List of people from Marshall, Texas

This is a list of notable natives, citizens, of or people associated with Marshall, Texas.

This list is incomplete.

• Brea Grant – actress [1]
• D.L. (Les) Anderson – longtime (32+ yrs.) law enforcement official
• Indian Holiday Anderson – social/civic leader, business owner & horsewoman
• Phillip Benjamin Baldwin – American jurist
• Mike Barber – football player, evangelist
• John Burke – lawyer, soldier, and spy
• Meredith Moseley-Bennett – costume designer
• Edward Clark – Texas Governor
• Mike Clark
• Kathleen Neal Cleaver
• George Dawson – author
• Floyd Dixon – Rhythm and Blues pianist
• Mathew Ector – jurist and legislator
• Chris Elrod – Christian comedian and writer [2]
• 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
• Ben Z. Grant – playwright, Texas legislator, state judge
• Sam B. Hall, Jr. – former congressman and federal jurist
• Lawrence Hamilton – NFL Wide Receiver
• James Pinckney Henderson – first governor of Texas
• Susan Howard – actress, writer, activist
• Alphonso Jackson – member of George W. Bush's cabinet
• Wes Jeans – Texas Blues Guitarist
• Lady Bird Johnson – First Lady and environmental activist
• Latte Johnson
• Walter P. Lane – Confederate General
• Fred T. Long – Wiley College football coach and athletic director
• Robert W. Loughery – journalist, publisher, and diplomat
• Ashley C. McKinley – aviator; explorer
• Bill Moyers – journalist and government official
• Leo Michelson – painter and sculptor
• John T. Mills – Supreme Court Justice of the Republic of Texas
• Johnny Moss – champion poker player
• Pendleton Murrah – Texas Governor'
• Gertrude Nelson
• Lawrenece Aaron Nixon – civil rights activist
• Bill Oldham – Police Chief and Sheriff
• 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
• Franklin Barlow Sexton – Confederate Congressman
• I. B. Scott – Methodist Episcopal cleric, newspaper editor, and educator
• Terrance Shaw – NFL cornerback
• Erich Spangenberg – Intellectual Property investor
• Kendrick Starling— NFL wide receiver
• James Harper Starr – politician
• Franklin Barlow Sexton
• Thomas Reagan Tanner
• 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
• James Wheaton – actor
• Peter Whetstone – Moderator Leader and City Father
• Louis T. Wigfall – U.S., and later Confederate, Senator
• James "Jim" Wilkins (1947-2009) – Marshall police chief, 2001-2008; previously the FBI agent in Texas
• Kevin Williams – NFL running back
• Bob Young – football player
• Mark Mateljan -E.T.B.U. Business Student of the year 2004

This list is alphabetical, please make sure new additions are in the correct place.