Joaquin Castro, U.S. Representative from Texas's 35th congressional district since 2013; member of the Texas House; brother of San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro
Percy Sutton, Manhattan borough president in New York City; civil rights attorney with such high-profile clients as Malcolm X; owner of the Apollo Theater in Harlem and several radio stations
Robert H.H. Hugman, (1902–1980), civil engineer; saved San Antonio after 1921 floods; designed River Walk (1922–38); astute urban planner, indefatigable prophet of civic rebirth
David Lake, founding partner of Lake|Flato architects[13]
Astronautsedit
David Scott, NASA astronaut who flew on Gemini 8, Apollo 9, and, as commander of the Apollo 15 Moon mission, became the seventh man to walk on the Moon.
Ed White, NASA astronaut who flew on Gemini 4, when he became the first American spacewalker, and was set to fly on Apollo 1, but died in an accident during a plugs-out test.
Grace Phipps, actress (Fright Night (2011), The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011), The Vampire Diaries (2012), Teen Beach Movie (2013), and Teen Beach 2 (2015))
Cito Gaston,12-year MLB outfielder; one All-Star game; managed Toronto Blue Jays for 12 seasons, including consecutive World Series championships (1992–93); first African-American manager to win WS title; elected to Canada's BB HOF (2002)
Jerry Grote, MLB, New York Mets World Series catcher and two-time All-Star catcher[18]
Davey Johnson,is an American former professional baseball player and manager. Best remembered as the Manager of the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets
Frank Snyder, MLB World Series champion Catcher for New York Giants.
Ross Youngs, native of Shiner, TX but grew up in San Antonio; played for NY Giants under legendary manager John McGraw; ten seasons (1917–26), two World Series titles (1921–22), .322 lifetime BA; died 1927, age 30; elected to BB HOF, 1972; only San Antonian enshrined at Cooperstown
Basketballedit
Devin Brown, shooting guard, graduated from South San Antonio West Campus High School and UTSA
Bo Outlaw, forward, played for several NBA teams between 1994 and 2006, graduated from John Jay High School[32]
Trent Plaisted, forward, drafted 46th overall in the 2008 NBA draft, plays overseas for K.K. Zadar in Croatia; graduated from Tom Clark High School[33]
Johnny Bush, country singer, performed with Ray Price's Cherokee Cowboys and Willie Nelson's Record Men band, wrote and had a smash RCA Victor single with "Whiskey River", lives in San Antonio, wrote autobiography Whiskey River, Take My Mind
Vikki Carr, pop and Latin singer, recorded for Liberty Records, provided background vocals for Bob Wills during his Liberty Records sessions; lives in San Antonio
Bill Cody, host for WSM-AM morning show in Nashville; country music radio personality from 1987 to 1994 in San Antonio at KKYX-AM, host of Great American Country's Classic country Weekend With Bill Cody and Great American Country's Master Series
Al Dean, country singer and bandleader of The All-Stars, recorded hugely popular "National Anthem of Texas", "Cotton-Eyed Joe", which is played at San Antonio Spurs basketball games
Adolph Hofner, country singer, toured Texas festivals, fairs and rodeos with his band The Pearl Wranglers, had daily radio program on KMAC radio, sponsored by Pearl Beer, recorded for Okeh Records
Marshall Dyllon, country vocal group consisting of brothers Paul Martin and Michael Martin, Todd Sansom, Jess Littleton and Daniel Cahoon, charted three Top 50 Billboard country songs, "Live It Up" (2000), "You" (2001) and "She Ain't Gonna Cry" (2000)
Phillip Martin III (also known as ‘Nino’, ‘Pony J’ and ‘Jake’), rapper, producer and distributor
Lydia Mendoza, Tejano and conjunto musician, first garnered fame in San Antonio
Augie Meyers, Tex-Mex, country and rock musician, member of The Texas Tornados, founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet, charted Top 100 Billboard solo country hit "Kap Pa So" (1988) on Atlantic-American Records, session keyboardist for Bob Dylan's Grammy-winning album of the year Time Out of Mind (1998) and its follow-up, Love and Theft (2001)
Mina Myoui, singer, main dancer of South Korean pop group Twice; born in San Antonio and lived in Houston for a little bit before moving to Japan when she was younger
Michael Nesmith, singer-songwriter, member of The Monkees and co-star of their NBC-TV musical-comedy series; producer of award-winning video "Elephant Parts"; early member of band Denny Ezba and the Goldens along with Keith Allison ("Where the Action Is"; Paul McCartney lookalike bass player in Paul Revere & the Raiders), Augie Meyers and Wayne Hensley
Randy Piper, heavy metal guitarist best known for his work with W.A.S.P., 1982–1986
Red River Dave McEnery, hillbilly singer-songwriter, film, radio and recording star; in the early 1940s, returned to San Antonio and broadcast his songs on XERF radio located along Texas/Mexico border; appeared in several B-Western films, including 1944's Swing in the Saddle
Gerald Lyda, founder and president of Lyda Inc. and Lyda Constructors, Inc.; owner of 320,000-acre (1,300 km2) La Escalera Ranch in Texas; former owner of Ladder Ranch in Sierra County, New Mexico
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