- Jesse Jane
Jesse Jane (born July 16, 1980 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American pornographic actress and model. - Dan Jenkins
Dan Jenkins (born December 2, 1929 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American author and sportswriter, most notably for "Sports Illustrated". Jenkins was born and raised in Fort Worth, where he attended R.L. Paschal High School and Texas Christian University. Jenkins has worked for many publications including the "Fort Worth Press, Dallas Times Herald, Sports Illustrated", and "Playboy". In 1985, he retired and began writing books full time. - Pete Geren
Preston M. Geren (born January 29, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas) was named Acting Secretary of the United States Army by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, after Army Secretary Francis Harvey resigned amidst the scandal at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Geren had been the 28th Undersecretary of the Army, a post he assumed on February 21, 2006, following his nomination by President George W. Bush and confirmation by the United States Senate. As the Undersecretary, Mr. - Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson (born William Hugh Nelson, April 30, 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. He reached his greatest fame during the so-called "outlaw country" movement of the 1970s. - Kirk Franklin
Kirk Franklin (born January 26, 1970 in Riverside, Texas) is a Grammy Award winning, platinum-selling African American musician who blends gospel, hip hop, and R&B. He released his first gospel album, "Kirk Franklin & Family", in 1993, and is known as the leader of contemporary gospel choirs such as Kirk Franklin & the Family, Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation, God's Property and Kirk Franklin Presents 1NC. - Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24 1982) is an American pop singer from Texas. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly publicized first season of the television series "American Idol" in 2002. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album "Thankful" (2003). With the release of her multi-platinum second album "Breakaway" (2004), Clarkson moved to a more pop rock-oriented style of music, … - T-Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett, born Joseph Henry Burnett in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, is a songwriter and performer inspired by multiple traditions of America's musical heritage. He emerged from a self-imposed 14 year hiatus as a recording artist in 2006 to release two collections of music: "The True False Identity", his first album of new original songs since 1992, and "Twenty Twenty - The Essential T Bone Burnett", … - Darrent Williams
Darrent Williams (September 27 1982 - January 1 2007), was an American football player for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. Williams was also the owner and CEO of independent record label RYNO Entertainment in Fort Worth, Texas. - Bob Wills
James Robert (Bob) Wills (March 6, 1905 - May 13, 1975) was an American country musician, songwriter, and big band leader. - Bill Paxton
William Paxton (born May 17, 1955) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor and film director. - John Carter
John Wallace Carter (24 September 1928-31 March 1991) was an American jazz clarinet, saxophone, and flute player. - Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930) is an American saxophonist and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Coleman was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, where he began performing R&B and bebop initially on tenor saxophone. He later switched to alto, which has remained his primary instrument. Coleman's timbre is easily recognized: his keening, crying sound draws heavily on blues music. - Rags Matthews
Raymond "Rags" Matthews (born August 17, 1905-January 1, 1999) was an All-American football player at Texas Christian University in the 1920s, playing end on both offense and defense. A Fort Worth native, Matthews attended Poly High School before TCU. He lettered three times under coach Matty Bell, during which the Horned Frogs posted a cumulative record of 17-5-5. He was named the team's Most Valuable Player after the 1926 and 1927 seasons, … - Jim Wright
James Claude Wright, Jr. (born December 22, 1922), usually known as Jim Wright, is a former U.S. Congressman from Texas who served 34 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the Speaker of the House from 1987 to 1989. - Liz Smith
Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith (born February 2 1923 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American gossip columnist. Liz Smith is known as The Grand Dame of Dish. - Townes van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt (March 7 1944 - January 1 1997) was a country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. Although Van Zandt was not widely known before his death, he has since slowly gained a cult status. His songs have been covered by such notable musicians as Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Norah Jones, John Prine, Gillian Welch, Devendra Banhart, The Meat Puppets, GG Allin, Johnny Dowd, … - Johnny Rutherford
John (Johnny) Sherman Rutherford, III (born March 12, 1938 in Coffeyville, Kansas) is a retired U.S. automobile racer. The Texas-raised "Lonestar J.R." is one of eight drivers to win the prestigious Indianapolis 500 mile race at least three times: in 1974, 1976, and 1980. The others are Louis Meyer, Wilbur Shaw, Mauri Rose (credited with only two by official speedway records), A. J. Foyt, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, and Rick Mears. Rutherford also won three poles at the 500, … - Richard Rainwater
Richard E. Rainwater (born 1943) is an investor and self made billionaire fund manager. With an estimated current net worth of around $2.5 billion, he is ranked by "Forbes" as the 335-richest person in the world. Rainwater is a financial dealmaker from Fort Worth, Texas. The son of a wholesale grocer, he graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in mathematics and earned his MBA from Stanford Business School. He landed a job as an investment banker, … - Kay Granger
Kay Granger (born January 18 1943), a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas, currently represents the 12th Congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Granger was born in Greenville, Texas, and graduated from Texas Wesleyan University. She was elected to the Fort Worth city council in 1989 and was elected Mayor in 1991. Her tenure as mayor saw a drop in violent crime, … - Mark David Chapman
Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is the American man who shot and killed musician John Lennon on December 8, 1980. He remained at the scene until arrested and claimed the book "The Catcher in the Rye" would explain his perspective and motivation. Chapman was allowed to plead guilty to second degree murder before his trial began and, despite being assessed as delusional and possibly psychotic, was sentenced to 20 years to life. - Roger Miller
