List of people from Dallas explained
The following is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived a significant portion of their lives in Dallas, Texas.
A
- Vinnie Paul Abbott, musician
- Amy Acker, actress
- Jensen Ackles, actor
- Mike Agnew, soccer player
- Paul Alexander (polio survivor) (1946-2024), American lawyer and writer also a polio survivor, were living in the iron lung[1]
- Jeff Agoos (born 1968), Swiss-born American soccer defender[2]
- Troy Aikman, NFL player and sportscaster
- LaMarcus Aldridge, basketball player
- Bruce Alger, former U.S. Representative for Texas's 5th congressional district
- Abby Anderson, country singer
- AnonymousCulture, rapper
- Heather Armbrust, IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Darrell Arthur, basketball player
- Aaron Aryanpur, stand-up comedian
- Karan Ashley, American actor known for her role as Aisha in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Tex Avery, cartoonist
- Avion Roe (formed in 2011), post-hardcore band from Dallas
- Ashley Parker Angelrecording artist and actor
B
- Harry Babasin, musician
- Erykah Badu, singer
- Jerry Bailey, Hall of Fame jockey
- Troy Baker, singer, musician, voice actor
- Ernie Banks, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Sebastian Barrie, football player
- Clyde Barrow, outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde)
- Steve Bartlett, Dallas mayor, U.S. Representative
- John Battaglia, Child killer executed by lethal injection
- Tony Battie, basketball player
- Lou Singletary Bedford (1837–?), author, poet, editor
- Bedhead, indie-rock band
- Yella Beezy, rapper
- Robby Benson, actor
- Drew Binsky, vlogger
- Charlie Blackmon, baseball player for the Colorado Rockies
- Elton Bomer, politician
- Tommy Bond, actor (Butch from Our Gang)
- Chris Bosh, basketball player
- Craig Wayne Boyd, Nashville-based country music singer-songwriter, musician, and winner of The Voice season 7 (raised in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite)
- Charlie Brackins, football player
- Doyle Bramhall II, guitarist, singer and composer
- Drew Brees, football player
- Edie Brickell, singer
- Rex Brown, musician
- Tim Brown, Hall of Fame football player
- Freddie Bruno, Christian rapper
- John Neely Bryan, founder of Dallas
- David Burns, basketball player
C
- K Callan, actress
- Henry Calvin, actor (Sergeant Garcia on Disney's Zorro)
- Tevin Campbell, singer
- Gina Carano, Muay Thai and MMA fighter, actress
- Jason Castro, singer
- Arden Cho, actress
- Annie Clark, musician
- Ramsey Clark, U.S. Attorney General
- Tom C. Clark, U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Kelly Clarkson, singer and songwriter
- Bill Clements, Texas Governor and businessman
- John Congleton, music producer
- Kerry Cooks, football coach
- John Ford Coley, famous singer-songwriter
- Pat Corley, actor (Murphy Brown)
- Rafael Cruz, Christian preacher and public speaker; father of Texas Senator Ted Cruz
- Mark Cuban, businessman, entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks
D
- George Dahl, architect
- Vernon Dalhart, singer
- Bebe Daniels, early film star
- Darrion Daniels, defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
- Bettye Danoff, golfer, LPGA co-founder
- Linda Darnell, actress
- Sahara Davenport, drag queen
- Storm Davis, née George Earl "Storm" Davis, MLB baseball player
- George Dealey, businessman
- Samuel David Dealey, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
- Tim DeLaughter (from The Polyphonic Spree)
- Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abbott), guitarist and songwriter
- DJ Hurricane, hip hop disc jockey and producer
- The D.O.C., rapper
- Asian Doll, rapper
- Dorrough, rapper
- Emira D'Spain, model and social media influencer
- Dave Duncan, MLB baseball player and coach
- Jeff Dunham, ventriloquist
- Pat Durham, basketball player
- Charlie Van Dyke, former radio disc jockey, frequent guest host of American Top 40 from 1983 to 1988
E
F
G
- Randy Galloway, sports journalist
- Kyle Gann, music critic
- Cesar Garcia, soccer player
- Red Garland, jazz pianist
- Lane Garrison, actor
- Melinda Gates, philanthropist, ex-wife of Bill Gates
- Lester Gatewood, football player
- Don Gililland, guitarist
- Peri Gilpin, actress
- Xavier Gipson, NFL player
- Selena Gomez, singer
- Omar Gonzalez, soccer player
- YaYa Gosselin, actress
- W.V. Grant, televangelist
- A. J. Green, NFL Player
- Cecil Green (1919–1951), race car driver
- AJ Griffin, NBA player
- Frank Shelby Groner (1873–1943), executive secretary of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1918–1928
H
- Jenna Bush Hager, journalist
- Joe Hahn, American musician, DJ, director and visual artist for nu-metal band Linkin Park
- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, writer
