List of people from El Paso, Texas

This is a list of notable people who were born in, or have lived in El Paso, Texas.

Politics, military, and government



 * Shirley "S.L." Abbott, Texas legislator and United States Ambassador
 * Lucy G. Acosta (1926-2008), activist and political appointee.
 * Oscar Zeta Acosta, attorney, writer
 * Suzie Azar (born 1946), aviator, politician and first woman to serve as mayor of El Paso.
 * Jeff Bingaman, former United States Senator
 * Beau Boulter, politician
 * Omar Bradley, Five Star General, first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
 * Wernher von Braun, German Nazi rocket scientist
 * Cornell William Brooks (born 1961), president of the NAACP
 * Kathleen Cardone (born 1953), United States District Judge.
 * Alicia R. Chacón (born 1938), first woman elected to office in the city of El Paso.
 * Ann Day, politician
 * Veronica Escobar, United States Representative.
 * Albert Bacon Fall, politician
 * Patrick G. Forrester, astronaut
 * Mary González (born 1983), state representative.
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 * Polly Harris (1924-1987), politician and theater enthusiast
 * Victoriano Huerta, former President of Mexico
 * Shoshana Johnson, POW
 * Wayne Harold Johnson, Republican member of both houses, consecutively, of the Wyoming State Legislature from 1993 to 2017; born in El Paso in 1942
 * Charles S. Kilburn. U.S. Army brigadier general
 * Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, politician
 * Thomas Calloway Lea Jr., attorney, judge, Mayor of El Paso (1915–1917)
 * Barbara Lee, member of the United States House of Representatives
 * Oscar Leeser, Mayor of El Paso
 * Virginia B. MacDonald, Illinois state legislator
 * Adair Margo, Chairman, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
 * Susana Martinez, former Governor of New Mexico
 * Anson Mills, brigadier general, platted El Paso in 1859.
 * Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. First woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
 * John "Danny" Olivas, astronaut
 * Beto O'Rourke, former member of the United States House of Representatives
 * John "Black Jack" Pershing, General of the Armies
 * Joseph C. Rodriguez, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Paul Ray Smith, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Gabe Vasquez, member of the United States House of Representatives
 * Jack Vowell, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1981 to 1995; construction company president in El Paso
 * Richard C. White, member of the United States House of Representatives, WWII veteran, Marine
 * Myra Carroll Winkler (1880-1963), first woman to hold elected office in El Paso County.

Western history



 * George Campbell, ex-El Paso marshal
 * Albert Jennings Fountain, Wild West Indian fighter, politician
 * Henry O. Flipper (1856-1940), Buffalo soldier and first African American graduate of West Point.
 * Pat Garrett, Western law man known for killing Billy The Kid
 * John Wesley Hardin, outlaw, attorney and gunfighter in late 19th-century Texas
 * Gus Krempkau, El Paso County constable
 * Pascual Orozco, Mexican revolutionary leader
 * George Scarborough, U.S. Marshal, gunfighter, outlaw
 * John Selman, El Paso County constable, cattle rustler and outlaw
 * Dallas Stoudenmire, El Paso Town Marshal and U.S. Marshal
 * Pancho Villa, Revolutionary general of the Mexican Revolution, Centaur of the North (Centaurio del Norte)
 * Florida J. Wolfe (1867-1913), socialite, cattle rancher and philanthropist.

Film



 * F. Murray Abraham, Academy Award-winning actor
 * Don Bluth, animator and director
 * Lombardo Boyar, actor
 * Thomas Haden Church, Academy Award-nominated actor
 * Norma Crane, film actress known for her role as "Golde" in the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof
 * Judith Ivey, Tony Award-winning actress
 * Guy Kibbee, actor
 * Rudy Larriva, animator and director
 * Laura Martinez Herring, Miss Texas USA 1985, Miss USA 1985 and actress, Mulholland Drive
 * John Cameron Mitchell, actor, director, songwriter, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
 * Lupe Ontiveros, actress
 * Anthony Quinn, Academy Award-winning actor
 * Debbie Reynolds, Academy Award-nominated actress, Singin' in the Rain
 * Lynne Roberts, actress
 * Gilbert Roland, Golden Globe-nominated actor
 * Steven Sills, screenwriter
 * Octavio Solis, actor
 * Sharon Tate, actress, Valley of the Dolls
 * Alan Tudyk, actor
 * Hal Warren, writer and director of Manos: The Hands of Fate, widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever made

