List of people from Fort Worth, Texas
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The following are people of note who were born in, live in, or have formerly resided in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Jay Boy Adams (born 1949 in Fort Worth), singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- Adrienne Ames (1907–1947), actress
- Betty Andujar (1912-1997), first Republican woman to serve in the Texas State Senate (1973-1983)
- B W Aston (1936–2010), historian
- Sid Bass (born 1943), billionaire, Sundance Square developer, major stockholder in The Walt Disney Company
- Alan Bean (born 1932), astronaut
- Mel Bradford (born 1934), literary critic
- Betty Buckley (born 1947), actress
- Tom Buckman (born 1947), professional football player
- T-Bone Burnett (born 1948), songwriter, record producer, musician and singer
- Joel Burns, politician
- Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress, married to Steven Spielberg
- Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), civic booster, philanthropist, creator and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Mark David Chapman (born 1955), killed John Lennon
- Candy Clark (born 1947), actress
- Kelly Clarkson (born 1982), singer, American Idol winner
- Van Cliburn (born 1934), famous pianist
- Ornette Coleman (born 1930), jazz musician
- Kenneth Copeland (born 1936), televangelist
- Jeff Current, lead singer for Against All Will
- T. Cullen Davis (born 1933), millionaire tried and acquitted for 1976 murders of Stan Farr and Andrea Wilborn
- Bobby Day (1928–1990), musician
- Johnny Dowd (born 1948), musician
- James T. Draper, Jr. (born 1935), author, Baptist leader
- Kirk Franklin (born 1970), famous gospel singer and producer
- Edna Gladney (1886–1961), founder of the Edna Gladney Home
- Kay Granger (born 1943), Congresswoman and former mayor of Fort Worth
- Judy Graubart (born 1943), actress, The Electric Company
- Pat Green
- Brad Hawpe (born 1979), MLB player for the Colorado Rockies
- Larry Hagman (born 1931), actor, son of actress Mary Martin
- Phil Handler (1908–68), NFL football player and coach
- Harriet Sansom Harris (born 1955), actress, currently on TV hit Desperate Housewives
- Julius Hemphill (1938–1995), jazz composer and saxophone player
- Brad Hunstable (born 1978), founder of Ustream.TV
- Ronald Shannon Jackson (born 1940), jazz drummer
- Benton Jennings Actor
- Candace Kita Actress/Model
- Keith Langford, professional basketball player
- Yale Lary (born 1930), Football Hall of Famer
- Prince Lasha (William Lawsha), (born 1929), jazz saxophonist and flautist
- Debra Lehrmann, family court judge and Republican nominee for the Texas Supreme Court, Place 3, November 2, 2010
- G. Craige Lewis (born 1969), Christian Minister
- Big Lurch (born 1976) American Rapper. Serving a life sentence for murder and Cannibalism.
- Roger Miller (1936–1992), singer-songwriter
- Jeff Newman, MLB All-Star baseball player
- Bill Noël, oil industrialist and philanthropist from Odessa, born in Fort Worth in 1914
- "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890–1969), Governor of Texas, U.S. Senator and radio personality
- Ashlee Nino, Dancer/Drummer/Fashion Designer/Model/Actress
- Lee Harvey Oswald (1939–1963), accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy
- Bill Owens (born 1950), former Governor of Colorado (1999–2007).
- Hugh Q. Parmer (born 1939), mayor of Fort Worth from 1977 to 1979 and member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature
- Bill Paxton (born 1955), actor, starred in Frailty
- Dewey Redman (1931–2006) African-American free jazz saxophonist
- Sid W. Richardson (1891–1959), oilman, cattleman and philanthropist
- Rod Roddy (1937–2003), television announcer on The Price is Right
- John Roderick (born 1944), professional football player
- Johnny Rutherford (born 1938), race car driver
- Bob Schieffer (born 1937), journalist, CBS Evening News anchor and Face the Nation host
- Tom Schieffer (born 1947), U.S. Ambassador to Japan, candidate – Texas Governor
- Kelly Shoppach (born 1980) Catcher for the Pawtucket Red Sox
- Liz Smith (born 1923), journalist
- Soapy Smith (1860–1898), infamous con man who started his career in Ft. Worth
- Randy Souders (born 1954) visual artist and disability rights advocate
- A. Latham Staples (born 1977), civil rights activist and founder of the Empowering Spirits Foundation
- Hunter Tylo (born 1962), actress
- Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997), country music singer-songwriter
- Daniel E. Walker (1927–2009), civil servant known for rescue of charred remains of an American flag burned in protest at the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas.
- Lisa Whelchel (born 1963), actress, played in TV sit-com The Facts of Life
- Van Williams (born 1934), actor
- James C. Wright, Jr. (born 1922), U.S. Congressman from Texas and Speaker of the House
- Jeana Yeager (born 1952), broke distance records during her (and Dick Rutan's) nonstop flight around the world in the experimental Voyager airplane in 1986.