Beaumont, Texas

Beaumont is a city and county seat of Jefferson County in U.S. state of Texas within the Beaumont?Port Arthur metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 113,866. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the Gulf Coast.

Famous people from Beaumont

• Frank Middleton - NFL offensive guard
• Nick Lampson - Democratic Congressman.
• Bernard C. Parks - former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.
• Babe Didrikson Zaharias - female athelete
• Chip Ambres - Major League Baseball Player
• Kendrick Perkins - NBA player for the Boston Celtics
• Charles A. "Bubba" Smith - NFL defensive end
• O.A. "Bum" Phillips - head coach Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints
• Barbara Lynn - singer
• Tracy Byrd - singer
• Mark Chesnutt - singer
• George Jones - singer
• Johnny Winter - musician
• Edgar Winter - musician
• The Big Bopper - musician