- Jack Halliday, football player
- William Jackson Harper, comedian actor
- Chris Harrison, host (The Bachelor, Designers' Challenge)
- Will Ford Hartnett, Dallas attorney and state representative, 1991 to 2013
- Brad Hawkins, actor (Ryan Steele on VR Troopers)
- Gibby Haynes, singer/musician with Butthole Surfers
- Jerry Haynes, children's TV show host (Mr. Peppermint, Peppermint Place)
- Josh Henderson, actor (John Ross from Dallas)
- Nekeshia Henderson, basketball player
- Don Henley, musician
- Grant Hill, Hall of Fame basketball player and Vice Chair of the Board for the Atlanta Hawks
- Barron Hilton, retired CEO of Hilton Hotels; co-founder of American Football League; grandfather of Paris Hilton
- Conrad Hilton, Jr., hotel heir; airline director; first husband of Elizabeth Taylor
- Dustin Hodge, producer and writer
- Terri Hoffman, religious cult leader
- "Doc" Holliday, western gunfighter, gambler, and dentist; lived in Dallas in the 1870s
- Joyner Holmes, WNBA power forward for the Seattle Storm
- Steve Holy, country singer
- Jordan Horston, WNBA guard for the Seattle Storm
- Jaden Hossler, TikTok personality and singer
- Tina Huang, actress (Rizzoli & Isles)
- Ray Wylie Hubbard, musician
- Michael Huffington, politician, activist, ex-husband of Arianna Huffington
- Sarah T. Hughes, judge
- Prince Albert Hunt, musician
- Ryan Hunter-Reay, Indy car driver
- Paige Hurd, actress, Tasha from Everybody Hates Chris
- Willie Hutch, singer
- Kay Bailey Hutchison, United States Permanent Representative to NATO, former U.S. Senator from Texas
- Emerson Hyndman, soccer player for Atlanta United
I
J
- Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor, Senior Pastor of The Potters House
- Blind Lemon Jefferson, musician
- Eric Johnson, mayor of Dallas
- Michael Johnson, athlete, Olympic gold medalist
- Nick Jonas, singer
- Alex Jones, conservative radio host
- Caleb Landry Jones, actor
- Jalen Jones (born 1993), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Lindsay Jones, gamer, actor
- Margo Jones, stage director and producer
- Norah Jones, singer
- Ron Jones, football player
- J. Erik Jonsson, co-founder of Texas Instruments; politician
K
- Christian Kane, actor
- Bavand Karim, film and TV producer
- Ty Kelly (born 1988), American-Israeli MLB player (New York Mets)
- Clayton Kershaw, MLB pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers)
- Jack Kilby, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate
- Kim Chung-ha, previous member of South Korean girl group I.O.I; lived in Dallas for eight years before returning to South Korea
- Don King, football player
- Freddie King, musician
- Ron Kirk, politician
- Kelvin Korver, football player
- Kankan, rapper
L
- Brandon Lake (musician), musician
- Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys coach
- James Lankford, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
- Alonzo Lawrence, football player
- Bobby Layne, football player
- Logan Leistikow, filmmaker
- Turney W. Leonard, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
- Gus Levene, composer, arranger, orchestrator, guitarist
- Jaren Lewison, actor
- Lil Twist, rapper
- Lil' Wil, rapper
- Bob Lilly, football player
- Maggie Lindemann, musician
- Albert Louis "Al" Lipscomb, politician, civil rights icon
- Nastia Liukin, gymnast
- Myra Cohn Livingston, poet
- Lil Loaded, rapper
- Lisa Loeb, singer
- Trini Lopez, singer
- Demi Lovato, singer, songwriter and actress (born in Albuquerque)
- Big Lurch, rapper
M
- Daniel Mac, internet personality
- Peter MacNicol, actor
- Jayne Mansfield, actress, graduate of Dallas' Highland Park High School
- Stephanie March, actress (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Conviction)
- Minnie Lichtenstein Marcus, co-founder of Neiman Marcus
- Stanley Marcus, chairman of Neiman Marcus
- Mark Matlock, minister[4]
- MC 900 Ft. Jesus, a.k.a., Mark Griffin, musician
- Randy McAllister, blues musician[5]
- George McFarland, actor (Spanky on Our Gang)
- Phil McGraw, doctor and television personality (Dr. Phil)
- Kevin McHale, actor
- Billy McKinney, baseball player
- Judith McNaught, novelist
- Meat Loaf, musician
- MO3_(rapper), rapper, singer
- Morgan Meyer, state representative
- Bunny Michael, visual artist, musician, and rapper
- C.J. Miles, NBA player
- Julie Miller, singer
- Rhett Miller, musician
- Steve Miller, musician
- Elizabeth Mitchell, actress
- Kiko Mizuhara, singer and actress
- Mike Modano, hockey player
- Whistlin' Alex Moore, musician
- Belita Moreno, actress
- Keith Moreland, baseball player
- Glenn Morshower, actor
- Kyle Muller, starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
- Chaz Mulkey, kickboxer
- Michael Martin Murphey, singer ("Wildfire")
- Mason Musso, singer
- Mitchel Musso, actor
- Michelle Shocked, singer
N
O
