List of people from Dallas

The following is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived a significant portion of their lives in Dallas, Texas.

A

• Vinnie Paul Abbott, musician
• Amy Acker, actress
• Jensen Ackles, actor
• Mike Agnew, soccer player
• Paul Alexander (polio survivor) (1946-2024), American lawyer and writer also a polio survivor, were living in the iron lung
• Jeff Agoos (born 1968), Swiss-born American soccer defender
• Troy Aikman, NFL player and sportscaster
• LaMarcus Aldridge, basketball player
• Bruce Alger, former U.S. Representative for Texas's 5th congressional district
• Abby Anderson, country singer
• AnonymousCulture, rapper
• Heather Armbrust, IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Darrell Arthur, basketball player
• Aaron Aryanpur, stand-up comedian
• Karan Ashley, American actor known for her role as Aisha in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
• Tex Avery, cartoonist
• Avion Roe (formed in 2011), post-hardcore band from Dallas
• Ashley Parker Angel – recording artist and actor

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
• Arden Cho, actress
• 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
• John Ford Coley, famous singer-songwriter
• 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

D

• George Dahl, architect
• Vernon Dalhart, singer
• Bebe Daniels, early film star
• Darrion Daniels, defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
• Bettye Danoff, golfer, LPGA co-founder
• Linda Darnell, actress
• Sahara Davenport, drag queen
• Storm Davis, née George Earl "Storm" Davis, MLB baseball player
• George Dealey, businessman
• Samuel David Dealey, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
• Tim DeLaughter (from The Polyphonic Spree)
• Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abbott), guitarist and songwriter
• DJ Hurricane, hip hop disc jockey and producer
• The D.O.C., rapper
• Asian Doll, rapper
• Dorrough, rapper
• Emira D'Spain, model and social media influencer
• Dave Duncan, MLB baseball player and coach
• Jeff Dunham, ventriloquist
• Pat Durham, basketball player
• Charlie Van Dyke, former radio disc jockey, frequent guest host of American Top 40 from 1983 to 1988

E

• Seth Elledge, baseball player
• Andre Emmett, basketball player
• Jane Johnson Endsley (1848–1933), ran one of the city's largest rail-yard coal and log businesses
• Emily Erwin, musician (Dixie Chicks)
• Martie Erwin, musician (Dixie Chicks)
• Forest Etheredge (1929–2004), Illinois state senator and educator
• Anthony Evans (born 1978), Christian singer and songwriter; son of Tony Evans

F

• Morgan Fairchild, actress
• Terry Fator, ventriloquist
• Dean Fearing, chef
• Fila Fresh Crew, rap group
• Miles Fisher, actor

G

• Randy Galloway, sports journalist
• Kyle Gann, music critic
• Cesar Garcia, soccer player
• Red Garland, jazz pianist
• Lane Garrison, actor
• Melinda Gates, philanthropist, ex-wife of Bill Gates
• Lester Gatewood, football player
• Don Gililland, guitarist
• Peri Gilpin, actress
• Xavier Gipson, NFL player
• Selena Gomez, singer
• Omar Gonzalez, soccer player
• YaYa Gosselin, actress
• W.V. Grant, televangelist
• A. J. Green, NFL Player
• Cecil Green (1919–1951), race car driver
• AJ Griffin, NBA player
• Frank Shelby Groner (1873–1943), executive secretary of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1918–1928

H

• Jenna Bush Hager, journalist
• Joe Hahn, American musician, DJ, director and visual artist for nu-metal band Linkin Park
• Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, writer
• Jack Halliday, football player
• William Jackson Harper, comedian actor
• Chris Harrison, host (The Bachelor, Designers' Challenge)
• Will Ford Hartnett, Dallas attorney and state representative, 1991 to 2013
• 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
• Don Henley, musician
• Grant Hill, Hall of Fame basketball player and Vice Chair of the Board for the Atlanta Hawks
• 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
• Dustin Hodge, producer and writer
• Terri Hoffman, religious cult leader
• "Doc" Holliday, western gunfighter, gambler, and dentist; lived in Dallas in the 1870s
• Joyner Holmes, WNBA power forward for the Seattle Storm
• Steve Holy, country singer
• Jordan Horston, WNBA guard for the Seattle Storm
• Jaden Hossler, TikTok personality and singer
• Tina Huang, actress (Rizzoli & Isles)
• Ray Wylie Hubbard, musician
• Michael Huffington, politician, activist, ex-husband of Arianna Huffington
• Sarah T. Hughes, judge
• Prince Albert Hunt, musician
• Ryan Hunter-Reay, Indy car driver
• Paige Hurd, actress, Tasha from Everybody Hates Chris
• Willie Hutch, singer
• Kay Bailey Hutchison, United States Permanent Representative to NATO, former U.S. Senator from Texas
• Emerson Hyndman, soccer player for Atlanta United

I

• Vanilla Ice, rapper

J

• Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor, Senior Pastor of The Potters House
• Blind Lemon Jefferson, musician
• Eric Johnson, mayor of Dallas
• Michael Johnson, athlete, Olympic gold medalist
• Nick Jonas, singer
• Alex Jones, conservative radio host
• Caleb Landry Jones, actor
• Jalen Jones (born 1993), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• 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
• Kankan, rapper

