Tex is a nickname, sometimes used for someone from the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

People

Robert Allen (actor) Robert Allen (born Irvine E. Theodore Baehr, March 28, 1906 – October 9, 1998), was an American actor in both feature films and B-movie westerns between 1935 and 1944. Biography Allen was born in Mount Vernon, New York and graduated from the N ...

(1906–1998), American film actor *

Tex Austin Tex may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tex (nickname), a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname * Joe Tex (1933–1982), stage name of American soul singer Joseph Arrington Jr. Entertainment * ''Tex'', the Italian ...

(1886–1938), American rodeo promoter *

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 a ...

(1908–1980), American animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons *

Tex Banwell Sergeant Keith Deamer "Tex" Banwell (8 October 1917 – 25 July 1999) was a soldier in the British Army in the Second World War. He is best known for serving as a political decoy for Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, and for being impriso ...

(1917–1999), British Second World War soldier and decoy for General Bernard Montgomery *

Tex Beneke Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke ( ; February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. H ...

(1914–2000), American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader *

Tex Brashear Tex Brashear (born January 2, 1955) is a voice actor, who after a career in radio in Texas, Arizona, and Los Angeles, made the transition into voice acting. Known as "The Man of 1000 Voices" (although he actually does more than 3000), Brashear ...

(born 1955), American voice actor, previously in radio *

Tex Carleton James Otto "Tex" Carleton (August 19, 1906 – January 11, 1977) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1932 to 1940 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Brooklyn Dodgers. Carleton threw a no-hitter on April 30, 1940, against the R ...

(1906–1977), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Tex Clevenger Truman Eugene "Tex" Clevenger (July 9, 1932 – August 24, 2019) was an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher and spot starter who played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees from 1954 to ...

(1932–2019), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Randall "Tex" Cobb Randall Craig "Tex" Cobb (born May 7, 1950) is an American actor, martial artist, and former professional boxer who competed in the heavyweight division. Widely considered to possess one of the greatest chins of all time, Cobb was a brawler who ...

(born 1950), American boxer and actor *

Tex Coulter DeWitt Echoles "Tex" Coulter (October 26, 1924 – October 2, 2007) was an American gridiron football player. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union ...

(1924–2007), American National Football League lineman *

Tex Erwin Ross Emil "Tex" Erwin (December 22, 1885 – April 5, 1953) was a professional baseball player from 1905 to 1921. He played six years in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers (1908), Brooklyn Superbas (1910–14), and C ...

(1885–1963), American Major League Baseball catcher * Tex Hammond (born 2007), American actor * Tex Hill (1915–2007), American World War II flying ace and brigadier general * Tex Hughson (1916–1993), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Tex Irvin Cecil Paul "Tex" Irvin (October 9, 1906 – February 11, 1978) was an American football tackle who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Providence Steam Roller and New York Giants. He first enrolled at the Schreine ...

(1906–1978), American football player * Tex Jeanes (1900–1973), American Major League Baseball player *

Alvin M. Johnston Alvin Melvin "Tex" Johnston (August 18, 1914 – October 29, 1998) was an American jet-age test pilot for Bell Aircraft and the Boeing Company. Early life Johnston was born August 18, 1914, in Admire, Kansas, to farmers Alva and Ella Johnst ...

(1914–1998), American test pilot *

Tex Maule Hamilton Prieleaux Bee Maule, commonly known as Tex Maule (May 19, 1915 in Ojus, Florida – May 16, 1981) was the lead American football writer for ''Sports Illustrated'' in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Early life Maule played football (end) at S ...

(1915–1981), American football writer for ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine * Tex McDonald (1891–1943), America Major League Baseball player *

Tex Morton Tex Morton (born Robert William Lane in Nelson, New Zealand, also credited as Robert Tex Morton; 30 August 1916 – 23 July 1983) was a pioneer of New Zealand and Australian country and western music, vaudevillian, actor, television host and ...

(1916–1983), New Zealand singer *

Tex Perkins Gregory Stephen Perkins (born 28 December 1964), better known by his stage name Tex Perkins, is an Australian singer-songwriter who fronted the Australian rock band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James B ...

(born 1964), Australian rock musician *

Tex Rickard George Lewis "Tex" Rickard (January 2, 1870 – January 6, 1929) was an American boxing promoter, founder of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), and builder of the third incarnation of Madison Square Garden in New York City ...

