Heroes:

Famous Texans

Red Adair fireman oil well fires, Houston

Alvin Ailey choreographer, Rogers

Mary Kay Ash cosmetics entrepreneur, Hot Wells

Steven Fuller Austin founding father of Texas, Austinville,VA

Gene Autry singer, actor, Tioga

Kathy Baker actress, Midland

Clyde Barrow outlaw, Telico

Carol Burnett comedienne, San Antonio

Cyd Charisse actress, dancer, Amarillo

Henry Cisneros politician, San Antonio

Denton A. Cooley heart surgeon, Houston

Joan Crawford actress, San Antonio

Robert Dennard inventor, Terrell

Dwight David Eisenhower U.S. president, general, Denison

A. J. Foyt auto racer, Houston

Larry Hagman actor, Fort Worth

Ben Hogan golfer, Dublin

Buddy Holly musician, Lubbock

Howard Hughes industrialist, film producer, Houston

Jack Johnson boxer, Galveston

Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. president, Stonewall

Michael Johnson olympic sports, Dallas

George Jones singer, Saratoga

Janis Joplin blues singer, Port Arthur

Tommy Lee Jones actor, San Saba

Trini Lopez singer, Dallas

Mary Martin singer, actress, Weatherford

Roger Miller singer, songwriter, Fort Worth

Spanky McFarland actor, Fort Worth

Audie Murphy actor, war hero, Kingston

Willie Nelson singer, Abbot

Chester Nimitz admiral, Fredricksburg

Sandra Day O'Connor jurist, El Paso

Roy Orbisonsinger, Vernon

Buck Owens singer, Sherman

Bonnie Parker outlaw, Rowena

H. Ross Perot philanthropist, Texarkana

Katherine Anne Porter author, Indian Creek

Wiley Post aviator, Grand Saline

Dan Rather TV newscaster, Wharton

Robert Rauschenberg painter, Port Arthur

Tex Ritter singer, Murval

Eugene Wesley Gene Roddenberry screenwriter, El Paso

Tabitha Soren TV journalist, San Antonio

Rip Torn actor, director, Temple

Ernest Tubb country music, Crisp

Tommy Tune dancer, choreographer, Wichita Falls

Kathy Whitworth golfer, Monahans

Dooley Wilson actor, musician, Tyler

Babe Didrikson Zaharias athlete, golfer, Port Arthur