Famous Arizonans
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Arizona or spent some important time in Arizona.
Rex Allen, actor
Don Ameche, actor
Steve Baldwin, actor
Ricky Barnes, golfer
Iris Bell, author
Dierks Bentley, country singer
Amanda Blake, actress
Erma Bombeck, syndicated columnist
Danny Bonaduce, actor
Frank Borman, astronaut
Charles Boyer, actor
Michelle Branch, singer and songwriter
Jerry Bruckheimer, producer
Nicolas Cage, actor
Mark Calcavecchia, golfer
Glen Campbell, singer
Richard Carmona, U.S. surgeon general
Linda Carter, actress
César Chávez, labor leader
Ike Clanton, gang member
Jerry Colangelo, basketball manager
Linda Cobb, the queen of clean
Alice Cooper, rock star
Ice Cube, actor and rapper
Ted Danson, actor
Ted DeGrazia, artist
John Denver, singer and songwriter
Andy Devine, actor
Dan Devine, football coach
Hugh Downs, TV host
Allison DuBois, crime solver
Dick Van Dyke, actor and comedian
Virgil Earp, lawman
Wyatt Earp, lawman
Megalyn Echikunwoke, actress
Duane Eddy, country singer
Barbara Eden, actress
Jack Elam, actor
Max Ernst, artist
Esteban, composer
Dennis Farina, actor
Heather Farr, golfer
Larry Fitzgerald, football player
Joe Foss, governor, TV show host, AFL commissioner
Alan Dean Foster, novelist
Joe Garagiola, baseball player and commentator
Geronimo, Apache leader
Gin Blossoms, band
Barry Goldwater, U.S. senator and presidential candidate
Denny Green, football coach
Zane Grey, western novelist
Natalie Gulbis, golfer
Gary Hall, Jr., Olympic swimmer
Dan Harkins, movie theater owner
Harry Harlow, psychologist
Paul Harvey, radio host
Alexa Havins, actress
Carl Hayden, U.S. senator
Ira Hamilton Hayes, soldier
Earl Hindman, actor
Doc Holiday, gunman
John Hughes, director, producer, and screenwriter
Reggie Jackson, baseball player
John Jacobs, golfer
Jenna Jameson, porn star
Waylon Jennings, country singer
Jimmy Eat World, band
Ben Johnson, actor
Randy Johnson, baseball player
Tank Johnson, football player
Bill Keane, cartoonist
Barbara Kingsolver, novelist
Greg Kinnear, actor
Don Knotts, actor and comedian
Annie Lawrence, author
Tom Lehman, golfer
Meadowlark Lemon, basketball player
G. Gordon Liddy, radio show host and Watergate conspirator
Nils Lofgren, band member
Clare Boothe Luce, journalist, diplomat, and politician
Andrew Magee, golfer
Paul Marcinkus, archbishop
Lee Marvin, actor
Billy Mayfair, golfer
John McCain, U.S. senator and presidential candidate
Linda McCartney, photographer and environmentalist
Paul McCartney, singer and songwriter
Gary McCord, golfer
Tim McCoy, actor
Randall McDaniel, football player
Todd McFarlane, comic book creator
Phil Mickelson, golfer
Ann Miller, actress
Robert Mitchum, actor
Tom Mix, actor
Sam Moore, singer, of Sam & Dave
Arturo Moreno, businessman
Pat Morita, actor
Janet Napolitano, governor
Craig T. Nelson, actor
Wayne Newton, singer
Stevie Nicks, singer
Leslie Nielsen, actor
Nick Nolte, actor
Brandy Norwood, singer and actress
Donald O'Connor, actor, comedian, and dancer
Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. supreme court justice
Buck Owens, country singer
Jesse Owens, Olympic runner
Grace Parker, golfer
Danica Patrick, race car driver
Matthew Peterson, author
Billy Preston, rock star
Dan Quayle, U.S. senator and vice president
Kirby Puckett, baseball player
William Rehnquist, U.S. supreme court chief justice
Debbie Reynolds, actress
Quebtin Richardson, basketball player
James Riding-in, author
Geraldo Rivera, TV reporter
Marty Robbins, country singer
Linda Ronstadt, singer
Elisabeth Kubler Ross, psychiatrist
Mary Ellen Ruffalo, actress
Jane Russell, actress
Bob Shane of The Kingston Trio
Curt Schilling, baseball player
Robert Shields, painter, sculptor, and mime
Joey Snyder III, golfer
Karsten Solheim, golf club inventor
Annika Sorenstam, golfer
Dorothy Fay Southwick, actress
David Spade, actor and comedian
Kerri Strug, gymnast
Pat Tillman, football player and military hero
Marshall Trimble, historian
Kirk Triplett, golfer
Tanya Tucker, country singer
John Wayne, actor
Andrew Weil, doctor and book author
Danny White, football player
Ted Williams, baseball player
Waziyatawin Angela Wilson, author
Mare Winningham, actress
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
Sean Young, actress
Bill Zorn of The Limelighters