(1870–1929), American boxing promoter, founder of the New York Rangers hockey team and builder of the third incarnation of Madison Square Garden *

Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John, grandsons Jason and ...

(1905–1974), American country singer and actor *

Tex Schramm Texas Earnest Schramm Jr. (June 2, 1920 – July 15, 2003) was an American football executive who was the original president and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys franchise of the National Football League (NFL). Schramm, usually referred to ...

(1920–2003), original president and general manager of the U.S. National Football League's Dallas Cowboys franchise *

Tex Shirley Alvis Newman "Tex" Shirley (April 25, 1918 – November 7, 1993) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1941 to 1946 for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns The St. Louis Browns ...

(1918–1993), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Mark Teixeira Mark Charles Teixeira ( ; born April 11, 1980), nicknamed "Tex", is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels of Anahei ...

(born 1980), Major League Baseball player *

Taylor Walker (footballer) Taylor Walker (born 25 April 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a former NSW Scholarship player with the club, and was drafted with pick 75 ...

(born 1990), Australian rules footballer *

Tex Watson Charles Denton "Tex" Watson (born December 2, 1945) is an American murderer who was a central member of the " Manson Family" led by Charles Manson. On August 9, 1969, Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Susan Atkins murdered pregnant actress Sharon ...

(born 1945), American murderer and former member of the Manson Family *

Tex Williams Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams (August 23, 1917 – October 11, 1985) was an American Western swing musician. He is best known for his talking blues style; his biggest hit was the novelty song, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)", which held th ...

(1917–1985), American country musician *

Tex Winter Morice Fredrick "Tex" Winter (February 25, 1922 – October 10, 2018) was an American basketball coach and innovator of the triangle offense. He was a head coach in college basketball for 30 years before becoming an assistant coach in the National ...

(1922–2018), American basketball coach *

Tex Wisterzil George John "Tex" Wisterzil (March 7, 1888, in Detroit, Michigan – June 27, 1964, in San Antonio, Texas) was a professional baseball player. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball in 1914 and 1915, primarily as a third baseman. He played ...

(1888–1964), American Major League Baseball player

Fictional characters

Tex Murphy Tex may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tex (nickname), a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname * Joe Tex (1933–1982), stage name of American soul singer Joseph Arrington Jr. Entertainment * ''Tex'', the Italian ...

, the main character of five adventure games from Access Software *

Tex Randall Tex Randall is a tall cowboy figure constructed in 1959 next to U.S. Route 60 in Texas, U.S. Route 60 in Canyon, Texas. It weighs seven tons and is made of cement and steel. The statue was constructed in 1959 by local shop teacher Harry Wheele ...

, a 47-foot tall cowboy figure constructed in 1959 in Canyon, Texas * Tex Sawyer, villain from the ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' franchise *

Tex Thompson Harry "Tex" Thompson (Thomson pre-1999) is a superhero owned by DC Comics who later became the masked crime-fighter Mr. America and then became an espionage operative called Americommando. He was often aided by his best friend Bob Daley, who for a ...

, a DC Comics superhero *

Tex Willer Tex Willer is the main fictional character of the Italian comics series ''Tex'', created by writer Gian Luigi Bonelli and illustrator Aurelio Galleppini, and first published in Italy on 30 September 1948. It is among the most popular characters ...

, a character in an Italian comic book of the same name *Tex Dinoco, a character from the 2006 film ''

Cars A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods. The year 1886 is regarded as t ...

'', a personified Cadillac Coupe de Ville *Tex Richman, the main antagonist of the 2011 film ''

The Muppets The Muppets are an American ensemble cast of puppet characters known for an absurdist, burlesque, and self-referential style of variety- sketch comedy. Created by Jim Henson in 1955, they are the focus of a media franchise that encompasses ...

'' *The title character of ''

Tex Granger ''Tex Granger'' is a 1948 American Western film serial featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as ''The Midnight Rider of the Plains'' in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comic ''Calling All Boys' ...

'', a 1948 movie serial *Tex, a penguin villager from the video game series

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In ''Animal Crossing'', the player character is a human who lives in a village inhabi ...

*Tex, the mascot for

THX THX Ltd. is an American company that develops the eponymous high fidelity audio/visual reproduction standards for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, car audio systems, and video games. Founded ...

* Tex (''Red vs. Blue''), in the webseries ''Red vs. Blue''

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