Category:People from pre-statehood Arizona

This category includes people who lived in the area that would become the U.S. state of Arizona prior to its becoming a state, including:
 * notable Spanish and Mexican inhabitants of the area corresponding to present-day Arizona within the Spanish colonial Las Californias province (1768–1804) and Alta California province (1804–1822), and subsequent Mexican Alta California Territory (1822–1848)
 * people from part of the U.S. New Mexico Territory after 1850
 * and Arizona Territory after 1862.