Famous Tucsonans
These are people who were born in, are living in, used to live in, or who have died in Tucson.
| Name | Date | Born in | Lived in | Lives in | Died in | Occupation |
| Abbey, Edward | 1927-1989 | X | American writer, environmentalist | |||
| Ai | 1947-2010 | X | American writer | |||
| Allen, Rupert Clyde | 1927- | X | American writer | |||
| Allen, Rex | 1924-1999 | X | Actor, singer, songwriter | |||
| Ameche, Jim | 1915-1983 | X | Radio Performer | |||
| Angier, Bradford | 1910-1997 | X | American writer | |||
| Apache Kid | 1868? - 1894? | X | Criminal | |||
| Arthur, Karl | 1952- | X | American writer | |||
| Baldwin, Gordon C. | 1908-1983 | X | American writer | |||
| Bates, Mario Doniel | 1973- | X | Professional football player | |||
| Bates, Michael | 1969- | X | Professional football player | |||
| Behan, John Harris | 1845-1912 | X | Lawman, cowboy | |||
| Bennett, Michael | 1943-1987 | X | Dancer | |||
| Bok, Bart Jan | 1906-1983 | X | Astronomer, educator, and author | |||
| Bonanno, Joseph 'Joey Bananas' | 1905-2002 | X | Mafioso | |||
| Bordes, Francois | 1919-1981 | X | Archeologist, educator, and author | |||
| Borman, Frank | 1928- | X | Astronaut | |||
| Bowden, Charles | 1945- | X | American writer, journalist | |||
| Bowers, Janice Emily | 1950- | X | American writer | |||
| Bradbury, Ray | 1920- | X | American writer | |||
| Bradley, Donald A. | 1925-1974 | X | Scientific researcher, astrologer, and writer | |||
| Brown, Joseph Paul Summers | 1930- | X | American writer | |||
| Byrd Baylor | 1924- | X | American writer | |||
| Caldwell, Erskine | 1903-1987 | X | American writer | |||
| Calkins, Dick | 1895-1962 | X | Cartoonist | |||
| Carmona, Richard Henry | 1949- | X | Physician, police officer, public health official | |||
| Cliburn, Van | 1934- | X | American pianist | |||
| Clinton, Larry | 1909-1985 | X | Bandleader | |||
| DeConcini, Dennis Webster | 1937- | X | American politician | |||
| DeGrazia, Ted (Ettore) | 1909-1982 | X | Artist | |||
| Deming, Alison Hawthorne | 1946- | X | American writer, poet | |||
| Denver, John | 1943-1997 | X | American singer | |||
| Doss, Helen Grigsby | 1918- | X | English writer | |||
| Douglass, Andrew Ellicott | 1867-1962 | X | Astronomer, dendrochronologist | |||
| Eden, Barbara | 1934- | X | Actor | |||
| Eder, Linda | 1961- | X | Singer | |||
| Elliott, Sean Michael | 1968- | X | Professional basketball player | |||
| Fitch, Steve | 1949- | X | Photographer | |||
| Fontana, Bernard Lee | 1931- | X | American writer | |||
| Franken, Rose (Dorothy) | 1895? -1988 | X | American writer | |||
| Freyse, William | 1899-1969 | X | Cartoonist | |||
| Gordon, Gordon | 1906- | X | American writer | |||
| Gordon, Mildred | 1912-1979 | X | Editor, screenwriter, and author | |||
| Gorin, Igor | 1908-1982 | X | Composer, singer, and actor | |||
| Gould, Laurence McKinley | 1896-1995 | X | Explorer, educator | |||
| Gray, Genevieve Stuck | 1920-1995 | X | American writer | |||
| Gurney, J. Eric | ? -1992 | Cartoonist, illustrator and Canadian writer | ||||
| Harris, Sean Eugene | 1972- | X | Professional football player | |||
| Haury, Emil Walter | 1904-1992 | X | Archaeologist, anthropologist, educator and writer | |||
| Hindman, Earl | 1942-2003 | X | Actor | |||
| Hubka, Betty (Josephine Morgan) | 1924- | X | American writer | |||
| Ingalls, Jeremy | 1911-2000 | X | American writer | |||
| Iserson, Kenneth Victor | 1949- | X | American writer, physician | |||
| Jance, Judith Ann | 1944- | X | American writer | |||
| Jernigan, Gisela Evelyn | 1948- | X | American writer | |||
| Johnson, Enid | 1892-1969 | X | American writer | |||
| Johnson, Horace | 1893-1964 | X | Composer | |||
| Kay, Ulysses Simpson | 1917-1995 | X | Composer | |||
| Kingsolver, Barbara | 1955- | X | Novelist*** | |||
| Kinnear, Greg | 1964- | X | TV personality | |||
| Krutch, Joseph Wood | 1893-1970 | X | American critic | |||
| Kuykendall, Ralph Simpson | 1885-1963 | X | American historian | |||
| Lewi, William Grant, II | 1902-1951 | X | American writer, astrologer | |||
| Levy, David H. | 1948- | X | Writer, astronomer | |||
| Lowden, Frank Orren | 1861-1943 | X | American politician | |||
| Lowell, Susan | 1950- | X | Mexican writer | |||
| Martin, Patricia Preciado | 1939- | X | American writer | |||
| Marvin, Lee | 1924-1987 | X | American actor | |||
| McCartney, Linda | 1941-1998 | X | American photographer (wife of Beatle Paul McCartney) | |||
| Mccartney, Sir Paul | 1942- | X | Vocalist, songwriter, composer, bass player, poet, ex-Beatle | |||
| McNulty Jr., James Francis | 1925-2009 | X | U.S. Congressman | |||
| Merrill, James | 1926-1995 | X | American poet | |||
| Mettler, Barbara | 1907- | X | Dancer, educator, filmmaker, writer | |||
| Mitchell, John James | 1846-1898 | X | Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient | |||
| Momaday, N. Scott | 1934- | X | Novelist, Poet | |||
| Norstad, Lauris | 1907-1988 | X | Military officer | |||
| Nye, Nelson Coral | 1907-1997 | X | American writer | |||
| Oberman, Heiko Augustinus | 1930-2001 | X | Dutch writer | |||
| Orlen, Steve | 1942- | X | American writer | |||
| Owens, Jesse | 1913-1980 | X | American track athlete | |||
