Founders of the Republic of Texas:
- Augustus Chapman Allen (1806–1864) and John Kirby Allen (1810–1838), the founders of Houston
- Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), the "Father of Texas"
- John Neely Bryan (1810–1877), the founder of Dallas
- Moses Austin Bryan (1817–1895), early settler of Texas
- David G. Burnet (1788–1870), an interim President of the Republic of Texas
- Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels (1812–1875), established colonies of German immigrants in Texas
- Henri Castro (1786–1865), a Jewish empresario
- Jesse Chisholm (1806–1868), Indian trader, guide, interpreter, namesake of the Chisholm Trail
- Jao De La Porta (fl. 1810s), trader, financed settlement of Galveston Island
- Johann Friedrich Ernst (born Friedrich Diercks) (1796–1848), first German to bring his family to Texas, benefactor to German immigrants
- Warren Angus Ferris (1810–1873), early surveyor of Dallas
- Henry Francis Fisher (1805–1867), German settler, explored and colonized San Saba area
- Sam Houston (1793–1863), the first and the third President of Republic of Texas, later a U.S. Senator from Texas and the Governor of Texas
- Anson Jones (1798–1858), last President of the Republic of Texas, called the "Architect of Annexation"
- Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798–1859), second President of Republic of Texas, One of the strongest proponents of the Texas Navy
- Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (1798–1880), considered to be "the Mother of Texas"
- Collin McKinney (1766–1861), a drafter of the Texas Declaration of Independence; both Collin County and its county seat, McKinney, are named for him
- Jose Antonio Navarro (1795–1871), Texas statesman, revolutionary and politician
- Robert Neighbors (1815–1859), Indian agent, soldier, legislator
- Cynthia Ann Parker (1826–1870), kidnapped in 1836 and raised by Comanche Indians. Mother to Quanah Parker, the last Comanche Chief
- Emily Austin Perry (1795–1851), early settler of Texas
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803–1857), Secretary of War of Republic of Texas, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, U.S. Senator from Texas after its admission to the United States
- Edwin Waller (1800–1881) a judge and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
- Lorenzo de Zavala (1788–1836), first vice-president of the Republic of Texas and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
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