List of people from Amarillo, Texas

• 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 (Kpop Demon Hunters) • 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) • Kristin Key, comedian • Roger Miller, country music singer • Harry Northup, actor and poet • 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 • Ronny Jackson, United States congressman and former Physician to the President and nominee for U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs • 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 • Kel Seliger, mayor and Texas state senator • Jasmine Taylor, businesswoman ==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==

, 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 • Shanna Peeples, U.S. National Teacher of the Year, 2015 • Thomas M. Watlington, US Army major general, lived in Amarillo during retirement ==References==