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Non Puerto Rican bios.

Biographies


 * Dr. Victor A. Carreño - Scientist


 * Mansel Carter - Arizona Mountain Man


 * Louis Diaz - DEA agent - authored 50%+


 * Bill Downing - Notorious outlaw in Arizona


 * Jan D'Esopo - Sculptor


 * Henry Garfias - A Hispanic who became the first marshal of Phoenix, Arizona. He was also a gunfighter who became the highest elected Mexican American official in the Valley during the 19th century.


 * Dr. Winston C. Hackett - First African-American Physician in Arizona


 * John Leguizamo - Actor


 * John C. Lincoln - American inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist


 * Paul W. Litchfield - American Inventor, Industrialist, Chairman of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and the founder of the town of Litchfield Park, Arizona.


 * Mimi Lozano - Activist


 * Joe Mayer - Founder of the town of Mayer, Arizona


 * William John Murphy - Founder of the city of Glendale, Arizona.


 * Wing Foon Ong - The first Chinese-American to be elected to The Arizona House of Representatives. In 1966, Ong become the first Chinese-American to win a seat in the Arizona State Senate.


 * Adam Perez Diaz - The first Hispanic elected to the Phoenix City Council and also the first Hispanic to serve as Phoenix's Vice-Mayor.


 * Ruth Mary Reynolds - An American Puerto Rican Nationalist.


 * Levi Ruggles - Founder of Florence, Arizona.


 * Sedona Schnebly - Namesake of the Town of Sedona, Arizona


 * Michael Sullivan - An American stonemason who built various structures in Casa Grande, Arizona out of fieldstone and which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


 * Trinidad Swilling a.k.a. "The Mother of Phoenix" - Wife of Jack Swilling, the founder of Phoenix.


 * Ora Rush Weed - Founder of Weedville, Arizona.


 * Henry Wickenburg - Founder of the town of Wickenburg, Arizona.

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