List of people from Tucson, Arizona
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This is a listing of notable people who were born in, or have lived in, Tucson, Arizona.
- Edward Abbey – author
- Gilbert Arenas – professional basketball player
- Dave Baldwin – born in Tucson, major league baseball player, writer, artist[1]
- Robert John Bardo - convicted murderer of Rebecca Schaeffer
- Michael Bates – athlete
- Michael Blake – author
- Bart Bok – astronomer
- Joseph Bonanno – mobster
- Mika Boorem – actress
- Lynn Borden - actress and 1957 Miss Arizona
- Francois Bordes – anthropologist
- Frank Borman – astronaut
- Charles Bowden – author
- Ray Bradbury – author
- William M. Branham – minister
- Roy Brown - actor playing "Cooky" on WGN-TV's "Bozo's Circus"
- Jerry Bruckheimer – producer
- Tedy Bruschi – professional football player
- Brooke Burke – model, TV host
- James B. Burkholder - peace activist and retired US Army Officer
- Joey Burns – musician
- Joseph Byrd – musician
- Erskine Caldwell – playwright
- Max Cannon – Author and creator of the comic strip Red Meat (comic)
- Neko Case – musician
- Joe Cavaleri – The Ooh-Aah Man
- Richard Carmona – US surgeon general
- Peter I. Chang – artist, filmmaker
- John Convertino – musician
- Joan Ganz Cooney – Creator of Sesame Street
- James N. Corbett – Mayor of Tucson (former)
- Mitch Cullin – author
- Dennis DeConcini – US Senator
- Kaylee DeFer – actress
- Ted DeGrazia – painter
- John Denver – musician
- Daniel Martin Diaz – artist and musician
- Bob Dole– politician
- Chris Duncan – Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Shelly Duncan – Baseball Player New York Yankees
- Barbara Eden – actress
- Sean Elliott – professional basketball player
- Farrah Fawcett - artist and actress
- John Fina – professional football player
- Jennie Finch – professional softball player
- Charles G. Finney – author
- Pablo Francisco – stand-up comedian
- Howe Gelb – musician
- Gabrielle Giffords - politician
- Barry Goldwater – politician
- Jane Goodall – chimpanzee researcher
- Jim Grabb – former professional tennis player
- Andrew Greeley - author, scholar and Roman Catholic priest
- Raul Grijalva - politician
- Lalo Guerrero – father of Chicano music
- Savannah Guthrie - television news
- J.J. Hardy – major league baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Ron Hassey – born in Tucson, major league baseball player[1]
- Emil Haury – archaeologist
- Gary Hayes – professional football player
- Don Hummel – politician, former Tucson mayor, businessman
- Rob Hyland – actor
- Ben Patrick Johnson – journalist, model, voice over
- Ulysses Kay – composer
- Alex Kellner - born in Tucson, major league baseball player[1]
- Walt Kellner - born in Tucson, major league baseball player[1]
- Steve Kerr – professional basketball player
- Barbara Kingsolver – novelist
- Greg Kinnear – actor
- Ian Kinsler – Major League Baseball Player (starting second baseman) and All Star for the Texas Rangers
- Don Knotts – actor (attended the University of Arizona)
- Joseph Wood Krutch – author
- Eddie Leon – born in Tucson, major league baseball player[1]
- Bob Log III – musician
- Taryn Manning – actress
- Lee Marvin – actor
- Pete McCaffrey - basketball player
- Paul McCartney – Beatles member
- Roger McCluskey – National Sprint Car Hall of Fame racer
- Kevin McKenzie – theologian
- Tom Miller – travel writer
- Arturo Moreno – entrepreneur'
- Arizona Muse – model'
- Craig T. Nelson – actor
- Eugene O'Dunne – respected anti-segregationist judge on the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
- Lute Olson – college basketball coach
- Alice Greenough Orr;- rodeo star originally from Montana
- Allen Pitts – retired professional Canadian Football League player
- Rainer Ptacek - composer, musician
- William Rathje – archaeologist, Garbage Project director
- Jeff Rein – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Walgreens
- Peter M. Rhee - Attending Physician to Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the other patients in the 2011 Tucson shooting.
- Geraldo Rivera – journalist, TV personality
- Linda Ronstadt – musician
- Robert Royal – painter
- Jayla Rubinelli – model
- Barry Sadler – singer, songwriter
- Margaret Sanger – Planned Parenthood founder, prominent eugenicist
- Robert Sarver – entrepreneur
- Charles Schmid – killer
- Zachariah Selwyn - "actor, musician and television personality"
- Garry Shandling – comedian and actor
- Anthony Shumaker – major league baseball player
- Leslie Marmon Silko – author
- W. Eugene Smith – photographer
- Peter Smith – scientist; principal investigator Phoenix Project
- Martin Spanjers – actor(ABC's "Eight Simple Rules")
- Robert C. Strong - U.S. diplomat
- Kerri Strug – gymnast
- Mo Udall – congressman
- Van Cliburn – pianist - winner of the first Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition
- David Foster Wallace – author
- Kate Walsh – actress
- Lou Waters – newscaster
- Andrew Weil – doctor who promotes integrative medicine
- Michael L. White – actor, writer, producer
- Wieslaw Z. Wisniewski – astronomer
- Link Wray – musician
- Steven O'Brien - One of the founding members of the Ray Charles Experience
