Editing Big Spring, Texas (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Larry Arnhart]], a writer and scholar, graduated from Big Spring High School in 1967.
* [[Betty Buckley]] is a Tony Award-winning theater, film, and television actress and singer.
* [[Carl Bunch]] was the drummer for [[Buddy Holly]] during the "Winter Dance Party" tour in 1959 in which Holly died ([[the Day the Music Died]]), and later for [[Hank Williams Jr.]] and [[Roy Orbison]].
* [[Putt Choate]] was a [[National Football League]] (NFL) player for the [[Green Bay Packers]].
* [[Mike Christie (ice hockey)|Mike Christie]]; was an [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player for the [[California Seals]], [[Cleveland Barons (NHL)|Cleveland Barons]], [[Colorado Rockies]] and [[Vancouver Canucks]]
* [[Ainslee Cox]], conductor
* [[Tim Dunn (businessman)|Tim Dunn]], billionaire businessman and conservative political activist
* [[Sonny Dykes]] is the current head coach of the [[TCU Horned Frogs football]] team.
* [[Bob Flowers]] was an American football center who won an NFL Championship with the Green Bay Packers.
* [[Tony Franklin (placekicker)|Tony Franklin]], professional football player
* [[Bubba Franks]], former NFL [[tight end]] for the Green Bay Packers, was born in [[California]], but was raised and played [[High school (North America)|high school]] [[American football|football]] in Big Spring.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021223074045/http://www.packers.com/draft/2000/franks/ Daniel "Bubba" Franks bio (2000 NFL draft preview)] on [http://www.packers.com/ packers.com], the official website of the Green Bay Packers</ref>
* [[Lefty Frizzell]], American country music singer-songwriter and honky-tonk singer who led the house band for a local nightclub "Ace of Clubs" in the early 1950s
* [[Cynthia Fierro Harvey]], United Methodist Church bishop
* [[Jeane Porter Hester]], oncologist and co-developer of [[IBM 2997]], the computerized blood cell separator
* [[Charley Johnson]], NFL quarterback for the [[St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)|St. Louis Cardinals]], [[Houston Oilers]], and [[Denver Broncos]]
* [[Dave O'Brien (actor)|Dave O'Brien]], Western actor
* [[J. J. Pickle]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]] from the [[United States House of Representatives, Texas District 10|10th congressional district]] of [[Texas]] from 1963 to 1995
* [[Stephan Pyles]], creator of New Texas cuisine and a founding father of ''haute'' Southwestern cuisine
* [[J. T. Smith (American football)|J. T. Smith]], professional football player
* [[Tom Sorley]], president/CEO of Rosendin Electric
* [[Ryan Tannehill]], quarterback for the [[Tennessee Titans]]
* [[Jesse Whittenton]], NFL player for the [[Los Angeles Rams]] and Green Bay Packers, was a member of the 1961 and 1962 NFL-champion Packers.
* [[Ronna Reeves]], an American country music singer, was nominated by the [[Academy of Country Music]] in 1992 for Top New Female Vocalist.