Notable People
For a full list of people associated with Beaumont Texas see: People from Beaumont, Texas
- Chip Ambres, Minor league baseball player
- Kelly Asbury, Film Director, Writer, Illustrator, Voice Actor
- Jerry Ball, NFL Football Player
- Charlotte Beers, American businesswoman and former Under Secretary of State
- James Brown, starting quarterback of the Texas Longhorns from 1994 to 1997
- Jay Bruce, Major League baseball player
- Tracy Byrd, American country music artist. Grew up in Vidor
- Henry E. Chambers, Louisiana historian and educator; was a school principal in Beaumont from 1884 to 1885.
- Mark Chesnutt, American country music artist. Grew up in Nederland
- Robert Crippen, Astronaut
- Derwin Daniels, American Musician and Songwriter, currently performs with National Act Sugarfoot's Ohio Players
- Tiffany Derry, Celebrity chef, Top Chef contestant and fan favorite winner
- Debra Jo Fondren, American model and actress
- Lew Ford, Major League baseball player
- Herman Fontenot, NFL football player
- Larry Graham, Entertainer
- Slade Ham, stand up comedian and writer
- Rebekah Herzberg, American actress, model, and journalist. Grew up in Nederland, Texas
- Harry James, American big band leader
- Blind Willie Johnson, Baptist minister and seminal gospel/blues bottle-neck guitarist
- George Jones, American country music artist. Grew up in Vidor, Texas
- Bruce Lietzke, American professional golfer
- Barbara Lynn, American R&B music artist
- Kevin Millar, Major League Baseball Player
- Vamsi Mootha, Indian-American physician-scientist
- Moon Mullican, American country, blues and Western Swing singer/pianist/songwriter. Born in nearby Corrigan Texas.
- David Ozio, professional bowler who won 11 titles on the PBA Tour; now General Manager for the bowling division at Etonic Shoe Company
- Kendrick Perkins, NBA basketball player
- Mark Petkovsek, retired Major League Baseball Player
- Bob Pollard, NFL Football Player
- Kheeston Randall, Starting defensive tackle for the Texas Longhorns 2008–present
- J.P. Richardson, "The Big Bopper", DJ, Rock & Roll star, Killed with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in plane crash in Iowa in 1959.
- Frank Robinson, retired Major League Baseball Player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Brian Sanches, Major League Baseball player. Grew up in Nederland, TX
- Bubba Smith, Actor and NFL football player.
- Jason Tyner, Major League baseball player.
- Clay Walker, American country music artist. Grew up in Vidor, Texas
- Edgar Winter, American rock music artist
- Johnny Winter, American blues and rock music artist
- Will Wynn, former mayor of Austin, Texas
- Mildred Ella ("Babe") Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete
- Gus Zernial, Major League Baseball player.
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