Odessa, Texas - Notable People

Notable People

  • Raymond Benson, author
  • Jim J. Bullock, actor
  • Hayden Fry, college football coach
  • Larry Gatlin, country music singer
  • Britt Harley Hager, professional football player
  • Daniel Ray Herrera, professional baseball pitcher
  • Daryl Hunt, professional football player
  • Virgil Johnson, founder of The Velvets singing group
  • Chris Kyle, former Navy SEAL, most lethal sniper in United States military history
  • Gene Mayfield, college and high-school football coach
  • Bill Noël, oil industrialist and philanthropist
  • J. L. "Dusty" Rhoades, one of the founders of the American Quarter Horse Association
  • Bill Myrick, country music singer
  • Jim Reese, mayor of Odessa from 1968 to 1974
  • Kelly Schmedes, professional soccer player
  • John Ben Shepperd, Texas attorney general from 1953 to 1957
  • Kim Smith, model and actress
  • Toby Stevenson, Olympic pole vaulter
  • Stephnie Weir, actress and comedian
  • Roy Williams, professional football player
  • Alfred Mac Wilson, United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
  • Marvin Rex Young, US Army Medal of Honor recipient
  • Marcus Cannon, NFL player
  • Robert Rummel-Hudson, author
  • Chris McGaha, NHRA Pro Stock racer

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