List of famous people from El Paso, Texas

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This is a list of famous people who were born in, or have lived in, El Paso, Texas.

[edit] Famous People

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• Eddie Guerrero – Hispanic professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment (d. 2005)
• Aileen Mehle – better known as W Magazine's legendary gossip columnist, "Suzy"
• F. Murray Abraham – won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Amadeus, (1984)
• Ana Alicia – actress
• Jerry Bailey – Racing Hall of Fame jockey
• Rich Beem – professional golfer
• Ted Bender – TV and radio entertainer; was the weatherman for KTSM Channel 9 for nearly 4 decades, also served in the El Paso City Council during the 1960s.
• Billy the Kid – 19th century American frontier outlaw
• Jeff Bingaman – U.S. Senator
• Benny Binion – well known casino owner and poker enthusiast
• Jimmy Carl Black – drummer, musician
• Lombardo Boyar – Latino character actor
• Omar Bradley – former General of the Army during World War II
• Don Brooks- Current Coronado High School football coach for 45 years, the longest tenure yet in West Texas football history.
• Calamity Jane – Wild West gunfighter and frontierswoman
• George Campbell – ex-El Paso Marshal and one of the four victims killed in the "Four Dead in Five Seconds" gunfight on April 14, 1881
• Vikki Carr – Grammy Award winning singer
• Captain John L. Chapin – World War II hero
• Thomas Haden Church – actor who starred on Wings and Sideways for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Lydia Cornell – television actress, model, comedianne, and novelist
• Norma Crane – actress
• Alana de la Garza – actress
• Sam Donaldson – former television news anchor for ABC News
• Adam Duritz – musician and record producer
• Howell Eurich – television and radio entertainer; was El Paso's version of Bozo The Clown
• Albert B. Fall – politician
• Manny Fernandez – professional wrestler
• Tim Floyd – former NBA coach and current collegiate basketball coach for the University of Southern California
• Albert Jennings Fountain – Wild West Indian fighter, lawyer,and Republican politician
• Patrick G. Forrester – NASA Astronaut
• Bobby Fuller – rock singer and guitarist
• Pat Garrett – Western law man famous for killing Billy The Kid
• Mark Grudzielanek – Major League Baseball player
• Chavo Guerrero Jr. – Hispanic professional wrestler
• Laura Harring – actress and former Miss USA (1985)
• Jack Handey – comedian and comic writer, he is famous for his "Deep Thoughts" on TV's Saturday Night Live
• John Wesley Hardin – well-known outlaw and gunfighter in 19th century Texas
• Jim Harris – naturalist and writer.
• Don Haskins – former collegiate basketball coach for UTEP and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Victoriano Huerta – Mexican military officer and President of Mexico (dictator)
• Luis Jiménez – world-renowned fiberglass sculptor, painter, and professor
• Guy Kibbee – actor
• Gus Krempkau, El Paso County Constable and one of the four victims killed in the "Four Dead in Five Seconds" gunfight on April 14, 1881
• Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo – politician, governor of New Mexico, and the first Latin American to be elected to the United States Senate
• Juan Lazcano – professional boxer
• Tom Lea – artist and writer
• Barbara Lee – Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives
• Marshall Leonard – Major League Soccer player, currently with the New England Revolution
• Benjamin Loeb – composer, musician, and conductor. Brother of Lisa Loeb
• Ronn Lucas – ventriloquist and comedian
• Bill Macatee – sports anchor
• Chase Masterson – actress
• Leon C. Metz, nationally renowned historian of El Paso and the Southwest.
• Cormac McCarthy – novelist, author of nine Southern Gothic and Western novels
• Taj McWilliams-Franklin – professional basketball player, currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.
• Ray Mickens – Pro football player, currently with the New York Jets of the NFL
• Francisco "Pancho" Morales – originator of the Margarita cocktail, first mixed across the river in Juarez, Mexico in 1942
• Phil Ochs – protest singer of the early 1960s
• Pissing Razors – a groove metal band.
• Sandra Day O'Connor – Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• John "Danny" Olivas – NASA Astronaut
• Pascual Orozco – Mexican revolutionary leader
• George S. Patton – U.S. Army general in World War II
• Gary Perkins – notable radio DJ
• John J. Pershing – U.S. General of the Armies, only two people have ever held this title; George Washington and Pershing
• Mike Price – current college football coach at UTEP, 1997 National Coach of the Year
• Richard Ramirez – convicted serial killer awaiting execution on California's death row
• John Rechy – author
• Debbie Reynolds – actress and singer
• Nolan Richardson – former collegiate basketball coach for the University of Tulsa and the University of Arkansas
• Gene Roddenberry – television writer, creator of Star Trek
• Joseph C. Rodriguez – World War II Hero and Medal of Honor recipient
• Gilbert Roland – actor
• Tom Russell – singer-songwriter
• Irene Ryan – vaudeville, radio, film, and Broadway entertainer
• Dr. Ricardo Sanchez – author-educator
• Dr. Luis Santos-Only Gastroenterologist Pediatrician in El Paso and the region between San Antonio and Tucson since 1995.
• George Scarborough – Wild West gunfighter and outlaw
• Willie Shoemaker – Racing Hall of Fame jockey
• Nikki Sixx – bassist for the band Mötley Crüe
• Paul Ray Smith – Medal of Honor recipient
• Urbici Soler – artist and sculptor
• Freddy Soto – comedian
• Dallas Stoudenmire – El Paso's legendary town marshal; controlled and intimidated violent & wild town into civilization
• Ryan Stout – stand-up comedian
• Paul Strelzin – veteran radio and television personality; former PA announcer for the El Paso Diablos.
• Erick Swenson – artist sculptor whose works were selected at part of the 2004 Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Biennial exhibits
• Sharon Tate – actress
• Reece "Goose" Tatum – star basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters
• Don Tosti – Mexican American composer, bandleader, and musician
• Lee Trevino – Professional Golfer
• Sergio Troncoso – author of short stories and novels
• Alan Tudyk – actor
• Pancho Villa – rebel general of the Mexican Revolution
• Sparta – alternative rock/post hardcore band
• The Mars Volta – musical rock and punk group
• Hal Warren – writer-director of Manos: The Hands of Fate, which is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever made.

[edit] Fictional People

• The Jaime Reyes version of the DC Comics superhero Blue Beetle is a native of El Paso.