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List Of People From Houston
This is a list of people who were born, were raised, or have lived in Houston, Texas. Entertainment, arts, and media personalities * Debbie Allen, choreographer, actress * Lauren Anderson, ballet dancer * Wes Anderson, film director * Archie Bell and the Drells, soul/R&B music group * Mark Ballas, ballroom dancer and choreographer from ''Dancing with the Stars'', actor, singer-songwriter and musician (member of duo Alexander Jean) * Kirko Bangz, rapper * Michelle Barnes, artist and arts administrator * Donald Barthelme, journalist * Skye McCole Bartusiak, actress * Baby Bash, rapper * Texas Battle, actor * Frank Beard, percussionist for ZZ Top * Jeff Bennett, voice actor * Melissa Benoist, actress * Michael Berry, from Orange, lawyer and radio talk show host * Beyoncé, singer, songwriter, producer and actress * Clint Black, musician * Lisa Hartman Black, singer and actress * B L A C K I E (born Michael LaCour), rapper * Alexis Bledel, actress * Maggie Blye, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston
Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of Harris County, Texas, Harris County, as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the List of Texas metropolitan areas, second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth. With a population of 2,314,157 in 2023, Houston is the List of United States cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the United States after New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and the List of North American cities by population, sixth-most populous city in North America. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of , Houston is the List of United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ballas
Mark Alexander Ballas Jr. (born May 24, 1986) is an American dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. From 2007 to 2022, Ballas was a professional dancer on the ABC dance competition program ''Dancing with the Stars'', winning the series three times. For his work on the show, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography in 2011. Ballas released his first solo CD ''HurtLoveBox'' in March 2011. Personal life Ballas was born in Houston, Texas, the son of dancers Corky Ballas and Shirley Ballas (née Rich). His paternal grandparents are of Greek heritage, and his mother is from the United Kingdom and is of predominantly English heritage. His mother also has distant Irish & Cape Coloured ancestry . His paternal grandfather, George Ballas, was the inventor of the Weed Eater lawn-trimming device. His paternal great-grandparents, Karolos ("Charles") Ballas and Maria Lymnaos were immigrants to the United States from Greece. Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Bennett
Jeff Bennett (born October 2, 1962) is an American voice actor. He voiced the titular character of ''Johnny Bravo'', Dexter and Dee Dee's Dad in ''Dexter's Laboratory'', List of The Powerpuff Girls characters#Ace, Ace, List of The Powerpuff Girls characters#Grubber, Grubber, and List of The Powerpuff Girls characters#Big Billy, Big Billy in ''The Powerpuff Girls'', Peter Puppy in ''Earthworm Jim (TV series), Earthworm Jim'', Brooklyn in ''Gargoyles (TV series), Gargoyles'', Hämsterviel in the ''Lilo & Stitch (franchise), Lilo & Stitch'' franchise, Clay Bailey in ''Xiaolin Showdown'', Petrie in ''The Land Before Time'' franchise, List of Curious George characters, The Man With the Yellow Hat in ''Curious George'', Clank in ''Tinker Bell (film series), Tinker Bell'' and List of Madagascar characters#Kowalski, Kowalski in the ''The Penguins of Madagascar, Penguins of Madagascar'' series (replacing Chris Miller (animator), Chris Miller). In 2012, Bennett was awarded an 39th Annie A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZZ Top
ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. For almost 56 years, it consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard (musician), Frank Beard, and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill prior to his death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons' blues style and Hill and Beard's rhythm section. They are known for their live performances, sly and humorous lyrics, and the matching appearances of Gibbons and Hill, who wore sunglasses, hats, and long beards. ZZ Top formed after Gibbons' band, Moving Sidewalks, disbanded in 1969. Within a year, they signed with London Records and released ''ZZ Top's First Album'' in 1971. Albums ''Tres Hombres'' (1973) and ''Fandango!'' (1975), and singles "La Grange (song), La Grange" and "Tush (ZZ Top song), Tush", gained extensive radio airplay. By the mid-1970s, ZZ Top had become renowned in North America for their live act, including the Worldwide Texas Tour (1976–77), which was a critical and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percussionist
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Excluding zoomusicological instruments and the human voice, the percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments.'' The Oxford Companion to Music'', 10th edition, p.775, In spite of being a very common term to designate instruments, and to relate them to their players, the percussionists, percussion is not a systematic classificatory category of instruments, as described by the scientific field of organology. It is shown below that percussion instruments may belong to the organological classes of idiophone, membranophone, aerophone and chordophone. The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as the timpani, snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, belonging to the membranophones, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Beard (musician)
Frank Lee Beard (born June 11, 1949) is an American drummer best known as the long-time drummer of the rock band ZZ Top. Early life Beard was born in Frankston, Texas, and attended Irving High School in Irving, Texas. Career Before joining ZZ Top, Beard was a member of a fake version of the British band the Zombies, which toured in the US without authorization from the original band members, and also was part of the Outlaws with later ZZ Top member Dusty Hill. Other bands Beard and Hill played with early in their careers included the Cellar Dwellers, the Hustlers, the Warlocks, and American Blues. In May 1969, Beard joined The Moving Sidewalks, a band that would become ZZ Top in July 1969. Beard also introduced Gibbons to Hill. After honing their trademark "Texas boogie-blues-rock" style, they released '' ZZ Top's First Album'' on London Records in January 1971. Beard is credited under the nickname "Rube Beard" on the ''ZZ Top's First Album'' and on '' Tres Hombres'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Battle
