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Tex (nickname)

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Tex is a nickname, sometimes used for someone from the U.S. state of Texas.

People

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  • 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 (1932–2019), American 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
  • Tex Fischer, American politician
  • 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
  • Alvin M. Johnston (1914–1998), American test pilot
  • Tex Maule (1915–1981), American football writer for Sports Illustrated magazine
  • Tex McDonald (1891–1943), America Major League Baseball player
  • Tex Morton (1916–1983), New Zealand singer
  • 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
  • Taylor Walker (footballer) (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
  • Tex Watson (born 1945), American murderer and former member of the Manson Family
  • Tex Williams (1917–1985), American country musician
  • Tex Winter (1922–2018), American basketball coach
  • Tex Wisterzil (1888–1964), American Major League Baseball player

Fictional characters

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See also

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