- George Jones
George Glenn Jones (born September 12, 1931), is an American country music artist known for his distinctive voice and phrasing that frequently evoke the raw emotions caused by grief, unhappy love, and emotional hardship. He has had more songs than any other singer on the country charts - 167 as of November, 2005. He has also had the most Top 40 Hits - 143 - and is second to Eddy Arnold with the most Top 10 Hits - 78. Over the past twenty years, … - Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (19th January, 1943 - 4 October, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. She was one of the most influential rock singers of the 1960s and is widely considered to be the greatest female rock singer of the decade. - Tracy Byrd
Tracy Lynn Byrd (born on December 17, 1966 in Vidor, Texas) is an American country music singer-songwriter. - Kendrick Perkins
Kendrick Perkins (born November 10 1984 in Nederland, Texas) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He graduated from Clifton J. Ozen High School in Beaumont, Texas in 2003. During his high school career, Perkins led Ozen High to four consecutive district championships and one state championship. Because of his large frame, he was often referred to as "Baby Shaq" by fans and the press. - Edgar Winter
Edgar Winter (born December 28, 1946 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American musician who had significant success in the 1970s and 1980s. He is a keyboard player, vocalist, saxophonist and percussionist, well-versed in jazz, blues and rock. He is the second son of John and Edwina Winter, who were very much responsible for Edgar and his older brother Johnny Winter's early musical awareness. Both Edgar and Johnny have albinism. - Johnny Winter
John Dawson "Johnny" Winter III (born on 23 February, 1944 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American blues guitarist, singer, and producer. He is the first son of John and Edwina Winter who were very much responsible for Johnny's and his younger brother's, Edgar Winter's, early musical awareness. Both Johnny and Edgar have albinism. - Babe Zaharias
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (June 26, 1911 - September 27, 1956) was an American athlete considered to be perhaps the greatest all-around female athlete of all time. She achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball and track and field. - Helen Vinson
Helen Vinson (b. Helen Rulfs, September 17 1907, Beaumont, Texas - d. October 7 1999, Chapel Hill, North Carolina) was an American film actress. - Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn (born Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby 16 January 1942 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American rhythm and blues guitarist and singer. She played piano as a child, but switched to guitar. Inspired by blues artists Guitar Slim and Jimmy Reed, and pop acts Elvis Presley and Brenda Lee, she created an all-female band, Bobbie Lynn and the Idols. Singer Joe Barry introduced Lynn to producer Huey Meaux. - Jack Brooks
Jack Bascom Brooks (born December 22, 1922) is a retired politician from the U.S. state of Texas, who served for more than 40 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. Brooks was born in Crowley, Louisiana. Brooks attended Lamar University and University of Texas at Austin. Brooks served in the United States Marine Corps in World War II. Brooks served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1947 to 1951. - Jerry Levias
Jerry LeVias was the first African-American scholarship athlete and football player in the Southwest Athletic Conference. Born in Beaumont, Texas, LeVias played quarterback for Hebert High School. LeVias was small, only 5'9" and 177 pounds, but made up for it with great speed. He was recruited to the Southern Methodist University in the spring of 1965 by Coach Hayden Fry. - Tex Ritter
Tex Ritter (January 12, 1905 - January 2, 1974) was an American country singer and actor. - Larry Graham
Larry Graham, Jr. (born August 14, 1946 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American baritone singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as both the bass player in the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station. He is credited with the invention of the slapping technique, which radically expanded the tonal palette of the bass, … - John Tower
John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 - April 5, 1991) was the first Republican United States senator from Texas since Reconstruction. He served from 1961 until his retirement in January 1985, after which time he was the chairman of the Reagan-appointed Tower Commission that investigated the Iran-Contra Affair. - Doug Ault
Douglas Reagan Ault was a Major League Baseball first baseman/designated hitter who played for the Texas Rangers (1976) and Toronto Blue Jays (1977-78, 1980). He batted right handed and threw left handed. Ault became the first Blue Jays player to hit a home run in team history, and with his 64 RBI in 1977, set a club rookie record that endured for a quarter-century, until Eric Hinske drove in 84 runs in 2002. - Bubba Smith
Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith (born February 28, 1945 in Orange, Texas) is an American actor and former athlete. He was a professional football player in the 1960s and 1970s who became an actor in the late 1970s. Born in Orange, Texas, he attended high school in Beaumont, Texas. In addition to his great football ability, he was well known for what was considered to be a tremendous size at the time of his football career: 6 ft 7 in (2 m) and 260 lbs (118 kg). - Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas), is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player. He was an outfielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. During a 21-season career, he became the first player to win League MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues, won the Triple crown, was a member of two teams that won the World Series (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles), … - Harry James
Harry Haag James was a popular United States musician and band leader, and a well-known trumpet virtuoso. Harry James was born in Albany, Georgia, the son of a bandleader of a traveling circus. By age 10 he was taking trumpet lessons from his father. His father had him on a very strict practicing schedule every day. He was given one page to learn out of the Arban's book every day and could not do anything until he learned that page. - Robert Crippen
Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937 in Beaumont, Texas) (Captain, USN, retired) is a former USAF and NASA astronaut, and flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including three as commander. Crippen is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. He was previously president of Thiokol Propulsion where he served from December, 1996 to April, 2001. - Will Wynn
Will Wynn is the current mayor of Austin, Texas. Born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, Texas, Wynn was the sixth of seven children. He attended Texas A&M University, where he graduated cum laude with a degree in Environmental Design in 1984. Although Wynn was born in East Texas, his family's roots in Austin and Central Texas run deep; two of his great-great-great grandparents, James and Julia Olive, settled in southern Williamson County in 1843. - Ben Broussard
Benjamin Issac Broussard (born September 24, 1976, in Beaumont, Texas) is a first baseman who currently plays for the Seattle Mariners. He attended McNeese State and was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1999 entry draft. The Reds traded Broussard to the Indians on June 7, 2002, for Russell Branyan. Broussard went on to have a successful stint with the Indians, and was traded to the Seattle Mariners on July 26, … - Nick Lampson
Nicholas Valentino Lampson, usually known as Nick Lampson (born February 14, 1945) is an American politician from the state of Texas. Lampson was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 9th District from 1997 to 2005. After redistricting, he was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Texas's 2nd District in 2004. After a one-term hiatus from Congress, he returned to Congress from the 22nd District, … - Gary Gibbs
Gary Gibbs (born August 13, 1952 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American football player turned coach most notable for coaching the University of Oklahoma Sooners for six years following the resignation of Barry Switzer. Gibbs began in football as a linebacker at the University of Oklahoma under coach Barry Switzer from 1972-1974. He began coaching in 1975 as a graduate assistant under Switzer and was promoted to linebackers coach in 1978. - Blind Willie Johnson
"Blind" Willie Johnson (1897-1945) was an African-American singer and guitarist whose music straddled the border between blues and spirituals. While the lyrics of all of his songs were religious, his music drew from both sacred and blues traditions. Among musicians, he is considered one of the greatest slide or bottleneck guitarists, as well as one of the most revered figures of depression-era gospel music. - Jiles Perry Richardson
Jiles Perry (J.P.) Richardson, Jr., called JP by friends but commonly known as The Big Bopper, was a disc jockey who parlayed a big voice and exuberant personality into a career as an early rock and roll star. He is best known for his song "Chantilly Lace". - Gus Zernial
Gus Edward Zernial (born June 27, 1923 in Beaumont, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball left-fielder and right-handed batter who played for the Chicago White Sox (1949-51), Philadelphia Athletics (1951-54), Kansas City Athletics (1955-57) and Detroit Tigers (1958-59). Nicknamed "Ozark Ike" after the popular comic strip character, Zernial was one of the most feared sluggers in the 1950s, joining hall of famers Mickey Mantle, … - L. Q. Jones
L.Q. Jones (born August 19, 1927 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American character actor and film director, best-known for his work in the films of Sam Peckinpah. Born Justus Ellis McQueen Jr., he made his film debut in 1955's "Battle Cry", with Van Heflin, under his birth name. His character was named L.Q. Jones, and when it was suggested to him by film producers that he change his screen name for future pictures, … - Henry Millard
