SGT Rocket
Practically Family
- Messages
- 600
- Location
- Twin Cities, Minn
Born and Raised in Texas. I hope I did not duplicate any names. Forgive me if I did.
Famous Texans
Red Adair fireman oil well fires, Houston
Alvin Ailey choreographer, Rogers
Mary Kay Ash cosmetics entrepreneur, Hot Wells
Steven Fuller Austin founding father of Texas, Austinville,VA
Gene Autry singer, actor, Tioga
Kathy Baker actress, Midland
Clyde Barrow outlaw, Telico
Carol Burnett comedienne, San Antonio
Cyd Charisse actress, dancer, Amarillo
Henry Cisneros politician, San Antonio
Denton A. Cooley heart surgeon, Houston
Joan Crawford actress, San Antonio
Robert Dennard inventor, Terrell
Dwight David Eisenhower U.S. president, general, Denison
A. J. Foyt auto racer, Houston
Larry Hagman actor, Fort Worth
Ben Hogan golfer, Dublin
Buddy Holly musician, Lubbock
Howard Hughes industrialist, film producer, Houston
Jack Johnson boxer, Galveston
Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. president, Stonewall
Michael Johnson olympic sports, Dallas
George Jones singer, Saratoga
Janis Joplin blues singer, Port Arthur
Tommy Lee Jones actor, San Saba
Trini Lopez singer, Dallas
Mary Martin singer, actress, Weatherford
Roger Miller singer, songwriter, Fort Worth
Spanky McFarland actor, Fort Worth
Audie Murphy actor, war hero, Kingston
Willie Nelson singer, Abbot
Chester Nimitz admiral, Fredricksburg
Sandra Day O'Connor jurist, El Paso
Roy Orbisonsinger, Vernon
Buck Owens singer, Sherman
Bonnie Parker outlaw, Rowena
H. Ross Perot philanthropist, Texarkana
Katherine Anne Porter author, Indian Creek
Wiley Post aviator, Grand Saline
Dan Rather TV newscaster, Wharton
Robert Rauschenberg painter, Port Arthur
Tex Ritter singer, Murval
Eugene Wesley Gene Roddenberry screenwriter, El Paso
Tabitha Soren TV journalist, San Antonio
Rip Torn actor, director, Temple
Ernest Tubb country music, Crisp
Tommy Tune dancer, choreographer, Wichita Falls
Kathy Whitworth golfer, Monahans
Dooley Wilson actor, musician, Tyler
Babe Didrikson Zaharias athlete, golfer, Port Arthur
Musicians:
ZZ TOP
Bob Wills
Old 97's
Alvin Crow
Marcia Ball
Ernest Tubb
Lefty Frizzel
Johnny Horton
George Jones
Ponty Bone
Joe Ely
Lloyd Maines
Butch Handcock
Waylon Jennings
Townes Van Zandt
Nanci Griffith
Steve Earle
TexRitter
Kenny Rogers
George Strait
Buddy Holly
Roy Orbison
Bobby Fuller
Ronnie Dawson
13th Floor Elevators
And Rocky Erickson, solo
Don Henley
Butthole surfers
Pantera
Toadies
Tripping Daisy
Bowling for Soup
Selena Quntanilla
Janis Joplin
J.P. Richardson (AKA The Big Bopper)
T-Bone Walker
Leadbelly
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Brave Combo
Norah Jones
More Famous People:
Flozell Adams, football player
Roger Adams, inventor of Heelys
Troy Aikman, football player
Larry Allen, football player
Clay Allison, the Gentleman Gunfighter
Lance Armstrong, bicyclist, 7-time winner of the Tour de France
Stephen F. Austin, pioneer
Jeff Bagwell, baseball player
Marion Barber III, football player
Ray Bard, book publisher
Roy Bean, frontier judge
Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. senator, secretary of the treasury, and vice presidential candidate
Elvin Bethea, football player
Craig Biggio, baseball player
George Blanda, football player
Drew Bledsoe, football player
Bruce Bowen, basketball player
Corey Bradford, football player
Edgar Brown, oilman
Josh Brown, football player
Barbara Bush, U.S. first lady
Molly Ivans
Mathew “Old Paint” Caldwell, pioneer and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Earl Campbell, football player
Dave Campo, football coach
David Carr, football player
Dave Casper, football player
Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle, explorer
Mia Church, actress
Thomas Haden Church, actor
Roger Clemens, baseball pitcher
Amy Cook, singer
Barry Corbin, actor
John Cornyn, U.S. senator
Jose Cortez, football player
Davy Crockett, Alamo defender
Mark Cuban, Internet billionaire and Dallas Mavericks basketball team owner
Billy Cundiff, football player
Michael DeBakey, doctor that developed first artificial heart
Tom Delay, U.S. congressman and House majority leader
Al Del Greco, football player
Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computers and billionaire
Patrick Dempsey, actor
Eric Dickerson, football player
Tony Dorsett, football player
Tim Duncan, basketball player
