From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of Amarilloans, notable current and former citizens of
Amarillo, Texas.
Arts and entertainment
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Jennifer Archer, author
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Art Bell, radio host and author
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Lacey Brown,
folk singer and
American Idol finalist
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Gail Caldwell,
Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic
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Derek Cecil, actor (
Push, Nevada)
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Cyd Charisse, dancer and actress (
The Band Wagon,
Brigadoon)
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Arden Cho, actress
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Ann Doran, actress (
Rebel Without a Cause)
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Joe Ely, country and folk singer
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Ron Ely, actor (
Tarzan)
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Todd English, celebrity chef
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Kevin Fowler, country music singer
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Blair Garner, country music radio host
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Jimmy Gilmer, rock singer ("
Sugar Shack")
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Jimmie Dale Gilmore, country music singer
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Clyde Kenneth Harris, soldier and interior decorator
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Kimberly Willis Holt, author
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Mitchell Hurwitz, TV writer
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Sterling Hyltin, ballet dancer
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Carolyn Jones, actress (
The Addams Family)
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Roger Miller, country music singer
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Grady Nutt, comedian (
Hee Haw)
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Hayden Pedigo, musician
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John Rich, guitar player
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Eck Robertson, musician
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Ben Sargent, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
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George Saunders, writer, winner of Macarthur Fellowship Genius Grant
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J.D. Souther, country rock singer
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Terry LaVerne Stafford, songwriter
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Francie Swift, actress
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Jodi Thomas, author
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Paula Trickey, actress (
Pacific Blue)
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Aaron Watson, country music singer
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Trent Willmon, country music singer
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Jack Wrather, television director
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M. K. Wren, mystery and science fiction writer
Business
Law and government
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James R. Beverley, governor of
Puerto Rico
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Teel Bivins, United States Ambassador to
Sweden
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Beau Boulter, United States Congressman
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James Nathan Browning, Texas lieutenant governor
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Odell M. Conoley, USMC; Deputy Director for Operations, Plans, Policies and Operations Division, Staff of the Commander in Chief,
United States European Command
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Jake Ellzey, United States Congressman
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Howard D. Graves, Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, later Chancellor of Texas A & M system of universities
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John Marvin Jones, United States Congressman and Chief Judge of the
Court of Claims
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Walter Thomas Price, IV, Amarillo attorney and
Republican
nominee for the District 87 seat in the
Texas House of Representatives
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Mary Lou Robinson, United States federal judge
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Kel Seliger, mayor and Texas state senator
Sports
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Rex Baxter, professional golfer and NCAA champion
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Trevor Brazile, PRCA All Around Cowboy
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Brad Bryant, professional golfer
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Paul Buentello, mixed martial artist
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Steve Butler, racecar driver
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Ron Clinkscale, professional Canadian football player
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Michael Cobbins (born 1992), basketball player for
Maccabi Haifa of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
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Tucker Davidson, professional baseball player
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Bobby Duncum Jr., professional wrestler
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Dory Funk, professional wrestler
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Dory Funk, Jr., professional wrestler
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Terry Funk, professional wrestler
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Heath Herring, mixed martial artist
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Mike Hettinga, aka Mike Knox, professional wrestler
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Ziggy Hood, professional football player
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Heston Kjerstad, professional baseball player
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Wildcat Monte (born Monte Deadwiley; 1905–1961), professional boxer
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Alex O'Brien, professional tennis player
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Barry Orton, professional wrestler
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Ryan Palmer, professional golfer
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Cody Pfister, mixed martial artist
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Bum Phillips, professional football coach
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Chris Romero, professional wrestler
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Mark Romero, professional wrestler
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Ricky Romero, professional wrestler
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Steven Romero, professional wrestler
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Hurles Scales, professional
football player
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Mike Scroggins, professional bowler
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Brandon Slay, gold-medal Olympic wrestler
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Amarillo Slim, professional poker player
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Evan Tanner, professional mixed martial artist
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William Thomas, professional football player
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Devonte Upson (born 1993), basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
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Ken Vinyard, professional football player
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Erik Watts, professional wrestler
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Gene Wiley, professional basketball player
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