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List of people from Houston

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Houston skyline

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

Entertainment, arts, and media personalities

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Beyoncé
Hilary Duff
Jennifer Garner
Billy Gibbons
Jim Parsons
Kenny Rogers
Travis Scott
Megan Thee Stallion
Patrick Swayze
Paul Wall


Business, government, law, and military

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Mary Kay Ash
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
Michael Dell
Kathy Whitmire

Religion

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Yolanda Adams

Science

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Robert Woodrow Wilson

Athletics

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Simone Biles
Roger Clemens
Sydney Colson
Jimmy Demaret
Clyde Drexler
George Foreman
Zina Garrison
Brittney Griner
Andrew Luck
Chiney Ogwumike
Andy Pettitte
Mary Lou Retton
Vince Young

Other

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

See also

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References

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