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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

Veronica Escobar official portrait, 116th Congress
  • Shirley "S.L." Abbott, Texas legislator and United States Ambassador
  • Lucy G. Acosta (1926-2008), activist and political appointee.[1]
  • Oscar Zeta Acosta, attorney, writer
  • Suzie Azar (born 1946), aviator, politician and first woman to serve as mayor of El Paso.[2]
  • 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
  • Kathleen Cardone (born 1953), United States District Judge.[3]
  • Alicia R. Chacón (born 1938), first woman elected to office in the city of El Paso.[4]
  • Ann Day, politician
  • Veronica Escobar, United States Representative.[5]
  • Albert Bacon Fall, politician
  • Patrick G. Forrester, astronaut
  • Mary González (born 1983), state representative.[6]
  • Ambrosio Guillen, Medal of Honor recipient
    Ambrosio Guillen, Medal of Honor recipient.
  • 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
  • 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, former 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
  • 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.[7][8]

Western history

Henry O. Flipper, a Buffalo Soldier, lived in El Paso.
  • 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.[9]
  • 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.[10]

Film

Gilbert Roland in The French Line.

Television

Gene Roddenberry on set.

Literature

Benjamin Saenz in 2009.
  • Paco Ahlgren, writer
  • Alicia Gaspar de Alba, writer, poet, scholar
  • Kathleen Barber, writer[15]
  • Cynthia Farah (born 1949), photographer and writer[16]
  • Marcia Hatfield Daudistel, writer.[17]
  • Shanaya Fastje, author, singer, songwriter, actress and speaker
  • Jim Harris, writer, naturalist
  • Betty J. Ligon (1921-2015), journalist[18]
  • Sheryl Luna, poet.[19]
  • 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[20]
  • 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.[21]
  • Mago Orona Gándara (1929-2018), Chicana artist and muralist[22]
  • Joe Allen Hong, fashion designer, artist
  • Anna Jaquez (born 1953), artist and metalsmith[23]
  • Luis Jiménez, fiberglass artist
  • Tom Lea, artist, war correspondent, novelist, historian
  • Tom Moore, cartoonist, Archie comics
  • Gloria Osuna Perez (1947-1999), Chicana artist[24]
  • Becky Duval Reese, art curator and former director of the El Paso Museum of Art[25]
  • Urbici Soler, artist

Music, performing arts and stage

The Mars Volta in concert.
  • Birdie Alexander (1870-1960), musician and educator[26]
  • 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[27]
  • 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 [28]
  • Rosa Ramirez Guerrero (born 1934), educator and dancer[29]
  • Gunplay, rapper
  • Ingeborg Heuser, dancer and choreographer[30]
  • 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
  • Med-X, hardcore punk band
  • John Moyer, musician, bass player for Disturbed
  • Stevie Nicks, musician
  • Drusilla Nixon, music educator, civil rights activist, and community advocate [31]
  • 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[32]
  • 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

Educators and librarians

  • Mary Irene Stanton.
    Blanca Enriquez, educator and director of Head Start[36]
  • Betty Mary Goetting (1897-1980), librarian and activist[37]
  • Olga Bernstein Kohlberg (1864-1935), philanthropist and founder of first public kindergarten in Texas[38]
  • Dionne Mack (born 1973), librarian and deputy city manager[39]
  • Francis Joseph Mullin, president of Shimer College[40]
  • Diana Natalicio (born 1939), first woman to serve as president of UTEP[41][42]
  • Mary Irene Stanton (1862-1946), founder of the El Paso Public Library[43]
  • Maud Durlin Sullivan (1870-1943), librarian at the El Paso Public Library[44]
  • Josefina Villamil Tinajero, bilingual educator[45]
  • María Guillermina Valdes Villalva (1939-1991), scholar and educator[46]
  • Kimie Yanagawa (1915-1997), educator and first Japanese person naturalized in the United States[47]

Others

  • Jay J. Armes, private investigator
  • Christine Gonzalez, train engineer[48]
  • Fred Imus, radio personality, brother of Don Imus
  • Peter E. Kern (1860-1937), real estate entrepreneur[49]
  • Ruth Kern (1914-2002), lawyer[50]
  • Ginger Kerrick, physicist[51]
  • Richard Ramirez, serial killer
  • George Angel Rivas Jr., criminal, leader of the Texas Seven
  • Aaron Sanchez, chef
  • Eugenia Schuster (1865-1946), community activist[52]
  • 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[53][54]

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