- Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was, in his time, an aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer and director, a playboy, an eccentric, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. He is famous for setting multiple, world air-speed records, building the Hughes H-1 Racer and H-4 Hercules airplanes, producing the movies "Hell's Angels" and "The Outlaw", owning and expanding TWA, and for his debilitating eccentric behavior in later life. - Roger Clemens
William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962, in Dayton, Ohio), nicknamed "The Rocket", is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees, and is one of the preeminent Major League baseball pitchers of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. In 2006, a poll of 32 ESPN analysts named Clemens the greatest living pitcher. He has won seven Cy Young Awards, two more than any other pitcher. He throws and bats right-handed. - Paul Wall
Paul Wall (born Paul Gideon Manry, as shown on his birth certificate, and later to become Paul Slayton, born on March 11 in Houston, Texas, 1981) is an American rapper and hip hop artist, DJ, promoter and jeweller from Houston, Texas. He is affiliated with Swishahouse Records. Wall is a graduate of Jersey Village High School and studied mass communications at The University of Houston for three years. - Bill White
Mayor Bill White was elected as Mayor of Houston in 2003, and has focused on the streamlining of city government as well as the improvement of neighborhoods, traffic, and air quality. Before serving as mayor, White was President and CEO of WEDGE Group, and served as Deputy Secretary of Energy of the United States. - Mike Jones
Michael "Mike" Jones (born January 6, 1981 in Aldine, Texas, USA) is an African American southern rap artist, who initially was affiliated with the record label Swishahouse, then left to be the owner of Ice Age Entertainment. Mike Jones has a little brother who is an artist and part of Ice Age who goes by "King Mello". Recently, Jones announced his return to Swishahouse to distribute Ice Age. - Vince Young
Vincent Paul Young, Jr. (born May 18, 1983 in Houston, Texas), commonly Vince Young, or "VY", is an American football player. He is a dual-threat quarterback, and the current starting quarterback for the National Football League Tennessee Titans. Young was drafted by the Tennessee Titans as the #3 overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft on April 29, 2006. - Chris Brown
John Christopher Brown was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball during the 1980s, most notably with the San Francisco Giants. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Brown was a notable graduate of Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, California, where he played high school baseball with Darryl Strawberry. The 1979 Crenshaw High Cougars baseball team was the subject of Michael Sokolove's "The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw". - William P. Hobby
William Pettus Hobby (March 26, 1878-June 7, 1964) was the publisher of the "Houston Post" and the governor of the U.S. state of Texas from 1917 to 1921. Born in Moscow, Texas, Hobby became a circulation clerk for the "Post" in 1895 and was promoted to business writer in August 1901. In 1907 he left the "Post" to become manager and part owner of the "Beaumont Enterprise", and he acquired the entire paper shortly thereafter. - Slim Thug
Slim Thug (born Stayve Jerome Thomas on September 8, 1980 in Houston, Texas) is an American rapper. He gained mainstream attention for his contribution to the popular single from rapper Mike Jones, "Still Tippin". He began his career with Swishahouse in the 1998. In 2000, after only a year and a half of being an artist on Swishahouse, having to split the earnings with a group of artists when you're the biggest star on the label, … - Ted Poe
Ted Poe (born September 10, 1948) is a Republican politician and jurist currently representing Texas's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. (map). - Lil' Flip
Wesley Eric Weston, Jr. (born March 3, 1981 in Houston, Texas), better known as Lil' Flip, is an American rapper known for his freestyle ability, and for becoming one of the first Houston rap artists to become mainstream and nationally known. Lil' Flip was given the title of "Freestyle King" by the late DJ Screw. He is also a member of the Screwed Up Click. - Anna Nicole Smith
Vickie Lynn Marshall (November 28, 1967 - February 8, 2007), better known under the stage name of Anna Nicole Smith, was an American sex symbol, model, actress, celebrity, and spokeswoman. Her highly publicized marriage to oil business executive and billionaire J. Howard Marshall, 63 years her senior, resulted in speculation that she married the octogenarian for his money, which she denied. - Joel Osteen
Joel Osteen is a native Texan and the Pastor of Lakewood Church, which according to Church Growth Today is America's largest and fastest growing church. On July 16, 2005 after completing $95 million dollars in renovations, Joel moved Lakewood Church into its new 16,000-seat home - the former Compaq Center. It is the largest regularly-used worship center in the United States. Each week Joel delivers God's message of hope and encouragement to more than 38,000 attendees. - Dj Screw
