Dallas

Famous Citizens

John H. Holliday (d. 1887), better known as "Doc" Holliday, gun-fighter and gambler, a once-practicing dentist in Dallas.

Blind Lemon Jefferson (1897–1929), blues musician who earned his fame playing in the Deep Ellum neighborhood of Dallas, the bestselling black blues singer in the United States for three years in the 1920s.

Clyde Barrow (1909–1934) and Bonnie Parker (1911–1934), outlaws.

Harry Hines, millionaire who made his fortune in oil, served as Texas Highway Commission Chairman from 1935 to 1941.

Annette Strauss, Dallas' first woman mayor, elected in 1987.