• Source: 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.
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
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
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 coach
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


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.




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