List of people from Marshall, Texas
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This is a list of notable natives, citizens, of or people associated with Marshall, Texas.
This list may be incomplete.
- John Burke — lawyer, soldier, and spy
- Edward Clark — Texas Governor
- George Dawson — author
- Floyd Dixon — Rhythm and Blues pianist
- Mathew Ector — jusist and legislator
- James L. Farmer, Jr. — founder of CORE, organized freedom rides
- James L. Farmer, Sr. — first Black Texan to hold a doctorate
- George Foreman — athlete and entrepreneur
- Sam B. Hall, Jr. — former congressman and federal jurist
- James Pinckney Henderson — first governor of Texas
- Susan Howard — actress, writer, activist
- Alphonso Jackson — member of George W. Bush's cabinet
- Lady Bird Johnson — First Lady and environmental activist
- Walter P. Lane — Confederate General
- Robert W. Loughery — journalist, publisher, and diplomat
- Ashley C. McKinley — aviator; explorer
- Bill Moyers — journalist and government official
- Ben Z. Grant — playwright, Texas legislator, state judge
- Leo Michelson — painter and sculptor
- John T. Mills — Supreme Court Justice of the Republic of Texas
- Pendleton Murrah — Texas Governor
- Lawrenece Aaron Nixon — civil rights activist
- Lucy Holcombe Pickens — 19th Century Southern socialite
- William Henry Pope — politician, self-described "Jim Crow Senator"
- Horace Randal — Confederate brigadier general
- Henry Roquemore — 20th century actor
- Wendy Russell Reves — fashion model, philanthropist
- Max Sandlin — former congressman and House Minority Whip
- I. B. Scott — Methodist Episcopal clericlder, newspaper editor, and educator
- Terrance Shaw — NFL cornerback
- Kendrick Starling— NFL wide receiver
- James Harper Starr — politician
- Y.A. Tittle — American Football Hall of Famer
- Melvin B. Tolson — author, poet, and politician
- Isaac Van Zandt — statesman of both Republic and State of Texas
- Peter Whetstone — Moderator Leader and City Father
- Louis T. Wigfall — U.S., and later Confederate, Senator
