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The following is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived a significant portion of their lives, in Dallas, Texas (US).
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B
- 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)
- Tony Battie, basketball player
- Bedhead, indie-rock band
- Robby Benson, actor
- 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
- David Burns, basketball player
- George W. Bush, former Texas Governor and 43rd President of the United States
- Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States
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
- 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
- Pat Corley, actor (Murphy Brown)
- Rafael Bienvenido Cruz, Christian preacher and public speaker; father of Texas Senator Ted Cruz
D
- Bebe Daniels, early film star
- Bettye Danoff, golfer, LPGA co-founder
- Linda Darnell, actress
- Sahara Davenport, drag queen
- Storm Davis, née George Earl "Storm" Davis, MLB baseball player
- Samuel David Dealey, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
- Tim DeLaughter (from The Polyphonic Spree)
- David Dick, CBS News correspondent from Dallas bureau
- Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abbott), guitarist and songwriter
- Dorrough, rapper
- Dave Duncan, MLB baseball player and coach
- Jeff Dunham, ventriloquist
- Pat Durham, basketball player
E
F
G
- Randy Galloway, sports journalist
- Kyle Gann, music critic
- Red Garland, jazz pianist
- Lane Garrison, actor
- Melinda Gates, philanthropist, wife of Bill Gates
- Lester Gatewood, football player
- Peri Gilpin, actress (Frasier)
- Selena Gomez, actress, singer (from Grand Prairie, a suburb of Dallas)
- Omar Gonzalez, soccer player
- Cecil Green (1919–1951), race car driver
- Frank Shelby Groner (1873-1943), executive secretary of the Baptist General Convention of Texas from 1918 to 1928
H
- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, writer
- Jerry Hall, model, actress, ex-wife of Mick Jagger (from Mesquite, a suburb of Dallas)
- Jack Halliday, football player
- Angie Harmon, actress (Law & Order, Rizzoli & Isles), from Highland Park
- Chris Harrison, host (The Bachelor, Designers' Challenge)
- 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
- Grant Hill, basketball player
- 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
- Terri Hoffman, religious cult leader
- "Doc" Holliday, western gunfighter, gambler, and dentist; lived in Dallas in the 1870s
- Tina Huang, actress (Rizzoli & Isles)
- Ray Wylie Hubbard, musician
- Michael Huffington, politician, activist, ex-husband of Arianna Huffington
- Ryan Hunter-Reay, Indy car driver
- Paige Hurd, actress, Tasha from Everybody Hates Chris
- Willie Hutch, singer
J
- Sarah Jaffe, singer (from Red Oak, a suburb of Dallas)
- Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor, Senior Pastor of The Potters House
- Michael Johnson, athlete, Olympic gold medalist
- Nick Jonas, singer
- Alex Jones, radio host and conspiracy theorist
- Norah Jones, singer
- Ron Jones, football player
- Lindsay Jones, Gamer, Actress
K
- Christian Kane, actor
- Bavand Karim, film and TV producer
- Michael Keasler, judge of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin
- Ty Kelly (born 1988), 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. She lived in Dallas for eight years before returning to South Korea.
- Don King, football player
- Madison Kocian, gymnast at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Linda Koop, Republican member of Texas House of Representatives
- Kelvin Korver, football player
L
- Alonzo Lawrence, football player
- Logan Leistikow, filmmaker
- Turney W. Leonard, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
- Gus Levene, composer, arranger, orchestrator, guitarist
- Lil Twist, rapper
- Lil' Wil, rapper
- Bob Lilly, football player
- Lisa Loeb, singer
- Trini Lopez, singer
- Demi Lovato, singer, songwriter and actress
M
- 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[1]
- George McFarland, actor (Spanky on Our Gang)
- Phil McGraw, doctor and television personality (Dr. Phil)
- Kevin McHale, actor
- Meat Loaf, née Marvin Lee Aday, musician
- Leighton Meester, actress (Fort Worth)
- Fred Meyer, chairman of Texas Republican Party, 1988 to 1984; president of Tyler Corporation, 1983-1986[2]
- Morgan Meyer, state representative (University Park)
- Julie Miller, singer
- Steve Miller, musician
- Elizabeth Mitchell, actress (Lost)
- Kiko Mizuhara, singer and actress
- Keith Moreland, baseball player
- Allen R. Morris, television producer
- Chaz Mulkey, kickboxer
- Michael Martin Murphey, singer ("Wildfire")
- Mason Musso, singer
- Mitchell Musso, actor
N
P
R
- Steve Railsback, actor
- Willis Alan Ramsey, musician
- Julius Randle, NBA player
- LeAnn Rimes, singer (raised in Garland, a suburb of Dallas)
- Holland Roden, actress
- Dennis Rodman, NBA player
- Kyle Rote, Jr., soccer player and coach
- Debby Ryan, actress, singer
S
- Mark Salling, actor
- Sam the Sham, musician
- Deion Sanders, former football player
- Jim Sharp, former justice of the First Texas Court of Appeals in Houston; Dallas native
- Alana Shipp, American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
- 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
- Elliott Smith, singer
- Dan Smoot, journalist, author, radio-TV commentator, long-term Dallas resident[3]
- Gary Spann, football player
- Aaron Spelling, television producer (Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat)
- Jordan Spieth, golfer
- Matthew Stafford, NFL player
- B.W. Stevenson, musician
- Stephen Stills, musician
- Sly Stone, singer
- Troy Stoudermire, football player
- Nikki Stringfield, guitarist (The Iron Maidens and Before the Mourning)
- Erwin Swiney, football player
T
U
- Usher, singer, entertainer
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See also
References
- ^ Cary McMullen (December 28, 2001). "Youth group kid hits it big with Christian pop group". The Gadsden Times: C7.
- ^ Gromer Jeffers, Jr.; Joe Simnacher (September 24, 2012). "Fred Meyer, who built Dallas and Texas GOP into dominant force, dies at age 84". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved March 18, 2015. ;
- ^ 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.
