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List of people from Houston

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

Entertainment, arts, and media personalities[edit]

• Awsten Knight, musician
• Casey Thai Luong (Keshi), singer

Business, government, law, and military[edit]

Religion[edit]

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

Science[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Cammile Adams, Olympic swimmer^[54]
• Sam Adams, football player^[55]
• Lance Alworth, football player^[56]
• Heather Armbrust, IFBB professional bodybuilder^[57]
• Tim Atchison, former American football player^[58]
• H. B. Bailey, auto racer
• Harold Bailey, football player^[59]
• Keith Baldwin, football player
• Joey Banes, football player^[60]
• Daniel Bard, Major League Baseball (MLB)) pitcher
• Pat Batteaux, football player
• Shane Baz (born 1999), MLB pitcher^[61]
• Peter Berry, University of Alabama wheelchair basketball player
• Simone Biles, gymnast
• Michael Bishop, football player^[62]
• Jason Bourgeois, baseball player^[63]
• Michael Bourn, former MLB outfielder who played for the Houston Astros^[64]
• Jeff Bourns, tennis player^[65]
• Joe Bowman, marksman of the American West^[66]
• Ken Bradshaw, big wave surfer
• Jimmy Butler, NBA basketball player
• Mark Calaway, professional wrestler
• Tina Chandler, IFBB professional bodybuilder^[67]
• Jermall Charlo, boxer
• Roger Clemens, former MLB pitcher who played for the Houston Astros^[68]
• Brad Coleman, auto racer^[69]
• Sydney Colson, WNBA point guard for the Las Vegas Aces
• Carl Crawford, baseball player^[70]
• Dalip Rana (The Great Khali), professional wrestler, promoter, model and actor^[71]
• Sedrick Curry, football player^[72]
• Andy Dalton, football player, from Katy, Texas^[73]
• Santia Deck, athlete^[74]
• Jimmy Demaret, golfer
• Gerald Dockery, football player^[75]
• Karl Douglas, football player^[76]
• Clyde Drexler, basketball player
• Donald Driver, retired football player
• Tyler Duffey, baseball Player
• Adam Dunn, baseball player^[77]
• Aaron Durley, basketball player^[78]
• Amanda Felder, triathlete
• George Foreman, boxer^[79]
• Eddie Foster, NFL player^[80]
• A. J. Foyt, auto racer^[81]
• Andrew Friedman, MLB executive
• Zina Garrison, tennis player, born in Houston; resident of Missouri City, Texas^[82]
• Donovan Greer, football player^[83]
• 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^[84]
• Will Harris, MLB relief pitcher who played for the Houston Astros^[85]
• D. J. Hayden, professional football player, Oakland Raiders
• Warrick Holdman, football player^[86]
• Jonathan Horton, gymnast^[87]
• Jalen Hurts, football player^[88]
• Germain Ifedi, football player
• Steve Jackson, former defensive back who is currently the senior offensive assistant for the Atlanta Falcons
• Craig James, football player^[89]
• Brandon Jordan, football player^[90]
• DeAndre Jordan, basketball player
• Kaitlyn, wrestler^[91]
• Joshua Kalu, football player^[92]
• Scott Kazmir, MLB pitcher who played for the Houston Astros^[93]
• Greg Kindle, football player^[94]
• Gary Kubiak, football coach
• Iris Kyle, ten-time overall Ms. Olympia professional bodybuilder^[95]
• Rashard Lewis, basketball player^[96]
• Tara Lipinski, figure skater, Olympic gold medalist, from Sugar Land^[97]
• Denzel Livingston (born 1993), basketball player for Hapoel Kfar Saba of the Israeli Liga Leumit^[98]
• James Loney, baseball player^[99]
• Andrew Luck, football player^[100]
• Marie Mahoney, outfielder, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player^[101]
• 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^[102]
• Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Josh Pastner, college basketball coach
• Andy Pettitte, former MLB pitcher from Deer Park, Texas, who played for the Houston Astros^[103]
• Gene Phillips, basketball player^[104]
• Mel Renfro, football player^[105]
• Mary Lou Retton, gymnast, 1984 Olympic gold medalist
• Cody Risien, football player^[106]
• Taylor Rochestie (born 1985) American-Montenegrin player in the Israel Basketball Premier League^[107]
• Michael Russell, tennis player^[108]
• Kevin Schwantz, motorcycle racer^[109]
• Bob Smith, football player^[110]
• David Starr, auto racer^[111]
• Kohl Stewart, professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins^[112]
• 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^[113]
• Mike Swick, UFC fighter^[114]
• Thurman Thomas, football player from Missouri City, Texas^[115]
• Tyler Thornburg, baseball player
• Justin Tucker, football player (kicker)
• Will Vest, Professional Baseball Player
• Billy Wade, auto racer^[116]
• Bones Weatherly, football player^[117]
• Kaitlyn Weaver, Olympic ice dancer
• Ruston Webster, Scout for the Atlanta Falcons
• Kip Wells, baseball player^[118]
• Billy Welu, professional bowler
• Reggie White, football player^[119]
• Alfred Williams, football player^[120]
• Willie Williams, football player^[121]
• Woody Williams, former MLB pitcher who played for the Houston Astros^[122]
• George Wright, football player^[123]
• James Young, football player^[124]
• Joe Young, basketball player
• Vince Young, football player^[125]
• Ben Uzoh (born 1988), guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New Jersey Nets; graduated from Earl Warren High School in 2006^[126]

Other[edit]

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

See also[edit]

• List of people from Texas

References[edit]