Roger Dean Miller was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is best known for his 1965 hit song King of the Road. - Amon G. Carter
Amon G. Carter, Sr. (December 11, 1879-June 23, 1955) was the creator and publisher of the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram", and a nationally known civic booster for Fort Worth, Texas. A legacy in his will was used to create Fort Worth's Amon Carter Museum. Carter was born in Crafton, Texas. After his mother died in 1892, he moved away from his remaining family, to Bowie, Texas, where he supported himself with a variety of odd jobs. - Dewey Redman
Dewey Redman (born Walter Redman in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, May 17, 1931; d. Brooklyn, New York, September 2, 2006) was an American free jazz saxophonist. Redman played mainly tenor saxophone, though he occasionally doubled on alto saxophone, played the Chinese "suona" (which he called a musette),<SUP>photo</SUP> and on rare occasions played the clarinet. Redman attended Prairie View A&M University in Texas. - King Curtis
Curtis Ousley, who performed under the name King Curtis, was an American tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and soul jazz. Curtis was born in Fort Worth, Texas. During the 1950s and early to mid 1960s he both worked as a session player on such records as Yakety Yak and recorded his own singles. His best known singles from this period are "Soul Twist" (Enjoy) and "Soul Serenade" (Capitol). - Kenneth Copeland
Kenneth Copeland (born December 6, 1936) is the founder of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, a Christian religious organization, and a television evangelist. He was born in Lubbock, Texas. - Larry Hagman
Larry Martin Hagman (born on September 21, 1931) is a popular American film and television actor, producer and director, primarily in soap operas and television, who is best known for playing John Ross "J.R." Ewing, Jr. in the 1980s television soap opera "Dallas" and as Barbara Eden's master (later husband) Major Anthony Nelson in the 1960s sitcom, "I Dream of Jeannie". - Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress and singer. In a film career spanning fifty years she made a total of seventy-three films, and is now principally celebrated for her role as Fred Astaire's romantic interest and dancing partner in a series of ten Hollywood musical films that revolutionized the genre. - Brad Hawpe
Bradley Bonte Hawpe (born June 22, 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who has played for the Colorado Rockies since the 2005 season. He is known by baseball fans for his strong, accurate arm in the outfield. Hawpe attended LSU in Baton Rouge and won a College World Series with the team. He also won a Texas 4A State Championship while in high school.He went to Boswell High School. - Martin Frost
Jonas Martin Frost III (born January 1, 1942) is an American politician, who was the Democratic representative to the U.S. House of Representatives for the Texas 24th Congressional District from 1979 to 2005. He was married to U.S. Army Major General (Retired) Kathryn Frost until her death in 2006. Born in Glendale, California, Frost grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1964 with bachelor's degrees in journalism and history, … - Kate Capshaw
Kate Capshaw (born November 3, 1953) is an American actress. She is known for her role in the film "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", and as the wife of director Steven Spielberg. - Sid Bass
Sid Richardson Bass (born 1942) is an American investor. His father, Perry Richardson Bass (d. 2006), built an oil fortune with uncle, Sid W. Richardson (d. 1959). Bass took control of the business in 1968. His investments include oil and gas. Along with his father and two of his brothers, he was the largest shareholder in the The Walt Disney Company from 1984 until after the stock market crash in 2001. - Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church (born June 17, 1960) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actor. - Sarah Shahi
Aahoo Jahansouzshahi, also known as Sarah Shahi, is an American actress, model and former NFL Cheerleader of Iranian and Spanish descent, a descendent of 19th century Iranian Shah Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar. Shahi was named #90 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list; she moved up to #66 in 2006. - Bill Owens
William Forrester "Bill" Owens (born October 22, 1950) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was the 40th Governor of Colorado. He did not seek reelection in 2006 due to term limits. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Owens has a master's degree in public affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is an expert in Soviet affairs and writes and lectures often on Russia. - Soapy Smith
Jefferson Randolph ("Soapy") Smith II (1860-July 8, 1898) was an American con artist and gangster who had a major hand in the organized criminal operations of Denver, Colorado, Creede, Colorado, and Skagway, Alaska from 1879 to 1898. He is perhaps the most famous "sure-thing" bunko man of the old west. - Rod Roddy
Robert Ray "Rod" Roddy (September 28, 1937 - October 27, 2003) was an American radio and television announcer, best known as the announcer for the popular game show "The Price is Right" from 1986 until his death. - Twisted Black
Twisted Black (born Tommy Burns, Oct. 18, 1976) is a rapper who resides in Fort Worth, Texas, but was originally born in Detroit, Michigan. He is on the 3R Entertainment/Scarred 4 Life Records label, and has also gone under the pseudonym "145". His debut album with the duo One Gud Cide, "Look What The Streets Made", sold 10,000 copies in less than 30 days. - Kevin Thompson
Kevin DeShawn Thompson (born September 18, 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a major league right fielder for the New York Yankees. He was drafted in the 18th round (529th overall) of the 1998 amateur entry draft by the Minnesota Twins. He won the Yankees minor league player of the year award for the 2005 season, when he played with the Yankees' Double-A affiliate, the Trenton Thunder and the Triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers. - Van Williams
Van (Van Zandt) Williams is a former American actor (born February 27, 1934, in Fort Worth, Texas) best known for his brief yet world famous television role as "Britt Reid" "aka" "The Green Hornet" with the late Bruce Lee as his sidekick Kato, in the 1966-1967 ABC "The Green Hornet" television series, and for his earlier leading role as Kenny Madison in both Warner Bros. - Ronnie Earle
Ronald Dale "Ronnie" Earle (born February 23, 1942) is the District Attorney for Travis County, Texas and member of the Democratic Party. He became nationally known for filing charges against House majority leader Tom DeLay in September 2005 for conspiring to violate Texas' election law and/or to launder money. Earle has also prosecuted other Texas politicians, including Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, State Representative, Mike Martin, …
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