List of people from Fort Worth, Texas

The following are people of note who live or have lived in Fort Worth, Texas.

*Adrienne Ames (1907–1947), actress
*Sid Bass (born 1943), billionaire, major stockholder in The Walt Disney Company
*Alan Bean (born 1932), astronaut
*Betty Buckley (born 1947), actress
*T-Bone Burnett (born 1948), songwriter, record producer, musician and singer
*Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress, married to Steven Spielberg
*Amon G. Carter (1879–1955), civic booster, philanthropist, creator and publisher of the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram"
*Mark David Chapman (born 1955), killed John Lennon
*Kelly Clarkson (born 1982), singer, "American Idol" winner
*smoothvega , Award Winning Rap Artist
*Van Cliburn (born 1934), famous pianist
*Ornette Coleman (born 1930), jazz musician
*T. Cullen Davis (born 1933), millionaire tried and acquitted for 1976 murders of Stan Farr and Andrea Wilborn
*Bobby Day (1928–1990), musician
*Johnny Dowd (born 1948), musician
*James T. Draper, Jr. (born 1935), author, Baptist leader
*Kirk Franklin (born 1970), famous gospel singer and producer
*Edna Gladney (1886–1961), founder of the "Edna Gladney Home"
*Kay Granger (born 1943), Congresswoman and former mayor of Fort Worth
*Judy Graubart (born 1943), actress, "The Electric Company"
*Brad Hawpe (born 1979), MLB player for the Colorado Rockies
*Larry Hagman (born 1931), actor, son of actress Mary Martin
*Harriet Sansom Harris (born 1955), actress, currently on TV hit "Desperate Housewives"
*Julius Hemphill (1938–1995), jazz composer and saxophone player
*Brad Hunstable (born 1978), founder of Ustream.TV
*Ronald Shannon Jackson (born 1940), jazz drummer
*Candace Kita Actress/Model
*Yale Lary (born 1930), Football Hall of Famer
*Prince Lasha (William Lawsha), (born 1929), jazz saxophonist and flautist
*Roger Miller (1936–1992), singer-songwriter
*"Pappy" O'Daniel (1890–1969), Governor of Texas, U.S. Senator and radio personality
*Bill Owens (born 1950), former Governor of Colorado (1999-2007).
*Bill Paxton (born 1955), actor, starred in 1997 movie "Titanic
*Dewey Redman (1931–2006) African-American free jazz saxophonist
*Sid W. Richardson (1891–1959), oilman, cattleman and philanthropist
*Rod Roddy (1937–2003), television announcer on "The Price is Right
*Johnny Rutherford (born 1938), race car driver
*Bob Schieffer (born 1937), journalist, "CBS Evening News" anchor and "Face the Nation" host
*Tom Schieffer (born 1947), U.S. Ambassador to Japan
*Kelly Shoppach (born 1980) Catcher for the Pawtucket Red Sox
*Liz Smith (born 1923), journalist
*Soapy Smith (1860–1898), infamous con man who started his career in Ft. Worth
*Hunter Tylo (born 1962), actress
*Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997), country music singer-songwriter
*Lisa Whelchel (born 1963), actress, played in TV sit-com "The Facts of Life
*Van Williams (born 1934), actor
*James C. Wright, Jr. (born 1922), U.S. Congressman from Texas and Speaker of the House
*Jeana Yeager (born 1952), broke distance records during her (and Dick Rutan's) nonstop flight around the world in the experimental Voyager airplane in 1986.
*Brandyn Villarreal (born 1993) Comedian