Catholics from Texas

African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)

Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she attended Duke University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics and an MBA. She joined Microsoft in 1987 as a multimedia product developer. In the same year, she began dating the company's co-founder and then-chief executive Bill Gates, whom she married in 1994 and divorced in 2021. They have three children together.

Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón is an American actress, producer, director, and businesswoman. After several guest roles on television, she gained popularity for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless (2001–2003). Her breakthrough role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012) earned her two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe nomination. She has appeared in the films The Sentinel (2006), Over Her Dead Body (2008), For Greater Glory (2012), Frontera (2014), Lowriders (2016), and Overboard (2018), winning an Imagen Award for the latter. She guest-starred on the Hulu mystery comedy-drama series Only Murders in the Building (2024), earning her a third Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

American actress (1947–2009)

American artistic gymnast

Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007

American soccer player

American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist (1890–1980)

Chilean-American musician

American singer-songwriter

American actress and dancer (1923–2004)

American science fiction and fantasy writer (1931–2019)

American actress

Jordan Alexander Spieth is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is a three-time major winner and the 2015 FedEx Cup champion.

Catholic cardinal (1931–2017)

American basketball player

American motivational speaker

American Catholic cardinal (1926–2015)

plaintiff in Roe v. Wade (1947–2017)

actor, radio talk show host, businessman (1948–2017)

gymnast

American football player (born 1989)

Canadian actress and dancer

former catholic bishop in Texas (born 1958)

American film actress and singer (1915-1963)

American writer

American sufferer of severe combined immunodeficiency (1971–1984)

American actress

American football player (born 1989)

American anti-abortion activist and author (born 1980)

Patrick Sean Payton is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the head coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). Previously, he served as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints from 2006 to 2021, leading the franchise to its first Super Bowl victory during the 2009 season. Payton played college football for the Eastern Illinois Panthers and played professionally in 1987 with the Chicago Bears and in 1988 overseas in Britain for the Leicester Panthers.

American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

Catholic archbishop (1939–2023)

Catholic bishop from the United States

American journalist (1920–1980)

Catholic bishop

American Catholic bishop

American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

United States Army Lieutenant General

Fifth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pueblo

Mexican-American prelate of the Catholic Church

Roman Catholic bishop

American poet and essayist

Sixth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo.

American baseball player (born 2000)

American-Hungarian theologian

American football executive (1927-2018)

American journalist

American Roman Catholic bishop (born 1954)

American lawyer and anti-abortion activist (1924–2012)

Bishop Emeritus of San Angelo

Catholic bishop (1915-1965)

American businessman and politician (1938-2020)

American politician (1919–1987)

American Roman Catholic priest

First wife of Johnny Cash (1934–2005)

Catholic bishop

Catholic bishop (1931–2021)

Roman Catholic bishop

American politician and lobbyist