Editing Denton County, Texas (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Dick Armey]], former U.S. House Majority Leader and a chief architect of the Contract with America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2002/november/the-rise-and-fall-of-scott-armey/|title=The Rise and Fall of Scott Armey|website=Dmagazine.com|date=November 2002 |access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> 
* [[Joan Blondell]], film and television actress, attended UNT (then North Texas State Teacher's College) in 1926–1927.
* [[Pat Boone]], American pop singer, briefly attended UNT.
* [[Bowling for Soup]], American rock band, based in Denton since 1996 and mentioned the county in their song [[Ohio (Come Back to Texas)]]
* [[Terry Bradshaw]], former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback
* [[Mason Cox]], professional Australian rules footballer, playing for [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] in the [[Australian Football League|AFL]]
* [[Phyllis George]], 1971 Miss America, sportscaster and former First Lady of Kentucky
* [[Joe Greene]], defensive tackle for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]], 1969–1981; 1969 defensive rookie of the year; 1972 and 1974 defensive player of the year; NFL 1970s all-decade team; Hall of Fame
* [[Jim Hightower]], former Texas Agriculture Commissioner
* [[Norah Jones]], UNT jazz major
* [[Henry Lee Lucas]], serial killer, known as the "Confession Killer", committed a 1982 murder in Denton that ultimately led to his arrest<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dentonrc.com/entertainment/docuseries-confession-killer-offers-complete-portrait-of-henry-lee-lucas/article_532654e9-9789-5076-be30-897cb282ab8f.html|title=Docuseries 'Confession Killer' offers complete portrait of Henry Lee Lucas|newspaper=[[Denton Record-Chronicle]]|date=December 5, 2019 |access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Meat Loaf]], American singer and actor, attended UNT<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://northtexan.unt.edu/notable-alumni/meat-loaf|title=Meat Loaf &#124; North Texan|website=Northtexan.unt.edu|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Gordon McLendon]], radio broadcaster and pioneer, B-movie producer, and conservative political financier
* [[Laina Morris]] - the Overly Attached Girlfriend
* [[Bill Moyers]], White House press secretary in the Johnson Administration (1965–67), attended UNT 
* [[Anne Rice]], author, attended TWU and UNT, married in Denton
* [[Ann Sheridan]], the "Oomph Girl", popular actress and singer, born and raised in Denton
* [[Sly Stone]], the musician and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone
* [[Rex Tillerson]], former CEO of [[ExxonMobil]] and 69th [[United States Secretary of State]], resident of Bartonville
* [[Von Erich family]], multigenerational professional wrestling family, known for a series of premature deaths sometimes referred to as the Von Erich curse
* [[Tex Watson]], central member of the "Manson family" and leader of the Tate-LaBianca murders in August 1969.