| Pardo, Don | 1918- | X | Actor, television announcer | |||
| Pegler, James Westbrook | 1894-1969 | X | American journalist | |||
| Roemer, William F., Jr. | 1926-1996 | X | American writer | |||
| Ronstadt, Linda | 1946- | X | Singer | |||
| Sanger, Margaret | 1879-1996 | X | American women’s rights activist | |||
| Schellie, Don | 1932-1993 | X | American writer | |||
| Scholder, Fritz | 1937- | X | Artist, painter | |||
| Schottland, Charles Irwin | 1906-1995 | X | American government official | |||
| Sharmat Marjorie Weinman | 1928- | X | American writer | |||
| Shelton, Richard | 1933- | X | American writer, poet | |||
| Smallens, Alexander | 1889-1972 | X | Musical Conductor | |||
| Smith, Lowell Herbert | 1892-1945 | X | Aviator | |||
| Sonnichsen, C. L. | 1901-1991 | X | American writer | |||
| Sontag, Susan | 1933-2004 | X | American writer | |||
| Speare, Elizabeth George | 1908-1994 | X | American writer | |||
| Story, Ronald D. | 1946- | X | American writer | |||
| Strug, Kerri | 1977- | X | American gymnast | |||
| Tate, Velma | 1913-1997 | X | American writer | |||
| Thomas, Eric Jason | 1964- | X | Professional football player | |||
| Udall, Morris King | 1922-1998 | X | American politician | |||
| Udall, Stewart Lee | 1920-2010 | X | American politician | |||
| Vicker, Ray | 1917-2000 | X | Journalist, author | |||
| Weil, Andrew | 1942- | X | American writer, physician | |||
| Wells, Catherine | 1952- | X | American writer | |||
| Wright, Harold Bell | 1872-1944 | X | American writer | |||
| Zepeda, Ofelia | 1954- | X | American writer, poet | |||
*** Barbara Kingsolver no longer lives in Tucson. She lived in Tucson from 1977-2004.
Sources:
Various Newspaper articles from Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen
Almanac of Famous People.
Gale Biography Resource Center (database.) (Most of these people can be found in the Gale Biography Resource Center.)
*** "Vaya Con Dios, Tucson." Arizona Daily Star. May 9, 2004. Page B7.
"Celebrities flocked to Old Pueblo ." Welcome to StarNet - Tucson, Arizona. http://azstarnet.com/news/state-and-regional/history-and-culture/article_514a84e0-3c67-5405-851a-7c787490e896.html (accessed November 2, 2011).
"Brief Biography | Barbara Kingsolver." Barbara Kingsolver | The Authorized Site. http://www.kingsolver.com/biography/ (accessed November 4, 2011).
"Amazon.com: Edward Abbey: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle." Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more. http://www.amazon.com/Edward-Abbey/e/B000AQ23I6 (accessed November 4, 2011).
" Ai- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More." Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/268 (accessed November 4, 2011).
"Tucson, rd Baylor grew up in, wrote for the Tucson Citizen, City Magazine. She’s written 25 children’s books, specifically, the Sonoran Desert. Baylor lives in a simple, solar-powered house near Arivaca. Her driveway is a rutted, he found a gracious host. Byrd Baylor talked about her simple lifestyle, her early days in Tucson, her writing, and her love of nature.. "Arizona Public Media | KUAZ | A Visit With Byrd Baylor." Arizona Public Media | Radio | KUAZ. http://radio.azpm.org/kuaz/podcasts/2010/12/24/1014-a-visit-with-byrd-baylor/ (accessed November 4, 2011).
"Richard H. Carmona." NNDB: Tracking the entire world. http://www.nndb.com/people/849/000054687/ (accessed November 4, 2011).
"Dennis DeConcini - U.S. Congress Votes Database - The Washington Post." The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/D000185 (accessed November 4, 2011).
Smith, Stevie. "Alison Hawthorne Deming : The Poetry Foundation." Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/alison-hawthorne-deming (accessed November 4, 2011).
Team, The DVD. "Barbara Eden News, Barbara Eden Bio and Photos | TVGuide.com." TV Guide, TV Listings, Online Videos, Entertainment News and Celebrity News | TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/barbara-eden/141122 (accessed November 4, 2011).
"Linda Eder | Music Videos, Songs, News, Photos, and Lyrics | MTV." New Music Videos, Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Top Stories | MTV. http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/eder_linda/artist.jhtml#biographyEnd (accessed November 4, 2011).
"John James Mitchell (1846 - 1898) - Find A Grave Memorial." Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22324283 (accessed November 8, 2011).
"John James Mitchell (1846 - 1898) - Find A Grave Memorial." Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22324283 (accessed November 8, 2011).
"Find A Grave - Holy Hope Cemetery & Mausoleum." Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records. http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=57037 (accessed November 8, 2011).
Limberis, Chris. "News & Opinion: Rock Ranch (Tucson Weekly . 05-26-98)." Weekly Wire. http://www.weeklywire.com/ww/05-26-98/tw_curr3.html (accessed November 8, 2011).
" Paul McCartney Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com ." Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com. http://www.biography.com/people/paul-mccartney-9390850 (accessed November 8, 2011).