Max points some notable texas residents and natives: gene autry - singer, actor andrea candalaria - nurse at the alamo denton a. cooley - heart surgeon dwight david eisenhower - president and general ben hogan - golfer lyndon b. johnson - president michael johnson - olympic athlete nolan ryan - professional baseball player mary martin - singer, actress audie murphy - world war ii hero chester nimitz - admiral robert rauschenberg - painter babe didrikson zaharias - athlete using the internet, write about eight historical people from texas who contributed something beneficial to texas or to america as a whole. you must choose your eight from the list above. give each person's place of birth and the year that he or she achieved an important historical goal. summarize each person's accomplishments in ten to fifteen sentences, and make sure you use complete sentences throughout your project. you do not need to incorporate all of these summaries into one big essay; a simple list of the eight people is sufficient.