Tex (name)
Tex is a nickname, usually for someone from the U.S. state of Texas. Notable people with the nickname include:
- Robert Allen (actor) (1906-1998), American film actor
- Tex Austin (1886-1938), American rodeo promoter
- Tex Avery (1908–1980), American animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons
- Tex Banwell (1917-1999), British Second World War soldier and decoy for General Bernard Montgomery
- Tex Beneke (1914–2000), American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
- Tex Brashear (born 1955), American voice actor, previously in radio
- Tex Carleton (1906-1977), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Tex Clevenger (born 1932), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher
- Randall "Tex" Cobb (born 1950), American boxer and actor
- Tex Coulter (1924-2007), American National Football League lineman
- Tex Erwin (1885-1963), American Major League Baseball catcher
- David Lee "Tex" Hill (1915-2007), American World War II flying ace and brigadier general
- Tex Hughson (1916-1993), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Tex Irvin (1906–1978), American football player
- Tex Jeanes (1900-1973), American Major League Baseball player
- Tex Maule (1915-1981), longtime lead American football writer for Sports Illustrated magazine
- Tex McDonald (1891-1943), America Major League Baseball player
- Tex Perkins (born 1964), Australian rock musician
- Tex Rickard (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 (1905–1974), American country singer and actor
- Tex Schramm (1920–2003), original president and general manager of the U.S. National Football League's Dallas Cowboys franchise
- Tex Shirley (1918-1993), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Mark Teixeira (born 1980), Major League Baseball player
- Tex Watson (born 1945), American murderer and former member of the Manson Family
- Tex Williams (1917–1985), American country musician
- Tex Winter (born 1922), American basketball coach, innovator of the triangle offense
- Tex Wisterzil (1888-1964), American Major League Baseball player
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