| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| F. Murray Abraham |
Actor |
24-Oct-1939 |
|
Mozart's antagonist in Amadeus |
| James R. Adams |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Southwestern Bell, 1988-92 |
| Jay Allen |
Business |
? |
|
Senior VP at Wal-Mart, 1995-2005 |
| Wes Anderson |
Film Director |
1-May-1969 |
|
Rushmore |
| Michael A. Andrews |
Politician |
7-Feb-1944 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1983-95 |
| Bill Archer |
Politician |
22-Mar-1928 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1971-2001 |
| Gerard Arpey |
Business |
26-Jul-1958 |
|
CEO of American Airlines |
| James Baker |
Government |
28-Apr-1930 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1989-92 |
| Barbara Barrie |
Actor |
23-May-1931 |
|
Mrs. Barney Miller |
| Dan Bartlett |
Government |
c. 1971 |
|
White House communications director |
| Steve Bartlett |
Politician |
19-Sep-1947 |
|
Mayor of Dallas, 1991-95 |
| Louis Beecherl |
Business |
10-Feb-1926 |
|
CEO, Texas Oil & Gas 1957-77 |
| Paul Begala |
Government |
12-May-1961 |
|
Helped get Clinton elected |
| Chris Bell |
Politician |
23-Nov-1959 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 2003-05 |
| Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Feb-1921 |
23-May-2006 |
US Senator, Treasury Secretary |
| Henry Bonilla |
Politician |
2-Jan-1954 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1993-2007 |
| Beau Boulter |
Politician |
23-Feb-1942 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1985-89 |
| Berke Breathed |
Cartoonist |
21-Jun-1957 |
|
Cartoonist of Bloom County |
| Jack Brooks |
Politician |
18-Dec-1922 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1953-95 |
| Robert A. Brown |
Educator |
22-Jul-1951 |
|
President, Boston University |
| Jebby Bush |
Relative |
13-Dec-1983 |
|
Son of Jeb Bush |
| Jenna Bush |
Relative |
25-Nov-1981 |
|
Twin daughter of George W. Bush |
| Laura Bush |
First Lady |
4-Nov-1946 |
|
First Lady under George W. Bush |
| C. Preston Butcher |
Business |
1938 |
|
Legacy Partners |
| Earl Campbell |
Football |
29-Mar-1955 |
|
Oilers and Saints RB |
| Donald M. Carlton |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
President of Radian Corporation, 1969-95 |
| Jim Chapman |
Politician |
8-Mar-1945 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1985-97 |
| Lois Chiles |
Actor |
15-Apr-1947 |
|
Moonraker |
| George E. Christian |
Government |
1-Jan-1927 |
27-Nov-2002 |
LBJ's press secretary |
| Roger Clemens |
Baseball |
4-Aug-1962 |
|
Twice pitched 20 strikeouts |
| Dabney Coleman |
Actor |
3-Jan-1932 |
|
Moustache from 9 To 5 |
| Peter Coneway |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Switzerland |
| John Connally |
Politician |
27-Feb-1917 |
15-Jun-1993 |
Governor of Texas, 1963-69 |
| John Cooksey |
Politician |
20-Aug-1941 |
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 1997-2003 |
| Walter Cronkite |
Journalist |
4-Nov-1916 |
|
America's most trusted newscaster |
| Mary Crosby |
Actor |
14-Sep-1959 |
|
Dallas |
| Henry Cuellar |
Politician |
19-Sep-1955 |
|
Congressman, Texas 28th |
| Paul Danos |
Educator |
c. 1942 |
|
Dean, Tuck School of Business |
| Gail Davis |
Actor |
5-Oct-1925 |
15-Mar-1997 |
Annie Oakley |
| Linnet F. Deily |
Business |
1945 |
|
Deputy US Trade Representative, 2001-05 |
| Michael Dell |
Business |
23-Feb-1965 |
|
Founder of Dell Computer |
| Lloyd Doggett |
Politician |
6-Oct-1946 |
|
Congressman, Texas 25th |
