List of people from Tucson, Arizona
Appearance
This is a listing of famous people who were born in, or lived in, Tucson, Arizona.
- Edward Abbey – author
- Michael Bates – athlete
- Bart Bok – astronomer
- Joseph Bonanno – mobster
- Mika Boorem – actress
- Francois Bordes – anthropologist
- Frank Borman – astronaut
- Charles Bowden – author
- William M. Branham – minister
- Ray Bradbury – author
- Tedy Bruschi – professional football player
- Brooke Burke – model, TV host
- Joey Burns – musician
- Erskine Caldwell – playwright
- Richard Carmona – US surgeon general
- Joan Ganz Cooney – Creator of Sesame Street
- James Corbett – Mayor of Tucson, famous knee-biter
- Kaylee DeFer – actress
- Ted DeGrazia – painter
- John Denver – musician
- Barbara Eden – actress
- Sean Elliott – professional basketball player
- John Fina – professional football player
- Charles G. Finney – author
- Pablo Francisco – stand-up comedian
- Pearry Green – minister
- Lalo Guerrero – father of Chicano music
- Ulysses Kay – composer
- Steve Kerr – professional basketball player
- Barbara Kingsolver – novelist
- Greg Kinnear – actor
- Joseph Wood Krutch – author
- The Prime Time Rapist
- Taryn Manning – actress
- Lee Marvin – actor
- Tom Miller – travel writer
- Arturo Moreno– entrepreneur
- Lute Olson – college basketball coach (recently surpassed John Wooden's record of 304 wins in the PAC-10)
- Lawrence Clark Powell – librarian
- Linda Ronstadt – musician
- Barry Sadler – singer, songwriter
- Margaret Sanger – birth control campaigner
- Charles Schmid – killer
- Garry Shandling – comedian and actor
- Leesa Jo Shaner – murder victim
- Leslie Marmon Silko – author
- W. Eugene Smith –- photographer
- Kerri Strug – gymnast
- Mo Udall – congressman
- Kate Walsh – actress
- Lou Waters – newscaster
- Andrew Weil – well-known doctor who promotes alternative medicine
- Wieslaw Z. Wisniewski – astronomer