People from Houston

American religious sect leader of Branch Davidians (1959-1993)

American politician (1936-1996)

American scientist and NASA astronaut

British video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur

former independent video game developer

American astronaut

American entrepreneur

plaintiff in Roe v. Wade (1947–2017)

American astronaut (1963–2001)

US astronaut

American poker player

First Lady of Texas from 1963 to 1969

American music executive, businessman, record producer, and manager

firefighter (1915–2004)

American-Israeli journalist and author

poker player

American inventor (1801–1874)

Indian-American aeronautical engineer and commercial astronaut

American supercentenarian (1909–2024)

Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)

American mathematician (1927-2017)

American chef

American businesswoman, activist and diplomat

Andrea Pia Yates is an American woman from Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. The case of Yates—who had exhibited severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and schizophrenia in the years leading up to the murders—placed the M'Naghten rules, along with the irresistible impulse test for sanity, under close public scrutiny in the United States.

American nurse

Co-founder of Houston, Texas

American diplomat

American academic administrator and businessperson, President, Imperial College London

American weapons inspector (1940–2022)

American academic

American diplomat

American diplomat and archaeologist

American diplomat (1930–2014)

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