, guitarist, singer and composer
- Edie Brickell, singer
- Rex Brown, musician
- Tim Brown, Hall of Fame football player
- David Burns, basketball player
- George W. Bush and Laura Bush, 43rd President of the United States and First Lady
C
- K Callan, actress
- Henry Calvin, actor (Sergeant Garcia on Disney's Zorro)
- Tevin Campbell, singer
- Gina Carano, MMA fighter
- Jason Castro, singer
- Annie Clark, musician
- Ramsey Clark, U.S. Attorney General
- Tom C. Clark, U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Bill Clements, Texas Governor and businessman
- Kerry Cooks, football coach
- Pat Corley, actor (Murphy Brown)
D
- Bebe Daniels, early film star
- Bettye Danoff, golfer, LPGA co-founder
- Linda Darnell, actress
- Sahara Davenport, drag queen
- Storm Davis, née George Earl "Storm" Davis, MLB baseball player
- Samuel David Dealey, WWII Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
- Tim DeLaughter (from The Polyphonic Spree)
- David Dick, CBS News correspondent from Dallas bureau
- Dorrough, rapper
- Dave Duncan, MLB baseball player and coach
- Jeff Dunham, ventriloquist
- Pat Durham, basketball player
E
- Andre Emmett, basketball player
- Jane Johnson Endsley, (1848-1933) ran one of the city's largest rail-yard coal and log businesses
- Emily Erwin, musician (Dixie Chicks)
- Martie Erwin, musician (Dixie Chicks)
F
- Morgan Fairchild, actress
- Buckner Fanning, Southern Baptist clergyman
- Fila Fresh Crew, rap group
- Miles Fisher, actor
G
- Randy Galloway, sports journalist
- Kyle Gann, music critic
- Lane Garrison, actor
- Melinda Gates, philanthropist, wife of Bill Gates
- Lester Gatewood, football player
- Peri Gilpin, actress (Frasier)
- Selena Gomez, actress, singer (from Grand Prairie, a suburb of Dallas)
- Omar Gonzalez, soccer player
- Frank Shelby Groner (1873-1943), executive secretary of the Baptist General Convention of Texas from 1918 to 1928.
H
- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, writer
- Jerry Hall, model, actress, ex-wife of Mick Jagger (from Mesquite, a suburb of Dallas)
- Jack Halliday, football player
- Angie Harmon, actress (Law & Order, Rizzoli & Isles), from Highland Park
- Chris Harrison, host (The Bachelor, Designers' Challenge)
- Brad Hawkins, actor (Ryan Steele on VR Troopers)
- Gibby Haynes, singer/musician with Butthole Surfers
- Jerry Haynes, children's TV show host (Mr. Peppermint, Peppermint Place)
- Josh Henderson, actor (John Ross from Dallas)
- Barron Hilton, retired CEO of Hilton Hotels; co-founder of American Football League; grandfather of Paris Hilton
- Conrad Hilton, Jr., hotel heir; airline director; first husband of Elizabeth Taylor
- "Doc" Holliday, western gunfighter, gambler, and dentist; lived in Dallas in the 1870s
- Tina Huang, actress (Rizzoli & Isles)
- Ray Wylie Hubbard, musician
- Michael Huffington, politician, activist, ex-husband of Arianna Huffington
- Ryan Hunter-Reay, Indy car driver
- Paige Hurd, actress, Tasha from Everybody Hates Chris
- Willie Hutch, singer
J
- Sarah Jaffe, singer (from Red Oak, a suburb of Dallas)
- Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor, Senior Pastor of The Potters House
- Michael Johnson, athlete, Olympic gold medalist
- Nick Jonas, singer
- Norah Jones, singer
- Ron Jones, football player
K
- Christian Kane, actor
- Bavand Karim, film and TV producer
- Michael Keasler, judge of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin
- Clayton Kershaw, MLB pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers)
- Jack Kilby, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate
- Don King, football player
- Linda Koop, Republican member of Texas House of Representatives
- Kelvin Korver, football player
L
- Alonzo Lawrence, football player
- Logan Leistikow, filmmaker
- Turney W. Leonard, WWII Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
- Gus Levene, composer, arranger, orchestrator, guitarist
- Lil Twist, rapper
- Lil' Wil, rapper
