- Kerry von Erich
Kerry Gene Adkisson (February 3 1960 - February 18, 1993) was an American professional wrestler under the ring names Kerry Von Erich, The Modern Day Warrior, and The Texas Tornado and was part of the Von Erich family of professional wrestlers. - Fritz von Erich
Jack Barton Adkisson (August 16, 1929 - September 10, 1997) was an American professional wrestler under the ring name Fritz Von Erich, better known today as a wrestling promoter and the patriarch of the Von Erich wrestling family. He was also the owner of the World Class Championship Wrestling territory. - David von Erich
David Allen Adkisson was an American professional wrestler who competed as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" David Von Erich (of the Von Erich Family). He was the son of Fritz Von Erich and the brother of Kerry, Kevin, Mike and Chris. - Kevin von Erich
Kevin Ross Adkisson (born May 15 1957) is a retired professional wrestler under the ring name Kevin Von Erich of the Von Erich Family. He is the last surviving son of wrestler Fritz Von Erich and had four brothers that wrestled, David, Kerry, Mike and Chris, as well as an older brother, Jack, Jr., who died in 1959. - Alex Jones
Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11 1974) is an American radio host and filmmaker who is best known for his work in promotion of conspiracy theories. - Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22 1906 - June 11 1936) was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. - Byron Nelson
John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946. He and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within 6 months of each other in 1912. Although he won many tournaments in the course of his relatively brief career, he is mostly remembered today for having won 11 consecutive tournaments and 18 total tournaments in 1945. He retired officially at the age of 34 to be a rancher, … - Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx (born Eric Marlon Bishop on December 13, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, a Grammy Award-nominated singer and a stand-up comic. Foxx is possibly best-known for his performance of musician Ray Charles in "Ray", and for his collaborations with director Michael Mann. With "Ray", he became one of the few African-Americans to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. - Ralph Yarborough
Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 - January 27, 1996) was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate (1957 until 1971) and was a leader of the progressive or liberal wing of his party in his many races for statewide office. As a U.S. senator, he was a staunch supporter and author of "Great Society" legislation that encompassed Medicare and Medicaid, the War on Poverty, federal support for higher education and veterans. - Brian Adias
Brian Adias was a professional wrestler best known for his time in World Class Championship Wrestling. - Dick Armey
Richard Keith "Dick" Armey (born July 7, 1940 in) is a former U.S. Representative from Texas' 26th Congressional District (1985-2003) and House Majority Leader (1995-2003). He was one of the architects of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress, and the chief author of the Republican Contract with America. - Gino Hernandez
Charles Wolfe (August 14, 1957 - February 4, 1986) was a professional wrestler better known by his ring name Gino Hernandez. His in-ring nickname was "The Handsome Half-Breed" (a reference to his Italian/Mexican-American ring name) - Carly Patterson
Carly Rae Patterson (born February 4, 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a former American gymnast (the 2004 Olympic All-Around Champion) and is currently an aspiring professional singer. She currently lives in Allen, Texas. - Jenna Boyd
Jenna Michelle Boyd (born March 4, 1993) is an American child actress. Boyd was born in Bedford, Texas and moved with her mother and younger brother Cayden (also an actor) to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. After a few small roles on television and film, Boyd's big break came when she was cast in "The Missing", alongside Cate Blanchett. Boyd's performance was praised in critical reviews of this film, … - Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan (February 21, 1915 - January 21, 1967) was an American film actress. Born Clara Lou Sheridan in Denton, Texas, she was a college student when her sister sent a photograph of her to Paramount Studios. She subsequently entered and won a beauty contest, with part of her prize being a bit part in a Paramount film. She abandoned college to pursue a career in Hollywood. She made her film debut in 1934, aged 19, in the film "Search For Beauty", … - 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. - Tom Vandergriff
Tommy Joe Vandergriff (born January 29, 1926) is the recently retired county judge for Tarrant County, Texas. He served as Mayor of Arlington from 1951 to 1977 and as a U.S. Congressman from the 26th Texas Congressional District from 1983-1985. He is best known as being influential in bringing Major League Baseball to North Texas; While serving as mayor of Arlington, … - Angie Harmon
Angela Michelle Harmon Sehorn (born August 10, 1972) is an American fashion model and television/film actress. She became a well-known model in the 1990s and developed a career as a television star after roles on "Baywatch Nights" and "Law & Order". - Deron Williams
Deron Michael Williams (born June 26, 1984 in Parkersburg, West Virginia) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Utah Jazz of the NBA. He is also a former collegiate player for the University of Illinois. - Ralph Hall
Ralph Moody Hall (born May 3, 1923) is a United States Representative from the Fourth Congressional District in Texas (map). First elected in 1980, Hall is the ranking Republican of the Science Committee and a senior member of the the Energy and Commerce Committee. He is the dean of the Texas congressional delegation, as well as the oldest serving member of the House of Representatives. - Courtney Kupets
Courtney Anne Kupets (born July 27, 1986 in Bedford, Texas) is an American gymnast. She is best known for her 2003 and 2004 all-around national championships (with Carly Patterson as co-champion in 2004); her membership on the 2002 and 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2004 Olympic teams; and her individual bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2004 Olympics. During her elite career, Kupets resided in Gaithersburg, Maryland and trained at Hill's Angels, … - 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, … - John Henninger Reagan
