The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Texas.

Founders and early settlers of Texas

Augustus Chapman Allen (1806–1864), founder of Houston Charlotte Baldwin Allen (1805–1895), financed founding of Houston, known as the "mother of Houston" John Kirby Allen (1810–1838), founder of Houston Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), "father of Texas" Padre José Nicolás Ballí (c. 1770–1829), grantee, settler, and namesake of Padre Island Plácido Benavides (1810–1837), settler Joshua Brown (1816–1876), first settler of Kerrville, Texas John Neely Bryan (1810–1877), founder of Dallas Moses Austin Bryan (1817–1895), early settler of Texas David G. Burnet (1788–1870), interim president of Republic of Texas Mathew Caldwell (1798–1842), settler Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels (1812–1875), established colonies of German immigrants in Texas Henri Castro (1786–1865), Jewish empresario William Leslie Cazneau (1807–1876), pioneer Jesse Chisholm (1806–1868), Indian trader, guide, interpreter, namesake of Chisholm Trail Holland Coffee (1807–1846), settler in Lake Texoma area, trader, guide, interpreter Jao de la Porta (fl. 1810s), trader, financed settlement of Galveston Island Green DeWitt (1787–1835), empresario, namesake of DeWitt County Susanna Dickinson (1814–1883), DeWitt Colonist, witnessed and survived Battle of the Alamo John Marie Durst (1797–1851), settler Angelina Eberly (1798–1860), stopped the attempted removal from Austin of the Republic of Texas Archives, thereby preserving Austin's status as the capital of Texas Johann Friedrich Ernst (born Friedrich Diercks) (1796–1848), first German to bring family to Texas, benefactor to German immigrants Warren Angus Ferris (1810–1873), early surveyor of Dallas Henry Francis Fisher (1805–1867), German settler, explored and colonized San Saba area Samuel Rhoads Fisher (1794–1839), settler in Republic of Texas and later its secretary of Navy; namesake of Fisher County George Washington Glasscock (1810–1868), settler, legislator, businessman; namesake of Georgetown, Texas and Glasscock County Betty Holekamp (1826–1902), German Texan pioneer, called the Betsy Ross of Texas Sam Houston (1793–1863), first and third president of Republic of Texas, later U.S. senator and governor of Texas Anson Jones (1798–1858), last president of Republic of Texas, called "Architect of Annexation" Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798–1859), second president of Republic of Texas, one of strongest proponents of Texas Navy Herman Lehmann (1859–1932), kidnapped in 1870 and raised by Apache Indians Gideon Lincecum (1793–1874), pioneer, historian, physician, philosopher, naturalist Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (1798–1880), considered the "mother of Texas" Collin McKinney (1766–1861), drafter of Texas Declaration of Independence; both Collin County and its county seat, McKinney, are named for him John Henry Moore (1800–1880), early settler Jose Antonio Navarro (1795–1871), Texas statesman, revolutionary and politician Robert Neighbors (1815–1859), Indian agent, soldier, legislator Cynthia Ann Parker (1826–1870), kidnapped in 1836 and raised by Comanche Indians; mother of Quanah Parker, the last Comanche chief Daniel Parker (1781–1844), settler, church founder James W. Parker (1797–1864), early settler John Parker (1758–1836), pioneer Texas settler John Richard Parker (1834–1915), kidnapped in 1836 by Comanche Indians Emily Austin Perry (1795–1851), early settler of Texas Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson (1820–1879), early settler, translator, lawyer, postmaster Sterling C. Robertson (1785–1842), impresario, colony founder; signed Texas Declaration of Independence Jose Policarpo Rodriguez (1829–1914), surveyor, scout, established Tejano settlement near present-day Bandera Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803–1857), secretary of war of Republic of Texas, chief justice of Supreme Court of Texas, U.S. senator after state's admission to U.S. Charles Stillman (1810–1875), founder of Brownsville, Texas Martin Varner (1785–1844), early settler Edwin Waller (1800–1881), judge and signer of Texas Declaration of Independence Lorenzo de Zavala (1788–1836), first vice president of Republic of Texas, signer of Texas Declaration of Independence