Texas Quency Battle (born August 9, 1980) is an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Marcus Forrester on the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. Career In May 2008, Texas Battle was cast on the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' playing a character named Marcus Forrester. The new actor came onto the show as the first African American with an in-depth story line. Battle commented on the huge role, stating "It really does feel good that the writers/producers of the show, really have trust in me on bringing this new character to life. I'm happy to be a part of a show that really has a family feeling. Every one of my cast members is fun to work with. Makes you feel good to get up in the morning, and go to work doing something you love." Battle is best known for his roles in the films '' Coach Carter'', '' Final Destination 3'', '' Wrong Turn 2: Dead End'', and '' Dragonball Evolution''. In 2011, he appeared in the remake of '' The L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Bash
Ronald Ray Bryant (born October 18, 1969), better known by his stage name Baby Bash (formerly Baby Beesh), is an American rapper. His first two albums, '' Savage Dreams'' (2001) and '' On Tha Cool'' (2002), were released by the independent Houston-based label Dope House Records under his former stage name "Baby Beesh". It was changed to "Baby Bash" before he signed with Universal Records in 2003 and released his pop rap single, " Suga Suga" (featuring Frankie J), in July of that year. The song became his first hit, peaking at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and serving as lead single for his third album and major label debut, '' Tha Smokin' Nephew'' (2003). In 2005, he guest appeared on Frankie J's single " Obsession (No Es Amor)," which peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and remains his highest-charting song. His fourth album, '' Super Saucy'' (2005), peaked at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was led by the top 20 single, " Baby, I'm Back" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skye McCole Bartusiak
Skye McCole Bartusiak (September 28, 1992 – July 19, 2014) was an American child actress and child model. She appeared in '' The Patriot'' (2000), ''Don't Say a Word'' (2001), as Rose Wilder in '' Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder'' (2002), as Megan Matheson on season 2 of '' 24'' (2002–03), ''Boogeyman'' (2005), and '' Kill Your Darlings'' (2006). Early life Skye McCole Bartusiak was born on September 28, 1992 in Houston, Texas, to parents Helen (née McCole; 1956–2015) and Donald Bartusiak. Her brother, Stephen Dylan (1985–2023), was also a child model. She attended St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal School and Lutheran South Academy in Houston, and she graduated from Laurel Springs School in Ojai, California, in 2010. Career Bartusiak first starred in Stephen King's ''Storm of the Century'' as young Pippa Hatcher. In 2000, she appeared in '' The Patriot'' as the youngest child of a militia leader portrayed by Mel Gibson. She played the young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Barthelme
Donald Barthelme Jr. (pronounced ''BAR-thəl-mee''; April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American short story writer and novelist known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for the ''Houston Post'', was managing editor of ''Location'' magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston (1961–1962), co-founder of ''Fiction'' (with Mark Mirsky and the assistance of Max and Marianne Frisch), and a professor at various universities. He also was one of the original founders of the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Early life Donald Barthelme was born in Philadelphia in 1931. His father and mother were fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania. The family moved to Texas two years later and Barthelme's father became a professor of architecture at the University of Houston, where Barthelme would later study journalism. Barthelme won a Scholastic Writing Award in Short Story in 1949, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Houston
The University of Houston (; ) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas, United States. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College, a coeducational institution and one of multiple junior colleges formed in the first decades of the 20th century. In 1934, HJC was restructured as a four-year degree-granting institution and renamed University of Houston. In 1977, it became the founding member of the University of Houston System. Today, Houston is the List of universities in Texas by enrollment, university in Texas, awarding 11,350 degrees in 2024. As of 2024, it has a worldwide alumni base of 331,672. The university consists of fifteen colleges and an interdisciplinary honors college offering some 310-degree programs and enrolls approximately 37,000 undergraduate and 8,600 graduate students. The university's campus, which is primarily in southeast Houston, spans , with the inclusion of its two instructional sites located in Sugar Land and Katy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Barnes
Michelle Barnes (born 1948) is an American artist, educator, and arts administrator based in Houston. She works with sculptural materials including fibers and papier-mâché, and is the co-founder and executive director of the Community Artists’ Collective. Early life Michelle Anita Swain was born in Austin in 1948 to August and Anita Swain; her family moved to Houston's Third Ward neighborhood in 1951 or 1952 when she was four or five after her father finished his graduate degree in social work. Her mother taught home economics and was a member of Delta Sigma Theta. Barnes was the first grandchild on both sides of the family. The family attended the Wesley Chapel AME. She grew up in a creative family. At an early age, her father taught her mosaics and furniture building and her mother taught her to sew. By 13, she had won awards for sewing. She attended Edward L. Blackshear and Lucian L. Lockhart elementary schools and Miller junior high school (now the Young Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
