List of people from Fort Worth, Texas

The following are people of note who were born in, live in, or have formerly resided in Fort Worth, Texas.

Sports

 * Lance Cole Barrett (born 1984), Major League Baseball umpire
 * Tom Buckman (born 1947), professional football player
 * Beau Burrows (born 1996), MLB pitcher
 * Chennedy Carter (born 1998), professional basketball player for Atlanta Dream
 * Raymond Clayborn (born 1955), NFL football player
 * Kyle Crick, professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
 * Donald Curry, former undisputed world welterweight boxing champion
 * John Douglas (1945–2005), NFL player
 * Brandon Finnegan, professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Monarchs
 * Jack Haden (1914–1996), football player
 * Phil Handler (1908–1968), NFL football player and coach
 * Brad Hawpe (born 1979), professional baseball player
 * Irv Hill (1908–1978), American football running back in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals and Boston Redskins
 * Brock Holt (born 1988), professional baseball player
 * Rogers Hornsby (1896–1963), Hall of Fame baseball player
 * Keith Langford, professional basketball player
 * Yale Lary (1930–2017), Football Hall of Famer
 * Rod Manuel (born 1974), football player
 * Rags Matthews (1905–1999), football player for TCU
 * Suzanne Mitchell, director of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
 * Jeff Newman, MLB All-Star baseball player and manager
 * William Paulus, swimmer and former world record holder in the 100m Butterfly
 * Hunter Pence (born 1983), MLB baseball player
 * Mike Renfro (born 1955), former NFL player
 * Bryan Reynolds (born June 28, 2001), professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Serie A club Roma and the United States national team
 * Chuck Reynolds (born 1946), football player
 * Mike Richardson (born 1946), NFL player
 * A'Shawn Robinson (born 1995), NFL player; attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth
 * John Roderick (born 1944), professional football player
 * Johnny Rutherford (born 1938), race car driver, three-time winner of Indy 500
 * Denise Rutkowski (born 1961), professional bodybuilder
 * By Saam (1914–2000), sportscaster
 * Annie Sanders (born 2007), professional rock climber
 * Kelly Shoppach (born 1980), Major League Baseball catcher (2005–2013)
 * Slick (1957–), WWE wrestling manager
 * AJ Smith-Shawver, professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
 * Hurley Tarver (born 1975), football player
 * Jeana Yeager (born 1952), broke distance records during her (and Dick Rutan's) 1986 nonstop flight around the world in an experimental Voyager

Politics and law

 * Lawrence A. Alexander (born 1943 in Fort Worth), law professor
 * Betty Andujar (1912–1997), first Republican woman in Texas State Senate (1973–1983)
 * H.S. Broiles (1845–1913), 6th Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas
 * Joel Burns (born 1969), politician
 * Reby Cary (1920–2018), educator, historian, and member of the Texas House of Representatives
 * L. Clifford Davis (born 1924), civil rights attorney and judge
 * Charlie Geren (born 1949), member of Texas House of Representatives from District 99 in Tarrant County
 * Pete Geren (born 1952), former member of U.S. House of Representatives; former U.S. Secretary of the Army; director of Sid W. Richardson Foundation
 * Craig Goldman (born 1968), member of Texas House of Representatives from District 97 in Fort Worth
 * Kay Granger (born 1943), U.S. Representative and former mayor of Fort Worth
 * John Hodgson (fl. 2022), Kentucky state representative born in Fort Worth
 * Debra Lehrmann, Texas Supreme Court justice, Place 3
 * Joe K. Longley, former President of the Texas State Bar
 * Lorraine Miller, first woman president of the NAACP, Interim president and CEO, 2014
 * John T. Montford (born 1943), businessman and former member of the Texas Senate
 * "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890–1969), Governor of Texas, U.S. Senator and radio personality
 * Bill Owens (born 1950), former Governor of Colorado (1999–2007)
 * Hugh Parmer (1939–2020), mayor of Fort Worth 1977 to 1979; member of both houses of Texas State Legislature
 * Bennett Ratliff (born 1961), state representative from District 115 in Dallas County; civil engineer
 * Tom Schieffer (born 1947), U.S. Ambassador to Japan, candidate for governor
 * Mark M. Shelton (born 1956), pediatrician and politician
 * Jonathan Stickland (born 1983), state representative from Tarrant County
 * Bascom N. Timmons (1890–1987), journalist and political advisor
 * Daniel E. Walker (1927–2009), civil servant, rescued remains of flag burned in protest at 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas
 * Jim Wright (1922–2015), U.S. Congressman from Texas and Speaker of the House

