Notable People From Corpus Christi
This list is in alphabetical order by last name.
- Amy Acuff, Olympic high jumper
- Mike Adams, MLB player for the Texas Rangers (baseball)
- Barbara Barrie, actress
- Raymond Berry, NFL Hall of Fame
- Justin Brantly, NFL Punter
- John A. Brieden, former national commander of the American Legion
- J. E. "Buster" Brown, politician
- Johnny Canales, TV Show host
- Dabney Coleman, actor
- Roger Creager, country music singer-songwriter
- Design The Skyline, An experimental metal band, signed to Victory Records
- Paula DeAnda, musician
- Tom DeLay, former U.S. Congressman and House Majority Leader
- Carlos DeLuna, executed for murder after now highly controversial conviction, causing concerns about the occurrence of wrongful executions
- Helen Donath, opera singer
- Farrah Fawcett, actress
- Joe Bertram Frantz, historian
- David Freese, MLB player for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Stephanie Griest, author
- Jim Heath, musician known as The Reverend Horton Heat
- Burt Hooton, baseball player
- Ernestine Jackson, actress/singer
- Bret Anthony Johnston, author of the short story collection Corpus Christi: Stories
- Brooks Kieschnick, baseball player
- George King, maligned former GM of the Nashville Sounds
- Bobby Labonte, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver and 2000 champion
- Terry Labonte, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver and 1984 & 1996 champion
- Brian Leetch, NHL defenseman. Born in Corpus Christi but grew up in Cheshire, Connecticut.
- Danny Lohner, musician
- Eva Longoria, actress
- Allen Ludden, game show host
- Ramsey Luna, Mexican American boxer.
- Nina Mercedez, Pornography actress
- Terrence McNally, playwright
- Mitch Morris, actor
- Paul Peress, drummer, composer, producer
- Larry Norman, musician and songwriter
- Todd Oldham, fashion designer
- Revilo P. Oliver, notorious 20th century American fascist and scholar
- Jessie Pavelka, U.S. TV actor and model
- Cliff Pennington, MLB player for the Oakland Athletics
- Lou Diamond Phillips, actor
- Billy Powell, keyboardist
- A.B. Quintanilla, singer and songwriter currently with Kumbia All Starz, Selena's older brother
- Suzette Quintanilla, drummer for Selena y los Dinos, Selena's older sister.
- Selena, Singer / Songwriter
- Dody Roach, professional poker player, 2-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner
- Johnny Roland, NFL player and coach
- Lester Roloff, nationally known radio evangelist
- Leslie Sanchez, political pundit
- Pepe Serna, actor
- Robert Simpson, meteorologist and hurricane specialist
- Lori Singer, actress
- Marc Singer, actor
- Sid Sheinberg, ex-president of Universal Studios, helped make Jaws
- Justin Storms, artist, musician
- Raul Torres, state representative from Nueces County
- George Conrad Westervelt, naval officer and engineer; co-founder of Boeing Corporation
- Don Williams, country and western singer
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