List of people from New Mexico

The list of people from New Mexico includes notable people who were either born or have lived for a significant period of time in New Mexico.

Athletics

• Ross Anderson (skier) (b. 1971), lives in Taos, fastest skier in the Western Hemisphere speed skiing;
• Hank Baskett (b. 1982), born in Clovis, NFL player;
• Notah Begay III (b. 1972), born in Albuquerque, golfer;
• Brenda Burnside (b. 1963), born in Albuquerque, boxer;
• Jackie Chavez (b. 1983), born in Albuquerque, lives in Las Cruces, boxer;
• Doug Eddings(b. 1968), born in Las Cruces, MLB umpire;
• Jack Gardner (1910•2000), college men's basketball coach;
• Frank "Bruiser Brody" Goodish (1946•1988), professional wrestler;
• Fred Haney (1896•1977), Major League Baseball manager;
• Pat Henry (b. 1951), collegiate track and field head coach;
• Damion James (b. 1987), born in Hobbs, player for the New Jersey Nets
• Ralph Kiner (b. 1922), Baseball Hall of Famer;
• Nancy Lopez (b. 1957), Hall of Fame golfer;
• Ronnie Lott (b. 1959), Pro Football Hall of Famer;
• Steve Ontiveros (b. 1961), baseball player;
• Diego Sanchez (b. 1981), born in Albuquerque, UFC fighter;
• Mike E. Smith (b. 1965), born in Roswell, Hall of Fame jockey;
• Vern Stephens (1920-1968), born in McAlister, baseball player;
• Johnny Tapia (b. 1967), born in Albuquerque, boxer;
• Al Unser (b. 1939), born in Albuquerque, race car driver;
• Al Unser, Jr. (b. 1962), born in Albuquerque, race car driver;
• Bobby Unser (b. 1934), lives in Albuquerque, race car driver;
• Brian Urlacher (b. 1978), grew up in Lovington, National Football League player;

Business

• Jeff Bezos (b. 1964), born in Albuquerque, founder of Amazon.com;
• Conrad Hilton (1887•1979), born in San Antonio, New Mexico, hotelier, founder of the Hilton Hotel chain

Crime

• Billy the Kid (1859•1881), outlaw
• Jose Chavez y Chavez (1851•1924), cowboy and outlaw
• Francisco Martin Duran, attempted assassin of Bill Clinton

Government

• Toney Anaya, (1941- ), Governor
• Clinton Presba Anderson, (1895-1975), Senator
• Elfego Baca (1865•1945)
• Jeff Bingaman, (1943- ), Senator
• Dennis Chavez (1888•1962), Senator
• Bronson M. Cutting, (1888-1935), Senator
• Pete Domenici, (1932•), Senator
• Pat Garrett (1850 • 1945)
• Bruce King, New Mexico governor
• Joseph Montoya, U.S. senator
• Janet Napolitano, (1957•), United States Secretary of Homeland Security
• Bill Richardson (1947•), Energy Secretary, Ambassador to the United Nations, Governor, first Hispanic candidate for the U.S. Presidency

Native Americans

• Cochise (1812•1874), Chiricahua Apache chief
• Geronimo (1829•1909), Chiricahua Apache chief
• Willard Hughes Rollings (1948-2008), Part Cherokee, historian of Native Americans
• Victorio (1825•1880), Chiricahua Apache chief
• Annie Dodge Wauneka (1895 • 1997), Navajo health educator, winner of Presidential Medal of Freedom

Popular culture

Art, literature, and journalism

• Rudolfo Anaya, novelist
• Jimmy Santiago Baca, poet and author
• Fray Angelico Chavez, poet and painter
• Linda Chavez (1947•), author, commentator, radio talk show host
• R. C. Gorman, Navajo artist
• J.M.G. Le Clézio, novelist
• Tony Hillerman (1925 • 2008) journalist, mystery writer, "Edgar" winner, MWA Grand Master
• Peter Hurd (1904•1984), artist
• Agnes Martin, artist
• Bill Mauldin (1921•2003), editorial cartoonist, Pulitzer Prize, 1945 and 1958
• Howard Morgan, television weather forecaster
• Dan Namingha, Hopi artist
• Bruce Nauman, artist
• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887•1986), artist
• Keep Adding, (Brian Bixby & Noah MacDonald), artist collective specializing in digital and spray-paint art
• Ernie Pyle (1900•1945), war correspondent, Pulitzer Prize, 1944
• Antonio Roybal, artist
• George I. Sánchez (1906-1972), Scholar and Activist
• Anne Trujillo, TV News Anchor/Reporter, KMGH ABC Denver
• Linda Wertheimer, NPR Senior National Correspondent

Fashion

• Tom Ford, fashion designer and businessman

Film and theater

• Bruce Cabot (1904•1972), actor
• Ronny Cox (1938•), actor
• Annabeth Gish (1971•), actress (Fox's The X-Files and Showtime's Brotherhood)
• Adrian Grenier (1976•), actor (HBO's Entourage)Born in New Mexico
• Anna Gunn (1968•), actress (HBO's Deadwood) (AMC's Breaking Bad)
• William Hanna (1910•2001), animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder, together with Joseph Barbera, of Hanna-Barbera
• Neil Patrick Harris (1973•), actor
• Judy Herrera, actress
• Mike Judge (1962•), actor, animator, producer
• Val Kilmer (1959•), actor
• Benito Martinez (1971•), actor (FX's The Shield)
• Demi Moore (1962•), actress
• Freddie Prinze Jr. (1975•), actor
• Jay Roach (1957•), director, producer, the Austin Powers films, Meet the Parents
• Kim Stanley (1925•2001), actress
• French Stewart (1964•), actor
• Raoul Trujillo (1955•), actor
• Jeremy Ray Valdez (1980•), actor
• Ally Walker (1961•), actress (NBC's Profiler)

Music

• Zach Condon (b. 1986), born in Santa Fe, musician in Beirut (band);
• John Denver (1943•1997), born in Roswell, singer-songwriter;
• Michael Martin Murphey (b. 1945), lives in Taos, country musician, the author of New Mexico's state ballad, "The Land of Enchantment;
• Norman Petty (1927•1984), musician, songwriter, record producer
• James Tenney (1934•2006), born in Silver City, composer;

Science and technology

• Edward Condon (1902•1974), Nuclear physicists
• Sidney M. Gutierrez (b. 1951), astronaut
• Harrison Schmitt (b. 1935), astronaut, geologist and former U.S. Senator from New Mexico
• Mark Spencer, computer engineer
• John Stapp, "the fastest man on earth"
• Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer and discoverer of the celestial body (at the time considered to be the 9th planet in the solar system) Pluto

Other

• Maria Gertrudis "Tules" Barceló (c. 1800-1852), Entrepreneur and Gambler
• Dorothy Page (19??•1989), known as the "Mother of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race"
• Addie Peed Swearingen (1904-2008), Portales philanthropist
• Mai Shanley Miss USA 1984

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