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==Notable people== {{See also|List of Texas A&M University people}} The following people have lived or are currently living in College Station: * [[George Bass (archaeologist)|George Bass]], archaeologist, called the Father of [[Underwater archaeology]] * [[David Bereit]], anti-abortion activist<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theeagle.com/local/Anti-abortion-group-will-meet-pope-in-Washington |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424154204/http://www.theeagle.com/local/Anti-abortion-group-will-meet-pope-in-Washington |url-status=unfit |archive-date=April 24, 2008 |title=Anti-abortion group will meet pope in Washington |author=Janet Phelps |publisher=The Bryan College Station Eagle |access-date=June 16, 2008 |date=April 16, 2008 }}</ref> * [[Matthew Berry]], ESPN fantasy sport analyst<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theeagle.com/local/CS-man-has-fantasy-gig-at-ESPN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911115956/http://www.theeagle.com/local/CS-man-has-fantasy-gig-at-ESPN |url-status=unfit |archive-date=September 11, 2009 |title=CS man has fantasy gig at ESPN |author=Matthew Watkins |publisher=The Bryan College Station Eagle |access-date=June 16, 2008 |date=May 4, 2008 }}</ref> and son of College Station mayor Nancy Berry * [[Norman Borlaug]], "The Man Who Saved a Billion Lives", agronomist, humanitarian, and [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel laureate]] who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution" * [[Alex Caruso]], professional NBA basketball player * [[John David Crow]], late athletic director at Texas A&M University; former football player and coach * [[Lafayette L. Foster]], 5th president of Texas A&M University, 28th [[Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web|author= Research Division of the Texas Legislative Council|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/members/bios/PresidingOfficers2016/Foster.pdf|title= Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature 1846–2016|publisher= Texas Legislative Council|website=Texas Legislative Reference Library}}</ref> * [[Larry Fedora]], former head football coach of the University of North Carolina * [[Robert Gates]], former Texas A&M University president and former [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tamu.edu/president/history.html | title=Office of the president, History of the office | url-status=unfit | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214210203/http://tamu.edu/president/history.html | archive-date=February 14, 2009 }}</ref> * [[Kristy Hawkins]], IFBB professional bodybuilder * [[Kyle Kacal]], member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]] from College Station since 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/138318/kyle-kacal#.Uwq2zcuPIfg|title=Kyle Kacal's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|access-date=February 23, 2014}}</ref> * [[David Konderla]], Roman Catholic Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa|Tulsa]] * [[Arnold Krammer]], historian at Texas A&M University, 1974–retirement in 2015<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/longtime-texas-a-m-history-professor-receives-surprise-send-off/article_6fd998e2-36e1-54b7-8475-bfb85c093663.html |title=Longtime Texas A&M history professor receives surprise send-off during final lecture |newspaper=[[Bryan-College Station Eagle]] |author=Sam Peshek |date=May 1, 2015 |access-date=May 13, 2015 }}</ref> * [[David M. Lee]], physics professor at TAMU, 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.science.tamu.edu/articles/684/ | title=Nobel Prize Winner to Join Texas A&M Physics Faculty | access-date=May 26, 2011 | publisher=Texas A&M University College of Science | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307181030/http://www.science.tamu.edu/articles/684 | archive-date=March 7, 2010 | url-status=unfit }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1996/lee.html |title=David M. Lee |access-date=May 26, 2011| publisher=[[The Nobel Foundation]]}}</ref> * [[R. Bowen Loftin]], physicist, former president of Texas A&M University * [[Lyle Lovett]], singer-songwriter * [[Robert Earl Keen]], singer-songwriter * [[Seth McKinney]], former NFL football player and now owner of Crossfit Aggieland in College Station * [[Ilan Mitchell-Smith]], actor, starring in ''[[Weird Science (film)|Weird Science]]'', ''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'', among others; professor of English at [[California State University, Long Beach]] * [[John N. Raney]], member of the Texas House of Representatives from College Station since 2011, owner of Aggieland Book Store since 1969 * [[Rico Rodriguez (actor)|Rico Rodriguez]], actor, known for his role of Manny Delgado in the ABC sitcom ''[[Modern Family]]'' * [[Thomas Sadoski]], award-winning actor, starring in HBO's [[The Newsroom (U.S. TV series)|''The Newsroom'']], among others * [[Brek Shea]], soccer player, member of [[FC Dallas]] and the [[United States Men's National Soccer Team]] * [[R. C. Slocum]], former Texas A&M University head football coach (1989–2002) * [[Bjarne Stroustrup]], computer scientist, designer, and original implementor of C++; Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University; AT&T Fellow * [[Tiffany Thornton]], actress, starring in Disney Channel's ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]'' * [[Eleanor Joyce Toliver-Williams]], the first Certified African American Female [[Federal Aviation Administration]] Controller * [[Alok Vaid-Menon]], performance artist and LGBTQ rights activist * [[Christine Wormuth]], served as the 25th [[United States Secretary of the Army]] * [[Johnny Silverhand]], character from the Cyberpunk TTRPG and video game franchise * [[Patrick Zurek]], Roman Catholic Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo|Amarillo]], founding [[pastor]] of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.amarillo.com/stories/010408/new_9299151.shtml |title=A changing of the guard |author=Joe Southern |newspaper=Amarillo Globe-News |access-date=June 16, 2008 |date=January 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603235737/http://amarillo.com/stories/010408/new_9299151.shtml |archive-date=June 3, 2011 |url-status=unfit}}</ref>
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