text: where was george w. bush born?   he was born in new haven, ct on july 6, 1946.  his family moved to texas when he was 2 years old and thus considers himself a texan.  he was raised in midland, tx and houston, tx.  he went to a boarding high school at phillips academy in andover, ma and later attended college at yale university in ct.  he also attended harvard business school in boston, ma.  the majority of his life has been spent in tx.