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List Of People From Dallas
The following is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived a significant portion of their lives in Dallas, Texas. A *Vinnie Paul Abbott, musician *Amy Acker, actress * Jensen Ackles, actor * Mike Agnew, soccer player *Jeff Agoos (born 1968), Swiss-born American soccer defender *Troy Aikman, NFL player and sportscaster *LaMarcus Aldridge, basketball player *Bruce Alger, former U.S. Representative for Texas's 5th congressional district *Abby Anderson, country singer *AnonymousCulture, rapper *Heather Armbrust, IFBB professional bodybuilder *Darrell Arthur, basketball player *Aaron Aryanpur, stand-up comedian *Karan Ashley, American actor known for her role as Aisha in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers *Tex Avery, cartoonist * Avion Roe (formed in 2011), post-hardcore band from Dallas B * Harry Babasin, musician * Erykah Badu, singer *Jerry Bailey, Hall of Fame jockey *Troy Baker, singer, musician, voice actor * Ernie Banks, Hall of Fame baseball player *Sebastian Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and County seat, seat of Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County with portions extending into Collin County, Texas, Collin, Denton County, Texas, Denton, Kaufman County, Texas, Kaufman and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall counties. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the List of United States cities by population, ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and the List of cities in Texas by population, third-largest in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tex Avery
Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, animation director, director, and voice actor. He was known for directing and producing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation. His most significant work was for the Warner Bros. Cartoons, Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, where he was crucial in the creation and evolution of famous animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, Red Hot Riding Hood, The Wolf, Red Hot Riding Hood, and George and Junior. He gained influence for his technical innovation, directorial style and brand of humor. Avery's attitude toward animation was opposite that of Walt Disney and other conventional family cartoons at the time. Avery's cartoons were known for their sarcastic, ironic, Surreal humour, absurdist, irreverent, and sometimes sexual humor, sexual tone in nature. Avery' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Singletary Bedford
Lou Singletary Bedford (April 7, 1837 – April 10, 1920), pen name Lenora, was an American author and editor. Her poems were published when she was sixteen using a pen name until she married. Later she wrote songs. Bedford contributed periodicals published to many southern States. In El Paso, she filled the position of social and literary editor of the El Paso ''Sunday Morning Tribune''. Early life and education Lou Singletary was born in Feliciana, Kentucky, April 7, 1837. She came of a distinguished family. Her father, Luther Singletary, was of English descent and a native of Massachusetts, born in 1796. He was educated in Boston. Her mother, Elizabeth Hamilton Stell, was born in 1802, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Bedford was the fifth child and third daughter. Her great-grandfather was Amos Singletary. Bedford's father was a teacher, and she attended his school starting at six years of age. She had no special love for books, except for reading, spelling and grammar, but he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Battie
Demetrius Antonio Battie (born February 11, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. He works as an analyst for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). High school and college career Battie attended South Oak Cliff High School"My High School: South Oak Cliff" ''The Dallas Morning News'' sports section online in Dallas and played for the where he ended his career as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Battaglia
John David Battaglia Jr.Pence, / ISBN 9780786032372 (2012 edition), Chapter 2, Google Booksbr>PT20(first page of chapter).See Google Books search query, "His Grandfather Battaglia, an Italian immigrant, lived in Brooklyn, New York .. (August 2, 1955 – February 1, 2018) was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the state of Texas for filicide. He was convicted of killing his two young daughters in May 2001 in an act of "ultimate revenge" against his estranged wife, Mary Jeane Pearle, who had separated from him after his numerous instances of assault and violence. Battaglia was executed for the murders on February 1, 2018.PT21 He attended Fairleigh Dickinson University, being an accounting major after initially being a pre-med major, but dropped out in 1976 at the urging of a friend. After getting into trouble with the law for using illegal drugs, he joined the Marines.Pence, , 9780786032372 (2012 edition), Chapter 2 Google Booksbr>PT23 He became a sergeant and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Bartlett
Harry Stephen Bartlett (born September 19, 1947) is an American politician and former president and CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable, an advocacy group lobbying the U.S. federal government on financial services legislation, a position which he held from 1999 to 2012. He served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district, as the 56th mayor of Dallas, Texas, and as a member of the Dallas City Council. Political offices On May 1, 1976, Bartlett was defeated as a delegate in the Republican presidential primary pledged to then U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, Jr. His defeat occurred ironically in Texas's 3rd congressional district, which he later represented in Congress. Victory went to a slate of delegates pledged to Ronald W. Reagan and headed by future State Senator John N. Leedom and Barbara Staff, one of three Reagan co-chairmen in the Texas campaign that year. Bartlett served as a U.S. Representative from 1983 until his resignation in 1991. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie And Clyde