Military

The Texas Revolution/The Alamo

Richard Andrews (1797?–1835), first Texian killed during the Texas Revolution James Bowie (1796–1836), frontiersman, died at Battle of the Alamo William Joel Bryan (1815–1903), soldier in Texas Revolution, landowner Edward Burleson (1798–1851), lieutenant colonel during Texas Revolution, later Vice President of Republic of Texas John Coker (1789–1851), hero of San Jacinto Davy Crockett (1786–1836), frontiersman and U.S. congressman from Tennessee, died at Alamo Almaron Dickinson (1800–1836), Texian soldier, died at Alamo James Fannin (c. 1804–1836), key figure during Texas Revolution Thomas Green (1814–1864), artillery officer at San Jacinto, brigadier general in Confederate Army Sam Houston (1793–1863), commander of victorious Texian Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, which won independence for Texas Henry Karnes (1812–1840), soldier and commander in Texas Revolution Robert J. Kleberg (1803–1888), veteran of Battle of San Jacinto; descendants owned and managed King Ranch Antonio Menchaca (1800–1879), soldier in the Texas Army; he helped convince Houston to allow Tejanos to fight in the battle of San Jacinto Benjamin Milam (1788–1835), commander in Texas Revolution Emily West Morgan (c. 1815–1891), indentured servant known as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" who, legend has it, helped win Texas Revolution Juan Seguín (1806–1890), Tejano soldier during Texas Revolution John William Smith (1792–1845), fought at Battle of San Jacinto; later first mayor of San Antonio Alfonso Steele (1817–1911), last survivor of Battle of San Jacinto William B. Travis (1809–1836), commander of Texas forces at Alamo Logan Vandeveer (1815–1855), hero of San Jacinto William A. A. "Bigfoot" Wallace (1817–1899), Texas Ranger who fought in Texas Revolution, Mexican–American War, Civil War

Mexican–American War William J. Worth (1794–1849), major general; Fort Worth, Texas, and several other places were named for him

American Civil War

John Baylor (1822–1894), Confederate colonel, politician, military governor of Arizona Territory John Henry Brown (1820–1895), Confederate officer, served on staffs of two generals Nicholas Henry Darnell (1807–1885), leader of 18th Texas Cavalry Regiment, known as "Darnell's Regiment"; Speaker of House for both Republic of Texas and state of Texas Dick Dowling (1838–1867), commander at Sabine Pass and famous Houstonian John "Rip" Ford (1815–1897), Texas Rangers legend and commander at Battle of Palmito Ranch Milton M. Holland (1844–1910), Union soldier, won Medal of Honor John Bell Hood (1831–1879), commander of Hood's Texas Brigade and Confederate general Samuel Ealy Johnson Sr. (1838–1915), soldier, grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson Albert Sidney Johnston (1803–1862), Confederate general and commander of Confederate western forces John J. Kennedy (1813–1880), Confederate cavalry officer, ended Regulator-Moderator War John B. Magruder (1807–1871), Confederate general at Battle of Galveston Benjamin McCulloch (1811–1862), soldier in Texas Revolution, Texas Ranger, U.S. Marshal, and brigadier general for Confederate States of America Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816–1895), soldier in Texas Revolution, Texas Ranger, and brigadier general for Confederate States of America William Henry Parsons (1826–1907), colonel, Twelfth Texas Cavalry; newspaper editor, legislator Felix Huston Robertson (1839–1928), only Confederate general who was native-born Texan Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross (1838–1898), Confederate general, governor of Texas, president of Texas A&M University, namesake of Sul Ross State University William Read Scurry (1821–1864), Confederate general at Battle of Glorieta Pass Pleasant Tackitt (1803–1886), Confederate officer and county official at Fort Belknap; a founder of Parker County Charles S. West (1829–1885), Confederate officer and judge advocate general for Trans-Mississippi Department Louis T. Wigfall (1816–1874), Confederate general and senator from Texas, secured surrender of Fort Sumter

