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