- George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America. Originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001, Bush was elected president in the 2000 presidential election and re-elected in the 2004 presidential election. He previously served as the forty-sixth Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000, and is the eldest son of former United States president George H. W. Bush. - George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush was the forty-first President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Before his presidency, Bush was the forty-third Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan. He has also served as the member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th district of Texas (1967–1971), the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), … - Laura Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of U.S. President George W. Bush and is thereby the First Lady of the United States. - Barbara Bush
Barbara Pierce Bush (born June 8, 1925) is the wife of the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, and was First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993. She is the mother of the current U.S. President George W. Bush and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. She was also the Second Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1988. - 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. - Jenna Bush
Jenna Welch Bush (born November 25 1981, in Midland, Texas) is the daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. She is the fraternal twin of Barbara. - Tommy Franks
Tommy Franks, the allied commander, has since admitted this operation was designed to �degrade� Iraqi air defences in the same way as the air attacks that began the 1991 Gulf war. - Jessica McClure
Jessica Morales née McClure, became famous at the age of 18 months after falling into a Midland, Texas well on October 14, 1987. Rescuers worked for 58 hours to free "Baby Jessica" from an 8-inch-wide pipe. The story gained worldwide attention (leading to some criticism as a media circus), and later became the subject of a 1989 ABC TV movie, "Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure", starring Patty Duke and Beau Bridges. - Mike Conaway
K. Michael Conaway, usually known as Mike Conaway, is a Republican from Texas who represents that state's 11th Congressional district (map). The district is located in West Texas and includes Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, and Brownwood. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004. He was born June 11, 1948, in Borger, Texas, though he calls Midland, Texas home. - Neil Bush
Neil Mallon Bush (born January 22, 1955 in Midland, Texas) is the fourth of six children of former President George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Bush (Barbara Lane Pierce). Neil is the younger brother of President George Walker Bush, Governor Jeb Bush, and the late Robin Bush who died of leukemia in 1953. He has a younger brother, Marvin, and a younger sister, Dorothy. Neil is a businessman based in Texas. - Tom Craddick
Thomas Russell “Tom” Craddick is the first Republican to serve as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives since Reconstruction. - Mike Timlin
Michael August (Mike) Timlin (born March 10, 1966 in Midland, Texas) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who is currently playing for the Boston Red Sox. An important man in the Boston bullpen and a veteran setup man, Timlin has a good command of his 93-MPH fastball. He also throws a slider and a sinker that have a downward break, inducing a significant number of ground balls. - Cedric Benson
Cedric Myron Benson (born December 28, 1982 in Midland, Texas) is an American football running back. He was drafted fourth overall in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. - Clayton Williams
Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr. (b. 1931), a businessman from Midland, Texas, is best known for running for the governorship of the state of Texas against Democratic State Treasurer Ann Richards in 1990 on the Republican ticket. - Jenna Hawkins
Jenna Louise Hawkins Welch (born July 24, 1919 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is the mother of First Lady Laura Bush. She is the daughter of Halsey Sinclair Hawkins (1894-1982) and Jessie Laura Sherrard (1898-1981). She grew up in El Paso, Texas. She married the late Harold Welch on January 29, 1944 and their only child, Laura Lane Welch (Bush) was born on November 4, 1946. Her granddaughter Jenna Welch Bush was named after her. - Donald Evans
Donald Louis Evans (born July 27, 1946) was the 34th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was appointed by his longtime friend George W. Bush and sworn into office on January 20, 2001. On November 9, 2004, the White House announced that Evans intended to resign by the end of January 2005, surprising many who believed he would remain in the Bush cabinet under a different position. Donald Evans was chosen to be the Non-Executive Chairman of TXU Energy, … - Harold Welch
Harold Bruce Welch was a businessman and the father of current First Lady of the United States Laura Bush. He married Jenna Louise Hawkins (born on July 24, 1919). He ran a home building business and his wife worked as the company's bookkeeper out of their Midland residence. According to the 104th Infantry Division National Timberwolf Association, Harold served during World War II with the 555th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. He rose to the rank of Technical Sergeant, … - Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. - Eric Winston
Eric Winston (born November 17, 1983 in Midland, Texas) is an offensive tackle for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was selected by the Texans with the 66th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft - Wahoo McDaniel
Edward "Wahoo" McDaniel was a Choctaw-Chickasaw Native American who achieved fame as a professional American football player and later as a professional wrestler. - Woody Harrelson
Known almost as much for his off-screen pastimes as his on-screen characterizations, Woody Harrelson is an actor for whom truth is undeniably stranger than fiction. Son of a convicted murderer, veteran of multiple arrests, outspoken environmentalist, and tireless hemp proponent, Harrelson is colorful even by Hollywood standards. However, he is also a strong, versatile actor, something that tends to be obscured by the attention paid to his real-life antics. - Michael Dutton Douglas
Michael Dutton Douglas (November 16, 1945 - November 6, 1963) was a 17-year-old acquaintance of First Lady Laura Bush (then Laura Welch) who was killed when Welch, also 17, failed to stop at a stop sign while driving and broadsided his vehicle. Welch was not ticketed or charged in connection with the collision. According to some accounts, Douglas was a former romantic interest or ex-boyfriend of Welch. - Kathy Baker