Television



 * Ana Alicia, actress
 * Estela Casas (born 1961), news anchor
 * Ara Celi, actress
 * Lydia Cornell, actress, model, comedian, novelist
 * Sam Donaldson, television journalist
 * Stephen Espinoza, television executive
 * Alana de la Garza, actress
 * Vickie Guerrero, actress
 * Jack Handey, comedy writer and author
 * Sherman Hemsley, television actor, The Jeffersons
 * Jordan Hinson, actress
 * Elisa Jimenez, designer
 * Bill Macatee, sportscaster
 * Karla Martinez, television personality
 * Lupe Ontiveros, actress
 * Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator and television producer
 * Irene Ryan, actress, The Beverly Hillbillies
 * Aarón Sanchez, chef
 * Octavio Solis
 * Nora Zehetner, actress

Literature



 * Paco Ahlgren, writer
 * Alicia Gaspar de Alba, writer, poet, scholar
 * Kathleen Barber, writer
 * Cynthia Farah (born 1949), photographer and writer
 * Marcia Hatfield Daudistel, writer.
 * Shanaya Fastje, author, singer, songwriter, actress and speaker
 * Betty J. Ligon (1921-2015), journalist
 * Sheryl Luna, poet.
 * Cormac McCarthy, novelist
 * Aileen Mehle, gossip columnist
 * Leon Claire Metz, author, writer, historian, television and radio personality, public speaker and story teller
 * Pat Mora, author
 * Michael Petry, artist, author
 * Estela Portillo-Trambley, poet
 * John Rechy, author
 * Benjamin Alire Sáenz, writer, poet
 * Rubén Salazar, journalist
 * Robert Skimin, author
 * Sergio Troncoso, author
 * Janice Woods Windle (born 1938), novelist
 * Angelina Virginia Winkler, journalist, editor, magazine publisher

Visual arts

 * Manuel Gregorio Acosta, artist
 * Ho Baron, sculptor
 * Kate Moore Brown (1871-1945), clubwoman and creator of the International Museum of Art in El Paso.
 * Mago Orona Gándara (1929-2018), Chicana artist and muralist
 * Joe Allen Hong, fashion designer, artist
 * Anna Jaquez (born 1953), artist and metalsmith
 * Luis Jiménez, fiberglass artist
 * Tom Lea, artist, war correspondent, novelist, historian
 * Tom Moore, cartoonist, Archie comics
 * Gloria Osuna Perez (1947-1999), Chicana artist
 * Becky Duval Reese, art curator and former director of the El Paso Museum of Art
 * Urbici Soler, artist
 * Alberto Valdés, painter

Music, performing arts and stage



 * Birdie Alexander (1870-1960), musician and educator
 * Blake Allen, composer and musician
 * At the Drive-In, alternative rock band
 * Clint Ballard Jr., musician
 * Cedric Bixler-Zavala, musician
 * Jimmy Carl Black, musician
 * Malena Cano, ranchero and mariachi singer
 * Vikki Carr, Grammy-winning international singer, entertainer
 * The Chamanas, Latin Grammy nominee, border music band
 * Adam Duritz, musician
 * Emcee N.I.C.E., hip-hop recording artist
 * Bobby Fuller, musician
 * Kenneth James Gibson, musician, record producer
 * Rosa Ramirez Guerrero (born 1934), educator and dancer
 * Gunplay, rapper
 * Ingeborg Heuser, dancer and choreographer
 * Al Jourgensen, musician, music producer
 * Khalid, singer-songwriter
 * Ronn Lucas, ventriloquist, comedian
 * Terry Manning, music producer, audio engineer, photographer
 * The Mars Volta, progressive rock band
 * John Moyer, musician, bass player for Disturbed
 * Stevie Nicks, musician
 * Drusilla Nixon, music educator, civil rights activist, and community advocate
 * Salim Nourallah, musician
 * Phil Ochs, musician
 * Pissing Razors, groove metal band
 * Jiles Perry Richardson, musician also known as The Big Bopper
 * Joan H. Quarm (1920-2010), American educator, actor, and theater director
 * Riot Ten, DJ and producer
 * Omar Rodríguez-López, musician
 * The Royalty, musical group
 * Tom Russell, singer-songwriter
 * Irene Ryan, actress and entertainer
 * Freddy Soto, comedian
 * Sparta, musical group
 * Ryan Stout, comedian
 * Don Tosti, Mexican American composer, bandleader and musician
 * Jim Ward, musician
 * Todd Womack, comedian

