- Shawn Michaels
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, (born July 22 1965), is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Shawn Michaels. He performs on the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), though he is currently out of action because of a legitimate knee surgery. His absence is being portrayed on television as being a result of a serious concussion. - Steve Austin
Steven James Williams (born Steven Anderson on December 18, 1964) better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American actor and former professional wrestler. After debuting in 1989, Austin wrestled for promotions such as World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. Austin was forced to retire from the ring in 2003 due to neck, … - John Hagee
John C. Hagee (b. April 12, 1940) is the founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, a non-denominational evangelical church with more than 18,000 active members. Hagee is the President and CEO of John Hagee Ministries which telecasts his national radio and television ministry carried in America on 160 TV stations, 50 radio stations and eight networks. The ministries can be seen and heard weekly in 99 million homes. - George Strait
George Harvey Strait, (born May 18, 1952), is an American country music singer. The native Texan is known for his honky tonk country western sound. Strait is sometimes referred to as the "King of Country" and some critics call Strait a living legend (Bego, 2001). He is well known for his unique style of western swing music. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Strait has been nominated for more CMA awards than any other artist. - Haley Scarnato
Haley Suzanne Scarnato (born July 15, 1982) is an American singer who was the 8th place finalist on the 6th season of "American Idol" - Jose Lothario
Jose Lothario (born Guadalupe Robledo in 1936 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American professional wrestler. - Tim Duncan
Timothy "Tim" Theodore Duncan (born April 25 1976 in Christiansted, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Duncan, current captain of the Spurs, is one of the most successful players of his generation. The 6'11", 260-pound power forward is a four-time NBA champion and a three-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. - 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. - Jared Padalecki
Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) is an American actor. He grew up in Texas and came to fame in the early 2000s after appearing on the television series "Gilmore Girls" as well as in several Hollywood films, including "New York Minute" and "House of Wax". Padalecki has most recently become known for his starring role on the television series "Supernatural". - Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (March 23 1905 - May 10 1977), was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award-winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1920s through 1940s. The American Film Institute named Crawford among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time, ranking her at number ten. Starting as a dancer, she was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in 1925 and played in small parts. - Joe Simpson
Joseph Truett Simpson (born February 17, 1958, in San Antonio, Texas, to Curtis T. Simpson and Joyce Alice Adams) is the manager of singers Jessica Simpson and Ashlee Simpson (both of whom are his daughters) and Ryan Cabrera. He appeared frequently on the reality television shows of both his daughters, "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica" and "The Ashlee Simpson Show". He is married to Tina Simpson. Simpson married Tina Drew (b. January 18, 1960) on August 19, 1978, … - Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq (pronounced "shack"), is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He starts at center for the Miami Heat, after previous stints with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic. O'Neal has been on four NBA Championship teams, most recently in 2006, … - Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Geppert on May 3 1951 in San Antonio, Texas) is an Oscar, Golden Globe and five-time Grammy winning, American singer-songwriter. - David Robinson
David Maurice Robinson (born) is a retired American NBA basketball player, who is often considered one of the greatest centers to ever play the game. A born-again Christian, Robinson is also an amateur musician who enjoys playing various instruments at home. His nicknames include "The Admiral", based on his service as an officer in the United States Navy. Robinson is now on staff at the Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. - Pat Green
Pat Green (born Patrick Craven Green, April 5, 1972 in San Antonio, Texas) is a singer/songwriter from Texas. He is known for his brand of "Texas country", which was made famous by Cory Morrow, Robert Earl Keen, and others. - Red McCombs
The oldest of four children, his family moved in 1943 to Corpus Christi, Texas. He briefly attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas where he played football (lineman and receiver) before serving in the Army in 1946 and 1947. After completing his Army stint, McCombs enrolled at The University of Texas, attending the business school and law school. While visiting a friend in Corpus Christi, he was convinced to try selling cars. - Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. - Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is a five-time Golden Globe winning American actress and comedienne. In a career spanning five decades in television, stage and film, she is best known for her eponymous variety show that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978. - Summer Glau
Summer Glau (born July 24, 1981 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American dancer and actress, best known for her role as River Tam in the short-lived science fiction series "Firefly" and follow-up movie "Serenity". - Robert Rodriguez
Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an Mexican-American writer and film director who is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. Rodriguez shoots and produces many of his films in Texas and Mexico. - Bruce McGill
Bruce Travis McGill (born on July 11, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American actor. He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in drama. He graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School in the Northeastern part of San Antonio. He has starred in many films, perhaps his most well-known role being "D-Day" in the 1978 comedy classic "National Lampoon's Animal House", a role McGill was desperate to take at the time, … - Henry B. Gonzalez
Henry Barbosa Gonzalez was a Democratic politician from the state of Texas. He represented Texas's 20th congressional district from 1961 to 1999. Gonzalez was born in San Antonio, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and San Antonio College, earning his undergraduate degree. Later, he received a Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University. Upon graduation, he became a probation officer, and was quickly promoted to the chief office of Bexar County, Texas. - John Connally