Kathy Whitton Baker (born on June 8, 1950) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning American character actress. Baker was born in Midland, Texas, to an American father and a French mother; she was raised a Quaker. Baker has appeared in numerous films and television shows including "Edward Scissorhands", "Picket Fences", "The Cider House Rules" and "Cold Mountain". She began her career at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, … - Spud Webb
Spud Webb (born July 13, 1963 in Dallas, Texas), is a retired American NBA basketball point guard. Standing at 5 feet 7 inches (168 cm) tall, after graduating from high school he was not recruited by most colleges mainly due to his size. Finally he attended Midland Junior College (in Midland, Texas) where he led his team to the junior college national title in 1982. - Rosalind Kurita
Rosalind Kurita is Speaker "pro tempore" of the Tennessee State Senate, representing State Senate District 22 (Cheatham, Houston, and Montgomery Counties), centered on Clarksville. In 2005, Kurita announced her intentions to run for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate to succeed retiring senator Bill Frist. After poor fundraising conditions, Kurita withdrew from the race and endorsed eventual Democratic nomineee Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. - Randy Velarde
Randy Lee Velarde (born November 24 1962 in Midland, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played for the New York Yankees, California/Anaheim Angels, Oakland Athletics, and Texas Rangers from 1987 to 2002. - Michael Arden
Michael Jerrod Moore (born October 6 1982), also known as Michael Arden, is an American stage actor, singer, and composer. He was born in Midland, Texas and currently resides in New York. - Robert O'Donnell
Robert O'Donnell was a Midland, Texas paramedic who rescued Jessica McClure ("Baby Jessica") from a well in October 1987. He committed suicide with a shotgun at the age of 37. His death has been cited as an example of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. - Steven Dale Green
Steven Dale Green (born May 2, 1985) is a former Private First Class in the United States Army who is charged with raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl named Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi and murdering her and three of her family members in the village of Mahmudiyah while on active duty in Iraq. - Joe Melson
Joe Melson (born May, 1935), is an American singer and a BMI award winning songwriter. Born in Bonham, Texas, United States, he was raised on a farm until he was sixteen. He attended high school in Gore, Oklahoma and Chicago, Illinois before returning to Texas to study at Odessa College. He studied and played music as a teenager and fronted a rockabilly band called "The Cavaliers." Beginning in 1957, first at his home in Midland, Texas and then in Nashville, Tennessee, … - Ryan Tucker
Ryan Tucker (born June 12, 1975 in Midland, Texas) is an American football player who currently plays offensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns. He was the starting center during the last two seasons at Texas Christian University after moving from left tackle and was a two-time All-Conference selection. In 1996 he was charged with and plead no contest to assault. - Raymond Benson
Raymond Benson (born September 6, 1955) is an American author best known for being the last official author of the adult James Bond novels. Benson was born in Midland, Texas and graduated from Permian High School in 1973. In primary school Benson took an interest in the piano which would later in his life develop into an interest in composing music. - Harold Arceneaux
Harold Arceneaux (born April 1, 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player who gained national attention during his collegiate career at Weber State University. His nickname is "The Show." Harold Arceneaux grew up in the B.W. Cooper housing development in New Orleans. At 6-foot-6, 215 pounds, he was an excellent athlete, but struggled academically in high school. - Dan Folger
Dan Warren Folger (born April 11, 1943 in San Rafael, California died March 23, 2006 in Bentonville, Arkansas) was an American singer and songwriter. When still a small boy, his family moved to Midland, Texas where he would make friends with future Roy Orbison collaborator Joe Melson. His and his friends' interest in music led to a move to Nashville, Tennessee in the 1960s. - Bobby Hillin Jr.
Bobby Hillin, Jr. is a former NASCAR driver. He became the youngest driver to start a Winston Cup series race in 1982, where at the age of 17, he finished 21st at North Wilkesboro Speedway in a Buick owned by his Grandfather. In later years, he served as substitute driver for several teams before fading back to the Busch Series, where he ended his career. His former crew chief, Harry Hyde, admitted that at one time he had never thought Hillin would make it in NASCAR. - Daric Barton
Daric W. Barton (born August 16, 1985 in Springfield, Vermont) is a minor league baseball player currently playing for the Sacramento RiverCats, the Oakland Athletics Triple-A affiliate. He was a 1st-round draft pick (28th overall) in 2003 by the St. Louis Cardinals out of Marina High School in Huntington Beach, California. Barton had signed on to attend Cal State Fullerton and play baseball there, but accepted a one million dollar signing bonus from the Cardinals instead. - Laynce Nix
Laynce Michael Nix (born October 30, 1980 in Houston, Texas) is a Major League Baseball outfielder known for his spectacular outfield catches. He currently plays for the Milwaukee Brewers. Nix attended Midland High School in Midland, Texas, where he played both football and baseball. In addition to starting at quarterback for the football team, Nix was named to the All-Permian Basin Baseball Team before graduating in 2000. - Gary Perkins
Born in 1937 in Abilene, Texas, Gary Perkins (July 14, 1937 - June 28, 1991) DJ, a "man of major importance to the industry" who began his radio career in 1957 at Midland Texas' KCRS where Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly used to drop their records off. After joining the army were he served in the National Security Agency as well as in Armed Forces Radio, he moved to El Paso Texas and became known as the silver-throated morning guy at KHEY radio in the 1960s. - Bessie Love
Bessie Love (September 10, 1898 - April 26, 1986) was an American motion picture actress who achieved fame largely in the silent films and early talkie era. Petite and very pretty, she played innocent young girls, flappers, and wholesome leading ladies. Besides being an actress, she wrote the 1919 movie "A Yankee Princess". - John Dale Ryan
General John Dale Ryan (1915-October 27, 1983) was the seventh Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As chief of staff of the U. S. Air Force, General Ryan served in a dual capacity. He was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff which, as a body, acts as the principal military adviser to the president, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
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