Paris, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Notable people== <!-- *** INSTRUCTIONS FOR NOTABLE PEOPLE SECTIONS *** When you add a name in this section, it's YOUR responsibility to ensure all of the following for each person: 1) Insert person into list sorted by last name (surname). 2) Each person MUST meet [[Wikipedia:Bio]] requirements to ensure notability (see [[Wikipedia:Notability]]). 3) Each person MUST meet [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]] requirements to verify their notability and prove they resided in the city. 4) If the person has a Wikipedia article, then wikilink the persons name to the correct wikipedia article, otherwise add citation reference(s) to prove the above requirements (see [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]). *** END OF INSTRUCTIONS *** --> {{div col}} * [[Duane Allen]], member of [[the Oak Ridge Boys]] * [[Tia Ballard]], actress for [[Funimation Entertainment]] * [[Charles R. Baxter|Charles Baxter]], physician, attended President Kennedy after he was fatally shot * [[Elle Evans]] Bellamy, model and actress * [[Raymond Berry]], professional football [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] * [[Tyler Bryant]], blues rock guitarist * [[Brenda Cherry]], civil rights activist * [[John Chisum]], cattle baron * [[Gary B.B. Coleman]], soul blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer * [[Marsha Farney]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]] from [[Williamson County, Texas|Williamson County]]; reared in Paris, graduated from [[Paris Junior College]], and taught school in Paris in 1990s * [[Bobby Jack Floyd]], National Football League (NFL) fullback * [[Charles R. Floyd]], three-term [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[Texas State Senate|state senator]]; pioneer of the Texas [[farm-to-market road]] system and an original founder of Paris Junior College * [[Cas Haley]], singer/musician, NBC's season two of ''America's Got Talent'' runner-up * [[Al Haynes]], commercial airline pilot, captain during the [[United Airlines Flight 232]] crash * [[William Henry Huddle]], Texas Capitol artist * [[Charlie Jackson (defensive back)|Charlie Jackson]], NFL football player * [[Frank Jackson (American football)|Frank Jackson]], NFL football player * [[Frank James]], outlaw and brother of [[Jesse James]] * General [[John P. Jumper]], [[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force]] from 2001 to 2005 * [[Robert Matteson Johnston]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]] Professor, historian of [[Napoleon]] and [[France]]. * [[Richard Gordon Kendall]] (1933β2008) self-taught [[outside art|outsider]] [[folk art]]ist * [[Beverly Leech]], actress, portrayed Kate Monday on ''[[Mathnet]]'' * [[Samuel Bell Maxey]], United States Senator and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Major General * [[Gordon McLendon]], pioneer radio broadcaster and founder of the [[Liberty Broadcasting System]] * [[Jay Hunter Morris]], operatic tenor * [[John Morris (actor)|John Morris]], actor * [[Robert Nelson (American football, born 1920)|Robert Nelson]] (1920β1985), NFL professional football player * [[John Osteen]], pastor * [[Dave Philley]], professional baseball player and holder of five MLB records * [[Bass Reeves]], the first black deputy U.S. marshal to serve west of the Mississippi River, was based in Paris for four years in the late 19th century * Admiral [[James O. Richardson]], United States Navy Fleet Commander 1940β1941 * [[Eddie Robinson (baseball)|Eddie Robinson]], professional baseball player, four-time All-Star and Texas Rangers executive * [[Augusta Rucker]], medical doctor, zoologist, public health lecturer * [[Jack Russell (baseball)|Jack Russell]], professional baseball player and first relief pitcher selected to a [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] * [[Leslie Satcher]], country music recording artist * [[Scott Scudder|William Scott Scudder]], Major League Baseball pitcher * [[Gene Stallings]], Alabama head coach 1990β1996 * [[Steven H. Tallant]], president of Texas A&M University-Kingsville * [[Starke Taylor]], mayor of Dallas and businessman * [[Shangela Laquifa Wadley]], comedian, reality television personality, and drag performer {{div col end}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page