DJ Screw, born Robert Earl Davis, Jr. (July 20, 1971 - November 16, 2000), was a central figure in the Houston rap scene. His innovation included the trademark technique of slowing down the basic tracks of a cut when he remixed it. This process is called "screwing" a song. Slowing down the song was supposed to recreate the effect of recreationally using Promethazine with Codeine also known as "lean" or "purple drank" in Houston parlance. - Lance Berkman
William Lance Berkman (born February 10, 1976 in Waco, Texas) is a Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros. His official listed height is six feet, one inch, and his weight is 220 pounds (100 kg). Berkman is a switch-hitting outfielder/first baseman who throws left-handed. He is also known as "Big Puma" or "Fat Elvis" (although he has stated that he dislikes the latter) - Al Green
Alexander N. "Al" Green, commonly known as Al Green, was born on September 1, 1947, and is the U.S. Representative from the Ninth Congressional District in Texas (map). Green won the Democratic primary for District 9 in Houston on March 9, 2004, a district that is largely Democratic with 37% of its population African American and 31% Hispanic - two ethnic groups that traditionally support the Democrats - and later was victorious over Republican Arlette Molina. - Andy Pettitte
Andrew Eugene Pettitte (pronounced "PET-it"), born June 15, 1972 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an American left-handed starting pitcher for the New York Yankees. In his major league career, he played for the New York Yankees from 1995-2003. He then signed with the Houston Astros, playing from 2004 through 2006. In 2007, Pettitte rejoined the Yankees. He won four championships as a Yankee and made the playoffs every year except for 2006. - Sheila Jackson-Lee
Sheila Jackson-Lee (born January 12, 1950 in Queens, New York), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995. She represents Texas' 18th Congressional District (map), which was once the domain of her role model, former congresswoman Barbara Jordan. - Dan Rather
Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr. (born October 31, 1931 in Wharton, Texas) is the former longtime anchor for the "CBS Evening News" and is now under contract and scheduled to serve as managing editor and anchor of a new television news magazine, "Dan Rather Reports", on the new cable channel HDNet. Rather was anchor of the "CBS Evening News" for 24 years, from March 9, 1981 to March 9, 2005. He also contributed to CBS' "60 Minutes". - Alberto Gonzales
Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) was the 80th Attorney General of the United States. Gonzales was appointed to the post in February 2005 by President George W. Bush. While Bush was Governor of Texas, Gonzales had served as his general counsel (1994-1997). Subsequently he served as Secretary of State of Texas (1997-1999) and then on the Texas Supreme Court (1999-2000). From 2001 to 2005, Gonzales served in the Bush Administration as White House Counsel. - Chris Young
Christopher Brandon Young, is a center fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2001 Amateur Draft, he was traded to the Diamondbacks with Orlando Hernández and Luis Vizcaíno for Javier Vázquez after the 2005 season. He made his major league debut on August 18, 2006. Chris began the 2007 season as the Diamondbacks everyday center fielder. He graduated from national powerhouse Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas). - Jeb Bush
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953), a Republican, was the 43rd Governor of Florida, in the United States, as well as the first Republican to be re-elected to that office. He is a prominent member of the Bush family: the younger brother of current President George W. Bush; the older brother of Neil Bush, Marvin Bush and Dorothy Bush Koch; and the second son of former President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush. - Nolan Ryan
Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (born January 31, 1947) is an American right-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in a record-tying 27 seasons for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers, from to. Ryan still holds many major-league pitching records, some by such wide margins over previous marks that they will likely stand for many years. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in. Ryan, a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher, … - Barbara Jordan
Barbara Charline Jordan was an American politician from Texas. She served as a Congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979. - Lil' Keke
Lil' Keke (born Marcus Lakee Edwards, October 31, 1976) is a rapper from Houston, Texas who is an emcee and member of the Screwed Up Click. He also became one of Houston's most visible rappers, releasing solo albums for Jam Down Entertainment. Lil' Keke has become a well known rapper in Houston and continues to record albums annually. His song "Southside" was a success in 1998. - Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28 1987) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, fashion designer, and spokesperson. She has an older sister, Haylie Duff, who is also an actress/singer. After gaining fame for her starring role on the television show "Lizzie McGuire", Duff went on to have a film career, and her most commercially successful pictures include "Cheaper by the Dozen" (2003), "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" (2003), … - Devin The Dude
