Famous people from the Houston area

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Here is a list of famous people from the Houston area:
Note: towns listed in parentheses are towns outside of Houston. If no town is listed, then the celebrity is noted as being from within the Houston city limits

1) Hilary Duff, actress
2) Haylie Duff, actress
3) Beyonce Knowles, R&B singer
4) Kelly Rowland, R&B singer
5) Michelle Williams, R&B singer--not the actress
6) Kenny Rogers, country singer
7) Jack Valenti, former head of the Motion Picture Association of America
Renee Zellweger, actress (Katy)
9) Clint Black, country singer (Katy)
10) Gary Busey, actor (Goose Creek--town is called Baytown now)
11) Ron White, Blue Collar Comedy Tour comedian (Pasadena)
12) Bill Engvall, Blue Collar Comedy Tour comedian (Galveston)
13) Stone Phillips, news reporter (Texas City)
14) Nolan Ryan, baseball player (Alvin)
15) Dan Rather, former news anchor (Wharton)
16) Clay Walker, country singer (Beaumont)
17) Andy Pettitte, baseball player (Deer Park)
18) Roger Clemens, baseball player (Spring)
19) Mary Lou Retton, Olympic gymnast
20) Tara Lipinski, Olympic figure skater (Sugar Land)
21) Jaclyn Smith, actress
22) Michael DeBakey, performed the first open-heart surgery
23) Joel Osteen, Pentecostal minister
24) Kirbyjon Caldwell, Methodist minister
25) Lyle Lovett, country singer (Klein)
26) Crystal Bernhard, comedienne (Spring)
27) Harry Connick, Jr., jazz singer
28) Kirk Whalum, jazz saxophonist

People who lived in the Houston area, but not originally from here:

1) Mickey Gilley, country singer (originally from Louisiana)
2) Walter Cronkite, former news anchor (originally from St. Joseph, MO)
3) George H.W. Bush, former president (originally from Milton, MA)
4) Hakeem Olajuwon, basketball player (originally from Nigeria)
5) Henry Thomas, actor--played Elliott in ET (originally from San Antonio, but attended Blinn College in Brenham)
6) Rick Perry, current governor of Texas (from Paint Creek, but attended Texas A&M in College Station)

I knew at keast three of those people were born in Houston!

Which ones?

Tim

The "Destiny's Child" girls

That wasn't the original Destiny's Child lineup. I forgot the names of some of the original members, but I think Beyonce was one of the original ones.

Also, I forgot Solange Knowles (Beyonce's sister), who is an actress.

Tim

I think she has a show on the Disney Channel.

Solange sang the theme to the Proud Family.

Tim

I noticed you listed Joel Olsteen but not David Koresh? (perhaps infamous doesn't fit in with famous?)

There's also Red Adair, Mary Kay (makeup queen), ZZ Top and the Quaid family for a few more.

P.S. I live in Lubbock, home of Buddy Holly, Mac Davis and Natalie Maines.

No, that was Beyonce.

You forgot about me! I'm from Houston! Okay, so I'm not famous or anything...