Talk:List of people from Texas

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Listing by Letters

I would like to suggest to add the subcategory of listing last names by their first letter. That way it would more likely be in alphabetical order by default. --Doctorkc (talk) 06:55, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Luttrell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Red_Wing He is a pretty well known Texan, a Navy SEAL, he wrote the book Lone Survivor, and he is the only survivor of Operation Red Wing. I think he should be added to the list of people from Texas. Bah, I forgot to sign in. Nevermind -> --Luis Marrero (talk) 00:46, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. I think I can hear crickets chirping. --Luis Marrero (talk) 01:31, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Phil McGraw

Phil McGraw keeps being re-added to this list. He was born in Oklahoma, spent a portion of his childhood in Texas, then returned to Oklahoma to go to high school and college. I'm not sure what the definition of "significant portion of their life" is, but since the majority of his life has been spent outside of Texas and he was not born there, I don't think he should be listed as being from Texas. 12.40.5.69 (talk) 18:05, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

the Texan President

Why is it that the President had a qualifier following his name, but President George H. W. Bush does not? President Bush has spent a smaller percentage of his life in Texas than his son. Is it so important that the President was not born in Texas? -Acjelen 13:31, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Acjelen, while working on various state pages I've noticed that other states will claim a person, even though they were not born there, if they have spent a significant amount of time in that state. I think most of the people listed on this page, with the exception of the Founders and such, were born in Texas. I think it's okay if someone who is not a native Texan, but claims Texas as their home can be listed. Don't you think? maltmomma 15:56, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

You misunderstand me, Maltmomma. When I first discovered this list, of all the people listed who weren't born in Texas, only the President had his place of birth given. His father, General Houston, the Austins all listed without place of birth. Since I couldn't see why it is so important that the President, in particular, was not born in Texas, I erased that information. Now all are equally Texans. I hope that clears this up. -Acjelen 04:08, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I apologize, I did misunderstand you. That's easy to do sometimes in writing. :-) The president doesn't need a qualifier after his name, you're absolutely right. maltmomma 12:56, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

Famous Texas women

I'm not quite sure why this should be a a distinct category. A notable Texas woman is a notable Texan. I'm not removing it for now, but I wonder if those presently listed there could be recategorized according to their accomplishments. . . . Emoll 21:45, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Grady Little

Grady Little should not be in here under "Infamous Texans", with murderers and criminals. --76.184.153.39 04:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Famous Texas women

"Sandy Cheeks is a fictional character from the children's TV show SpongeBob SquarePants."

Is this really a legimate "Famous Texas Woman," I don't think so. --ProdigySportsman 01:40, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with ProdigySportsman --Doctorkc (talk) 06:59, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Carroll Shelby

Why no love for Shelby? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.0.108.74 (talk) 18:39, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

James H Clark of Silicon Valley fame

Dear Wikipedia Personnel, I did not see James H Clark entered into the Business or Sci/Tech section, This guy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Clark

thanks Frank Brazile Fbrazile (talk) 00:26, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cheryl Casone

According to these sources [1][2][3], Casone is originally from Texas. 24.243.60.213 (talk) 16:23, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unmaintainable list

There are 25million + people in Texas. Is this article seriously an attempt to list every single notable person amongst them?? --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 23:33, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Too many missing for this to be considered objective

I cursory review of the lists reveals that many well known Texans are omitted...for example US District Court Judge and former prominent Texas legislator Rob Junell who was well known as a democrat who supported the second President Bush, Richard Lineback, a motion picutre and television actor raised in Austin, who has had roles in shows from the original Dallas to MASH to Star Trek The Next Generation and Star Trek Enterprise, and movies including the original Speed. Additionally, several local politicians are listed, but many of note are omitted. This article needs extensive revision. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.12.75.132 (talk) 20:16, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Name Change?

'List of people from Texas' is a misleading name. It implies that this is a list of every single person from Texas. Shouldn't the title be 'List of notable Texans', or something along those lines? Lemonade.oppenheimer (talk) 16:42, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]