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{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2015}}The following are people of note who were born in, live in, or have formerly resided in Fort Worth, Texas. - Brandon Finnegan, professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
- Jay Boy Adams (born 1949 in Fort Worth), singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- Randy Alexander (born 1951 in Fort Worth), Republican member of Arkansas House of Representatives from Springdale, Arkansas
- Adrienne Ames (1907–1947), actress
- Gretchen Polhemus, Miss Texas USA 1989 and Miss USA 1989
- Betty Andujar (1912–1997), first Republican woman in Texas State Senate (1973–1983)
- B W Aston (1936–2010), historian
- Lance Cole Barrett (born 1984 in Fort Worth), Major League Baseball umpire
- Sid Bass (born 1943), billionaire, Sundance Square developer, major stockholder in The Walt Disney Company
- 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.
- Big Lurch (born 1976), rapper, serving a life sentence for murder and cannibalism
- Patricia Blair (1933–2013), actress
- Mel Bradford (born 1934), literary critic
- Leon Bridges (born 1989), soul singer and Grammy nominee
- Betty Buckley (born 1947), Tony Award-winning actress
- Tom Buckman (born 1947), professional football player
- T-Bone Burnett (born 1948), Oscar-winning songwriter, record producer, musician
- Mike Renfro (NFL football player) born in Fort Worth, Texas, 1955. Graduated from Arlington Heights HS & TCU
- Joel Burns (born 1969), politician
- Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress, married to Steven Spielberg
- Electra Carlin (1912–2000), art dealer
- Major Horace Seaver "Stump" Carswell, Junior (1916–1944), USAAF, KIA World War II; posthumous Medal of Honor recipient; the former Carswell Air Force Base was his namesake.
- Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), civic booster, philanthropist, creator and publisher of Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Reby Cary (1920–2018), educator, historian, and member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Cattle Annie (1882–1978), female bandit, lived in Fort Worth 1910 to 1912
- Julio Cedillo (born 1970), actor, raised in Fort Worth
- Mark David Chapman (born 1955), killed John Lennon
- Candy Clark (born 1947), Oscar-nominated actress
- Kelly Clarkson (born 1982), singer, first "American Idol winner
- Raymond Clayborn (born 1955), NFL football player
- Van Cliburn (1934–2013), pianist
- Ornette Coleman (1930–2015), jazz musician
- Kenneth Copeland (born 1936), televangelist
- Heloise Bowles Cruse (1919–1977), syndicated columnist, Hints from Heloise
- Jeff Current, lead singer of Against All Will
- L. Clifford Davis (born 1927), civil rights attorney, judge[1]
- T. Cullen Davis (born 1933), millionaire tried and acquitted for 1976 murders of Stan Farr and Andrea Wilborn
- Bobby Day (1928–1990), musician
- John Denver (born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., 1943–1997), singer-songwriter; attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth.
- John Douglas (1945–2005), NFL player
- Johnny Dowd (born 1948), musician
- James T. Draper, Jr. (born 1935), author, Baptist leader
- Clare B. Dunkle (born 1964), author, librarian
- Jack Favor (1911–1988), rodeo star falsely imprisoned for two murders in Louisiana in 1967 and exonerated in 1974
- Manet Harrison Fowler (1895-1976), singer, music educator, painter
- Kirk Franklin (born 1970), gospel singer and producer
- 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
- Edna Gladney (1886–1961), founder of Edna Gladney Home
- 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
- Judy Graubart (born 1943), actress, The Electric Company
- Pat Green (born 1972), country musician
- Marcus Haddock (born 1957 in Fort Worth), opera singer
- Jack Haden (1914–1996), American football player
- Larry Hagman (1931–2012), actor, son of actress Mary Martin, played J.R. Ewing in Dallas
- Beth Haller, journalism professor
- Phil Handler (1908–1968), NFL football player and coach
- Harriet Sansom Harris (born 1955), actress, Frasier, Desperate Housewives
- Brown Harwood (1891-1963), realtor and leader in the Ku Klux Klan
- Brad Hawpe (born 1979), professional baseball player
- Taylor Hawkins (born 1972), drummer for Foo Fighters
- Julius Hemphill (1938–1995), jazz composer and saxophone player
- Irv Hill (1908-1978), American football running back in the National Football League for the Chicago Cardinals and Boston Redskins
- Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr Ripley
- Brock Holt (born 1988), professional baseball player
- Rogers Hornsby (1896–1963), Hall of Fame baseball player
- Brad Hunstable (born 1978), founder of Ustream
- Martha Hyer (1924-2014), Oscar-nominated actress
- Ronald Shannon Jackson (born 1940), jazz drummer
- Dan Jenkins (1929–2019), sports journalist and author
- Sally Jenkins (born 1960), sports journalist and author
- Benton Jennings, actor
- Candace Kita, actress and model
- Matt Krause, state representative from District 93 since 2013
- Mary Daggett Lake (1880–1955), historian, botanist, and educator
- Keith Langford, professional basketball player
- Yale Lary (1930-2017), Football Hall of Famer
- Specialist Robert David Law (September 15, 1944–February 22, 1969), Medal of Honor recipient; born in Fort Worth.