L

• Brandon Lake (musician), musician
• Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys coach
• James Lankford, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
• Alonzo Lawrence, football player
• Bobby Layne, football player
• Logan Leistikow, filmmaker
• Turney W. Leonard, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
• Gus Levene, composer, arranger, orchestrator, guitarist
• Jaren Lewison, actor
• Lil Twist, rapper
• Lil' Wil, rapper
• Bob Lilly, football player
• Maggie Lindemann, musician
• Albert Louis "Al" Lipscomb, politician, civil rights icon
• Nastia Liukin, gymnast
• Myra Cohn Livingston, poet
• Lil Loaded, rapper
• Lisa Loeb, singer
• Trini Lopez, singer
• Demi Lovato, singer, songwriter and actress (born in Albuquerque)
• Big Lurch, rapper

M

• Daniel Mac, internet personality
• 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
• MC 900 Ft. Jesus, a.k.a., Mark Griffin, musician
• Randy McAllister, blues musician
• George McFarland, actor (Spanky on Our Gang)
• Phil McGraw, doctor and television personality (Dr. Phil)
• Kevin McHale, actor
• Billy McKinney, baseball player
• Judith McNaught, novelist
• Meat Loaf, musician
• Morgan Meyer, state representative
• Bunny Michael, visual artist, musician, and rapper
• C.J. Miles, NBA player
• Julie Miller, singer
• Rhett Miller, musician
• Steve Miller, musician
• Elizabeth Mitchell, actress
• Kiko Mizuhara, singer and actress
• Mike Modano, hockey player
• Whistlin' Alex Moore, musician
• Belita Moreno, actress
• Keith Moreland, baseball player
• Glenn Morshower, actor
• Kyle Muller, starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
• Chaz Mulkey, kickboxer
• Michael Martin Murphey, singer ("Wildfire")
• Mason Musso, singer
• Mitchel Musso, actor
• Michelle Shocked, singer

N

• Terence Nance, actor, filmmaker, and director
• Le'Bryan Nash (born 1992), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Tracey Needham, actress
• Michael Nesmith, musician, songwriter (The Monkees)

O

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

P

• Hot Lips Page, musician
• Kevin Page, artist and actor
• Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie and Clyde)
• Corey Pavin (born 1959), professional golfer
• Piper Perabo, actress
• Brandon Pertzborn, drummer
• Rudy Pena, American professional soccer player
• H. Ross Perot, businessman, presidential candidate
• Ben J. Pierce, YouTuber, singer-songwriter, and actor
• Art Powell, football player
• Ryan Pressly, Major League Baseball pitcher and All-Star

R

• Sha'Carri Richardson, American track and field athlete
• Steve Railsback, actor
• Willis Alan Ramsey, musician
• Jon Randall, country singer
• Julius Randle, NBA player
• John T. Richardson, priest and President of DePaul University
• LeAnn Rimes, singer (raised in Garland, a suburb of Dallas)
• Emily Robison, country singer from Dixie Chicks
• Holland Roden, actress
• Dennis Rodman, NBA player
• Kyle Rote, Jr., soccer player and coach
• Scott Rothkopf, art curator
• Jack Rutter, singer better known as Ritt Momney
• Debby Ryan, actress, singer

S

• Mark Salling, actor
• Stark Sands, 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
• Megan Shipman, voice actress
• 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
• 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
• Sydnee Steele, pornographic actress
• 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)
• Erwin Swiney, football player
• Noah Syndergaard, MLB pitcher (New York Mets)

T

• Sharon Tate, actress
• Travis Tedford, Spanky, The Little Rascals
• Elijah Thomas (born 1996), basketball player for Bnei Herzliya in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Robert L. Thornton, businessman and politician
• Jim Thurman, comedy writer
• Nick Thurman, NFL football player for the Atlanta Falcons
• Neal Tiemann, musician
• Stephen Tobolowsky, actor
• John Tower, politician
• Lee Trevino, golfer
• Cowboy Troy, country rapper
• Jerrold B. Tunnell, mathematician
• Wylie Turner, football player
• Lil Twist, rapper

U

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

V

• Vanilla Ice, rapper
• Jimmie Vaughan, musician
• Stevie Ray Vaughan, musician
• Victor L. Vescovo, explorer
• Lacey Von Erich, wrestler

W

• Caroline Wagner, Residents' Interhall Congress Graduate Assistant for Student Leadership at the University of Arkansas, cousin of University of Arkansas Razorbacks football offensive tackle Dalton Wagner
• Doak Walker, football player
• Malcolm Walker, football player
• T-Bone Walker, musician
• Ken Weaver, auto racer
• Kennedy Ashlyn Wenning, musician known as SRSQ
• J. White Did It, record producer
• Donnie Williams, football player
• Victor Willis, lead singer of Village People
• Travis Willingham, voice actor
• Luke Wilson, actor
• Mark Wilson, magician
• Owen Wilson, actor
• Ron Woodroof, "Dallas Buyers Club" founder
• Bracey Wright, basketball player, guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Robin Wright Penn, actress
• Angus G. Wynne, real estate developer and founder of Six Flags theme parks

Y

• Chris Young, MLB pitcher

See also

• List of people from Texas

References

1. Dallas
2. Dallas Buyers Club
3. List of people from Atlanta
4. List of people from Serbia
5. List of people from Detroit
6. Josh Dallas
7. List of people from Los Angeles
8. List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States
9. List of people from San Francisco
10. List of people from San Antonio
11. List of LGBT people from New York City
12. Mayor of Dallas
13. List of people from Northampton
14. List of people from Honolulu
15. List of people from Fresno, California
16. List of deaths due to COVID-19
17. Dallas Jenkins
18. List of people from Houston
19. Dallas Keuchel
20. List of tallest people