HOUSTON AREA BORN AND RAISED:
Red Adair (born 1915, died 2004); legendary oil well firefighter
Reagan High
Yolanda Adams (born 1962); gospel singer
Sterling High; graduated 1979
Debbie Allen (born 1950); dancer/actress: "Fame"
Yates High; graduated 1967
Wes Anderson (born 1969); film director: "The Royal Tennenbuams", "Rushmore"
St.John's High
Don "Red" Barry (born 1912, died 1980); actor: star of westerns, "The Adventures of Red Ryder", "Surfside 6"
Frank Bielec (Sealy); designer; TV personality: "Trading Spaces"
Lisa Hartman Black (born 1956); singer/actress: "Knots Landing"
Long Middle High, Sharpstown High and High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; graduated 1974
Married to Houston-raised Clint Black
Alexis Bledel (born 1981); actress: "Gilmore Girls", "Tuck Everlasting", "Sin City", "The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants"
St. Agnes Academy
Matthew Bomer (born 1977) (Spring); actor: "Traveler", "Tru Calling"
Klein High; graduated 1996
Started his acting career at Houston's Alley Theater
Blue October; Rock band
Chad Brannon (Tomball) (born 1979); actor: "General Hospital"
Tomball High; graduated 1997
Jonathan Breck (Spring) (born 1965); actor: the creeper in "Jeepers Creepers" and "Jeepers Creepers 2"
Lauren Bush (born 1984); model
attended the Kincaid School
Mark Calaway (born 1962); professional wrestler; WWF's "The Undertaker"
Waltrip High
Kimberly Caldwell (Katy) (born 1982); "American Idol" finalist, TV Guide Channel host
Chamillionaire; real name Hakeem Seriki (born 1979); rapper
Denton A. Cooley (born 1920); world-renowned heart surgeon, founder of the Texas Heart Institute
Kathryn Grant Crosby (born 1933); actress: "Anatomy of a Murder", "
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad"
Wife of Bing Crosby
Rodney Crowell (born 1950); singer/songwriter
Brett Cullen (born 1956); actor: "Falcon Crest", "LOST", "Ugly Betty", "Friday Night Lights", "The Replacements", "Apollo 13", "Desperate Housewives", "The West Wing"
Madison High; graduated 1974
Támar Davis R&B/pop/soul singer
As a child was a member of Girl's Tyme which later became Destiny's Child.
Michael Dell (born 1965) founder of Dell Computers
Memorial High
Loretta Devine (born 1949); actress: "Waiting To Exhale", "I Am Sam", "Boston Public"
Aldine-Carver High; graduated 1967
Haylie Duff (born 1985); actress: "Napoleon Dynamite", "7th Heaven" (raised in Houston, San Antonio & L.A.)
Hilary Duff (born 1987); pop singer/actress: "Lizzie McGuire", "Agent Cody Banks", "A Cinderella Story" (raised in Houston, San Antonio & L.A.)
Shelly Duvall (born 1949); actress: "The Shining", "3 Women", "Popeye"
Waltrip High; graduated 1967
Terri Ellis; R&B/pop singer; member of EnVogue
Worthing High; graduated 1982
Sean Faris (born 1982): actor; "Life As We Know It", "Reunion", "Yours, Mine and Ours" (raised in Houston until age 12, then moved to Ohio)
Updated Andy Fickman; Director: "The Game Plan", "She's The Man"
A.J. Foyt (born 1935); auto racing legend; Four-time Indy 500 Winner
Robert Foxworth (born 1941); actor: "Falcon Crest", "Six Feet Under"
Lamar High; graduated 1960
Billy Gibbons (born 1949); musician; ZZ Top
Teresa Graves (born 1948, died 2002); actress: "Get Christie Love!", "Laugh-In"
Updated Joanne King Herring; former Houston talk show host, socialite
Jennifer Holliday (born 1960); Broadway star
Washington High; graduated 1978
Howard Hughes (born 1905, died 1977); film producer/director, aviator
(Hughes' grave site located at Glenwood Cemetery on Washington Ave. near downtown Houston)
Jack Ingram (born 1970); country singer
Woodlands High School
Mike Jones; rapper
Barbara Jordan (born 1936, died 1996); U.S. Congresswoman
Wheatly High; graduated 1952
Robert Earl Keen (born 1957); country singer
Beyoncé Knowles (born 1981); actress/R&B singer: Destiny's Child, "Austin Powers in Goldmember", "The Pink Panther", "Dreamgirls"
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; graduated 2000
Solange Knowles (born 1986); R&B singer/actress: "Johnson Family Vacation", "Bring It On 3"
Lil' Flip; real name Wesley Weston (born 1981); rapper
Worthing High; graduated 1999
Richard Linklater (Bellaire) (born 1960); director; "The School of Rock", "Dazed & Confused"
Bellaire High
Lyle Lovett (Klein) (born 1957); country singer
Klein High
LeToya Luckett (born 1981); R&B singer
Tanisha Lynn (born 1978); actress: "All My Children"
