You may know which famous people were born in San Antonio or went to high school here, but those aren’t the only ways that celebrities are connected to the Alamo City.

From A-List actors like Pedro Pascal and Tommy Lee Jones to multiple former U.S. presidents, a  bunch of famous people have made San Antonio their home at certain points in their lives, and we think that counts too.

San Antonio can’t claim Pedro Pascal. He moved away when he was 11. Credit: Shutterstock / DFree
Tommy Lee Jones Academy Award-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, and after getting his career underway ended up moving to the 2-1-0. Credit: Twentieth Century Fox
Juliette Danielle “You’re tearing me apart, Lisa!” Known for her role in Tommy Wiseau’s eccentric cult film The Room, Juliette Danielle moved to San Antonio in 2017. Credit: Wiseau-Films
Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood served as writer in residence at Trinity University during the late 1980s. Credit: Shutterstock / Markus Wissmann
Lyndon Baines Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president, taught school in Cotulla, a small town south of San Antonio. After his time in the White House, he retired to a ranch in Stonewall, just north of here. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Arnold Newman, White House Press Office (WHPO)
Jackie Earle Haley Character actor Jackie Earle Haley, known for Bad News Bears and Watchmen, moved to San Antonio after getting married. He owns a production company here. Credit: Shutterstock / Featureflash Photo Agency
Emily Strayer Emily Strayer, the banjo player for the Chicks — formerly the Dixie Chicks — owned a home in San Antonio before her 2008 divorce from the late Charlie Robison, a singer-songwriter with his own musical career. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / JD Lasica
David Caruso TV cop actor David Caruso (CSI: Miami, NYPD Blue) maintained a residence in San Antonio during the 2000s because he had a son with a San Antonio woman. Credit: CBS
Daisy and Violet Hilton English-born conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton became popular vaudeville performers while they lived in San Antonio during the early 20th century. The twins also appeared in the 1932 horror film Freaks. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Progress Studio New York
Thomas Ellis Gibson TV actor Thomas Ellis Gibson (Dharma & Greg, Criminal Minds) was born in South Carolina but resides in San Antonio. Credit: Shutterstock / Kathy Hutchins
Steve Earle Influential Americana singer-songwriter Steve Earle’s family moved to San Antonio when he was a young child. He dropped out of high school to pursue the musical life. By 1974, he’d split for Nashville. Credit: Shutterstock / Sterling Munksgard
Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower, the nation’s 34th president, was stationed at Fort Sam Houston in 1916. He also coached a football team at St. Louis College, which is now St. Mary’s University. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / White House
Lydia Mendoza Considered the “Mother of Tejano music,” it makes sense that Lydia Mendoza would have San Antonio ties. She was born in Houston, however, and spent much of her youth with her family hitchhiking around Texas to play for migrant workers. Eventually, at age 12, she caught the attention of an Alamo City radio personality and spent considerable time here. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / University of North Texas Libraries
John Schneider John Schneider, otherwise known as half of the Duke Boys on ’80s TV show The Dukes of Hazzard, lived in San Antonio during the 1990s and even founded a production company here to put out family entertainment. He’s also starred in the TV series Smallville and The Haves and the Have Nots. Credit: OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Legendary blues guitar slinger Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown started his musical career after the end of World War II playing drums in San Antonio. His musical travels eventually took him to Tennessee, Louisiana and on numerous European tours. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Kåre Eide
Lara Flynn Boyle Actress Lara Flynn Boyle married real-estate investor Donald Ray Thomas II in 2006 and has maintained a residence in the Alamo City since then. Credit: Shutterstock / Joe Seer
Dustin Lance Black Dustin Lance Black, an LGBTQ+ activist who wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay to Milk, was born in California but spent some of his formative years in San Antonio. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Web Summit
Ernest Tubb Country music pioneer Ernest Tubb, known as the “Texas Troubadour,” took a job as a singer for San Antonio radio station KONO-AM in the 1930s. He later relocated to Nashville and became one of the fixtures on the Grand Ole Opry. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Atlas Artist Bureau
Moe Bandy Moe Bandy, one of the country music luminaries of the 1970s, was born in Mississippi but moved to San Antonio while in grade school and launched his musical career here. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Republic Country Club
Regina Ting Chen Actress Regina Ting Chen, who appeared in Stranger Things Season 4, moved to San Antonio with her family from Hawaii when she was a teen. She ended up enrolling in UT Austin, where her aunt was a pharmacy professor. Credit: Netflix
William S. Sessions William S. Sessions was a U.S. district judge in San Antonio before serving as FBI director from 1987 through 1993 under President Bill Clinton. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / FBI

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