Sports

 * Keitha Adams (born 1967), basketball coach Bob_Beamon_1968.jpg in 1968.]]
 * Kristi Albers (born 1963), professional golfer
 * Nate Archibald, basketball player
 * Jerry D. Bailey, jockey
 * Cesar Bazan, boxer
 * Bob Beamon, Olympic champion long jumper
 * Rich Beem, professional golfer
 * Sin Cara, WWE wrestler
 * Fred Carr, NFL player, Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame inductee
 * Frank Castillo, baseball player
 * Andy Cohen, Major League Baseball second baseman and coach
 * Randall "Tex" Cobb, boxer
 * Alan Culpepper, Olympic runner
 * Christian Cunningham (born 1997), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Mark Dantonio, college football coach
 * Billy Davis, NFL player, two-time Super Bowl champion
 * Jamie Dick, NASCAR driver
 * Manny Fernandez, wrestler
 * Tim Floyd, basketball coach
 * James Forbes, basketball player
 * Greg Foster, basketball player
 * Mark Grudzielanek, baseball player
 * Chavo Guerrero Sr., professional wrestler
 * Chavo Guerrero Jr., professional wrestler
 * Eddie Guerrero, professional wrestler former WWE Champion
 * Vickie Guerrero professional wrestling personality for WWE
 * Don Haskins, basketball coach, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
 * J. P. Hayes, professional golfer
 * Tuff Hedeman, rodeo performer
 * Butch Henry, baseball pitcher and Minor League manager
 * Bruce Holmes, football player
 * Chris Jacke, NFL player, Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame inductee
 * Marcell Jacobs, Olympic sprinter
 * Aaron Jones, NFL player
 * Shawn Jordan, LSU Football Champion, UFC Fighter
 * Seth Joyner, professional football player
 * Juan Lazcano, boxer
 * Nik Lentz, mixed martial artist
 * Marshall Leonard, professional soccer player
 * Will Licon, swimmer
 * Don Maynard, professional football player
 * Taj McWilliams-Franklin, professional basketball player
 * Ray Mickens, professional football player
 * Ricardo Pepi, professional soccer player
 * Danny Perez, professional baseball player
 * Mike Price, college football coach
 * Omar Quintanilla, professional baseball player
 * Nolan Richardson, basketball coachNolan_Richardson.jpg in 2009.]]
 * David Rodriguez professional boxer
 * Sandra Rushing, basketball coach
 * Omar Salgado, professional soccer player
 * Dick Savitt, professional tennis player
 * Willie Shoemaker, jockey
 * John Skelton, NFL quarterback
 * Paul Smith, football player
 * Paul Stankowski, professional golfer
 * Ed Stansbury, NFL player
 * Reece "Goose" Tatum, professional basketball player
 * Kenny Thomas, professional basketball player
 * Tony Tolbert, professional American footballer
 * Lee Trevino, professional golfer
 * Austin Trout, professional boxer
 * Jesse Whittenton, NFL player, Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame inductee
 * Brian Young, football player
 * Jake Young, football player
 * Alan Zinter, baseball player and coach

Educators and librarians

 * Mary_Irene_Stanton.jpg.]]Blanca Enriquez, educator and director of Head Start
 * Betty Mary Goetting (1897-1980), librarian and activist
 * Olga Bernstein Kohlberg (1864-1935), philanthropist and founder of first public kindergarten in Texas
 * Dionne Mack (born 1973), librarian and deputy city manager
 * Francis Joseph Mullin, president of Shimer College
 * Diana Natalicio (born 1939), first woman to serve as president of UTEP
 * Mary Irene Stanton (1862-1946), founder of the El Paso Public Library
 * Maud Durlin Sullivan (1870-1943), librarian at the El Paso Public Library
 * Josefina Villamil Tinajero, bilingual educator
 * María Guillermina Valdes Villalva (1939-1991), scholar and educator
 * Kimie Yanagawa (1915-1997), educator and first Japanese person naturalized in the United States

Video games

 * Don Bluth, animator and director; co-creator of Dragon's Lair
 * Rawson Stovall, video game producer/designer, author, and first nationally syndicated reviewer of video games

Others

 * Jay J. Armes, private investigator
 * Josephine Clardy Fox (1881-1971), businesswoman and philanthropist.
 * Christine Gonzalez, train engineer
 * Fred Imus, radio personality, brother of Don Imus
 * Peter E. Kern (1860-1937), real estate entrepreneur
 * Ruth Kern (1914-2002), lawyer
 * Ginger Kerrick, physicist
 * Richard Ramirez, serial killer
 * George Angel Rivas Jr., criminal, leader of the Texas Seven
 * Aaron Sanchez, chef
 * Eugenia Schuster (1865-1946), community activist
 * Fannie S. Spitz, inventor
 * Ron Stallworth, police officer, subject of movie BlacKkKlansman
 * Leona Ford Washington (1928-2007), community activist and writer of the song, "The City of El Paso," El Paso's official song
 * Wulf Zendik, author, environmentalist, founder of Zendik Farm commune and art cooperative.