John Henninger Reagan (October 8, 1818 - March 6, 1905), was a leading 19th century American politician from the U.S. state of Texas. A Democrat, Reagan left the U.S. House of Representatives when his state seceded from the Union to join the Confederate States of America. During the American Civil War, he served in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis as Postmaster General. After the Confederate defeat, he called for cooperation with the federal government and became unpopular, … - Kenny Marchant
Kenneth "Kenny" Marchant, a Republican from Texas, was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004. He was born February 23, 1951 in Bonham, Texas, though he calls Coppell, Texas, home. He is married to Donna Marchant and has four children. Prior to being elected to the United States Congress, Marchant graduated from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma with a business degree, was a real estate developer, and owned a homebuilding company. - Peter MacNicol
Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954 in Dallas, Texas) is an Emmy Award winning American actor. MacNicol was raised in Texas as the youngest of five children. MacNicol began his career studying at the University of Minnesota. While there, he performed in two seasons at the Guthrie Theater. A New York talent agent spotted him and told him to make a move to Manhattan. Shortly thereafter, he was cast in the off-Broadway play, "Crimes of the Heart". - Mary Martin
Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 - November 3, 1990) born in Weatherford, Texas, was a Tony Award winning American star of (mainly stage) musicals. Among the roles she originated were Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific" and Maria in "The Sound of Music". She was also a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989. - Bruce Alger
Bruce Reynolds Alger (born June 12, 1918) is a former Republican congressman from Texas, the first to have represented a Dallas district since Reconstruction. He served from 1955 until 1965. He was born in Dallas but was reared in Webster Groves, Missouri, a small St. Louis suburb. - Mitchel Musso
Mitchel Tate Musso (born July 9, 1991) is an American film and television actor known for his role as Oliver Oken in "Hannah Montana". Oliver is one of Miley Stewart's aka Hannah Montana's best friend. - Belle Starr
Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr, better known as Belle Starr (February 5, 1848 - February 3, 1889), was a famous American female outlaw. - Chris von Erich
Chris Adkisson (September 30, 1969 - September 12, 1991) was an American professional wrestler, best known the ring name Chris Von Erich of the famous Von Erich family. - Gregory Biggs
Gregory Biggs was a homeless Caucasian male killed by a drunk driver, Chante Jawan Mallard, on October 26, 2001. The incident, which occurred in Texas, received media coverage within the U.S. after it was determined that Biggs had survived the incident for several hours, despite the impact's force sending him through the windshield. Mallard left him to die in her garage. Tarrant County Medical Examiner Nizam Peerwani testified (during Mallard's trial) that, … - P.W. Bill Bailey III
Bill Bailey (born Percy William Bailey III, July 21, 1948) is a serial entrepreneur and inventor living in Texas. Bailey's inventions range from machine tools to computer software and laser printer hardware. The typeface software products his companies developed were either the first or among the first of each generation as the microcomputer software market matured, and produced some of the first TrueType Fonts for the World Wide Web. - Hank Kuehne
Henry August "Hank" Kuehne II (born September 11, 1975) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour. Kuehne was born in Dallas, Texas. His father started him playing golf at a young age. He has a sister (Kelli) who plays on the LPGA Tour, and a brother (Trip) who finished second to Tiger Woods in the 1994 U.S. Amateur and remains an amateur. Kuehne began his college career at Oklahoma State University, … - Cayden Boyd
Cayden Michael Boyd (born May 24, 1994 in Bedford, Texas) is an American actor. - Sly Stone
Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart, 15 March 1943, in Denton, Texas) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as frontman for Sly & the Family Stone, a band which played a critical role in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia in the 1960s and 1970s. Sly & the Family Stone was started in Vallejo, California and eventually had artists from around the San Francisco Bay Area. - Mr. Pookie
Mr. Pookie is an American rapper from the "Dirty South", raised on the north side of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area. He is most notable for having the biggest-selling (according to Soundscan) independent rap album from Dallas thus far, 1999’s "Tha Rippla", Mr. Pookie records both individually and with his rap partner Mr. Lucci, with whom he also co-owns both their label, Crawl 2 Ball Records, … - Rhett Bomar
Rhett Bomar (born July 2, 1985 in Groesbeck, Texas) is an American football quarterback. He played for the University of Oklahoma Sooners and was permanently dismissed from the team for violating NCAA regulations by accepting money from Big Red Sports and Imports for time not worked in 2006. Bomar is currently enrolled at Sam Houston State University in hopes of continuing his college football career. - Bracey Wright
Bracey Wright (born July 1, 1984, The Colony, Texas) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. Wright attended The Colony High School in The Colony. He was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2005 NBA Draft, after a college career at Indiana University. The Timberwolves designated him to the Florida Flame of the D-League for the 2005-06 season. The Timberwolves exercised his contract option on June 30, … - Patrick Crayton
Patrick Crayton (born April 7, 1979 in DeSoto, Texas) is an American football wide receiver currently with the Dallas Cowboys. Crayton was a 7th round pick by Dallas in the 2004 NFL Draft out of Northwestern Oklahoma State University where he was a quarterback but he was converted into a wide receiver as a "project" or developmental player. Crayton had unexpected success during the 2004 season, following injuries to wide receivers higher up the depth chart. - Robert Dennard
Robert Dennard (born September 5, 1932, in Terrell, Texas, USA) is an American electrical engineer and inventor. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, in 1954 and 1956, respectively. He earned a Ph.D. from Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1958. In 1968, he invented dynamic random access memory (DRAM).
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