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.
- Brandon Finnegan, professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
- Jay Boy Adams (born 1949 in Fort Worth), singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- Lawrence A. Alexander (born 1943 in Fort Worth), law professor
- Randy Alexander (born 1951 in Fort Worth), Republican member of Arkansas House of Representatives from Springdale, Arkansas
- Adrienne Ames (1907–1947), actress
- Gretchen Polhemus, Miss Texas USA 1989 and Miss USA 1989
- Betty Andujar (1912–1997), first Republican woman in Texas State Senate (1973–1983)
- Lance Cole Barrett (born 1984 in Fort Worth), Major League Baseball umpire
- Sid Bass (born 1943), billionaire, Sundance Square developer, major stockholder in The Walt Disney Company
- 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.
- Patricia Blair (1933–2013), actress
- Mel Bradford (born 1934), literary critic
- Leon Bridges (born 1989), soul singer and Grammy nominee
- Betty Buckley (born 1947), Tony Award-winning actress
- Tom Buckman (born 1947), professional football player
- T-Bone Burnett (born 1948), Oscar-winning songwriter, record producer, musician
- Mike Renfro (NFL football player) born in Fort Worth, Texas, 1955. Graduated from Arlington Heights HS & TCU
- Joel Burns (born 1969), politician
- Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress, married to Steven Spielberg
- Electra Carlin (1912–2000), art dealer
- Major Horace Seaver "Stump" Carswell, Junior (1916–1944), USAAF, KIA World War II; posthumous Medal of Honor recipient; the former Carswell Air Force Base was his namesake.
- Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), civic booster, philanthropist, creator and publisher of Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Reby Cary (1920–2018), educator, historian, and member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Cattle Annie (1882–1978), female bandit, lived in Fort Worth 1910 to 1912
- Julio Cedillo (born 1970), actor, raised in Fort Worth
- Mark David Chapman (born 1955), killed John Lennon
- Candy Clark (born 1947), Oscar-nominated actress
- Kelly Clarkson (born 1982), Grammy winning singer, original American Idol winner, Emmy nominated talk show host
- Raymond Clayborn (born 1955), NFL football player
- Van Cliburn (1934–2013), pianist
- Ornette Coleman (1930–2015), jazz musician
- Kenneth Copeland (born 1936), televangelist
- Heloise Bowles Cruse (1919–1977), syndicated columnist, Hints from Heloise
- Jeff Current, lead singer of Against All Will
- Donald Curry, former undisputed world welterweight boxing champion
- L. Clifford Davis (born 1927), civil rights attorney, judge[1]
- T. Cullen Davis (born 1933), millionaire tried and acquitted for 1976 murders of Stan Farr and Andrea Wilborn
- Bobby Day (1928–1990), musician
- John Denver (born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., 1943–1997), singer-songwriter; attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth.
- John Douglas (1945–2005), NFL player
- Johnny Dowd (born 1948), musician
- James T. Draper, Jr. (born 1935), author, Baptist leader
- Clare B. Dunkle (born 1964), author, librarian
- Jack Favor (1911–1988), rodeo star falsely imprisoned for two murders in Louisiana in 1967 and exonerated in 1974
- Manet Harrison Fowler (1895–1976), singer, music educator, painter
- Kirk Franklin (born 1970), gospel singer and producer
- 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
- Edna Gladney (1886–1961), founder of Edna Gladney Home
- 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
- Judy Graubart (born 1943), actress, The Electric Company
- Pat Green (born 1972), country musician
- Marcus Haddock (born 1957 in Fort Worth), opera singer
- Jack Haden (1914–1996), American football player
- Larry Hagman (1931–2012), actor, son of actress Mary Martin, played J.R. Ewing in Dallas
- Beth Haller, journalism professor
- Phil Handler (1908–1968), NFL football player and coach
- Harriet Sansom Harris (born 1955), actress, Frasier, Desperate Housewives
- Brown Harwood (1891–1963), realtor and leader in the Ku Klux Klan
- Brad Hawpe (born 1979), professional baseball player
- Taylor Hawkins (born 1972), drummer for Foo Fighters
- Julius Hemphill (1938–1995), jazz composer and saxophone player
- Irv Hill (1908–1978), American football running back in the National Football League for the Chicago Cardinals and Boston Redskins
- Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr Ripley
- Brock Holt (born 1988), professional baseball player
- Rogers Hornsby (1896–1963), Hall of Fame baseball player
- Brad Hunstable (born 1978), founder of Ustream
- Martha Hyer (1924–2014), Oscar-nominated actress
- Ronald Shannon Jackson (born 1940), jazz drummer
- Dan Jenkins (1929–2019), sports journalist and author
- Sally Jenkins (born 1960), sports journalist and author
- Benton Jennings, actor
- Cody Jinks, country music singer/songwriter. Jinks is known for songs such as “Loud And Heavy,” “Cast No Stones,” and “I’m Not The Devil.” In 2018, Jinks staged his inaugural “Loud And Heavy” Music Festival at Panther Island in Fort Worth.
- Candace Kita, actress and model
- Matt Krause, state representative from District 93 since 2013
- Mary Daggett Lake (1880–1955), historian, botanist, and educator
- Keith Langford, professional basketball player
- Yale Lary (1930–2017), Football Hall of Famer
- Specialist Robert David Law (September 15, 1944–February 22, 1969), Medal of Honor recipient; born in Fort Worth.
