List of people from Dallas

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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[]

  • 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
  • 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 Cruz, Christian preacher and public speaker; father of Texas Senator Ted Cruz
  • Mark Cuban, businessman, entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks

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J[]

  • Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor, Senior Pastor of The Potters House
  • Blind Lemon Jefferson, musician
  • Michael Johnson, athlete, Olympic gold medalist
  • Nick Jonas, singer
  • Alex Jones, conservative radio host
  • Caleb Landry Jones, actor
  • 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
  • Madison Kocian, gymnast at the 2016 Summer Olympics
  • Linda Koop, Republican member of Texas House of Representatives
  • Kelvin Korver, football player

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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[3]
  • MC 900 Ft. Jesus, a.k.a., Mark Griffin, musician
  • Randy McAllister, blues musician[4]
  • George McFarland, actor (Spanky on Our Gang)
  • Phil McGraw, doctor and television personality (Dr. Phil)
  • Kevin McHale, actor
  • Judith McNaught, novelist
  • Meat Loaf, née Marvin Lee Aday, musician
  • Leighton Meester, actress (Fort Worth)
  • , chairman of Texas Republican Party, 1988–1984; president of Tyler Corporation, 1983–1986[5]
  • Morgan Meyer, state representative (University Park)
  • Bunny Michael, visual artist, musician, and rapper
  • C.J. Miles, NBA player
  • Julie Miller, singer
  • Rhett Miller, musician
  • Steve Miller, musician
  • Elizabeth Mitchell, actress (Lost)
  • Kiko Mizuhara, singer and actress
  • Mike Modano, hockey player
  • Whistlin' Alex Moore, musician
  • Keith Moreland, baseball player
  • Glenn Morshower, actor
  • Chaz Mulkey, kickboxer
  • Michael Martin Murphey, singer ("Wildfire")
  • Mason Musso, singer
  • Mitchel Musso, actor

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O[]

  • Igor Olshansky (born 1982), National Football League player
  • Hayley Orrantia, actress, country music singer/songwriter
  • Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy

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R[]

S[]

  • Mark Salling, 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Max Swarner, singer, actor
  • Erwin Swiney, football player
  • Noah Syndergaard, MLB pitcher (New York Mets)

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U[]

  • Usher, singer, entertainer
  • Kamaru Usman, MMA fighter in the UFC

V[]

W[]

Y[]

  • Chris Young, MLB pitcher

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jeff Agoos | MLSsoccer.com".
  2. ^ Illinois Blue Book 1991-1992, Biographical Sketch of Forest D. Etheredge, pg. 88
  3. ^ Cary McMullen (December 28, 2001). "Youth group kid hits it big with Christian pop group". The Gadsden Times: C7.
  4. ^ "Randy McAllister Liner Notes". Bluesdfw.com. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Ryan Pressly stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
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