- Bob Lilly, football player
- Lisa Loeb, singer
- Trini Lopez, singer
- Demi Lovato, singer, songwriter and actress
M
- Peter MacNicol, actor
- Jayne Mansfield, actress, graduate of Dallas' Highland Park High School
- Stephanie March, actress (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Conviction)
- Minnie Lichtenstein Marcus, co-founder of Neiman Marcus
- Stanley Marcus, chairman of Neiman Marcus
- Mark Matlock, minister[1]
- George McFarland, actor (Spanky on Our Gang)
- Phil McGraw, doctor and television personality (Dr. Phil)
- Kevin McHale, actor
- Meat Loaf, née Marvin Lee Aday, musician
- Leighton Meester, actress (Fort Worth)
- Fred Meyer, chairman of Texas Republican Party, 1988 to 1984; president of Tyler Corporation, 1983-1986[2]
- Morgan Meyer, state representative (University Park)
- Julie Miller, singer
- Steve Miller, musician
- Elizabeth Mitchell, actress (Lost)
- Kiko Mizuhara, singer and actress
- Keith Moreland, baseball player
- Allen R. Morris, television producer
- Chaz Mulkey, kickboxer
- Michael Martin Murphey, singer ("Wildfire")
- Mason Musso, singer
- Mitchell Musso, actor
N
- Tracey Needham, actress
- Michael Nesmith, musician, songwriter (The Monkees)
P
- Kevin Page, artist and actor
- Hasan Bülent Paksoy, historian, strategic studies
- Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde)
- Piper Perabo, actress
- H. Ross Perot, businessman, presidential candidate
- Art Powell, football player
- Tom Price, judge
R
- Steve Railsback, actor
- Willis Alan Ramsey, musician
- LeAnn Rimes, singer (raised in Garland, a suburb of Dallas)
- Holland Roden, actress
- Dennis Rodman, NBA player
- Kyle Rote, Jr., soccer player and coach
- Debby Ryan, actress, singer
S
- Mark Salling, actor
- Sam the Sham, musician
- Deion Sanders, former football player
- Jim Sharp, former justice of the First Texas Court of Appeals in Houston; Dallas native
- Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Ashlee Simpson, singer (raised in Richardson, a suburb of Dallas)
- Jessica Simpson, singer (raised in Richardson with her sister Ashlee)
- A. Maceo Smith, civil rights activist
- Elliott Smith, singer
- Dan Smoot, journalist, author, radio-TV commentator, long-term Dallas resident[3]
- Gary Spann, football player
- Aaron Spelling, television producer (Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat)
- Jordan Spieth, golfer
- Matthew Stafford, NFL player
- B.W. Stevenson, musician
- Stephen Stills, musician
- Sly Stone, singer
- Troy Stoudermire, football player
- Nikki Stringfield, guitarist (The Iron Maidens and Before the Mourning)
- Erwin Swiney, football player
T
- Sharon Tate, actress
- Travis Tedford, Spanky, The Little Rascals
- Jim Thurman, comedy writer
- Neal Tiemann, musician
- Stephen Tobolowsky, actor
- Lee Trevino, golfer
- Wylie Turner, football player
U
- Usher, singer, entertainer
V
- Corbin Van Arsdale, politician
- Vanilla Ice, rapper
- Jimmie Vaughan, musician
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, musician
- Lacey Von Erich, wrestler
W
- Malcolm Walker, football player
- Ken Weaver, auto racer
- Luke Wilson, actor
- Mark Wilson, magician
- Owen Wilson, actor
- Ron Woodroof, "Dallas Buyers Club" founder
- Robin Wright Penn, actress
- Jack Wyatt, television personality
Y
- Kevin Patrick Yeary, judge of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- Chris Young, MLB pitcher
See also
References
- ↑ Cary McMullen (December 28, 2001). "Youth group kid hits it big with Christian pop group". The Gadsden Times: C7.
- ↑ Gromer Jeffers, Jr., and Joe Simnacher (September 24, 2012). "Fred Meyer, who built Dallas and Texas GOP into dominant force, dies at age 84". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
- ↑ Book review in The New American, March 7, 1994, People Along the Way: The Autobiography of Dan Smoot (Big Sandy, Texas: Tyler Press, 1993), 306 pp.
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