List of people from El Paso, Texas explained

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

Politics, military, and government

Western history

Film

Television

Literature

Visual arts

Music, performing arts and stage

Sports

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Texas Women's Hall of Fame: Acosta, Lucy G.. Texas Woman's University. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130511173913/http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-acosta.asp. 2013-05-11. 2018-08-13.
  2. Garcia. Vicente. Pinon. Tony. Rasmussen. Aaron. Coons. Heather. 2009. Suzie Azar Still Reaches for the Sky. EPCC Borderlands. 27. 9 July 2016.
  3. Web site: Cardone, Kathleen. Federal Judicial Center. 2019-12-05.
  4. News: Ex-county Judge to be Honored. Chavez. Adriana. June 15, 2000. El Paso Times. March 31, 2019. Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: Our Campaigns - TX District 16 - D Primary Race - Mar 06, 2018. Our Campaigns. October 25, 2018.
  6. Web site: Texas House District 75. house.texas.gov. 2013-12-05.
  7. Krisman . Michael J. . December 1980 . Death Notice, Charles S. Kilburn . Assembly . West Point, NY . Association of Graduates, USMA . 128 . Google Books.
  8. News: Forty Years Ago. 1952-11-14. El Paso Times. 2019-12-02. 6. Newspapers.com.
  9. Longo. Joseph. Spring 2016. Early El Paso Women Political Pioneers: 1912-1952. Password. 60. 1. 15.
  10. Book: Cusic, Don. The Trials of Henry Flipper, First Black Graduate of West Point. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. 2009. 9780786439690. Jefferson, North Carolina. 120.
  11. Web site: Wolfe, Florida J. (c 1867-1913). Dailey. Maceo Crenshaw Jr.. BlackPast.org. 14 November 2007. en. 2017-06-22.
  12. http://www.filmreference.com/film/15/Thomas-Haden-Church.html Thomas Haden Church Biography (1960-)
  13. Web site: Gilbert Roland.
  14. http://www.texasarchive.org/amateurauteurs/hal-warren/ Amateur Auteurs | Hal Warren
  15. Web site: History of KVIA. 20 October 2010. KVIA-TV. 9 July 2016.
  16. News: Kathleen Barber, December 28 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190722193833/https://www.rcreader.com/news/kathleen-barber-author-visit-dec28 . 2019-07-22 . 2019-07-22 . Author Barber was raised in Galesburg and graduated from the University of Illinois and Northwestern University School of Law. While she previously practiced bankruptcy law at large firms in Chicago and New York, Barber is also a registered yoga teacher and self-described “incurable wanderer” who, when she isn’t writing, enjoys traveling the world with her husband..
  17. News: Southwest Writers Captured on Film. Benanti. Mary. 14 January 1985. El Paso Times. 25 March 2019. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: Book Review: 'Literary El Paso,' Edited by Marcia Hatfield Daudistel. Sumner. Jane. 13 December 2009. The Dallas Morning News. 9 July 2016.
  19. News: Longtime arts columnist Betty Ligon passes away at the age of 93 in Pleasant Hills, California. Cortez Gonzalez. Maria. 19 May 2015. El Paso Times. 2017-12-04. en.
  20. Web site: Colorado Poets Center : Sheryl Luna.
  21. Dingus. Anne. 1996. West Seller. Texas Monthly. 24. 8. 26. subscription. 9 July 2016. EBSCO.
  22. Saenz. Brandy. Eubank. Alexis. Vise. Ruth. 2012. Kate Moore Brown: A Woman of Many Firsts. Borderlands. 30.
  23. Book: Hakim, Musa Abdul. https://books.google.com/books?id=QmFUC1HZIl8C&q=%22orona%20gandara%22&pg=PA262. Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives: Women in American History. SR Books. 2000. 9780842027540. Lindenmeyer. Kriste. Lanham, Maryland. 262. en. Mago Orona Gandara.
  24. Book: Texas 100: Selections from the El Paso Museum of Art. El Paso Museum of Art Foundation. 2006. 9780978538309. Dura. Lucia. El Paso, Texas. 60–61.
  25. News: Her Art Lives On. Villalva. Maribel. 11 July 1999. El Paso Times. 17 March 2019. and News: Osuna. 11 July 1999. El Paso Times. 17 March 2019. 7F. Newspapers.com.
  26. Web site: A Q&A with Becky Duval-Reese, director of the El Paso Museum of Art. Cortez. Mia. 30 April 2005. El Paso Inc.. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331155711/http://www.elpasoinc.com/news/a-q-a-with-becky-duval-reese-director-of-the/article_25303592-11df-5bc4-8e80-46841e1e5ac2.html. 31 March 2019. 2019-03-31.