Film and television

 * Adrienne Ames (1907–1947), actress
 * Texas Rose Bascom (1922–1993), film and television actress, National Cowgirl Hall of Fame inductee 1981
 * Patricia Blair (1933–2013), actress
 * Wes Brown (born 1982), actor
 * Betty Buckley (born 1947), Tony Award-winning actress
 * Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress, married to Steven Spielberg
 * Julio Cedillo (born 1970), actor, raised in Fort Worth
 * Candy Clark (born 1947), Oscar-nominated actress
 * Kenneth Copeland (born 1936), televangelist
 * Noah Cottrell, actor
 * Shelley Duvall (1949-2024), actress
 * George Eads (born 1967), actor
 * Richard Gilliland (1950–2021), actor best known as JD Shackleford in Designing Women
 * Judy Graubart (born 1943), actress, The Electric Company
 * Larry Hagman (1931–2012), actor, son of actress Mary Martin, played J.R. Ewing in Dallas
 * Bug Hall (born 1985), actor
 * Harriet Sansom Harris (born 1955), actress, Frasier, Desperate Housewives
 * Martha Hyer (1924–2014), Oscar-nominated actress
 * Jesse Jane (1980-2024), pornographic actor
 * Benton Jennings, actor
 * Candace Kita, actress and model
 * Wallace Langham (born 1965), actor, The Larry Sanders Show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and CSI: Vegas
 * David Mann (born 1966), actor, comedian and gospel singer
 * Tamela Mann (born 1966), actor, singer and songwriter
 * Lisa McRee (born 1961), television journalist
 * Leighton Meester (born 1986), actress
 * Lynn Merrick (1919–2007), actress
 * Dan Hewitt Owens (born 1947), actor
 * Fess Parker (1924–2010), actor
 * Bill Paxton (1955–2017), actor, starred in Titanic, Frailty, TV series Big Love; attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth
 * Richard Rawlings (born 1969), entrepreneur and reality television star
 * Rex Reed (born 1938), film critic, actor, television host
 * Rod Roddy (1937–2003), television announcer on game shows, like Press Your Luck & The Price is Right
 * Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress and dancer who moved to Fort Worth at age 9; attended Central (Paschal) High School
 * Bob Schieffer (born 1937), journalist, CBS Evening News anchor and Face the Nation host
 * Michael "Bear" Taliferro (1961–2006), actor
 * Hunter Tylo (born 1962), actress
 * Lisa Whelchel (born 1963), actress, The Facts of Life
 * Keith L. Williams, actor
 * Van Williams (1934–2016), actor, The Green Hornet
 * Morgan Woodward (1925–2019), actor, Dallas and Cool Hand Luke
 * Carlson Young (born 1990), actress, Scream

Military

 * Horace S. Carswell Jr. (1916–1944), USAAF, KIA World War II; posthumous Medal of Honor recipient; namesake of Carswell Air Force Base
 * Robert David Law (September 15, 1944 – February 22, 1969), Medal of Honor recipient
 * Charles F. Pendleton, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient for actions in the Korea War; R. L. Paschal High School, Class of 1953
 * William C. Rogers III (born 1938), United States Navy Captain of the USS Vincennes; involved in the shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655

Music

 * Trey Anastasio (born 1964), guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish
 * Gerry Beckley (born 1952), singer-songwriter, founding member of the band America
 * Leon Bridges (born 1989), soul singer and Grammy nominee
 * T-Bone Burnett (born 1948), Oscar-winning songwriter, record producer, musician
 * Kelly Clarkson (born 1982), Grammy winning singer, original American Idol winner, Emmy winner talk show host
 * Van Cliburn (1934–2013), pianist
 * Ornette Coleman (1930–2015), jazz musician
 * Jeff Current, lead singer of Against All Will
 * Bobby Day (1928–1990), musician
 * John Denver (born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., 1943–1997), singer-songwriter
 * Johnny Dowd (born 1948), musician
 * Manet Harrison Fowler (1895–1976), singer, music educator, painter
 * Kirk Franklin (born 1970), gospel singer and producer
 * Pat Green (born 1972), country musician
 * Marcus Haddock (born 1957 in Fort Worth), opera singer
 * Derek Hames (born 1979 in Fort Worth), record producer, singer, songwriter, and musician
 * Taylor Hawkins (1972–2022), drummer for Foo Fighters
 * Julius Hemphill (1938–1995), jazz composer and saxophone player
 * iayze, rapper and songwriter
 * Ronald Shannon Jackson (1940–2013), jazz drummer
 * Cody Jinks, country music singer-songwriter
 * Prince Lasha (William Lawsha) (1929–2008), jazz saxophonist and flutist
 * Vaden Todd Lewis (born 1965), lead vocalist and guitarist for the rock band Toadies
 * Samuel S. Losh (1884–1943), vocalist, composer, and music educator
 * Kirstin Maldonado (born 1992), singer-songwriter
 * Delbert McClinton (born 1940), singer-songwriter
 * Roger Miller (1936–1992), singer-songwriter
 * Gary Morris (born 1948), singer
 * Oh, Sleeper, heavy metal band
 * Clay Perry (born 1990), songwriter and recording artist
 * Dewey Redman (1931–2006), free jazz saxophonist
 * Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997), country music singer-songwriter
 * William Walker (1931–2010), opera singer and director