- Debra Lehrmann, Texas Supreme Court justice, Place 3
- Hazel Vaughn Leigh (1897-1995), founder of the Fort Worth Boys Club
- G. Craige Lewis (born 1969), Christian minister
- Samuel S. Losh (1884-1943), vocalist, composer, and music educator
- Robert L. Lynn (born 1931), journalist, poet, and retired college president
- David Mann (born 1966), actor, comedian and gospel singer
- Tamela Mann (born 1966), actor, singer and songwriter
- Rod Manuel (born 1974), football player
- Lisa McRee (born 1961), television journalist
- Blanche McVeigh (1895-1970), printmaker and art educator
- Leighton Meester (born 1986), actress
- Lynn Merrick (1919-2007), actress
- Lawrence E. Meyers (born 1947), judge of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals since 1993
- Lorraine Miller, first woman president of the NAACP, Interim president and CEO, March 2014[2]
- Roger Miller (1936–1992), singer-songwriter
- John T. Montford (born 1943), businessman from San Antonio; politician from Lubbock, educated in Austin, born in Fort Worth
- Jeff Newman, MLB All-Star baseball player and manager
- Ashlee Nino, dancer, drummer, fashion designer, model, actress
- Bill Noël (born 1914), oil industrialist and philanthropist from Odessa, born in Fort Worth
- "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890–1969), Governor of Texas, U.S. Senator and radio personality
- Lee Harvey Oswald (1939–1963), accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy
- Bill Owens (born 1950), former Governor of Colorado (1999–2007)
- Dan Hewitt Owens (born 1947), actor
- Fess Parker (1924–2010), actor
- Hugh Parmer (born 1939), mayor of Fort Worth 1977 to 1979; member of both houses of Texas State Legislature
- William Paulus, swimmer and former world record holder in the 100m Butterfly
- Bill Paxton (1955–2017), actor, starred in Titanic, Frailty, TV series Big Love
- Hazel Harvey Peace (1907–2008) educator, activist, and humanitarian
- Corporal Charles Frank Pendleton, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient for actions in the Korea War; R. L. Paschal High School, Class of 1953.
- Prince Lasha (William Lawsha) (born 1929), jazz saxophonist and flutist
- Ben H. Procter (1927–2012), historian
- Bennett Ratliff (born 1961), state representative from District 115 in Dallas County; civil engineer
- Dewey Redman (1931–2006), free jazz saxophonist
- Rex Reed (born 1938), film critic
- Chuck Reynolds (born 1946), football player
- Mike Richardson (born 1946), NFL player
- Sid W. Richardson (1891–1959), oilman, cattleman and philanthropist
- Rod Roddy (1937–2003), television announcer on The Price is Right
- John Roderick (born 1944), professional football player
- Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress-dancer who moved to Fort Worth at age of 9; attended Central (Paschal) High School.
- Lenora Rolla (1904-2001), activist, educator, and historian
- Johnny Rutherford (born 1938), race car driver, three-time winner of Indy 500
- Denise Rutkowski (born 1961), professional bodybuilder
- By Saam (1914–2000), sportscaster
- Jennie Scott Scheuber (1860–1944), public library pioneer and Fort Worth's first librarian
- Bob Schieffer (born 1937), journalist, CBS Evening News anchor and Face the Nation host
- Tom Schieffer (born 1947), U.S. Ambassador to Japan, candidate for governor
- Mark M. Shelton (born 1956), pediatrician and politician
- Kelly Shoppach (born 1980), Major League Baseball catcher (2005-2013)
- Liz Smith (born 1923), journalist, syndicated columnist
- Soapy Smith (1860–1898), infamous con man who started his career in Fort Worth
- Randy Souders (born 1954), visual artist and disability rights advocate
- A. Latham Staples (born 1977), CEO of EXUSMED, civil rights activist and founder of Empowering Spirits Foundation
- Jonathan Stickland (born 1983), state representative from Tarrant County
- Hurley Tarver (born 1975), football player
- Bascom N. Timmons (1890–1987), newspaperman
- Hunter Tylo (born 1962), actress
- Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997), country music singer-songwriter
- Daniel E. Walker (1927–2009), civil servant, rescued remains of flag burned in protest at 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas
- William Walker (1931–1910), opera singer and director
- Lisa Whelchel (born 1963), actress, The Facts of Life
- Van Williams (born 1934), actor, The Green Hornet
- Jim Wright (1922–2015), US Congressman from Texas and Speaker of the House
- Jeana Yeager (born 1952), broke distance records during her (and Dick Rutan's) 1986 nonstop flight around world in experimental Voyager
- Carlson Young (born 1990), actress, Scream
- Jesse Jane (born 1980), pornographic actor
References1. ^{{cite web |last1=Kilpatrick |first1=Judith |title=Desegregating the University of Arkansas School of Law: L. Clifford Davis and the Six Pioneers |url=https://arkansasblacklawyers.uark.edu/articles/ahq68-2.pdf |website=Arkansas Black Lawyers |accessdate=17 December 2018}} 2. ^Jeff Smith, "Fort Worth Native Makes History as Interim NAACP President & CEO", 5NBCDFW.com, 13 March 2014
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