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This is a
list of Amarilloans
, notable current and former citizens of
Amarillo, Texas
.
Contents
Arts and entertainment
Business
Law and government
Sports
Others
Arts and entertainment
Jennifer Archer
, author
Art Bell
, radio host and author
Lacey Brown
,
folk singer
and
American Idol
finalist
Gail Caldwell
,
Pulitzer Prize
-winning book critic
Derek Cecil
, actor (
Push, Nevada
)
Cyd Charisse
, dancer and actress (
The Band Wagon
,
Brigadoon
)
Arden Cho
, actress
Ann Doran
, actress (
Rebel Without a Cause
)
Joe Ely
, country and folk singer
Ron Ely
, actor (
Tarzan
)
Todd English
, celebrity chef
Kevin Fowler
, country music singer
Blair Garner
, country music radio host
Jimmy Gilmer
, rock singer ("
Sugar Shack
")
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
, country music singer
Clyde Kenneth Harris
, soldier and interior decorator
Kimberly Willis Holt
, author
Mitchell Hurwitz
, TV writer
Sterling Hyltin
, ballet dancer
Carolyn Jones
, actress (
The Addams Family
)
Roger Miller
, country music singer
Grady Nutt
, comedian (
Hee Haw
)
Hayden Pedigo
, musician
John Rich
, guitar player
Eck Robertson
, musician
Ben Sargent
, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
George Saunders
, writer, winner of Macarthur Fellowship Genius Grant
JD Souther
, country rock singer
Terry LaVerne Stafford
, songwriter
Francie Swift
, actress
Jodi Thomas
, author
Paula Trickey
, actress (
Pacific Blue
)
Aaron Watson
, country music singer
Trent Willmon
, country music singer
Jack Wrather
, television director
M. K. Wren
, mystery and science fiction writer
Business
T. Boone Pickens, Jr.
, oilman and philanthropist
Law and government
James R. Beverley
, governor of
Puerto Rico
Teel Bivins
, United States Ambassador to
Sweden
Beau Boulter
, United States Congressman
James Nathan Browning
, Texas lieutenant governor
Odell M. Conoley
, USMC; Deputy Director for Operations, Plans, Policies and Operations Division, Staff of the Commander in Chief,
United States European Command
Jake Ellzey
, United States Congressman
Howard D. Graves
, Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, later Chancellor of Texas A & M system of universities
John Marvin Jones
, United States Congressman and Chief Judge of the
Court of Claims
Walter Thomas Price, IV
, Amarillo attorney and
Republican
nominee
for the District 87 seat in the
Texas House of Representatives
Mary Lou Robinson
, United States federal judge
Jasmine Taylor
, businesswoman
Kel Seliger
, mayor and Texas state senator
Sports
Rex Baxter
, professional golfer and NCAA champion
Trevor Brazile
, PRCA All Around Cowboy
Brad Bryant
, professional golfer
Paul Buentello
, mixed martial artist
Steve Butler
, racecar driver
Ron Clinkscale
, professional Canadian football player
Michael Cobbins
(born 1992), basketball player for
Maccabi Haifa
of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Tucker Davidson
, professional baseball player
Bobby Duncum Jr.
, professional wrestler
Dory Funk
, professional wrestler
Dory Funk, Jr.
, professional wrestler
Terry Funk
, professional wrestler
Heath Herring
, mixed martial artist
Mike Hettinga
, aka Mike Knox, professional wrestler
Ziggy Hood
, professional football player
Heston Kjerstad
, professional baseball player
Wildcat Monte
(born Monte Deadwiley; 1905–1961), professional boxer
Alex O'Brien
, professional tennis player
Barry Orton
, professional wrestler
Ryan Palmer
, professional golfer
Cody Pfister
, mixed martial artist
Bum Phillips
, professional football coach
Chris Romero
, professional wrestler
Mark Romero
, professional wrestler
Ricky Romero
, professional wrestler
Steven Romero
, professional wrestler
Hurles Scales
, professional
football
player
Mike Scroggins
, professional bowler
Brandon Slay
, gold-medal Olympic wrestler
Amarillo Slim
, professional poker player
Evan Tanner
, professional mixed martial artist
William Thomas
, professional football player
Devonte Upson
(born 1993), basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ken Vinyard
, professional football player
Erik Watts
, professional wrestler
Gene Wiley
, professional basketball player
Others
Amarillo High School graduate
Rick Husband
,
astronaut
and the
Space Shuttle
commander of
STS-107
(
Columbia
) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere
Charles Albright
, serial killer
George Hendricks Beverley
, U.S. Air Force general
Grady Booch
, software engineer
Thomas E. Creek
, U.S. Marine Corps
Medal of Honor
recipient
Brittany Holberg
, convicted murderer who was sentenced to death row
Rick Husband
, astronaut
Paul Lockhart
, astronaut
Leroy Matthiesen
, local Catholic bishop
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City of Amarillo
Education
Amarillo ISD
Amarillo HS
Caprock HS
Palo Duro HS
Tascosa HS
Bushland ISD
Canyon ISD
Randall HS
Highland Park ISD
River Road ISD
Holy Cross-Amarillo
St. Andrew's Episcopal School
Amarillo College
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo
Transportation
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
Buildings and structures
Amarillo Botanical Gardens
Amarillo Globe Dream House
Amarillo Museum of Art
Amarillo Natatorium
Amarillo National Bank
FirstBank Southwest Tower
Fisk Medical Arts Building
Herring Hotel
Santa Fe Building
Potter County Courthouse
Ranchotel
Wonderland Park
Media
Amarillo Globe-News
Culture
Amarillo Dusters
People
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