Tex 242005 223561553 2008-07-04T16:58:44Z PamD 1368779 avoid redirect '''Tex''' may refer to: *[[Tex (unit)]], a unit of measure for the linear mass density of fibers *[[TeX]], pronounced "tech", a typesetting system created by Donald Knuth *[[Text Executive Programming Language]] *[[Tau Epsilon Chi (Sorority)| Tau Epsilon Chi]] high school sorority ==People== '''Tex''' is ofen used as a nickname for someone having been born and/or raised in the [[United States]] state of [[Texas]]. *[[Joe Tex]] (1933–1982), American soul singer most popular during the 1960s and 1970s *[[Tex Avery]] (1908–1980), American animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons *[[Tex Beneke]] (1914–2000), American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader *[[Tex Brashear]] (born 1955), American voice actor, previously in radio *[[Tex Ritter]] (1905–1974), American country singer and actor *[[Tex Schramm]] (1920–2003), original president and general manager of the U.S. National Football League's Dallas Cowboys franchise *[[Tex Williams]] (1917–1985), American country musician *[[Tex Winter]] (born 1922), American basketball coach, innovator of the triangle offense ==Entertainment== *[[Big Tex]], the icon of the annual State Fair of Texas *[[Tex (novel)|''Tex'' (novel)]] (1979), by S.E. Hinton *''[[Tex (film)]]'', a 1982 film based on S.E. Hinton's novel, starring [[Matt Dillon]] *[[Tex (Red vs. Blue)|Tex (''Red vs. Blue'')]], a fictional character *[[Tex (THX)]], a red and silver robot appearing in some animated THX trailers *[[Tex Murphy]], the main character of five adventure games from Access Software *[[Tex Willer]], a character in an Italian comic book of the same name *Tex, a [[Cadillac Coupe de Ville]] from the film [[Cars (film)|Cars]]. His full name is Tex Dinoco. ==See also== *[[IATA]] ariport code for [[Telluride Regional Airport]] *[[Tex-Mex]] {{disambig}} [[cs:Tex]] [[de:Tex]] [[eo:TEX]] [[it:TEX]] [[nl:Tex]]