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This is a list of people who were born, were raised, or have lived in Houston, Texas.




Entertainment, arts, and media personalities






Business, government, law, and military






Religion



Yolanda Adams
Charles L. Allen
Kim Burrell
Jerome Cabeen
Finis Alonzo Crutchfield
Rafael Cruz
Yusuf Estes
Jerry Johnston
David Koresh
Hal Lindsey
Joel Osteen
Paul Pressler
Hyman Judah Schachtel
Marianne Williamson




Science



Red Adair, oil-well firefighter
James P. Allison, Chairman of Immunology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and 2018 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for the invention of immune checkpoint inhibition
Malcolm Brenner, former director of the Center for Cell & Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine and CAR T-cell therapy pioneer
Denton Cooley, heart surgeon
Michael DeBakey, heart surgeon
James "Red" Duke, trauma surgeon
Bonnie J. Dunbar, astronaut, professor, director of Aerospace Engineering and director of STEM Center at the University of Houston
Mary K. Estes, Ph.D., professor in molecular virology and microbiology and in medicine-gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine, founding director of the Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center
Helen Heslop, stem cell transplanter and director of the Center for Cell & Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine
William V. Houston, physicist and president of Rice University
Lydia Kavraki, Ph.D., computer scientist
Dr. Ellen Ochoa, director of NASA Johnson Space Center, veteran astronaut
Richard Smalley, chemist, physicist and astronomer; recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996)
Robert Woodrow Wilson, astronomer; born in Houston and graduated from Rice University (1957); recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1976)




Athletics



Cammile Adams, Olympic swimmer
Sam Adams, football player
Lance Alworth, football player
Heather Armbrust, IFBB professional bodybuilder
Tim Atchison, former American football player
H. B. Bailey, auto racer
Harold Bailey, football player
Keith Baldwin, football player
Joey Banes, football player
Daniel Bard, Major League Baseball pitcher
Pat Batteaux, football player
Shane Baz (born 1999), MLB pitcher
Peter Berry, University of Alabama wheelchair basketball player
Simone Biles, gymnast
Michael Bishop, football player
Jason Bourgeois, baseball player
Michael Bourn, former MLB outfielder who played for the Houston Astros
Jeff Bourns, tennis player
Joe Bowman, marksman of the American West
Ken Bradshaw, big wave surfer
Jimmy Butler, NBA basketball player
Mark Calaway, professional wrestler
Tina Chandler, IFBB professional bodybuilder
Jermall Charlo, boxer
Roger Clemens, former MLB pitcher who played for the Houston Astros
Brad Coleman, auto racer
Sydney Colson, WNBA point guard for the Las Vegas Aces
Carl Crawford, baseball player
Sedrick Curry, football player
Andy Dalton, football player, from Katy, Texas
Santia Deck, athlete
Jimmy Demaret, golfer
Gerald Dockery, football player
Karl Douglas, football player
Clyde Drexler, basketball player
Donald Driver, retired football player
Tyler Duffey, baseball player
Adam Dunn, baseball player
Aaron Durley, basketball player
Amanda Felder, triathlete
Nic Fink, Olympic swimmer
George Foreman, boxer
Eddie Foster, NFL player
A. J. Foyt, auto racer
Andrew Friedman, MLB executive
Zina Garrison, tennis player, born in Houston; resident of Missouri City, Texas
The Great Khali (born Dalip Rana), professional wrestler, promoter, model and actor
Donovan Greer, football player
Tristan Gray, baseball player
Brittney Griner, basketball player
Ben Guez, baseball player
Charlie Haas, retired professional wrestler
Mauro Hamza (born 1965 or 1966), Egyptian fencing coach
Brede Hangeland, soccer player
Lindsey Harding, basketball player
Will Harris, MLB relief pitcher who played for the Houston Astros
D. J. Hayden, professional football player, Oakland Raiders
Warrick Holdman, football player
Jonathan Horton, gymnast
Jalen Hurts, football player
Fabian Hürzeler, born in Houston, manager for Premier League club Brighton and Hove Albion FC
Germain Ifedi, football player
Steve Jackson, former defensive back, currently the senior offensive assistant for the Atlanta Falcons
Craig James, football player
Brandon Jordan, football player
DeAndre Jordan, basketball player
Kaitlyn, wrestler
Joshua Kalu, football player
Scott Kazmir, MLB pitcher who played for the Houston Astros
Greg Kindle, football player
Gary Kubiak, football coach
Iris Kyle, ten-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder
Rashard Lewis, basketball player
Tara Lipinski, figure skater, Olympic gold medalist, from Sugar Land
Denzel Livingston (born 1993), basketball player for Hapoel Kfar Saba of the Israeli Liga Leumit
James Loney, baseball player
Andrew Luck, football player
Marie Mahoney, outfielder, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Guy Mezger, mixed martial artist
Johnathan Motley (born 1995), basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Tyler Myers, ice hockey player
Josh Nebo (born 1997), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier Basketball League
Chiney Ogwumike, basketball player
Emeka Okafor, basketball player
Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, IFBB professional bodybuilder
Josh Pastner, college basketball coach
Andy Pettitte, former MLB pitcher from Deer Park, Texas, played for the Houston Astros
Gene Phillips, basketball player
Mel Renfro, football player
Mary Lou Retton, gymnast, 1984 Olympic gold medalist
Cody Risien, football player
Taylor Rochestie (born 1985) American-Montenegrin player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Michael Russell, tennis player
Kevin Schwantz, motorcycle racer
Bob Smith, football player
David Starr, auto racer
Kohl Stewart, professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
Michael Strahan, American-German retired football player, actor, and television personality; currently hosts Good Morning America and NFL on FOX; born and raised in Houston before moving to Mannheim, West Germany
Mike Swick, UFC fighter
Thurman Thomas, football player from Missouri City, Texas
Tyler Thornburg, baseball player
Justin Tucker, football player (kicker)
Ben Uzoh (born 1988), guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New Jersey Nets; graduated from Earl Warren High School in 2006
Will Vest, professional baseball player
Billy Wade, auto racer
Bones Weatherly, football player
Kaitlyn Weaver, Olympic ice dancer
Ruston Webster, scout for the Atlanta Falcons
Kip Wells, baseball player
Billy Welu, professional bowler
Reggie White, football player
Alfred Williams, football player
Willie Williams, football player
Woody Williams, former MLB pitcher who played for the Houston Astros
George Wright, football player
James Young, football player
Joe Young, basketball player
Vince Young, football player




Other


Ahmed Ajaj, Palestinian convicted of participating in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing




See also



List of people from Texas




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