- Ted Nugent
Theodore "Ted" Nugent (born December 13 1948, Detroit, Michigan) (aka The Nuge, Uncle Ted, Terrible Ted, Sweaty Teddy, Deadly Tedly, Great Gonzos, Theodocious Atrocious,Tedinator and The Motor City Madman) is a hard rock guitarist from Detroit, Michigan, originally gaining fame as a member of the Amboy Dukes, … - Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson (born William Hugh Nelson, April 30, 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. He reached his greatest fame during the so-called "outlaw country" movement of the 1970s. - Jessica Simpson
Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10 1980) is an American pop singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s. She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, and has three gold and two multi-platinum RIAA-certified albums. Simpson starred with her then-husband Nick Lachey in the MTV reality show "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica". She has also begun working as an actress, and is the older sister of Ashlee Simpson, a pop rock singer. - 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. - Dr. Phil
Phillip Calvin "Phil" McGraw, (born September 1, 1950), best known as Dr. Phil, is a four-time Emmy Award-nominated television personality who is the host of the popular American psychology TV show "Dr. Phil", who gained celebrity status following appearances on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". McGraw is noted for his Texas accent and for his one-finger wave to his wife Robin, in the audiences at the beginning of every show. - Owen Wilson
Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and writer. Wilson was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the screenplay of "The Royal Tenenbaums", but he is perhaps best known for his successful comedic roles such as John Beckwith in "Wedding Crashers" and as Hansel in "Zoolander". Owen is considered a part of the Frat Pack, a set of actors including Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, … - Britney Spears
The youngest Spears stepped out on her own in 2002 as a cast member of Nickelodeon's All That . After becoming a fan favorite - like former All That stars Amanda Bynes and Nick Cannon - the then 13-year-old got her own series , Zoey 101 , which became the second highest-rated show among tweens, after TV juggernaut American Idol . - Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15 1937 - February 13 2002) was a respected and influential American country music singer Jennings was born in Littlefield, Texas to Lorene Beatrice Shipley and William Alvin Jennings. He taught himself to play guitar at age eight, and formed his first band two years later. He worked as a DJ throughout his adolescence, dropping out of high school to pursue a career in music. During his time working as a DJ, he met and befriended Buddy Holly. - Vanilla Ice
Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1968), better known as Vanilla Ice, is a Grammy Award nominated, American Music Award winning American rapper and actor known mostly for the 1990 single "Ice Ice Baby." He found major mainstream success, selling twenty million records worldwide. However, his success lasted only about one year, and his rapid fall from popularity remains one of the most notorious in recent decades, … - Michelle Rodriguez
Michelle Rodriguez (born Mayte Michelle Rodriguez on July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American actress, best-known for her roles in the television series "Lost" and movies "The Fast and the Furious", "S.W.A.T.", and "Resident Evil". - Chace Crawford
Chace Crawford (born Christopher Chace Crawford on July 18, 1985) is an American actor. - 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. - 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), … - Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean (b. Jimmy Ray Dean August 10, 1928, in Plainview, Texas) is an American country music singer, television host, actor, and businessman. Although he may be best known today as the founder of the Jimmy Dean Food Company, he first rose to fame for his country crossover hits like "Big Bad John," and for his television appearances. - Jerry Hall
Jerry Faye Hall (born July 2, 1956 in Gonzales, Texas) is an American supermodel and actress known for being Mick Jagger's long-time companion and commonlaw wife. - Dale Evans
Dale Evans was the stage name of Frances Octavia Smith, a writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter. She was the wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers. - Piper Perabo
Piper Lisa Perabo (born October 31, 1976) is an American movie actress. - Michael Dorn
Michael Dorn (born December 9, 1952) is an American actor known for his role as the Klingon Worf in multiple "Star Trek" shows and movies. - Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune (born February 28, 1939) is an award-winning American actor, dancer, singer, director, producer, and choreographer. Born Thomas James Tune in Wichita Falls, Texas, he attended Lamar High School in Houston. In 1965, Tune made his Broadway debut as a performer in the musical "Baker Street". His first Broadway directing and choreography credits were for the original production of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" in 1978. - Dan Blocker
Dan Blocker aka Dan Davis Blocker (real name - B. Dan D. Blocker)(December 10 1928 - May 13 1972) was an American actor best remembered for his role as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright in the TV western blockbuster "Bonanza". He was born in DeKalb in east Texas, the son of Ora Shack Blocker & Mary Davis Blocker. He is also related to David Blocker and Kristen Blocker as well. His family moved to O'Donnell, Texas near Lubbock soon after his birth. - Bob Denver
Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver was an American comedic actor best known for his role as Willy "Gilligan" Gilligan on the television series "Gilligan's Island". Earlier, Denver had played beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the (1959-1963) TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", a characterization that was similar to Gilligan in many ways. - Powers Boothe
Powers Allen Boothe (born June 1, 1948) is an American television and film actor. He is known for his Emmy-winning 1980 portrayal of Jim Jones. - Jay Thomas
Jay Thomas (born Jon (or John) Thomas Terrell on July 12, 1948 in Kermit, Texas) is an American actor and disc jockey. He was raised in New Orleans, where he attended Jesuit High School, New Orleans. He and his wife Sally live in Southern California and are parents to two sons. - Peter Mayhew
