List of people from Fort Worth, Texas

The following are people of note who were born in, live in, or have formerly resided in Fort Worth, Texas.

Sports[]

• Brandon Finnegan, professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
• Lance Cole Barrett (born 1984 in Fort Worth), Major League Baseball umpire
• Tom Buckman (born 1947), professional football player
• Mike Renfro (NFL football player) born in Fort Worth, Texas, 1955
• Chennedy Carter (born 1998), professional basketball player for Atlanta Dream
• Raymond Clayborn (born 1955), NFL football player
• Donald Curry, former undisputed world welterweight boxing champion
• John Douglas (1945–2005), NFL player
• Jack Haden (1914–1996), American football player
• Phil Handler (1908–1968), NFL football player and coach
• Brad Hawpe (born 1979), professional baseball player
• Irv Hill (1908–1978), American football running back in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals and Boston Redskins
• Brock Holt (born 1988), professional baseball player
• Rogers Hornsby (1896–1963), Hall of Fame baseball player
• Keith Langford, professional basketball player
• Yale Lary (1930–2017), Football Hall of Famer
• Rags Matthews (1905–1999), football player for TCU
• Rod Manuel (born 1974), football player
• William Paulus, swimmer and former world record holder in the 100m Butterfly
• Jeff Newman, MLB All-Star baseball player and manager
• Chuck Reynolds (born 1946), football player
• Mike Richardson (born 1946), NFL player
• A'Shawn Robinson (born 1995), NFL player; attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth.
• John Roderick (born 1944), professional football player
• Johnny Rutherford (born 1938), race car driver, three-time winner of Indy 500
• Denise Rutkowski (born 1961), professional bodybuilder
• By Saam (1914–2000), sportscaster
• Kelly Shoppach (born 1980), Major League Baseball catcher (2005–2013)
• Slick (1957–), WWE wrestling manager
• Hurley Tarver (born 1975), football player
• Jeana Yeager (born 1952), broke distance records during her (and Dick Rutan's) 1986 nonstop flight around world in experimental Voyager
• Kyle Crick Professional Baseball player for The Pittsburgh Pirates
• Bryan Reynolds (born June 28, 2001) American professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Serie A club Roma and the United States national team.

Politics and law[]

• Betty Andujar (1912–1997), first Republican woman in Texas State Senate (1973–1983)
• Lawrence A. Alexander (born 1943 in Fort Worth), law professor
• Joel Burns (born 1969), politician
• Reby Cary (1920–2018), educator, historian, and member of the Texas House of Representatives
• L. Clifford Davis (born 1927), civil rights attorney and judge^[1]
• Charlie Geren (born 1949), member of Texas House of Representatives from District 99 in Tarrant County
• Pete Geren (born 1952), former member of U.S. House of Representatives; former U.S. Secretary of the Army; director of Sid W. Richardson Foundation
• Craig Goldman (born 1968), member of Texas House of Representatives from District 97 in Fort Worth
• Kay Granger (born 1943), U.S. Representative and former mayor of Fort Worth
• Debra Lehrmann, Texas Supreme Court justice, Place 3
• Joe K. Longley, former President of the Texas State Bar^[2]
• Lorraine Miller, first woman president of the NAACP, Interim president and CEO, March 2014^[3]
• "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890–1969), Governor of Texas, U.S. Senator and radio personality
• Bill Owens (born 1950), former Governor of Colorado (1999–2007)
• John T. Montford (born 1943), businessman and former member of the Texas Senate
• Hugh Parmer (born 1939), mayor of Fort Worth 1977 to 1979; member of both houses of Texas State Legislature
• Bennett Ratliff (born 1961), state representative from District 115 in Dallas County; civil engineer
• Tom Schieffer (born 1947), U.S. Ambassador to Japan, candidate for governor
• Mark M. Shelton (born 1956), pediatrician and politician
• Jonathan Stickland (born 1983), state representative from Tarrant County
• Bascom N. Timmons (1890–1987), journalist and political advisor
• Daniel E. Walker (1927–2009), civil servant, rescued remains of flag burned in protest at 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas
• Jim Wright (1922–2015), U.S. Congressman from Texas and Speaker of the House

Film and television[]

• Keith Alcorn (born 1957), animator and former founder of DNA Productions
• Adrienne Ames (1907–1947), actress
• Texas Rose Bascom (1922–1993), film and television actress, National Cowgirl Hall of Fame inductee 1981
• Patricia Blair (1933–2013), actress
• Betty Buckley (born 1947), Tony Award-winning actress
• Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress, married to Steven Spielberg
• Julio Cedillo (born 1970), actor, raised in Fort Worth
• Candy Clark (born 1947), Oscar-nominated actress
• Kenneth Copeland (born 1936), televangelist
• Judy Graubart (born 1943), actress, The Electric Company
• Harriet Sansom Harris (born 1955), actress, Frasier, Desperate Housewives
• Larry Hagman (1931–2012), actor, son of actress Mary Martin, played J.R. Ewing in Dallas
• Martha Hyer (1924–2014), Oscar-nominated actress
• Jesse Jane (born 1980), pornographic actor
• Benton Jennings, actor
• Candace Kita, actress and model
• David Mann (born 1966), actor, comedian and gospel singer
• Tamela Mann (born 1966), actor, singer and songwriter
• Lisa McRee (born 1961), television journalist
• Leighton Meester (born 1986), actress
• Lynn Merrick (1919–2007), actress
• Dan Hewitt Owens (born 1947), actor
• Fess Parker (1924–2010), actor
• Bill Paxton (1955–2017), actor, starred in Titanic, Frailty, TV series Big Love; attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth
• Ray Pierce (born 1956), actor, singer, dancer, illusionist, aerial director, Wings, Lois & Clark, Fantasy Island,
• Rod Roddy (1937–2003), television announcer on game shows, like Press Your Luck & The Price is Right
• Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress and dancer who moved to Fort Worth at age of 9; attended Central (Paschal) High School.
• Bob Schieffer (born 1937), journalist, CBS Evening News anchor and Face the Nation host
• Hunter Tylo (born 1962), actress
• Lisa Whelchel (born 1963), actress, The Facts of Life
• Van Williams (1934–2016), actor, The Green Hornet
• Carlson Young (born 1990), actress, Scream

