- Rick Perry
James Richard Perry (b. March 4, 1950) is a Republican politician and the Governor of Texas. He assumed office in December 2000 when then-Governor George W. Bush resigned to prepare for his inauguration as President of the United States. Gov. Perry was elected to full terms in 2002 and 2006. In the 2006 November general election Perry defeated a Democrat, former Congressman Chris Bell of Houston; a Libertarian, sales consultant James Werner; and two independent candidates, … - Davey Johnson
David Allen Johnson (born January 30 1943) in Orlando, Florida is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. Johnson played for the Baltimore Orioles (1965-1972), Atlanta Braves (1973-1975), Philadelphia Phillies (1977-78) and Chicago Cubs (1978). Also, he played in the Japanese League for the Yomiuri Giants (1975-1976). Johnson was also a very successful manager in the 1980s and 1990s. - Chet Edwards
Thomas Chester "Chet" Edwards (born November 24, 1951) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing a district based in Waco, Texas. He represented Texas's 11th District from 1991 to 2005, and since 2005 has represented the 17th District. A resident of Waco, his district includes the town of Crawford, the home of President George W. Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch, … - Lyle Lovett
Lyle Pearce Lovett (born in Klein (unincorporated), Harris County, Texas on November 1, 1957) is an American singer-songwriter. - Louie Gohmert
Louis Buller "Louie" Gohmert, Jr. (born August 18, 1953, in Pittsburg, Texas), is an American politician and current Republican U.S. Representative from Texas's 1st district(map). Gohmert received his B.A. from Texas A&M University in 1975. At A&M, he was a Brigade Commander of the Corps of Cadets. He later received his Juris Doctor from Baylor University in 1977. Gohmert served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army, at Fort Benning, Georgia, from 1978 to 1982. - 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. - Joe Barton
Joseph Linus "Joe" Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician, representing (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985 - Lloyd H. Hughes
Lloyd Herbert Hughes (July 12, 1921 - August 1, 1943) was a second lieutenant in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Operation Tidal Wave during World War II. - Casey Fossum
Casey Paul Fossum (born January 6, 1978 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey) is a pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays since 2005. Previously, Fossum played for the Boston Red Sox (2001-03) and Arizona Diamondbacks (2004). He bats and throws left handed. Fossum attended Texas A&M University, leading the Aggies to the 1999 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. He earned All-Big 12 honors in both 1998 and 1999, … - Chris Tomlin
Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4 1972) is a Christian worship leader and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many Passion events. Some of his most well known songs are "How Great Is Our God", "Famous One", and "Holy Is The Lord". - George H. Gay Jr.
Ensign (later Lieutenant Commander) George H. Gay Jr. (March 8, 1917 in Waco, Texas - October 21, 1994) was a TBD Devastator pilot in United States Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 operating from the USS "Hornet" (CV-8) in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the crucial battle of Midway in World War II. In the Battle of Midway, his unit found the main Japanese fleet and launched a suicidal attack unescorted by fighter planes. - Lowry Mays
Lester Lowry Mays (b. 24 July 1935) is the founder and current chairman of Clear Channel Communications. - Kandace Krueger
Kandace Gayle Krueger Matthews is an American television personality and former beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas. - Wally Moon
Wallace Wade Moon (born April 3, 1930, in the small town of Bay in Craighead County, Arkansas) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Moon played his 12-year career in the National League for the St. Louis Cardinals (1954-1958) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1959-1965). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Moon made his majors debut on April 13, 1954. To make room for him in the roster, St. Louis sent the veteran Enos Slaughter to the Yankees. - Bill W. Clayton
Billy Wayne “Bill” Clayton, was an American politician from West Texas who served as a state legislator for twenty years and was Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, a tenure twice as long as that of any other presiding officer of the house elected before him. Clayton, a conservative Democrat from a rural area of the Texas South Plains, attained the speakership by successfully forging a broad-based House coalition. - Chuck Knoblauch
Edward Charles Knoblauch (born July 7 1968 in Houston, Texas) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins (1991-97), New York Yankees (1998-2001) and Kansas City Royals (2002). He played college baseball for Texas A&M University in College Station where he was selected as a second team All-American and was an important part of their championship program. - Wen Ho Lee
Wen Ho Lee (born December 21, 1939) is a Taiwanese-born American scientist who worked for the University of California at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and was accused of stealing secrets about the U.S.'s nuclear arsenal for the People's Republic of China (PRC) in December 1999. After investigators dropped these original accusations, the government conducted a new investigation and charged Lee with improper handling of restricted data, … - Michael Quinn Sullivan
Michael Quinn Sullivan (born 1970) is president of the Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, a non-profit organization based in Austin. A graduate of Texas A&M University in College Station, Sullivan began his career as a reporter for two daily Texas newspapers, "Denison Herald" in Denison and the "Brazosport Facts", and a magazine, "Texas Republic". He left print journalism to serve as press secretary for Republican congressional candidate Ron Paul, … - Charles T. McDowell
Charles Taylor McDowell (November 23, 1921 - July 8, 2007) is professor emeritus and former director of the Center for Post-Soviet and Eastern European Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, and a member of the Military Science Hall of Honor. Prior to becoming director of the Center for Post Soviet and Eastern European Studies, McDowell served as Assistant to the President and Dean of Student Life at the University during the late 1960's, … - T. Michael Moseley
Teed Michael Moseley, KBE, is the current Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. He assumed the position during a ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base on September 2, 2005. As Chief, he serves as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of more than 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, … - Martín Torrijos