Peter Mayhew (born May 19, 1944 in Barnes, London, England) is an English actor, best known for playing the Wookiee, Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" movies. He is 7'3" (2.22 meters) tall. Before getting into acting, Mayhew worked as an orderly at London's King's College Hospital. - Sendhil Ramamurthy
Sendhil Ramamurthy (born May 17, 1974) is an American actor, born in Chicago, Illinois. He plays the Indian geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC drama "Heroes". He was born in the US to Indian parents, both of whom are physicians. His parents are from Bangalore, India. He has one sister, who is a physician, doing a residency in a combined internal medicine and psychiatry residency program. He and his sister were raised in San Antonio. - Frederic Forrest
Frederic Fenimore Forrest, Jr. (born December 23, 1936) is an Academy Award nominated American actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles as Chef in "Apocalypse Now", "It Lives Again", "Falling Down", "Right to Kill" (1985 TV movie) and for playing the writer Dashiell Hammett twice in film - in "Hammett" (1982) and in "Citizen Cohn" (1992 TV movie). He had an outstanding role as the renegade half breed, … - Josh Henderson
Joshua Baret Henderson (born October 25, 1981) is an American actor. He had a recurring role as Josh on the hit UPN show "One on One". Henderson was born in Dallas, Texas to Mark Anthony Gray and Sharon Lea Henderson. He has one blue eye and one green eye, a condition known as heterochromia. Henderson competed on the second season of the WB reality show "Popstars" and won a spot in the group Scene 23, … - Texas Battle
Texas Battle (born August 9, 1982 in Houston, Texas) is an African-American actor. He is best known for his roles in the Hollywood films "Coach Carter", "Final Destination 3", and "Wrong Turn 2" - Ernie Banks
Ernest "Ernie" Banks (born January 31, 1931 in Dallas, Texas) is an American former Major League baseball player who played his entire career with the Chicago Cubs (1953-1971). Banks is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. His nickname was Mr. Cub. He currently resides in the Los Angeles area. - Chill Wills
Chill Theodore Wills (July 18, 1903 in Seagoville, Texas - December 15, 1978) was a movie actor and singer in the Avalon Boys Quartet. The distinctive voice of "Francis the Mule" was provided by veteran character actor Chill Wills, whose deep, rough vocal texture and Western twang was perfectly matched to delivering the lines of the cynical and sardonic mule. As was customary at the time, Wills was given no billing for his vocal work, … - John Boles
John Boles (October 28, 1895 - February 27, 1969) was a United States actor. He was born in Greenville, Texas into a middle class family. He graduated with honors from the University of Texas in 1917 and also married Marielite Dobbs in that same year. Although his parents wanted him to a doctor, John Boles preferred acting and singing and he demonstrated talents for them from an early age. During World War I, he was a US spy in Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey. - Tawny Roberts
Tawny Roberts (born Adrienne Almond March 18, 1979 in Dallas, Texas) is an American pornographic actress. - Larry Gatlin
Larry Gatlin (born May 2, 1948 in Seminole, Texas) is an American Country Music Singer. He is best-known for teaming up with his brothers in the late 70s, where they became one of Country music's most successful artists of the 70s and 80s. They were then known as "Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers". Their popularity lasted throughout much of the 1980s. Their biggest hits together included, "Broken Lady", "All the Gold In California", … - Brett Cullen
Brett Cullen (born August 26, 1956) is a native of Houston, Texas, who has appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs. Early in 2007, he was cast as the role of an estranged father to one of the football players, Tim Riggins (played by actor Taylor Kitsch), in the NBC drama series "Friday Night Lights". - Rafer Johnson
Rafer Lewis Johnson (born August 18, 1935) is a former American decathlete. Johnson was born in Hillsboro, Texas, but moved to Kingsburg, California at age 9. In high school, he played on the school's football, baseball and basketball teams. As a versatile athlete, he was attracted to the decathlon after seeing double Olympic Champion Bob Mathias compete and told his coach "I could have beaten most of those guys in that meet". He competed in his first meet in 1954, … - Michael Bowen
Michael Bowen (born June 21, 1953) is an American actor. Films he has appeared in include "Jackie Brown", "Magnolia", "Less Than Zero" and "Kill Bill: Vol 1". Bowen also had a recurring role as Danny Pickett on the ABC television series, "Lost". Bowen was born in Texas, the son of actress Sonia Sorel and the famous Beat painter Michael Bowen Jr. He is half-brother to two of the Carradine brothers (Robert and Keith). - Candy Barr
Candy Barr (July 6, 1935 - December 30, 2005) was an American stripper, burlesque exotic dancer, actress in one pornographic movie, and model in men's magazines of the mid-20th century. During the 1950s, she received nationwide attention for her stripping career in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas; her troubles with the law; shooting her estranged second husband; and being arrested and sentenced to a prison term for drug possession, … - Lee Horsley
Lee Horsley (born May 15 1955, in Muleshoe, Texas) is an American actor best known for his starring roles on the television shows "Nero Wolfe" (1981), "Matt Houston" (1982-1985) and "Guns of Paradise" (1988-1990). - Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny Yong Bosch (January 6, 1976) is an American television actor of partial Korean descent. He is best known for portraying Adam Park in the "Power Rangers" television series, as well as for his voice over work in numerous anime. Bosch was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but raised in Garland, Texas. He is highly skilled in the martial arts, specifically Shaolin kung fu. - Noble Willingham
Noble Henry Willingham, Jr. (August 31, 1931 - January 17, 2004) was an American television and film actor. Willingham was born in Mineola, Texas to Ladelle Sprights and Noble Henry Willingham, a railroad worker and farmer. He had appeared in more than 30 feature films, including "Up Close and Personal" (1996), "City Slickers" (1991), "The Last Boy Scout" (1991), "City Slickers II" (1994), "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", (1994), …
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