Military[]

• Horace S. Carswell Jr. (1916–1944), USAAF, KIA World War II; posthumous Medal of Honor recipient; namesake of Carswell Air Force Base
• Robert David Law (September 15, 1944–February 22, 1969), Medal of Honor recipient
• Charles F. Pendleton, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient for actions in the Korea War; R. L. Paschal High School, Class of 1953.

Music[]

• Leon Bridges (born 1989), soul singer and Grammy nominee
• T-Bone Burnett (born 1948), Oscar-winning songwriter, record producer, musician
• Kelly Clarkson (born 1982), Grammy winning singer, original American Idol winner, Emmy nominated talk show host
• Ornette Coleman (1930–2015), jazz musician
• Van Cliburn (1934–2013), pianist
• Jeff Current, lead singer of Against All Will
• Bobby Day (1928–1990), musician
• Johnny Dowd (born 1948), musician
• Manet Harrison Fowler (1895–1976), singer, music educator, painter
• Kirk Franklin (born 1970), gospel singer and producer
• John Denver (born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., 1943–1997), singer-songwriter
• Pat Green (born 1972), country musician
• Marcus Haddock (born 1957 in Fort Worth), opera singer
• Taylor Hawkins (born 1972), drummer for Foo Fighters
• Julius Hemphill (1938–1995), jazz composer and saxophone player
• Ronald Shannon Jackson (born 1940), jazz drummer
• Cody Jinks, country music singer-songwriter
• Samuel S. Losh (1884–1943), vocalist, composer, and music educator
• Delbert McClinton (born 1940), singer-songwriter
• Roger Miller (1936–1992), singer-songwriter
• Gary Morris (born 1948), singer
• Prince Lasha (William Lawsha) (1929–2008), jazz saxophonist and flutist
• Clay Perry (born 1990), songwriter and recording artist
• Dewey Redman (1931–2006), free jazz saxophonist
• Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997), country music singer-songwriter
• William Walker (1931–2010), opera singer and director
• Oh, Sleeper, heavy metal band

Academics and writing[]

• Mel Bradford (born 1934), literary critic
• Heloise Bowles Cruse (1919–1977), syndicated columnist, Hints from Heloise
• James T. Draper, Jr. (born 1935), author, Baptist leader
• Clare B. Dunkle (born 1964), author, librarian
• Beth Haller, journalism professor
• Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr Ripley
• Dan Jenkins (1929–2019), sports journalist and author
• Sally Jenkins (born 1960), sports journalist and author
• Mary Daggett Lake (1880–1955), historian, botanist, and educator
• Robert L. Lynn (1931–2020), journalist, poet, and retired college president
• Blanche McVeigh (1895–1970), printmaker and art educator
• Ben H. Procter (1927–2012), historian
• Hazel Harvey Peace (1907–2008) educator, activist, and humanitarian
• Rex Reed (born 1938), film critic
• Lenora Rolla (1904–2001), activist, educator, and historian
• Jennie Scott Scheuber (1860–1944), public library pioneer and Fort Worth's first librarian
• Liz Smith (born 1923), journalist, syndicated columnist

Science[]

• Alan Bean (1932–2018), artist, retired NASA astronaut (1981); R. L. Paschal High School, Class of 1950; carried Paschal High School's flag to the moon.

Business and philanthropy[]

• Sid Bass (born 1943), billionaire, Sundance Square developer, major stockholder in The Walt Disney Company
• Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), civic booster, philanthropist, creator and publisher of Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Electra Carlin (1912–2000), art dealer
• T. Cullen Davis (born 1933), millionaire tried and acquitted for 1976 murders of Stan Farr and Andrea Wilborn
• Edna Gladney (1886–1961), founder of Edna Gladney Home
• Brad Hunstable (born 1978), founder of Ustream
• Hazel Vaughn Leigh (1897–1995), founder of the Fort Worth Boys Club
• Bill Noël (1914–1987), oil industrialist and philanthropist from Odessa, born in Fort Worth
• Sid W. Richardson (1891–1959), oilman, cattleman and philanthropist
• A. Latham Staples (born 1977), CEO of EXUSMED, civil rights activist and founder of Empowering Spirits Foundation

Other[]

• Gretchen Polhemus, Miss Texas USA 1989 and Miss USA 1989
• Cattle Annie (1882–1978), female bandit, lived in Fort Worth 1910 to 1912
• Mark David Chapman (born 1955), killer of John Lennon
• Brown Harwood (1891–1963), realtor and leader in the Ku Klux Klan
• Opal Lee, activist promoting the Juneteenth federal holiday
• G. Craige Lewis (born 1969), Christian minister
• Lee Harvey Oswald (1939–1963), accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy
• Randy Souders (born 1954), visual artist and disability rights advocate
• Soapy Smith (1860–1898), infamous con man who started his career in Fort Worth

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