List of people from El Paso, Texas

This is a list of famous 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
• Oscar Zeta Acosta, attorney, writer
• Albert Armendariz, Sr., federal judge and civil rights leader^[1]
• Jeff Bingaman, former United States Senator
• Beau Boulter, politician
• Wernher von Braun, German Nazi rocket scientist
• Ann Day, politician
• Albert Bacon Fall, politician
• Patrick G. Forrester, astronaut
• Ambrosio Guillen, Medal of Honor recipient
• Billy Guin, Louisiana Republican politician, born in El Paso; long-time resident of Shreveport, Louisiana
• Pat Haggerty, Republican state representative for El Paso County from 1989 to 2009^[2]
• 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, Governor of New Mexico
• Fred Meyer, businessman and chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, 1988 to 1994; former El Paso resident
• Anson Mills, brigadier general, platted El Paso in 1859.
• Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• John "Danny" Olivas, astronaut
• Beto O'Rourke, 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^[3]
• Richard C. White, member of the United States House of Representatives, WWII veteran, Marine

Western history

• George Campbell, ex-El Paso marshal
• Albert Jennings Fountain, Wild West Indian fighter, politician
• 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)

Film

• F. Murray Abraham, Academy Award-winning actor
• Billy Blair, actor
• Don Bluth, animator and director
• Lombardo Boyar, actor
• Thomas Haden Church, Academy Award-nominated actor^[4]
• Norma Crane, film actress known for her role as "Golde" in the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof
• Laura Harring, Miss USA 1985 and actress, Mulholland Drive
• Judith Ivey, Tony Award-winning actress
• Guy Kibbee, actor
• Rudy Larriva, animator and director
• 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^[5]
• 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^[6]

Television

• Ana Alicia, actress
• 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
• Nora Zehetner, actress
• Octavio Solis

Literature and visual arts

• Manuel Gregorio Acosta, artist
• Alicia Gaspar de Alba, writer, poet, scholar
• Ho Baron, sculptor
• Shanaya Fastje, author, singer, songwriter, actress and speaker
• Jim Harris, writer, naturalist
• Ingeborg Heuser, dancer and choreographer
• Joe Allen Hong, fashion designer, artist
• Luis Jiménez, fiberglass artist
• Tom Lea, artist, war correspondent, novelist, historian
• Betty J. Ligon, journalist
• Cormac McCarthy, novelist
• Aileen Mehle, gossip columnist
• Leon Claire Metz, author, writer, historian, television & radio personality, public speaker and story teller
• Tom Moore, cartoonist, Archie comics
• Pat Mora, author
• Estela Portillo-Trambley, poet
• John Rechy, author
• Benjamin Alire Sáenz, writer, poet
• Rubén Salazar, journalist
• Robert Skimin, author
• Urbici Soler, artist
• Sergio Troncoso, author

Music, performing arts and stage

• Birdie Alexander, musician and educator
• Carlos Aguirre, a rapper also known as Mr. Crazy^[7]
• At the Drive-In, alternative rock band
• Clint Ballard, Jr., musician
• Cedric Bixler-Zavala, musician
• Jimmy Carl Black, musician
• 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
• Gunplay, rapper
• Al Jourgensen, musician, music producer
• Riot Ten, DJ and producer
• 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 (band)
• Stevie Nicks, musician
• Phil Ochs, musician
• Gary Perkins, radio DJ
• Pissing Razors, groove metal band
• Khalid Robinson, singer-songwriter
• 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

• Nate Archibald, basketball player
• Jerry D. Bailey, jockey
• Cesar Bazan, boxer
• Bob Beamon, Olympic champion long jumper
• Rich Beem, professional golfer
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Don Maynard, professional football player
• Taj McWilliams-Franklin, professional basketball player
• Ray Mickens, professional football player
• Danny Perez, professional baseball player
• Mike Price, college football coach
• Omar Quintanilla, professional baseball player
• Nolan Richardson, basketball coach
• David Rodriguez professional boxer
• 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
• 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
• Ed Stansbury, NFL player
• Aaron Jones, NFL player
• Sin Cara, WWE wrestler

Others

• Jay J. Armes, private investigator
• Jon Heidelberg, chef^[8]
• Fred Imus, radio personality, brother of Don Imus
• Ruth Kern, lawyer^[9]
• Francis Joseph Mullin, president of Shimer College^[10]
• Kevin O'Brien, clergyman in Lubbock; born in El Paso, 1955
• Richard Ramirez, serial killer
• Aaron Sanchez, chef
• Fannie S. Spitz, inventor
• Ron Stallworth, police officer, subject of movie BlacKkKlansman
• Kimie Yanagawa, educator^[11]

Fictional people

• The Jaime Reyes version of the DC Comics superhero Blue Beetle is a native of El Paso.
• Carlos Solis from the television show Desperate Housewives grew up in El Paso after being born in Guadalajara, Mexico.
• B.B. Kiddo, daughter of Beatrix Kiddo in the film 'Kill Bill
• The character Paul Torres played by Adan Canto from the television show The Following was originally from El Paso.

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