Tex

Tex may refer to:
*Tex (unit), a unit of measure for the linear mass density of fibers
*TeX, pronounced "tech", a typesetting system created by Donald Knuth
*Text Executive Programming Language
* Tau Epsilon Chi high school sorority

People

Tex is ofen used as a nickname for someone having been born and/or raised in the United States state of Texas.

*Joe Tex (1933–1982), American soul singer most popular during the 1960s and 1970s
*Tex Avery (1908–1980), American animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons
*Tex Beneke (1914–2000), American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
*Tex Brashear (born 1955), American voice actor, previously in radio
*Tex Ritter (1905–1974), American country singer and actor
*Tex Schramm (1920–2003), original president and general manager of the U.S. National Football League's Dallas Cowboys franchise
*Tex Williams (1917–1985), American country musician
*Tex Winter (born 1922), American basketball coach, innovator of the triangle offense

Entertainment

*Big Tex, the icon of the annual State Fair of Texas
*"Tex" (novel) (1979), by S.E. Hinton
*"Tex (film)", a 1982 film based on S.E. Hinton's novel, starring Matt Dillon
*Tex ("Red vs. Blue"), a fictional character
*Tex (THX), a red and silver robot appearing in some animated THX trailers
*Tex Murphy, the main character of five adventure games from Access Software
*Tex Willer, a character in an Italian comic book of the same name
*Tex, a Cadillac Coupe de Ville from the film Cars. His full name is Tex Dinoco.

ee also

*IATA ariport code for Telluride Regional Airport
*Tex-Mex