Tex (nickname)
# Tex (nickname)

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

## People

* 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 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

* Tex Murphy, the main character of five adventure games from Access Software
* Tex Randall, a 47-foot tall cowboy figure constructed in 1959 in Canyon, Texas
* Tex Sawyer, villain from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise
* Tex Thompson, a DC Comics superhero
* Tex Willer, a character in an Italian comic book of the same name
* Tex Dinoco, a character from the 2006 film Cars, a personified Cadillac Coupe de Ville
* Tex Richman, the main antagonist of the 2011 film The Muppets
* The title character of Tex Granger, a 1948 movie serial
* Tex, a penguin villager from the video game series Animal Crossing
* Tex, the mascot for THX
* Tex (Red vs. Blue), in the webseries Red vs. Blue
