•
Edward Abbey – novelist, graduated from the University of New Mexico •
Rudolfo Anaya – novelist •
Richard Artschwager – painter, illustrator and sculptor •
Jimmy Santiago Baca – poet and author •
Oscar E. Berninghaus (1874–1952) – founding member of
Taos Society of Artists •
Ernest L. Blumenschein (1874–1960) – founding member of
Taos Society of Artists •
Fray Angelico Chavez – poet and painter •
Linda Chavez (born 1947) – author,
commentator, radio talk show host •
Mark Coggins (born 1957) – author and photographer •
E. Irving Couse (1866–1936) – founding member of
Taos Society of Artists •
Stanley Crawford (born 1937) – writer and farmer •
William deBuys (born 1949) - writer and conservationist •
W. Herbert Dunton (1878–1936) – founding member of
Taos Society of Artists •
Malcolm Ebright (1932-2005) -
Land Grant Historian, advocate, and attorney •
Nicolai Fechin (1881–1955) – painter known for his portraits and works featuring Native Americans •
Forrest Fenn – poet, scholar, artist and painter, author, historian, teacher, environmentalist •
R. C. Gorman (1931–2005) – Navajo artist •
Grant Hayunga (born 1970) – artist and musician •
Tony Hillerman (1925–2008) – journalist, mystery writer, "Edgar" award winner, MWA Grand Master •
Peter Hurd (1904–1984) – artist •
Barbara Latham (1896–1989) – painter, printmaker, illustrator •
D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) – novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter •
Marjorie Herrera Lewis – author and journalist •
Albert Looking Elk (1888–1940) –
Taos Pueblo painter •
Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879–1962) – writer and patroness of
Taos art colony •
Albert Lujan (1892–1948) –
Taos Pueblo painter •
Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859–1928) – journalist and Indian activist, photographer •
Agnes Martin (1912–2004) – abstract painter •
George R. R. Martin (born 1948) – lives in Santa Fe, screenwriter and author of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, including
Game of Thrones •
Maria Martinez (1887–1980) – pottery artist, famous for her pioneering work in black on black pottery •
Bill Mauldin (1921–2003) –
editorial cartoonist,
Pulitzer Prize, 1945 and 1958 •
Cormac McCarthy – author of
No Country for Old Men,
The Road, Pulitzer Prize winner •
Michael McGarrity – novelist, former deputy sheriff of Santa Fe County •
Juan Mirabal (1903–1970) –
Taos Pueblo painter •
N. Scott Momaday (1934) –
Kiowa, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and visual artist •
Agnes Morley Cleaveland (1874–1958) – writer, cattle rancher, women's basketball player •
Howard Morgan – television weather forecaster •
Dan Namingha – Hopi artist •
Bruce Nauman – artist •
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) – artist •
Bert Geer Phillips (1868–1956) – founding member of
Taos Society of Artists •
Ernie Pyle (1900–1945) – war correspondent,
Pulitzer Prize 1944 •
Joseph Rael (born 1935) – Native American
ceremonial dancer,
shaman, writer, and artist •
Anita Rodriguez (born 1941) – artist and painter •
Antonio Roybal – artist •
Hib Sabin (born 1935) – sculptor •
George I. Sánchez (1906–1972) – scholar and activist •
Joseph Henry Sharp (1859–1953) – founding member of
Taos Society of Artists •
Lori "Pop Wea" Tanner (died 1966) –
Taos Pueblo painter and potter •
Anne Trujillo – television news anchor and reporter, KMGH (ABC) in Denver •
Sabine Ulibarri (1919–2003) – poet and teacher •
Alisa Valdes –
New York Times and
USA Today bestselling author, staff writer
Boston Globe and
Los Angeles Times, screenwriter and producer •
Harold Joe Waldrum (1934–2003) – artist •
Linda Wertheimer – Senior National Correspondent for
NPR •
Cody Willard – anchor for
Fox Business Network and co-host of
Fox Business Happy Hour •
Jack Williamson – novelist, professor at
Eastern New Mexico University ==Business==