| Craig A. Dubow |
Business |
26-Oct-1954 |
|
CEO of Gannett |
| Ronnie Earle |
Government |
23-Feb-1942 |
|
Travis County, TX District Attorney |
| Ron Ely |
Actor |
21-Jun-1938 |
|
One of many Tarzans |
| Donald Evans |
Government |
26-Jul-1946 |
|
U.S. Secretary of Commerce |
| Larry R. Faulkner |
Educator |
1944 |
|
President of UT-Austin, 1998-2006 |
| Farrah Fawcett |
Actor |
2-Feb-1947 |
|
Original blonde on Charlie's Angels |
| Roger L. Fix |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Standex |
| Sheila Frahm |
Politician |
22-Mar-1945 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1996 |
| Tommy Franks |
Military |
17-Jun-1945 |
|
Former C-in-C, US Central Command |
| Kinky Friedman |
Musician |
31-Oct-1944 |
|
Texas Jewboy |
| Gus Garcia |
Politician |
1934 |
|
Mayor of Austin, 2001-03 |
| Ron Gardenhire |
Baseball |
24-Oct-1957 |
|
Manager, Minnesota Twins |
| Edward D. Garza |
Politician |
c. 1969 |
|
Mayor of San Antonio, 2001-05 |
| Tony Garza |
Diplomat |
c. 1958 |
|
US Ambassador to Mexico |
| David Geffen |
Business |
21-Feb-1943 |
|
Music industry mogul |
| Asim Ghafoor |
Government |
11-Dec-1969 |
|
Controversial Muslim attorney |
| Peri Gilpin |
Actor |
27-May-1961 |
|
Rosalinda on Frasier |
| Mike Godwin |
Attorney |
26-Oct-1956 |
|
General Counsel, Wikimedia |
| Charlie Gonzalez |
Politician |
5-May-1945 |
|
Congressman, Texas 20th |
| Henry B. Gonzalez |
Politician |
3-May-1916 |
28-Nov-2000 |
Congressman from Texas, 1961-99 |
| William R. Granberry |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Compass Operating Company |
| Paul W. Green |
Judge |
6-Mar-1952 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| Thomas Watt Gregory |
Government |
6-Nov-1861 |
26-Feb-1933 |
US Attorney General, 1914-19 |
| Ralph Hall |
Politician |
3-May-1923 |
|
Congressman, Texas 4th |
| Gunnar Hansen |
Actor |
4-Mar-1947 |
|
Texas Chain Saw Massacre |
| John P. Harbin |
Business |
1917 |
|
CEO of Halliburton, 1972-83 |
| Marcia Gay Harden |
Actor |
14-Aug-1959 |
|
Verna in Miller's Crossing |
| Jeffrey M. Heller |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
Vice Chairman of EDS |
| Stephen Herek |
Film Director |
10-Nov-1958 |
|
Mr. Holland's Opus |
| Dealey D. Herndon |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Herndon, Stauch & Associates |
| John Hillerman |
Actor |
20-Dec-1932 |
|
Higgins on Magnum, P.I. |
| Rubén Hinojosa |
Politician |
20-Aug-1940 |
|
Congressman, Texas 15th |
| Tobe Hooper |
Film Director |
25-Jan-1943 |
|
Directed Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
| Scott Horton |
Attorney |
11-Aug-1955 |
|
Human rights attorney |
| Karen Elliott House |
Journalist |
7-Dec-1947 |
|
Publisher, Wall Street Journal, 2002-06 |
| Deal Hudson |
Religion |
30-Nov-1949 |
|
Karl Rove's favorite Catholic |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison |
Politician |
22-Jul-1943 |
|
US Senator from Texas |
| Bobby Ray Inman |
Military |
4-Apr-1931 |
|
Admiral, NSA Director, Deputy CIA Director |
| Kenneth M. Jastrow II |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
CEO of Temple-Inland, 2000-07 |
| Walter W. Jenkins |
Government |
23-Mar-1918 |
23-Nov-1985 |
LBJ assistant, outed in gay sex scandal |
| Lady Bird Johnson |
First Lady |
22-Dec-1912 |
11-Jul-2007 |
Wife of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| Lynda Bird Johnson |
Relative |
19-Mar-1944 |
|
Daughter of LBJ |
| William R. Johnson |
Business |
1949 |
|
CEO of Heinz |
| David Kay |