Michael Finley, basketball player
Tom Ford, fashion designer
Jamie Foxx, actor and singer
Wick Fowler, humorist
Bud Frazer, gambler
Fray Garcia, pioneer missionary
Sid Gillman, football coach
Givins, football player
Terry Glenn, football player
La'Roi Glover, football player
V. T. Hamlin, comic strip creator, Alley Oop
John Wesley Hardin, killer and gambler
Cliff Harris, football player
Charles Haley, football player
Angie Harmon, actress
Alvin Harper, football player
Bob Hayes, football player and track star
Chad Hedrick, Olympic skater
Priest Holmes, football player
John Houser, sculptor
Ken Houston, football player
Sam Houston, Texas governor
Torii Hunter, baseball player
Kay Bailey Hutchison, senator
Michael Irwin, football player
Molly Ivins, columnist
Steve Jackson, football player
Heywood Jeffires, football player
Charlie Joiner, football player
Andre Johnson, football player
Jimmie Johnson, football coach
Keyshawn Johnson, football player
Lady Bird Johnson, first lady
Lyndon Baines Johnson, senator and U.S. president
Albert Sidney Johnston, general
Jerry Jones, football team owner
Julius Jones, football player
Lee Harvey Oswald
Norah Jones, jazz singer
Janis Joplin, rock singer
Lee Roy Jordan, football player
Jim Kelly, football player
Richard King, founder, King Ranch
Tom Landry, football coach
Leon Lett, football player
Bob Lilly, football player
Ronald Mackenzie, colonel, Mackenzie Raiders
George C. Marshall, general
William “Bat” Masterson, lawman and columnist
Bruce Matthews, football player
Matthew McConaughey, actor
Bubba McDowell, football player
Leander McNelly, Texas Ranger
Steve Melendez, president of the American Indian Genocide Museum
Don Meredith, football player
Steve Miller, rock musician
Yao Ming, basketball player
Warren Moon, football player
Mike Munchak, football player
Clint Murchison, Jr., oilman
Lamar Muse, CEO, Southwest Airlines
Steve Nash, basketball player
Royston Nave, artist
Willie Nelson, singer
Terrance Newman, football player
Dat Nguyen, football player
Austin Nichols, actor
Chester Nimitz, admiral
Ken Norton, football player
Jay Novacek, football player
Dirk Nowitzki, basketball player
Roy Orbison, rock singer
Juan de Onate, explorer
Joel Osteen, TV minister
Bill Parcells, football coach
Jack Pardee, football coach
George C. Patton, general
Ron Paul, U.S. representative
Ross Perot, billionaire and presidential candidate
Cicero Rufus Perry, Texas Ranger
Rick Perry, Texas governor
Adrian Peterson, football player
Andy Pettitte, baseball pitcher
Bum Phillips, football coach
Wade Phillips, football coach
William Sidney Porter, aka O. Henry, short story writer
Johnny Preston, country singer
Dan Rather, news anchor
Sam Rayburn, U.S. speaker of the house
Jim Reeves, country singer
Mel Renfro, football player
Ann Richards, Texas governor
J. P. Richardson, aka The Big Bopper, country singer
Tex Ritter, actor and country singer
Marco Rivera, football player
Nolan Ryan, baseball player
David Robinson, basketball player
Kenny Rogers, baseball player
Deion Sanders, football player
Boz Scaggs, singer
Tex Schramm, football owner
Charles A. Schreiner, Texas Ranger, rancher, and philanthropist
Luke Short, gambler
Ashlee Simpson, singer and actress
Jessica Simpson, singer and actress
Webster Slaughter, football player
Emmitt Smith, football player
H. Allen Smith, humorist
Bob Snead, artist
Alfonso Soriano, baseball player
Roger Staubach, football player
Hallie Stillwell, rancher, teacher, and author
George Strait, country singer
Kathryn Sullivan, astronaut, first American woman to walk in space
Pat Summerall, football broadcaster
Barry Switzer, football player and coach
Zachary Taylor, general and U.S. president
Spencer Tillman, football player
La Dainian Tomlinson, football player
Janine Turner, actress
Charles Umlaug, sculptor
Richie Valens, rock singer
Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist
Joe Vitale, book author and metaphysician
Bigfoot Wallace, Texas Ranger and frontiersman
Demarcus Ware, football player
George Webster, football player
Forest Whitaker, actor
Danny White, football player
Lorenzo White, football player
Randy White, football player
Ricky Williams, football player
Roy Williams, football player
Owen Wilson, actor
Jason Witten, football player
Rayfield Wright, football player
Vince Young, football player
Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias, golfer, basketball player, Olympic track star, baseball player
Phil Gramm– senator
Famous Texans
Red Adair fireman oil well fires, Houston
Alvin Ailey choreographer, Rogers
Mary Kay Ash cosmetics entrepreneur, Hot Wells
Steven Fuller Austin founding father of Texas, Austinville,VA
Gene Autry singer, actor, Tioga
Kathy Baker actress, Midland
Clyde Barrow outlaw, Telico
Carol Burnett comedienne, San Antonio
Cyd Charisse actress, dancer, Amarillo
Henry Cisneros politician, San Antonio
Denton A. Cooley heart surgeon, Houston
Joan Crawford actress, San Antonio
Robert Dennard inventor, Terrell
Dwight David Eisenhower U.S. president, general, Denison
A. J. Foyt auto racer, Houston
Larry Hagman actor, Fort Worth
Ben Hogan golfer, Dublin
Buddy Holly musician, Lubbock
Howard Hughes industrialist, film producer, Houston
Jack Johnson boxer, Galveston
Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. president, Stonewall
Michael Johnson olympic sports, Dallas
George Jones singer, Saratoga
Janis Joplin blues singer, Port Arthur
Tommy Lee Jones actor, San Saba
Trini Lopez singer, Dallas
Mary Martin singer, actress, Weatherford
Roger Miller singer, songwriter, Fort Worth
Spanky McFarland actor, Fort Worth
Audie Murphy actor, war hero, Kingston
Willie Nelson singer, Abbot
Chester Nimitz admiral, Fredricksburg
Sandra Day O'Connor jurist, El Paso
Roy Orbisonsinger, Vernon
Buck Owens singer, Sherman
Bonnie Parker outlaw, Rowena
H. Ross Perot philanthropist, Texarkana
Katherine Anne Porter author, Indian Creek
Wiley Post aviator, Grand Saline
Dan Rather TV newscaster, Wharton
Robert Rauschenberg painter, Port Arthur
Tex Ritter singer, Murval
Eugene Wesley Gene Roddenberry screenwriter, El Paso
Tabitha Soren TV journalist, San Antonio
Rip Torn actor, director, Temple
Ernest Tubb country music, Crisp
Tommy Tune dancer, choreographer, Wichita Falls
Kathy Whitworth golfer, Monahans
Dooley Wilson actor, musician, Tyler
Babe Didrikson Zaharias athlete, golfer, Port Arthur
Musicians:
ZZ TOP
Bob Wills
Old 97's
Alvin Crow
Marcia Ball
Ernest Tubb
Lefty Frizzel
Johnny Horton
George Jones
Ponty Bone
Joe Ely
Lloyd Maines
Butch Handcock
Waylon Jennings
Townes Van Zandt
Nanci Griffith
Steve Earle
TexRitter
Kenny Rogers
George Strait
Buddy Holly
Roy Orbison
Bobby Fuller
Ronnie Dawson
13th Floor Elevators
And Rocky Erickson, solo
Don Henley
Butthole surfers
Pantera
Toadies
Tripping Daisy
Bowling for Soup
Selena Quntanilla
Janis Joplin
J.P. Richardson (AKA The Big Bopper)
T-Bone Walker
Leadbelly
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Brave Combo
Norah Jones
More Famous People:
Flozell Adams, football player
Roger Adams, inventor of Heelys
Troy Aikman, football player
Larry Allen, football player
Clay Allison, the Gentleman Gunfighter
Lance Armstrong, bicyclist, 7-time winner of the Tour de France
Stephen F. Austin, pioneer
Jeff Bagwell, baseball player
Marion Barber III, football player
Ray Bard, book publisher
Roy Bean, frontier judge
Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. senator, secretary of the treasury, and vice presidential candidate
Elvin Bethea, football player
Craig Biggio, baseball player
George Blanda, football player
Drew Bledsoe, football player
Bruce Bowen, basketball player
Corey Bradford, football player
Edgar Brown, oilman
Josh Brown, football player
Barbara Bush, U.S. first lady
Molly Ivans
Mathew “Old Paint” Caldwell, pioneer and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Earl Campbell, football player
Dave Campo, football coach
David Carr, football player
Dave Casper, football player
Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle, explorer
Mia Church, actress
Thomas Haden Church, actor
Roger Clemens, baseball pitcher
Amy Cook, singer
Barry Corbin, actor
John Cornyn, U.S. senator
Jose Cortez, football player
Davy Crockett, Alamo defender
Mark Cuban, Internet billionaire and Dallas Mavericks basketball team owner
Billy Cundiff, football player
Michael DeBakey, doctor that developed first artificial heart
Tom Delay, U.S. congressman and House majority leader
Al Del Greco, football player
Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computers and billionaire
Patrick Dempsey, actor
Eric Dickerson, football player
Tony Dorsett, football player
Tim Duncan, basketball player
Michael Finley, basketball player
Tom Ford, fashion designer
Jamie Foxx, actor and singer