Academics and writing

 * Mel Bradford (1934–1993), literary critic
 * Heloise Bowles Cruse (1919–1977), syndicated columnist, Hints from Heloise
 * James T. Draper, Jr. (born 1935), author, Baptist leader
 * Clare B. Dunkle (born 1964), author, librarian
 * Beth Haller, journalism professor
 * Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr Ripley
 * Lillian B. Horace (1880–1965), author, educator, librarian
 * Dan Jenkins (1929–2019), sports journalist and author
 * Sally Jenkins (born 1960), sports journalist and author
 * Mary Daggett Lake (1880–1955), historian, botanist, and educator
 * Robert L. Lynn (1931–2020), journalist, poet, and retired college president
 * Blanche McVeigh (1895–1970), printmaker and art educator
 * Hazel Harvey Peace (1907–2008), educator, activist, and humanitarian
 * Theresa A. Powell (1952–2023), academic administrator
 * Ben H. Procter (1927–2012), historian
 * Rex Reed (born 1938), film critic
 * Lenora Rolla (1904–2001), activist, educator, and historian
 * Jennie Scott Scheuber (1860–1944), public library pioneer and Fort Worth's first librarian
 * Liz Smith (1923–2017), journalist, syndicated columnist
 * Blake R. Van Leer (1897–1956), colonel, civil rights icon, and president of Georgia Institute of Technology

Science

 * Alan Bean (1932–2018), artist, retired NASA astronaut (1981); R. L. Paschal High School, Class of 1950; carried Paschal High School's flag to the Moon
 * Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921–2006), biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1984
 * Clyde Snow (1928–2014), forensic anthropologist

Business and philanthropy

 * Sid Bass (born 1943), billionaire, Sundance Square developer, major stockholder in The Walt Disney Company
 * Electra Carlin (1912–2000), art dealer
 * Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), civic booster, philanthropist, creator and publisher of Fort Worth Star-Telegram
 * T. Cullen Davis (born 1933), millionaire tried and acquitted for 1976 murders of Stan Farr and Andrea Wilborn
 * Edna Gladney (1886–1961), founder of Edna Gladney Home
 * Brad Hunstable (born 1978), founder of Ustream
 * Hazel Vaughn Leigh (1897–1995), founder of the Fort Worth Boys Club
 * Bill Noël (1914–1987), oil industrialist and philanthropist from Odessa, born in Fort Worth
 * Sid W. Richardson (1891–1959), oilman, cattleman and philanthropist
 * Lucille Elizabeth Bishop Smith (1892–1985), entrepreneur, chef, and inventor
 * A. Latham Staples (born 1977), CEO of EXUSMED, civil rights activist and founder of Empowering Spirits Foundation

Other

 * Ma Beland (1870–1952), leader of a crime family involved in narcotics
 * Cattle Annie (1882–1978), female bandit, lived in Fort Worth 1910–1912
 * Mark David Chapman (born 1955), killer of John Lennon
 * Brown Harwood (1891–1963), realtor and leader in the Ku Klux Klan
 * Opal Lee, activist promoting the Juneteenth federal holiday
 * G. Craige Lewis (born 1969), Christian minister
 * Lee Harvey Oswald (1939–1963), accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy
 * Gretchen Polhemus, Miss Texas USA 1989 and Miss USA 1989
 * Skratch (born 1972), pinstripe artist and fabricator
 * Soapy Smith (1860–1898), infamous con man who started his career in Fort Worth
 * Randy Souders (born 1954), visual artist and disability rights advocate