John Bowden Connally, Jr. (February 27 1917 - June 15 1993) was a powerful American politician from the state of Texas. He was initially a member of the Democratic Party, but in 1973, at the height of the Watergate affair, he switched allegiance to the Republican Party. He was also noteworthy as a passenger in the car in which John F. Kennedy was shot to death. Although badly wounded himself, Connally made a full recovery from his injuries. - James Roday
James Roday is an American actor of Hispanic heritage. He is currently starring in the role of Shawn Spencer in the USA Network television series "Psych". Son of Jim Rodríguez, who works for Boardwalk Auto Group, a family-owned auto dealership based in Dallas, Texas, Roday was born in San Antonio, where he attended Taft High School. He studied theatre at New York University's Experimental Theatre Wing, where he earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts. - Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich is the head coach of the National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs - Max Lucado
Max Lucado is a best-selling Christian author and well-known minister. Lucado has written more than 50 books with 28 million copies in print, and currently serves as senior minister at Oak Hills Church (formerly Oak Hills Church of Christ) in San Antonio, Texas. After serving in this capacity for 20 years, Lucado announced in early 2007 that he is stepping down due to health concerns related to atrial fibrillation. Lucado was born in 1955 in San Angelo, Texas, … - Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen, Junior (born January 11 1956 in Houston, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter. He is popular with traditional country music fans, folk music fans, the college radio crowd and alt-country fans. Keen currently resides in Kerrville, Texas and maintains a ranch in Bandera, Texas. - José Francisco Ruiz
José Francisco "Francis" Ruiz was a Texas revolutionary and politician. Ruiz was born in San Antonio de Bexar, Texas to Juan Manuel Ruiz and María Manuela de la Peña. Appointed the first schoolmaster of San Antonio in 1803, he designated a house acquired by his father on Military Plaza as the first school. This house was carefully reconstructed in 1943 and moved to the grounds of the Witte Museum where it is still used for educational purposes. - Charlie Gonzalez
Charles A. "Charlie" Gonzalez (born May 5, 1945), is a Democratic politician from Texas. He has represented the state's 20th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1999. The district includes more than half of San Antonio. Gonzalez was born in San Antonio, Texas. His father, Henry B. Gonzalez, represented the 20th from 1961 until his son took over in 1999. Charlie graduated from Thomas A. Edison High School. - Maury Maverick
Fontaine Maury Maverick (October 23, 1895-June 7, 1954) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1939. He is best remembered for his independence from the party and for coining the term "gobbledygook" for obscure and euphemistic bureaucratic language. Maverick was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Albert and Jane (Lewis) Maverick. - Johnny Bush
Johnny Bush, born February 17 1935 as John Bush Shin III in Houston, Texas, is a country music singer, songwriter, and drummer. Starting out as a solo act in 1952 in San Antonio, Texas, Bush switched to drums, and in the 1960s began working with Willie Nelson's band, The Record Men, afterwards, joining Ray Price's Cherokee Cowboys. While with the band, Bush wanted a record deal, but record executives felt he sounded too similar to Price to be marketable. - Rebecca Curci
Rebecca Hickenbottom (born June 16, 1977 in Tampa, Florida) was a member of World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s Nitro Girls, and is the wife of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar Shawn Michaels (Michael Shawn Hickenbottom) Curci joined WCW's Nitro Girls as Whisper in October, 1997. Her signature move was to put a finger to her lips at the end of each routine, in keeping with the name "Whisper". - Ernest Tubb
Ernest Dale Tubb, nicknamed the "Texas Troubadour", was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941) marked the rise of the honky-tonk style of music. In 1948-49, he was the first singer to record a hit version of "Blue Christmas," a song more commonly associated with Elvis Presley and his mid-1950s version. Another well-known Tubb hit is "Waltz Across Texas" (1965), … - Henry Cisneros
Henry Gabriel Cisneros (born June 11, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and community leader. He was the first person of Hispanic background elected as mayor of a large American city, and later served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 1997. He left public office after pleading guilty to making false statements to federal officials. - George Gervin
George "The Iceman" Gervin (born April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is a retired American professional basketball player; a shooting guard for the American Basketball Association's (ABA) Virginia Squires and San Antonio Spurs and the National Basketball Association's (NBA) San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls. Gervin averaged at least 14 points in all 14 of his ABA and NBA seasons, and finished with an NBA career average of 26.2 points per game. - Henry Thomas
Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr. (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor and musician. He has appeared in more than 40 films and is best known for his role as Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial". Thomas was born September 9, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas, USA, the son of Carolyn L. Davis and Henry Jackson Thomas, a hydraulics mechanic. - Henry Bonilla
Henry D. Bonilla (born January 2, 1954) is a former Congressman who represented Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was defeated in his bid for re-election by Ciro Davis Rodriguez, a former Democratic member of Congress, in a special election runoff held on December 12, 2006. His term expired January 3, 2007 when the 110th Congress officially began. - Flaco Jiménez
Flaco Jiménez is a Tejano music legend from San Antonio, Texas. Jiménez's father, Santiago Jimenez Sr. was a pioneer of conjunto music. He plays the accordion. By the time he was seven years old, Flaco was performing with his father. He began recording at fifteen, as a member of Los Caporales. He played in the San Antonio area for several years, and then began working with Douglas Sahm in the 1960s. - Jack Handey
Jack Handey (born 25 February 1949) is an American humorist. He is best known for his Deep Thoughts, a large body of surrealistic one-liner jokes, as well as his "Fuzzy Memories" and "My Big Thick Novel" shorts. Many people have the false impression that Jack Handey is not an actual person, but a character created by "Saturday Night Live" or a pen name used by "National Lampoon". - John O'Neill
John Ellis O'Neill (born February 19, 1946, San Diego, California), a Vietnam War veteran, lawyer, and the spokesman for Swift Vets and POWs for Truth.
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