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 William J. Glasgow (1866–1967), US Army brigadier general, lived and worked in El Paso 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, U.S. representative for California and mayor of Oakland, California 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 actorThomas Haden Church Biography (1960-) Norma Crane, film actress known for her role as "Golde" in the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof Thomas Rosales Jr., actor, stuntman 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 Arnaldo Santana, 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 madeAmateur Auteurs | Hal Warren
Television
Allegra Acosta, Actress 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, Director Alan Tudyk, Actor Nora Zehetner, Actress
Literature
Paco Ahlgren, writer Alicia Gaspar de Alba, writer, poet, scholar Franco Ambriz, playwright Kathleen Barber, writer Cynthia Farah (born 1949), photographer and writer Marcia Hatfield Daudistel, writer. Samuel Martínez Roque, also known as To Kill a Man, Mexican writer, singer-songwriter, author of Martínez Roque v. USA 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 and 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, Musician and Educator Blake Allen, Composer and Musician At the Drive-In, Alternative Rock Band Clint Ballard Jr., Musician Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Musician Cigarettes After Sex, Indie Band Jimmy Carl Black, Musician Malena Cano, Ranchero, and Mariachi Singer Vikki Carr, Grammy-Winning International Singer, and Entertainer The Chamanas, Spanish Rock Adam Duritz, Musician Emcee N.I.C.E., Hip-Hop Bobby Fuller, Musician Juan Gabriel, Musician Kenneth James Gibson, Musician, and Record Producer Romero, Dennis "Kenneth James Gibson: Hollywood Shuffler" , LAweekly.com, Retrieved May 1, 2020. Late Night Drive Home, Rock Band Rosa Ramirez Guerrero, Educator and Dancer Gunplay, Rapper Ingeborg Heuser, Dancer and Choreographer Al Jourgensen, Musician, and Music Producer Khalid, Singer, and Songwriter Ronn Lucas, Ventriloquist, and Comedian Terry Manning, Music Producer, Audio Engineer, and 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 Drusilla Elizabeth Tandy Nixon on BlackPast Salim Nourallah, Musician Phil Ochs, Musician Pissing Razors, Groove Metal Band Jiles Perry Richardson, Musician also known as The Big Bopper Joan H. Quarm, American Educator, Actor, and Theater Director Riot Ten, DJ aProducer Omar Rodríguez-López, Musician The Royalty, Musical Group Tom Russell, Singer, and Dongwriter 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
Diego Abarca (born 2005), soccer player Keitha Adams (born 1967), basketball coach Kristi Albers (born 1963), professional golferLPGA All-Time Winners List Mikey Ambrose (born 1993), soccer player Nate Archibald, basketball player Arturo Astorga (born 1998), soccer player Jerry D. Bailey, jockey Cesar Bazan, boxer Bob Beamon, Olympic champion long jumper Rich Beem, professional golfer Cinta De Oro, Wrestler Fred Carr, NFL player, Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame inductee Frank Castillo, baseball player Caesar Cervin (born 1967), soccer player and coach Andy Cohen, Major League Baseball second baseman and coach Randall "Tex" Cobb, boxer Jeremiah Cooper, football player 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 Shaul Guerrero, Wrestler Vickie Guerrero, Former 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 Mary Cunningham Hoover (1928 - 2020), tennis and golf. 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 Jair Marrufo, soccer referee Don Maynard, professional football player Taj McWilliams-Franklin, professional basketball player Ray Mickens, professional football player Santiago Muñoz, soccer player Ricardo Pepi, 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 and 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 Alejandro Zendejas, soccer player Alan Zinter, baseball player and coach Magno, professional wrestler Darell Hernáiz, MLB Player
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