  27. News: Miss Alexander Taken by Death. 2 August 1960. El Paso Herald-Post. 2018-04-04. 2. en. Newspapers.com.
  28. News: Ranchero Artist Will Sing At Chamizal. 11 January 1991. El Paso Times. 2018-08-19. en. Newspapers.com.
  29. Romero, Dennis "Kenneth James Gibson: Hollywood Shuffler" , LAweekly.com, Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  30. Book: Berchelmann III, David A.. Legendary Locals of El Paso. Arcadia Publishing. 2015. 9781467101875. Charleston, South Carolina. 111.
  31. Web site: Ballet Director to Retire. 18 October 2006. ¿Que Pasa?. en-US. 2017-12-06.
  32. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/nixon-drusilla-elizabeth-tandy-1899-1990/ Drusilla Elizabeth Tandy Nixon on BlackPast
  33. News: El Paso Woman Has a Long History of Acting, Directing. Johnson. Matt. 19 July 2002. El Paso Times. 2018-07-14. en. Newspapers.com.
  34. Web site: Keitha Adams. UTEP Athletics. June 26, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170210215806/http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/keitha_adams_294184.html. February 10, 2017. dead.
  35. http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf LPGA All-Time Winners List
  36. News: New UTEP Coach Says Being Woman Is Big Plus. Henry. Don. 10 May 1990. El Paso Times. 13 July 2019. Newspapers.com. and News: Coach. 10 May 1990. El Paso Times. 13 July 2019. 5C. Newspapers.com.
  37. Web site: Welcome the New Office of Head Start Director. Smith. Linda. 2 April 2015. Administration for Children and Families. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. 5 March 2016.
  38. Book: Metz, Leon. El Paso: Guided Through Time. Mangan Books. 1999. 9780930208370. El Paso, Texas. 57.
  39. Web site: Kohlberg, Olga Bernstein. Kohout. Martin Donell. 15 June 2010. Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. 18 May 2017.
  40. Book: Dailey, Maceo Crenshaw Jr.. African Americans in El Paso. Smith-McGlynn, Kathryn; Gutierrez Venable, Cecilia. 29 September 2014. 9781439647448. Charleston, South Carolina. 905238686.
  41. Book: Mullin, Mark. The Headmaster's Run. 2008. 978-1578866540. 16. Rowman & Littlefield Education .
  42. http://www.utepmagazine.com/fall-2018/2018/6/27/mentor-advocate-president MENTOR. ADVOCATE. PRESIDENT.
  43. https://www.utsystem.edu/sites/default/files/offices/board-of-regents/board-meetings/board-minutes/2-88meeting831.pdf Meeting No. 831 THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
  44. Book: Timmons, W.H.. El Paso: A Borderlands History. Texas Western Press. 1990. 0-87404-213-5. El Paso, Texas. 194.
  45. Web site: SULLIVAN, MAUD DURLIN. KOHOUT. MARTIN DONELL. 2010-06-15. tshaonline.org. en. 2019-04-05.
  46. News: Premian su destacado aporte a la educación bilingüe. Henao. Juliana. 8 March 2016. El Diario de Juárez. 2017-09-06. es.
  47. Web site: Valdes Villalva, Maria Guillermina. Solorzano. Rosalia. 15 June 2010. Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
  48. News: Japanese Granted Citizenship. 1953. The Cincinnati Enquirer. 2018-01-02. 6. Newspapers.com.
  49. News: Davis. Mary Margaret. 1982-08-10. Donor's Collection Puts a Feather in UTEP's Hat. 13. El Paso Times. 2021-02-24. Newspapers.com.
  50. Web site: US' First Woman Train Engineer Speaks in Las Cruces. López. Carlos Andres. 14 March 2017. Las Cruces Sun-News. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327235142/https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2017/03/14/us-first-woman-train-engineer-speaks-las-cruces/99192054/. 27 March 2019. 2019-03-29.
  51. News: Papers, Photos Add to Kern Place Founder's History. Hamilton. Nancy. 21 November 1974. El Paso Herald-Post. 27 April 2017. Newspapers.com.
  52. News: Ruth Kern Replace Domesticity With Outspokeness. Aschoff. Susan. 10 September 1978. El Paso Times. 2018-07-30. en. Newspapers.com. and News: Lawyer Overcomes Sex Discrimination. 10 September 1978. El Paso Times. 2018-07-30. 2–C. en. Newspapers.com.
  53. Web site: Women@NASA » Ginger Kerrick. women.nasa.gov.
  54. News: Woman's Club Members Shaped El Paso History. Weiser. Abbie. 21 February 2016. El Paso Times. 5 March 2016.
  55. Web site: Washington, Leona Ford. Dailey. Maceo. 13 June 2013. Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. 5 March 2016.
  56. Web site: Leona Ford Washington. 7 November 2014. Digie. El Paso Museum of History. 5 March 2016.