- Debra Lehrmann, Texas Supreme Court justice, Place 3
- Hazel Vaughn Leigh (1897–1995), founder of the Fort Worth Boys Club
- G. Craige Lewis (born 1969), Christian minister
- Samuel S. Losh (1884–1943), vocalist, composer, and music educator
- Joe K. Longley, former President of the Texas State Bar[2]
- Robert L. Lynn (born 1931), journalist, poet, and retired college president
- David Mann (born 1966), actor, comedian and gospel singer
- Tamela Mann (born 1966), actor, singer and songwriter
- Rod Manuel (born 1974), football player
- Delbert McClinton (born 1940), singer and songwriter
- Lisa McRee (born 1961), television journalist
- Blanche McVeigh (1895–1970), printmaker and art educator
- Leighton Meester (born 1986), actress
- Lynn Merrick (1919–2007), actress
- Lawrence E. Meyers (born 1947), judge of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals since 1993
- Lorraine Miller, first woman president of the NAACP, Interim president and CEO, March 2014[3]
- Roger Miller (1936–1992), singer-songwriter
- John T. Montford (born 1943), businessman from San Antonio; politician from Lubbock, educated in Austin, born in Fort Worth
- Jeff Newman, MLB All-Star baseball player and manager
- Bill Noël (1914–1987), oil industrialist and philanthropist from Odessa, born in Fort Worth
- "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890–1969), Governor of Texas, U.S. Senator and radio personality
- Lee Harvey Oswald (1939–1963), accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy
- Bill Owens (born 1950), former Governor of Colorado (1999–2007)
- Dan Hewitt Owens (born 1947), actor
- Fess Parker (1924–2010), actor
- Hugh Parmer (born 1939), mayor of Fort Worth 1977 to 1979; member of both houses of Texas State Legislature
- William Paulus, swimmer and former world record holder in the 100m Butterfly
- Bill Paxton (1955–2017), actor, starred in Titanic, Frailty, TV series Big Love; attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth.
- Hazel Harvey Peace (1907–2008) educator, activist, and humanitarian
- Corporal Charles Frank Pendleton, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient for actions in the Korea War; R. L. Paschal High School, Class of 1953.
- Prince Lasha (William Lawsha) (born 1929), jazz saxophonist and flutist
- Ben H. Procter (1927–2012), historian
- Bennett Ratliff (born 1961), state representative from District 115 in Dallas County; civil engineer
- Dewey Redman (1931–2006), free jazz saxophonist
- Rex Reed (born 1938), film critic
- Chuck Reynolds (born 1946), football player
- Mike Richardson (born 1946), NFL player
- Sid W. Richardson (1891–1959), oilman, cattleman and philanthropist
- A'Shawn Robinson (born 1995), NFL player; attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth.
- Rod Roddy (1937–2003), television announcer on The Price is Right
- John Roderick (born 1944), professional football player
- Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress-dancer who moved to Fort Worth at age of 9; attended Central (Paschal) High School.
- Lenora Rolla (1904–2001), activist, educator, and historian
- Johnny Rutherford (born 1938), race car driver, three-time winner of Indy 500
- Denise Rutkowski (born 1961), professional bodybuilder
- By Saam (1914–2000), sportscaster
- Jennie Scott Scheuber (1860–1944), public library pioneer and Fort Worth's first librarian
- Bob Schieffer (born 1937), journalist, CBS Evening News anchor and Face the Nation host
- Tom Schieffer (born 1947), U.S. Ambassador to Japan, candidate for governor
- Mark M. Shelton (born 1956), pediatrician and politician
- Kelly Shoppach (born 1980), Major League Baseball catcher (2005-2013)
- Liz Smith (born 1923), journalist, syndicated columnist
- Soapy Smith (1860–1898), infamous con man who started his career in Fort Worth
- Randy Souders (born 1954), visual artist and disability rights advocate
- A. Latham Staples (born 1977), CEO of EXUSMED, civil rights activist and founder of Empowering Spirits Foundation
- Jonathan Stickland (born 1983), state representative from Tarrant County
- Hurley Tarver (born 1975), football player
- Bascom N. Timmons (1890–1987), newspaperman
- Hunter Tylo (born 1962), actress
- Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997), country music singer-songwriter
- Daniel E. Walker (1927–2009), civil servant, rescued remains of flag burned in protest at 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas
- William Walker (1931–1910), opera singer and director
- Lisa Whelchel (born 1963), actress, The Facts of Life
- Van Williams (1934–2016), actor, The Green Hornet
- Jim Wright (1922–2015), US Congressman from Texas and Speaker of the House
- Jeana Yeager (born 1952), broke distance records during her (and Dick Rutan's) 1986 nonstop flight around world in experimental Voyager
- Carlson Young (born 1990), actress, Scream
- Jesse Jane (born 1980), pornographic actor
Alan McDaniel (born 1956), graphic design and artist John Kent (born 1956), TV news director/reporter, US publicist
References
- Kilpatrick, Judith. "Desegregating the University of Arkansas School of Law: L. Clifford Davis and the Six Pioneers" (PDF). Arkansas Black Lawyers. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- Patricia Busa McConnico (June 2018). "The Good Fight". Texas Bar Journal. p. 448.
- Jeff Smith, "Fort Worth Native Makes History as Interim NAACP President & CEO", 5NBCDFW.com, 13 March 2014
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