Martín Erasto Torrijos Espino is a Panamanian politician and the current President of Panama. Torrijos was elected President on 2 May 2004. As the candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) - running as the "Patria Nueva" alliance, with the support of the smaller People's Party (PP) - Torrijos won the presidential election with about 47% of the vote, defeating three rivals. His closest challenger, former President Guillermo Endara of the Solidarity Party, … - Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931, New York, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusion-rich prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, which he adopted after marrying a Catholic. He is a prolific short story writer as well as a novelist, and has won the Nebula Award and World Fantasy Award twice each, the Campbell Memorial Award, and the Locus Award four times. - Kevin Beirne
Kevin Patrick Beirne (born January 1, 1974, in Houston, Texas) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of Texas A&M University. Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1995 MLB amateur draft, Beirne would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Chicago White Sox on May 17, 2000. - Frank Malina
Frank Joseph Malina (October 2, 1912 in Brenham, Texas- November 9, 1981 in Boulogne Billancourt (France) was an American aeronautical engineer and painter, especially known for becoming both a pioneer in the art world and the realm of scientific engineering. His father came from Bohemia. His formal education began with a degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1934. In 1935, while a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), … - 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. - Olin E. Teague
Olin Earl (Tiger) Teague (b. April 6, 1910 Woodward, Oklahoma, d. January 23, 1981 Bethesda, Maryland) was a notable World War II veteran and Congressional representative for Texas's 6th congressional district for 32 years, from 1946 to 1978. Teague is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. - Steven C. Hackett
Professor Steven C. Hackett's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science (1983) in Agricultural Business from Montana State University, and a Master of Science (1986) and a Ph.D. (1989) in Economics from Texas A&M University. He began his career at the rank of Assistant Professor at Indiana University in Bloomington in 1989. He currently holds the rank of Professor of Economics at Humboldt State University (HSU), … - Neal Boortz
Neal Boortz (born April 6, 1945), is a U.S. talk radio host. His radio show is based in Atlanta, Georgia and is nationally syndicated by Cox Radio and the Jones Radio Networks. Boortz is also a lawyer and best-selling author. He considers himself to be a libertarian, and supports eliminating the war on drugs, lowering taxes, and shrinking the size of government, while disagreeing with the Libertarian Party platform by firmly supporting incremental tax reform, … - Chakib Khelil
Chakib Khelil is Algeria's Minister for Energy and Mines. He was born in Oujda (northern Morocco) on August 8, 1939, received a doctorate in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University in 1968. After working in the United States for a few years, he joined Sonatrach in 1971, and became president of the Valhyd Group in 1973-1976. In 1980 he joined the World Bank, working on petroleum-related projects; he retired from it in 1999, … - Randy Barnes
Eric Randolph "Randy" Barnes (born June 16, 1966) is an American shot putter who holds outdoor and indoor distance records. He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996 Olympics. Barnes was born in Charleston, West Virginia and began throwing the shot put in high school. In 1985, he threw an impressive 66 ' 9.5" (20.36 m) with the prep shot of 12 lb (5.44 kg). After graduating from St. Albans High School near Charleston in 1985, … - Martha Madison
Martha Madison (born Martha Anne Butterworth on July 27, 1977 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American actress. She was raised in Houston, Texas, attended Cypress Creek High School, and graduated from Texas A&M University in 1999 with a degree in psychology. She has been playing Isabella "Belle" Black Kiriakis on the soap opera "Days of our Lives" since 2004. Madison is the third adult actress to portray Belle on the daytime drama, … - 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. - Roger Creager
Roger Creager (1971-) is an award-winning Texas country music singer and songwriter. - Robin Armstrong
Robin Armstrong (born 1969) is a Dickinson, Texas, physician who is the vice chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. Armstrong was elected at the state convention held in San Antonio on June 3, 2006, to succeed the term-limited David Barton of Aledo in Parker County. He defeated Internet grassroots organzer, Bobby Eberle of Pearland. He will serve a two-year term with current chairman Tina Benkiser, an attorney from Houston. - Eric Reed
Eric Shane Reed (born December 2, 1980, in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an outfielder in the Florida Marlins organization. He is an alumnus of Texas A&M University. Reed was drafted in the 9th round in 2002 by the Florida Marlins. - Danny Mason
Danny Raymond Mason (January 6, 1938 - January 16, 2007) was a golf coach and physical education professor who was affiliated with Texas Tech University in Lubbock for more than three decades. Under Mason's leadership, the Tech team qualified for four National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments. In 2002, Mason was inducted into the Texas Tech Athletic Hall of Honor and was awarded the title Associate Professor Emeritus. - Melinda Murphy
Melinda Murphy has been a correspondent for CBS television news program The Early Show since October 2002. Prior to joining The Early Show, Murphy was a feature and traffic reporter for WPIX-TV in New York City (2000-2002). Murphy began her on-camera journalism career as the morning live feature reporter at News 12 New Jersey (1996-2000). Murphy also worked at WCBS-TV (New York) as a news writer and field producer (1996-1998). - Ryan Rupe
Ryan Kittman Rupe (born March 31, 1975 in Houston, Texas) is a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Rupe has also played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Boston Red Sox. In 2002 Rupe was 5-10 with a 5.60 ERA in 15 games with the Devil Rays. In 2004 Rupe played in Japan(Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters). - Jorge Quiroga
Jorge Fernando "Tuto" Quiroga Ramírez was President of Bolivia from August 7, 2001 to August 6, 2002. He is seen as politically conservative. He is a 1981 graduate of the Texas A&M University, with a degree in industrial engineering, becoming the first Aggie head of state. He went on to be a self-declared "corporate yuppie" working for I.B.M. in Austin, Texas. He and his American wife, Virginia then moved back to Bolivia. - William A. Pailes
William Arthur Pailes (Major, USAF) (born June 26, 1952) was a USAF astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program during the mid-1980s. He served as a Payload Specialist on STS-51-J "Atlantis" (October 3-7, 1985).
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