# List of people from Amarillo, Texas

This is a list of Amarilloans, notable current and former citizens of Amarillo, Texas.

## 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

* 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