Famous People from Houston, Texas

• Adair, Red

  Oil well firefighting legend

• Anderson, Wes

  Director of Rushmore and Moonrise Kingdom

• Chamillionaire

  Rapper who did the hit song "Ridin'"

• Destiny's Child

  R&B singers of the hit "Say My Name"

• Duff, Hilary

  TV's Lizzie McGuire

• Elizabeth, Shannon

  The sexy exchange student in the movie American Pie

• Foyt, A. J.

  Four-time Indy 500 Winner

• Garner, Jennifer

  Superspy Sydney Bristow in TV's Alias

• Glasper, Robert

  The jazz pianist who did 'Black Radio'

• House, Edward M. "Colonel"

  Woodrow Wilson's advisor at the Paris Peace Conference

• Hughes, Howard

  The 20th century's famous billionaire aviator, businessman and recluse

• Jones, Mike

  Houston-grown rapper of the single "Still Tippin'"

• Knowles, Beyoncé

  Singer of "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"

• Koresh, David

  Founder of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas

• Linklater, Richard

  Director of Slackers and School of Rock

• Mandrell, Barbara

  Multi-talented leader of the Mandrell Sisters

• Nesmith, Michael

  The tall Monkee in the wool watch cap

• Osteen, Joel

  The megachurch pastor who wrote Your Best Life Now

• Parsons, Jim

  The fussy physicist Sheldon on TV's The Big Bang Theory

• Quaid, Dennis

  Star of the baseball hero movie The Rookie

• Quaid, Randy

  The National Lampoon's Vacation star who was later arrested again and again

• Rogers, Kenny

  The country star who sang "The Gambler"

• Swayze, Patrick

  Hunky star of Dirty Dancing and Ghost

• Washington, Isaiah

  The guy who got fired from Grey's Anatomy

See also: Born in Texas