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut (Champion) Barrow (March 24, 1909May 23, 1934) were an American criminal couple who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. The couple were known for their bank robberies, although they preferred to rob small stores or rural funeral homes. Their exploits captured the attention of the American press and its readership during what is occasionally referred to as the "public enemy era" between 1931 and 1934. They were ambushed by police and shot to death in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. They are believed to have murdered at least nine police officers and four civilians.Jones, W.D"Riding with Bonnie and Clyde", ''Playboy'', November 1968. Reprinted at Cinetropic.com. The 1967 film '' Bonnie and Clyde'', directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in the title roles, revived interest in the criminals and glamorized them with a romantic aura. The 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Barrie
Sebastian J. L. Barrie (born May 26, 1970) is a former defensive end and tackle in the National Football League (NFL). Biography Barrie was born on May 26, 1970, in Dallas, Texas. Career Barrie was a member of the Green Bay Packers during the 1992 NFL season. After a year away from the NFL, he joined the Arizona Cardinals for the 1994 NFL season, and the San Diego Chargers the season after that. He played at the collegiate level at Liberty University and Prairie View A&M University Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU or PV) is a public historically black land-grant university in Prairie View, Texas. Founded in 1876, it is one of Texas's two land-grant universities and the second oldest public institution of higher learnin .... See also * List of Green Bay Packers players References Green Bay Packers players Arizona Cardinals players San Diego Chargers players American football defensive ends American football defensive tackles Liberty Flames football players P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Banks
Ernest Banks (January 31, 1931 – January 23, 2015), nicknamed "Mr. Cub" and "Mr. Sunshine", was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between 1953 and 1971. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977, and was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. Banks is regarded by some as one of the greatest players of all time.Ernie Banks, the Eternally Hopeful Mr. Cub, Dies at 83 ''The New York Times''. January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Baker
Troy Baker (born April 1, 1976) is an American voice actor and musician. Baker is known for his video game roles, including Joel Miller in ''The Last of Us'' (2013) and its sequel (2020), Booker DeWitt in ''BioShock Infinite'' (2013), Samuel "Sam" Drake in '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'' (2016) and '' Uncharted: The Lost Legacy'' (2017), Rhys in ''Tales from the Borderlands (2014),'' Delsin Rowe in ''Infamous Second Son'' (2014), Snow Villiers in ''Final Fantasy XIII'' (2010), Kanji Tatsumi in ''Persona 4'' (2008), Higgs Monaghan in ''Death Stranding'' (2019), and Talion in '' Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'' (2014) and '' Middle-earth: Shadow of War'' (2017). Baker currently holds the record for the most acting nominations at the BAFTA Games Awards, with five between 2013 and 2021. Baker has also voiced Batman, Joker, Hawkeye, and Loki in various media, and has provided voices for a number of English dubs of anime, including ''Bleach'', '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Bailey
Jerry D. Bailey (born August 29, 1957 in Dallas, Texas) is an Thoroughbred Racing on NBC, NBC Sports thoroughbred racing analyst and a retired American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame jockey. Early years Bailey was born in Dallas but raised in El Paso. He had a pony as a child and became interested in thoroughbred racing at age 11 when his father, James, a dentist, claimed some horses at nearby Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino, Sunland Park Racetrack in New Mexico. Bailey took his first racetrack job at Sunland a few years later as a groom for trainer J.J. Pletcher and an occasional babysitter for Pletcher's son, Todd, then in the second grade, who later would follow in his father's footsteps and eventually become America's most successful trainer. Bailey's first official ride came on November 2, 1974, on Pegged Rate at Sunland. That horse finished unplaced, but Bailey won with both his mounts the next day, scoring his first career victory aboard Fetch. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erykah Badu
Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu (), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Influenced by rhythm and blues, R&B, Soul music, soul, and hip hop, Badu rose to prominence in the late 1990s when her debut album ''Baduizm'' (1997), placed her at the forefront of the neo soul movement, earning her the honorific nickname "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Neo Soul" by music critics. Badu's career began after she Opening act, opened a show for D'Angelo in 1994 in Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth; leading to record label executive Kedar Massenburg signing her to Kedar Entertainment. Her first album, ''Baduizm'', was released in February 1997. It spawned four singles: "On & On (Erykah Badu song), On & On", "Appletree (song), Appletree", "Next Lifetime" and "Otherside of the Game". The album was certified music recording sales certification, triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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