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Peter Masterson (born 1934); actor/director/screenwriter: "The Stepford Wives" (1975), "The Exorcist", "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (writer), "The Trip to Bountiful" (director)
Father of actress Mary Stuart Masterson
Natalie (Clear Lake) (born 1979); R&B singer
A former Houston Rockets Power Dancer
John Norris (born 1959); MTV News correspondent
Renée O'Connor (Katy) (born 1971); actress: "Xena: Warrior Princess"
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; graduated 1989
Barbara Olsen (born 1955, died 2001, victim of Sept. 11); author/TV commentator; "Politically Incorrect" panelist
Waltrip High
Renee Olstead (born 1989); actress/singer: "Still Standing", "13 Going On 30", "Space Cowboys"
Annette O'Toole (born 1954); actress: "Smallville", "48 Hrs.", "Superman III" (raised in Houston until age 13, then moved to CA)
Updated Damon Pampolina (Clear Lake) (born 1975); former mousekeeter and member of the '90s pop group The Party
Dennis Quaid (Bellaire) (born 1954); actor: "The Right Stuff", "Any Given Sunday", "Frequency", "Yours, Mine and Ours"
Bellaire High; graduated 1972
Randy Quaid (Bellaire) (born 1950); actor: "National Lampoon's Vacation, "Independence Day"
Bellaire High; graduated 1967
Leven Rambin (born 1990); actress: "All My Children"
Attended St. Francis Episcopal Day School.
Granddaughter of J. Howard Rambin, Jr., former president and CEO of Texaco.
Sister of Mary Rambin, fashion designer of Moë handbags.
Her father is founder of Keep Houston Beautiful.
Lexie Randall (Galena Park) (born 1980); Child actress of the '80s and '90s: "Sarah, Plain and Tall", "Designing Women", "The War"
Dan Rather (born 1931); journalist, former CBS news anchorman
Reagan High; graduated 1950
Phylicia Rashad (born 1948); actress; "The Cosby Show"
Yates High; graduated 1966
Kenny Rogers(born 1938); country singer
Davis High; graduated 1956
Allison Sarofim (born 1971); New York socialite
Tommy Schlamme (born 1950); director/producer: "The West Wing", "Ally McBeal", "Spin City", "Invasion", "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"
Joan Severance (born 1958); actress: "The Love Boat: The Next Wave", "Bird On A Wire", "Wiseguy"
Westbury High; graduated 1977
Slim Thug (born 1982); rapper
Anna Nicole Smith (born 1967, died 2007); model/actress/TV personality (born in Houston, raised in Mexia, TX, but returned to Houston)
Married Houston oilman J. Howard Marshall
Jaclyn Smith (born 1947); actress: "Charlie's Angels", host of Bravo's "Sheer Genius"
Lamar High; graduated 1964
Brent Spiner (Bellaire) (born 1949); actor: "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Bellaire High; graduated 1962
Patrick Swayze (born 1952); actor: "Dirty Dancing", "Ghost"
Waltrip High; graduated 1971
Mark L. Taylor (Garden Villas) (born 1954); actor: "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids", "Arachnophobia"; appearances on "Melrose Place", "Summerland" and "Desperate Housewives"; well known character actor
Steve Tyrell ;music producer/composer/singer
Brooke Valentine (born 1986); R&B singer
Jack Valenti (born 1921, died 2007); Longtime President of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Hollywood Lobbyist
Paul Wall (born 1980); rapper
Jersey Village High School; graduated 1998
Isaiah Washington (born 1963); actor: "Grey's Anatomy", "Romeo Must Die", "Hollywood Homicide"
Willowridge High; graduated 1981
JoBeth Williams (born 1948); actress: "Poltergiest", "The Big Chill"
Jones High; graduated 1966
Chandra Wilson (born 1969); actress: "Grey's Anatomy"
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Lynn Wyatt international socialite
San Jacinto High
Renée Zellweger (Katy) (born 1969); actress: "Bridget Jones's Diary", "Nurse Betty", "Chicago"
Katy High; graduated 1987
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BORN IN HOUSTON, RAISED ELSEWHERE:
Shannon Elizabeth (born 1973); actress: "American Pie", Scary Movie" (raised in Waco, TX)
Jennifer Garner (born 1972); actress; "Alias", "13 Going On 30", "Daredevil" (raised in Charleston, WV)
Greg Germann (born 1962); actor; "Ally McBeal" (raised in Colorado)
Meredith MacRea (born 1944, died 2000); singer/actress; "Petticoat Junction" (raised in CA)
Barbara Mandrell (born 1948) country singer/actress (at age 7 her family relocated to CA)
Meredith Monroe (born 1970); actress; "Dawson's Creek" (raised in Hinsdale, Illinois)
Michael Nesmith (born 1942); musician/actor; "The Monkees" (raised in Dallas, TX)
Hybrid Mode