Government |
c. 1941 |
|
Chief Weapons Inspector |
| Gary C. Kelly |
Business |
1955 |
|
CEO of Southwest Airlines |
| Hans Kobler |
Business |
? |
|
CEO of ICx Technologies |
| Gary M. Kusin |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Partner, Texas Pacific Group |
| Tom Landry |
Football |
11-Sep-1924 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Dallas Cowboys Head Coach, 1960-88 |
| Mark Langdale |
Diplomat |
1954 |
|
US Ambassador to Costa Rica |
| Bobby Layne |
Football |
19-Dec-1926 |
1-Dec-1986 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Justin Leonard |
Golf |
15-Jun-1972 |
|
Winner, 1997 British Open |
| Brad Livingston |
Government |
c. 1962 |
|
Executive Director, Texas Criminal Justice Dept. |
| Alan Lomax |
Anthropologist |
31-Jan-1915 |
19-Jul-2002 |
Preserved thousands of folksongs |
| Lord British |
Computer Programmer |
4-Jul-1961 |
|
Ultima series creator |
| Ben F. Love |
Business |
1924 |
13-Jan-2006 |
CEO of Texas Commerce Bank |
| John P. Mackey |
Business |
1954 |
|
CEO of Whole Foods Market |
| Rachel Maines |
Scholar |
8-Jul-1950 |
|
The Technology of Orgasm |
| Slater Martin |
Basketball |
22-Oct-1925 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer, coach |
| Vilma S. Martinez |
Attorney |
17-Oct-1943 |
|
Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson |
| Scott McClellan |
Government |
14-Feb-1968 |
|
White House Press Secretary, 2003-06 |
| Matthew McConaughey |
Actor |
4-Nov-1969 |
|
Contact |
| Robert B. McGehee |
Business |
c. 1943 |
9-Oct-2007 |
CEO of Progress Energy |
| Bruce McGill |
Actor |
11-Jul-1950 |
|
Character actor, Animal House |
| William W. McGuire |
Business |
1948 |
|
CEO of UnitedHealth, 1992-2006 |
| Scott Mechlowicz |
Actor |
17-Jan-1981 |
|
EuroTrip |
| Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
Novelist |
23-Jan-1923 |
9-Jan-1996 |
A Canticle for Leibowitz |
| C. Wright Mills |
Sociologist |
28-Aug-1916 |
20-Mar-1962 |
The Power Elite |
| James Moeser |
Educator |
1939 |
|
Chancellor, UNC Chapel Hill |
| James R. Moffett |
Business |
1938 |
|
Chairman of Freeport-McMoRan |
| John T. Montford |
Politician |
28-Jun-1943 |
|
Chancellor, Texas Tech University, 1996-2001 |
| James M. Moroney III |
Business |
c. 1956 |
|
Dallas Morning News |
| Willie Morris |
Author |
29-Nov-1934 |
2-Aug-1999 |
North Toward Home |
| Bill Moyers |
Journalist |
6-Jun-1934 |
|
NOW with Bill Moyers |
| George Muñoz |
Business |
1951 |
|
CEO of OPIC, 1997-2001 |
| Dennis Nixon |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO, International Bancshares Corp. |
| John E. O'Neill |
Activist |
19-Feb-1946 |
|
Longtime John Kerry antagonist |
| James C. Oberwetter |
Diplomat |
3-Nov-1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia |
| Mary M. Ourisman |
Diplomat |
Feb-1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Barbados |
| Priscilla Owen |
Judge |
4-Oct-1954 |
|
Judge, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Fess Parker |
Actor |
16-Aug-1925 |
|
Daniel Boone |
| Federico Peña |
Government |
15-Mar-1947 |
|
Ex-Secy of Energy, Transportation |
| Jake Pickle |
Politician |
11-Oct-1913 |
18-Jun-2005 |
Congressman from Texas 1963-95 |
| Mitch Pileggi |
Actor |
5-Apr-1952 |
|
Walter Skinner on The X-Files |
| Richard Rainwater |
Business |
1944 |
|
Billionaire investor |
| Charles M. Rampacek |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Probex Corporation, 2000-03 |
| Sam Rayburn |
Politician |
6-Jan-1882 |
16-Nov-1961 |