P
- Hot Lips Page, musician
- Kevin Page, artist and actor
- Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde)
- Corey Pavin (born 1959), professional golfer
- Piper Perabo, actress
- Brandon Pertzborn, drummer
- Rudy Pena, American professional soccer player
- H. Ross Perot, businessman, presidential candidate
- Ben J. Pierce, YouTuber, singer-songwriter, and actor
- Art Powell, football player
- Ryan Pressly, Major League Baseball pitcher and All-Star[6]
R
- Sha'Carri Richardson, American track and field athlete
- Steve Railsback, actor
- Willis Alan Ramsey, musician
- Jon Randall, country singer
- Julius Randle, NBA player
- John T. Richardson, priest and President of DePaul University
- LeAnn Rimes, singer (raised in Garland, a suburb of Dallas)
- Emily Robison, country singer from Dixie Chicks
- Holland Roden, actress
- Dennis Rodman, NBA player
- Kyle Rote, Jr., soccer player and coach
- Scott Rothkopf, art curator
- Jack Rutter, singer better known as Ritt Momney
- Debby Ryan, actress, singer
S
- Mark Salling, actor
- Stark Sands, actor
- Sam the Sham, musician
- Deion Sanders, former football player
- Boz Scaggs, musician
- Jim Sharp, former justice of the First Texas Court of Appeals in Houston; Dallas native
- She-Dick, electropop band formed in Dallas
- Megan Shipman, voice actress
- Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Jason Siggers (born 1985), basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Matthew Silverman (born 1976), General Manager and President for Baseball Operations for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Ashlee Simpson, singer (raised in Richardson, a suburb of Dallas)
- Jessica Simpson, singer (raised in Richardson with her sister Ashlee)
- A. Maceo Smith, civil rights activist
- Buster Smith, musician
- Elliott Smith, singer
- Dan Smoot, journalist, author, radio-TV commentator, long-term Dallas resident[7]
- Gary Spann, football player
- Aaron Spelling, television producer (Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat)
- Errol Spence Jr., unified boxing welterweight world champion
- Jordan Spieth, golfer
- Matthew Stafford, NFL player
- Roger Staubach, NFL player
- Sydnee Steele, pornographic actress
- B.W. Stevenson, musician
- Stephen Stills, musician
- Sly Stone, singer
- Troy Stoudermire, football player
- Terry Southern, writer
- Nikki Stringfield, guitarist (The Iron Maidens and Before the Mourning)
- Erwin Swiney, football player
- Noah Syndergaard, MLB pitcher (New York Mets)
T
- Sharon Tate, actress
- Travis Tedford, Spanky, The Little Rascals
- Elijah Thomas (born 1996), basketball player for Bnei Herzliya in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Robert L. Thornton, businessman and politician
- Jim Thurman, comedy writer
- Nick Thurman, NFL football player for the Atlanta Falcons
- Neal Tiemann, musician
- Stephen Tobolowsky, actor
- John Tower, politician
- Lee Trevino, golfer
- Cowboy Troy, country rapper
- Jerrold B. Tunnell, mathematician
- Wylie Turner, football player
- Lil Twist, rapper
U
- Usher, singer, entertainer
- Kamaru Usman, MMA fighter in the UFC
V
W
- Caroline Wagner, Residents' Interhall Congress Graduate Assistant for Student Leadership at the University of Arkansas,[8] cousin of University of Arkansas Razorbacks football offensive tackle Dalton Wagner[9]
- Doak Walker, football player
- Malcolm Walker, football player
- T-Bone Walker, musician
- Ken Weaver, auto racer
- Kennedy Ashlyn Wenning, musician known as SRSQ
- J. White Did It, record producer
- Donnie Williams, football player
- Victor Willis, lead singer of Village People
- Travis Willingham, voice actor
- Luke Wilson, actor
- Mark Wilson, magician
- Owen Wilson, actor
- Ron Woodroof, "Dallas Buyers Club" founder
- Bracey Wright, basketball player, guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Robin Wright Penn, actress
- Angus G. Wynne, real estate developer and founder of Six Flags theme parks
Y
See also
- List of people from Texas
Notes and References
- Web site: Cheng . Mira . 2024-03-13 . ‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies at 78 . 2024-04-16 . CNN . en.
- Web site: Jeff Agoos MLSsoccer.com.
- Illinois Blue Book 1991-1992, Biographical Sketch of Forest D. Etheredge, pg. 88
- The Gadsden Times. Youth group kid hits it big with Christian pop group. Cary McMullen. December 28, 2001. C7.
- Web site: Randy McAllister Liner Notes. Bluesdfw.com. May 28, 2018.
- Web site: Ryan Pressly stats . Baseball-Reference.com . October 19, 2021.
- Book review in The New American, March 7, 1994, People Along the Way: The Autobiography of Dan Smoot (Big Sandy, Texas: Tyler Press, 1993), 306 pp.
- Web site: Advisors – RIC . 2022-11-13 . ric.uark.edu.
- Web site: 2017-03-24 . Dalton Wagner . 2022-11-13 . Arkansas Razorbacks . en-US.
