Tex is a nickname, usually for someone from the U.S. state of Texas. Notable people with the nickname include:
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 (born 1932), American retired 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
David Lee "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
Tex Maule (1915-1981), longtime lead American football writer for Sports Illustrated magazine
Tex McDonald (1891-1943), America Major League Baseball player
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
Tex Watson (born 1945), American murderer and former member of the Manson Family
Tex Williams (1917–1985), American country musician
Tex Winter (born 1922), American basketball coach, innovator of the triangle offense
Tex Wisterzil (1888-1964), American Major League Baseball player