Speaker of the US House, 1940-61 |
| Jim Reeves |
Country Musician |
20-Aug-1923 |
31-Jul-1964 |
He'll Have to Go |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Politician |
10-Nov-1944 |
|
Congressman, Texas 16th |
| Tex Ritter |
Musician |
12-Jan-1905 |
2-Jan-1974 |
You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often |
| Robert Rodriguez |
Film Director |
20-Jun-1968 |
|
El Mariachi |
| Karl Rove |
Government |
25-Dec-1950 |
|
Turd Blossom |
| Hector Ruiz |
Business |
25-Dec-1945 |
|
CEO of Advanced Micro Devices |
| Tom Schieffer |
Diplomat |
4-Oct-1947 |
|
US Ambassador to Japan |
| Tex Schramm |
Football |
2-Jun-1920 |
15-Jul-2003 |
General manager of Dallas Cowboys |
| Zachary Scott |
Actor |
24-Feb-1914 |
3-Oct-1965 |
The Mask of Dimitrios |
| Florence Shapiro |
Politician |
2-May-1948 |
|
Texas state senator |
| Ruth G. Shaw |
Business |
19-Feb-1948 |
|
CEO of Duke Power, 2003-06 |
| Bud Shivers |
Business |
1946 |
|
Texans for Quality Health Care |
| Michelle Shocked |
Musician |
24-Feb-1962 |
|
Short Sharp Shocked |
| Harold C. Simmons |
Business |
1931 |
|
Drugstore billionaire |
| George D. Snell |
Scientist |
19-Dec-1903 |
6-Jun-1996 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Bruce Sterling |
Author |
14-Apr-1954 |
|
Schismatrix |
| Annette Strauss |
Politician |
26-Jan-1924 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Mayor of Dallas 1987-91 |
| E. Donnall Thomas |
Scientist |
15-Mar-1920 |
|
Bone marrow transplants |
| Ernest O. Thompson |
Politician |
24-Mar-1892 |
28-Jun-1966 |
Mayor of Amarillo, 1929-32 |
| Jerry Sue Thornton |
Educator |
c. 1947 |
|
President, Cuyahoga Community College |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Business |
23-Mar-1952 |
|
CEO of Exxon Mobil |
| Mary Jean Crenshaw Tully |
Activist |
15-Dec-1925 |
27-Dec-2003 |
Feminism activist |
| Karen Tumulty |
Journalist |
c. 1955 |
|
Time political correspondent |
| Tommy Tune |
Dancer |
28-Feb-1939 |
|
6'6" Broadway dancer |
| Jim Turner |
Politician |
6-Feb-1946 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1997-2005 |
| R. Gerald Turner |
Educator |
c. 1946 |
|
President, Southern Methodist University |
| Neil deGrasse Tyson |
Astronomer |
5-Oct-1958 |
|
Astrophysicist |
| Vijay Vishwanath |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Partner, Bain & Company |
| Eli Wallach |
Actor |
7-Dec-1915 |
|
The Magnificent Seven |
| William C. Warren |
Educator |
3-Feb-1909 |
11-Sep-2000 |
Dean of Columbia Law School, 1952-70 |
| William D. Watkins |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Seagate |
| Ann Wedgeworth |
Actor |
21-Jan-1935 |
|
Lana Shields on Three's Company |
| Robert Whilden |
Business |
1935 |
|
BMC Software |
| Charles Whitman |
Criminal |
24-Jun-1941 |
1-Aug-1966 |
University Tower sharpshooter |
| C. John Wilder |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
CEO of TXU |
| Pamela Willeford |
Government |
Mar-1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Switzerland 2003-06 |
| Ricky Williams |
Football |
21-May-1977 |
|
Miami Dolphins RB |
| Charles R. Williamson |
Business |
1948 |
|
CEO of Unocal, 2001-05 |
| Owen Wilson |
Actor |
18-Nov-1968 |
|
Zoolander |
| Robert Wilson |
Theater Director |
4-Oct-1941 |
|
Experimental theater director, designer |
| Joe B. Wyatt |
Administrator |
c. 1935 |
|
Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1982-2000 |
| Renée Zellweger |
Actor |
25-Apr-1969 |
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