World War I

Charles Gray Catto (1896–1972), flying ace credited with eight aerial victories Daniel R. Edwards (1897–1967), received Medal of Honor William S. Graves (1895–1940), commander of US forces in Siberia during the allied intervention in Russia David E. Hayden (1897–1974), Navy corpsman, Medal of Honor recipient Robert Lee Howze (1864–1926), major general of 38th Infantry Division, commander of Third Army of Occupation of Germany, Medal of Honor recipient Louis Jordan (1890–1918), 1914 All American, first US Army officer from Texas to be killed in action during World War I William Thomas Ponder (1893–1947), flying ace credited with six aerial victories Marcelino Serna (1896–1992), Army private, first Hispanic to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross Edgar Gardner Tobin (1896–1954), flying ace credited with six aerial victories

World War II

Harlon Block (1924–1945), raised flag on Mt. Suribachi at Iwo Jima Romus Burgin (1922–2019), U.S. Marine, author Charles P. Cabell (1903–1971), U.S. Air Force general; later deputy director of Central Intelligence Agency Horace S. Carswell Jr. (1916–1944), Army Air Corps major, awarded Medal of Honor Claire Chennault (1893–1958), commander of "Flying Tigers" Robert G. Cole (1915–1944), soldier, won Medal of Honor for role in D-Day Normandy invasion Samuel David Dealey (1906–1944), U.S. Navy submarine commander, received Medal of Honor and other distinctions for valor Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), Supreme Allied Commander WWII and 34th president of the U.S. Ira C. Eaker (1896–1987), commander of Eighth Air Force in World War II Calvin Graham (1930–1992), youngest US serviceman of World War II David Lee "Tex" Hill (1915–2007), fighter pilot, flying ace Oveta Culp Hobby (1905–1995), colonel in Women's Army Corps, first secretary of Department of Health, Education and Welfare James L. Holloway Jr. (1898–1984), U.S. Navy four-star admiral; Superintendent of U.S. Naval Academy Neel E. Kearby (1911–1944), fighter ace, Medal of Honor recipient Raymond L. Knight (1922–1945), aviator, Medal of Honor recipient Turney W. Leonard (1921–1944), Army officer, received Medal of Honor Felix Z. Longoria Jr. (1920–1945), Hispanic soldier KIA in the Philippines whose burial was refused in hometown, causing statewide debate Glenn McDuffie (1927–2014), sailor featured kissing nurse in Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic photograph V-J Day in Times Square Doris Miller (1919–1943), Pearl Harbor hero, first African American to receive Navy Cross Audie Murphy (1924–1971), World War II hero, actor, Medal of Honor Recipient Chester Nimitz (1885–1966), commander of Allied naval forces in Pacific during World War II Richard Arvin Overton (1906–2018), U.S. Army sergeant; from May 2016 until his death was the oldest surviving American military veteran Bruce Palmer Jr. (1913–2000), U.S. Army officer, chief of Staff of the United States Army during Vietnam War John L. Pierce (1895–1959), U.S. Army brigadier general Cleto Rodríguez (1923–1990), U.S. Army soldier, received Medal of Honor; a freeway in San Antonio is named in his honor James Earl Rudder (1910–1970), D-Day commander of the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion, which stormed cliffs at Pointe du Hoc William H. Simpson (1888–1980), commander of U.S. Ninth Army in European Theater Lucian K. Truscott (1895–1965), U.S. Army general who held successive commands in European Theater Edwin Walker (1909–1993), U.S. Army major general known for conservative views and attempted assassination target for Lee Harvey Oswald