Devin the Dude (born Devin Copeland) is a Houston, Texas based rapper. He started out as a member of Odd Squad, a group of rappers signed to Rap-A-Lot records, home of fellow rappers Geto Boys, Scarface, Too Much Trouble, Convicts and so forth. Odd Squad released their first album "Fadanuff Fa Erybody" in 1994. A follow up has been rumoured, but no official release date has been set. Between 1994 and 1996 Devin made various guest appearances, … - Tila Tequila
Tila Nguyen (born October 24, 1981), best known as Tila Tequila, is an American model, entertainer, and singer residing in West Hollywood, California. She is best known for her appearances in "Stuff", "Maxim", "Time", her role as host of the Fuse TV show "Pants-Off Dance-Off" and her position as the most popular person on MySpace as of April 2006. She was raised in Houston, Texas. - Molly Ivins
Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30 1944 - January 31 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, political commentator, and best-selling author from Austin, Texas. - Big Pokey
Big Pokey (real name Milton Powell) is a rapper from Houston, Texas and is one of the original members of the Screwed Up Click. While rapping, he attended Blinn Junior College in Brenham, Texas and even tried out for the NFL at one point. Big Pokey hooked up with DJ Screw in the early '90s and started dropping rhymes on the DJ's many mixtapes. His first full-length album appeared in late 1999, "Hardest Pit in the Litter", … - The Undertaker
Mark Calaway (born March 24, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name The Undertaker. He is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its "SmackDown!" brand but is currently inactive due to an injury. As of 2007, Calaway is one of the longest-tenured performers in WWE, having joined in 1990. - Jeff Bagwell
Jeffrey Robert Bagwell (born May 27, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, who spent his entire major league baseball career with the Houston Astros. After retirement as a player, he remains with the Astros as an assistant to the General Manager. - Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland (born Kelendria Trene Rowland on February 11, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful R&B girl group Destiny's Child, the world's best-selling female group of all time selling over 100 million records worldwide. - Lyle Lovett
Lyle Pearce Lovett (born in Klein (unincorporated), Harris County, Texas on November 1, 1957) is an American singer-songwriter. - Big Moe
Big Moe (born Kenneth Moore) is a rapper from Houston, Texas. Unlike most of the Houston rappers, who tended to offer a harder approach like hardcore or gangsta style, Kenneth offered a slow and calm style. He both raps and sings called rappsinging, and his producers craft smooth, melodic tracks that bounce along at a leisurely pace. - Adam Dunn
Adam Troy Dunn (November 9th, 1979, in Houston, Texas), is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. A former standout quarterback at New Caney (Texas) High School, Dunn signed with the University of Texas however, Dunn quit football and concentrated on baseball. The Reds drafted Dunn in the second round of the 1998 amateur draft while he was still an active collegian. Dunn signed and quit college. - Michael Bourn
Michael Ray Bourn (born December 27, 1982 in Houston, Texas), is a Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies. Bourn was raised in Houston, Texas, where he attended Nimitz High School, graduating in 2000. Bourn earned an NCAA Division I baseball scholarship at the University of Houston, where he played for three seasons. While he displayed little power, collecting only two home runs and 23 extra-base hits in 644 at-bats, … - Fat Pat
Fat Pat (born Patrick Lamont Hawkins, February 21, 1970 - February 3, 1998) was a rapper from Houston, Texas and an original member of DJ Screw's Screwed Up Click. Also known as Mr. Fat Pat and P-A-T, he was most prolific in the mid-1990s alongside his brother Big Hawk and longtime friend Lil' Keke. Fat Pat was signed to Wreckshop Records. - Joe Smith
Joseph O’Brien "Joe" Smith is an American Canadian Football player who plays running back for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League. His jersey number is 33. He has previously played in NFL Europe with the Rhein Fire and played college football with Louisiana Tech. He signed as a free agent with the BC Lions in May 2006, and replaced Antonio Warren as their starting running back when Warren was released in July. - Jeff Kent
Jeffrey Franklin Kent (born March 7, 1968 in Bellflower, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and a former MVP winner. He is widely regarded as one of the best offensive second basemen to have ever played the game.
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