Wick Fowler, humorist
Bud Frazer, gambler
Fray Garcia, pioneer missionary
Sid Gillman, football coach
Givins, football player
Terry Glenn, football player
La'Roi Glover, football player
V. T. Hamlin, comic strip creator, Alley Oop
John Wesley Hardin, killer and gambler
Cliff Harris, football player
Charles Haley, football player
Angie Harmon, actress
Alvin Harper, football player
Bob Hayes, football player and track star
Chad Hedrick, Olympic skater
Priest Holmes, football player
John Houser, sculptor
Ken Houston, football player
Sam Houston, Texas governor
Torii Hunter, baseball player
Kay Bailey Hutchison, senator
Michael Irwin, football player
Molly Ivins, columnist
Steve Jackson, football player
Heywood Jeffires, football player
Charlie Joiner, football player
Andre Johnson, football player
Jimmie Johnson, football coach
Keyshawn Johnson, football player
Lady Bird Johnson, first lady
Lyndon Baines Johnson, senator and U.S. president
Albert Sidney Johnston, general
Jerry Jones, football team owner
Julius Jones, football player
Lee Harvey Oswald
Norah Jones, jazz singer
Janis Joplin, rock singer
Lee Roy Jordan, football player
Jim Kelly, football player
Richard King, founder, King Ranch
Tom Landry, football coach
Leon Lett, football player
Bob Lilly, football player
Ronald Mackenzie, colonel, Mackenzie Raiders
George C. Marshall, general
William “Bat” Masterson, lawman and columnist
Bruce Matthews, football player
Matthew McConaughey, actor
Bubba McDowell, football player
Leander McNelly, Texas Ranger
Steve Melendez, president of the American Indian Genocide Museum
Don Meredith, football player
Steve Miller, rock musician
Yao Ming, basketball player
Warren Moon, football player
Mike Munchak, football player
Clint Murchison, Jr., oilman
Lamar Muse, CEO, Southwest Airlines
Steve Nash, basketball player
Royston Nave, artist
Willie Nelson, singer
Terrance Newman, football player
Dat Nguyen, football player
Austin Nichols, actor
Chester Nimitz, admiral
Ken Norton, football player
Jay Novacek, football player
Dirk Nowitzki, basketball player
Roy Orbison, rock singer
Juan de Onate, explorer
Joel Osteen, TV minister
Bill Parcells, football coach
Jack Pardee, football coach
George C. Patton, general
Ron Paul, U.S. representative
Ross Perot, billionaire and presidential candidate
Cicero Rufus Perry, Texas Ranger
Rick Perry, Texas governor
Adrian Peterson, football player
Andy Pettitte, baseball pitcher
Bum Phillips, football coach
Wade Phillips, football coach
William Sidney Porter, aka O. Henry, short story writer
Johnny Preston, country singer
Dan Rather, news anchor
Sam Rayburn, U.S. speaker of the house
Jim Reeves, country singer
Mel Renfro, football player
Ann Richards, Texas governor
J. P. Richardson, aka The Big Bopper, country singer
Tex Ritter, actor and country singer
Marco Rivera, football player
Nolan Ryan, baseball player
David Robinson, basketball player
Kenny Rogers, baseball player
Deion Sanders, football player
Boz Scaggs, singer
Tex Schramm, football owner
Charles A. Schreiner, Texas Ranger, rancher, and philanthropist
Luke Short, gambler
Ashlee Simpson, singer and actress
Jessica Simpson, singer and actress
Webster Slaughter, football player
Emmitt Smith, football player
H. Allen Smith, humorist
Bob Snead, artist
Alfonso Soriano, baseball player
Roger Staubach, football player
Hallie Stillwell, rancher, teacher, and author
George Strait, country singer
Kathryn Sullivan, astronaut, first American woman to walk in space
Pat Summerall, football broadcaster
Barry Switzer, football player and coach
Zachary Taylor, general and U.S. president
Spencer Tillman, football player
La Dainian Tomlinson, football player
Janine Turner, actress
Charles Umlaug, sculptor
Richie Valens, rock singer
Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist
Joe Vitale, book author and metaphysician
Bigfoot Wallace, Texas Ranger and frontiersman
Demarcus Ware, football player
George Webster, football player
Forest Whitaker, actor
Danny White, football player
Lorenzo White, football player
Randy White, football player
Ricky Williams, football player
Roy Williams, football player
Owen Wilson, actor
Jason Witten, football player
Rayfield Wright, football player
Vince Young, football player
Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias, golfer, basketball player, Olympic track star, baseball player
Phil Gramm– senator