Henry Millard (circa 1796 - 1844) was an American businessman, military officer, and public servant. He founded the city of Beaumont, Texas, in 1835 and fought in the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 during the Texas Revolution. - David Brooks
David Brooks (born 1955) was the first of two known teenage accomplices of serial murderer Dean Corll. Brooks was born in 1955 in Beaumont, Texas. His parents were divorced when he was five. Afterwards, his time was divided between the home of his father in Houston and that of his mother in Beaumont. In elementary school, Brooks was noted as an excellent student, but in junior high school his performance plummeted. In 1970, Brooks met Dean Corll. - Clay Condrey
Clayton Lee Condrey (born November 19, 1975 in Beaumont, Texas, but raised in Navasota, Texas) is a relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. Condrey pitched with the San Diego Padres in the 2002 and 2003 seasons before coming to the Phillies in the offseason. In the Padres organization as a starter, Clay started 43 games between the AAA Portland Beavers and the Major Leagues, giving up 118 earned runs in 257.1 innings (ERA of 4.13). - Jim Lehrer
James Charles Lehrer (pronounced) (born May 19, 1934) is an American journalist. He is the news anchor for "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" on PBS. Lehrer is also an acclaimed author, writing both non-fiction and fiction which draws on his life experiences and his interests in history and politics. - Chip Ambres
Raymond Payne "Chip" Ambres (born December 19, 1979 in Beaumont, Texas) is a center fielder who currently plays for the New York Mets. The right-handed hitter signed with the Boston Red Sox as a minor league free agent on November 19, 2004. He was originally selected (27th overall) by the Florida Marlins in the 1998 June Free Agent Draft. Ambres was called up on July 17th, 2007 to play for the Mets. In 2000, Ambres was named the No. - Billie Jo Spears
Billie Jo Spears (born Billie Jean Spears January 14 1937, in Beaumont, Texas) is an American Country Music Singer. In the 1970s, Billie Jo Spears landed a few big Country hits. Her best known hit by far is the 1975 song "Blanket On the Ground". She is known for Bluesy voice. - Lew Ford
Lewis Ford (born August 12, 1976 in Beaumont, Texas, USA) is a Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He currently plays for the Minnesota Twins as their fourth outfielder and occasional designated hitter. He bats right and throws right, and wears number 20. Ford is a 1994 graduate of Port Neches-Groves (Texas) High School where he played football and baseball and a 1999 graduate of Dallas Baptist University. - Brandon Rideau
Brandon Rideau (born October 18, 1982 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American football player who played wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns during the 2005 NFL season. He finished collegiate career at the University of Kansas only two receptions shy of the school record, as he totaled 131 catches for 1,636 yards (12.5 avg.) and 14 TDs in 43 career games. - Mel Farr
Melvin Farr (born November 3, 1944 in Beaumont, Texas) is a former American football player. As a youth, Farr played football, baseball, track and basketball. He earned a chance to play football for UCLA, and was an All-American at the school from 1963 to 1967. In 1967, Farr joined the Detroit Lions, and won the year's NFL Rookie of the Year Award. He spent his entire injury-plagued career with the Lions, and earned trips to the Pro Bowl in 1967 and 1970. - Keith Carter
Keith Carter (June 3, 1948, Madison, Wisconsin) is an influential American photographer, educator, and artist noted for his dreamlike photos of people, animals and objects. - Grady Hatton
Grady Edgebert Hatton (born October 7, 1922 in Beaumont, Texas) is a retired American baseball player, coach, manager and executive. Although the bulk of his playing career was as the third baseman of the Cincinnati Reds, Hatton is most identified with his native Texas: he was born in Beaumont, attended the University of Texas at Austin, … - Irma P. Hall
Irma P. Hall (born Irma Dolores Player Hall on June 3, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas) is a Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize winning American character actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows since the 1970s. She is well-known for playing matriarchal figures in films such as "A Family Thing", "Soul Food" and "The Ladykillers". - Miller Farr
Miller Farr Jr. (born April 8, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) was an American football cornerback who played for ten seasons in the AFL and NFL. He attended Wichita State University, lettering in football and track. In his senior year, he led the nation in kickoff and punt returns. He is a member of a family of athletes and artists, including a brother and cousins, football players Mel Farr, Lem Barney, and Jerry LeVias, and cousin, singer Marvin Gaye.
|
| |