List of people from Amarillo, Texas

This is a list of Amarilloans, notable current and former citizens of Amarillo, Texas.

Arts and entertainment

 * Jennifer Archer, author
 * Art Bell, radio host and author
 * Lacey Brown, folk singer and American Idol finalist
 * Gail Caldwell, Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic
 * Derek Cecil, actor (Push, Nevada)
 * Cyd Charisse, dancer and actress (The Band Wagon, Brigadoon)
 * Arden Cho, actress
 * Ann Doran, actress (Rebel Without a Cause)
 * Joe Ely, country and folk singer
 * Ron Ely, actor (Tarzan)
 * Todd English, celebrity chef
 * Kevin Fowler, country music singer
 * Blair Garner, country music radio host
 * Jimmy Gilmer, rock singer ("Sugar Shack")
 * Jimmie Dale Gilmore, country music singer
 * Clyde Kenneth Harris, soldier and interior decorator
 * Kimberly Willis Holt, author
 * Mitchell Hurwitz, TV writer
 * Sterling Hyltin, ballet dancer
 * Carolyn Jones, actress (The Addams Family)
 * Roger Miller, country music singer
 * Grady Nutt, comedian (Hee Haw)
 * Hayden Pedigo, musician
 * John Rich, guitar player
 * Eck Robertson, musician
 * Ben Sargent, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
 * George Saunders, writer, winner of Macarthur Fellowship Genius Grant
 * J.D. Souther, country rock singer
 * Terry LaVerne Stafford, songwriter
 * Francie Swift, actress
 * Jodi Thomas, author
 * Paula Trickey, actress (Pacific Blue)
 * Aaron Watson, country music singer
 * Trent Willmon, country music singer
 * Jack Wrather, television director
 * M. K. Wren, mystery and science fiction writer

Business

 * T. Boone Pickens, Jr., oilman and philanthropist

Law and government

 * James R. Beverley, governor of Puerto Rico
 * Teel Bivins, United States Ambassador to Sweden
 * Beau Boulter, United States Congressman
 * James Nathan Browning, Texas lieutenant governor
 * Odell M. Conoley, USMC; Deputy Director for Operations, Plans, Policies and Operations Division, Staff of the Commander in Chief, United States European Command
 * Jake Ellzey, United States Congressman
 * Howard D. Graves, Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, later Chancellor of Texas A & M system of universities
 * John Marvin Jones, United States Congressman and Chief Judge of the Court of Claims
 * Walter Thomas Price, IV, Amarillo attorney and Republican nominee for the District 87 seat in the Texas House of Representatives
 * Mary Lou Robinson, United States federal judge
 * Kel Seliger, mayor and Texas state senator

Sports

 * Rex Baxter, professional golfer and NCAA champion
 * Trevor Brazile, PRCA All Around Cowboy
 * Brad Bryant, professional golfer
 * Paul Buentello, mixed martial artist
 * Steve Butler, racecar driver
 * Ron Clinkscale, professional Canadian football player
 * Michael Cobbins (born 1992), basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Tucker Davidson, professional baseball player
 * Bobby Duncum Jr., professional wrestler
 * Dory Funk, professional wrestler
 * Dory Funk, Jr., professional wrestler
 * Terry Funk, professional wrestler
 * Heath Herring, mixed martial artist
 * Mike Hettinga, aka Mike Knox, professional wrestler
 * Ziggy Hood, professional football player
 * Heston Kjerstad, professional baseball player
 * Wildcat Monte (born Monte Deadwiley; 1905–1961), professional boxer
 * Alex O'Brien, professional tennis player
 * Barry Orton, professional wrestler
 * Ryan Palmer, professional golfer
 * Cody Pfister, mixed martial artist
 * Bum Phillips, professional football coach
 * Chris Romero, professional wrestler
 * Mark Romero, professional wrestler
 * Ricky Romero, professional wrestler
 * Steven Romero, professional wrestler
 * Hurles Scales, professional football player
 * Mike Scroggins, professional bowler
 * Brandon Slay, gold-medal Olympic wrestler
 * Amarillo Slim, professional poker player
 * Evan Tanner, professional mixed martial artist
 * William Thomas, professional football player
 * Devonte Upson (born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Ken Vinyard, professional football player
 * Erik Watts, professional wrestler
 * Gene Wiley, professional basketball player

Others

 * Charles Albright, serial killer
 * George Hendricks Beverley, U.S. Air Force general
 * Grady Booch, software engineer
 * Thomas E. Creek, U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
 * Brittany Holberg, convicted murderer who was sentenced to death row
 * Rick Husband, astronaut
 * Paul Lockhart, astronaut
 * Leroy Matthiesen, local Catholic bishop