FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors.

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A

• Amy Acker actress
• Jensen Ackles actor
• Amy Lyn Acuff track and field athlete
• Red Adair firefighter
• Marvin Lee Aday (Meat Loaf) singer
• Alvin Ailey dancer, choreographer
• Debbie Allen actress, choreographer
• Wes Anderson filmmaker
• Lance Armstrong seven-time tour de france winner
• Mary Kay Ash founder Mary Kay Cosmetics
• Stephen F. Austin "father of texas"
• Steven "Stone Cold" Austin actor, wrestler
• Gene Autry actor, entrepreneur
• Tex Avery cartoonist, animator

B

• Erykah Badu singer
• G. W. Bailey actor
• Kathy Baker actress
• Ernie Banks baseball player
• Clyde Barrow bank robber
• Alan Bean astronaut
• Frank Beard musician
• Josh Beckett baseball player
• Dan Blocker actor
• Powers Allen Boothe actor
• Herman Brown founder Brown and Root
• Carol Burnett comedian
• Brooke Burns actor
• Gary Busey actor
• George W. Bush former u.s. president (born in CT)
• Jeb Bush florida governor
• Laura Bush former u.s. first lady
• Lauren Bush model
• Tracy Byrd singer

C

• Mark "The Undertaker" Calaway wrestler
• Earl Campbell football player
• Kate Capshaw actress
• Kid Cardona caricature artist
• Leland Chapman bounty hunter, television personality
• Cyd Charisse dancer
• Claire Lee Chennault pilot, founder "Flying Tigers"
• Mark Chesnutt singer
• Thomas Haden Church actor
• Ciara singer
• Kelly Clarkson singer
• Roger Clemens baseball pitcher
• Randall "Tex" Cobb boxer, actor
• Dabney Wharton Coleman actor
• Denton Cooley heart surgeon
• Leonard Barrie "Barry" Corbin actor
• Douglas Corrigan aviator ("wrong way Corrigan")
• Joan Crawford actress

D

• Ted Daffan song writer
• Leonard Davis football player
• Michael Dell founder Dell Computer
• Louis Carl "Lou" Dobbs radio and television host
• Sam Donaldson television reporter
• Hilary Duff actress, singer
• Sandy Duncan actress
• Holly Dunn singer
• Ronnie Dunn singer, songwriter
• Shelley Duvall actress

E

• Dwight Eisenhower u.s. president
• Shannon Elizabeth actress
• Linda Ellerbee actress, producer
• Ron Ely actor
• Terry Emmons race car driver
• Dale Evans singer, actress
• Megan Ewing model

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