This is a list of notable people who were born in, or have lived in El Paso, Texas.
Politics, military, and government
Shirley "S.L." Abbott, Texas legislator and United States Ambassador
Lucy G. Acosta (1926-2008), activist and political appointee. Oscar Zeta Acosta, attorney, writer Suzie Azar (born 1946), aviator, politician and first woman to serve as mayor of El Paso. Jeff Bingaman, former United States Senator Beau Boulter, politician Omar Bradley, Five Star General, first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Wernher von Braun, German Nazi rocket scientist Cornell William Brooks (born 1961), president of the NAACP Kathleen Cardone (born 1953), United States District Judge. Alicia R. Chacón (born 1938), first woman elected to office in the city of El Paso. Ann Day, politician Veronica Escobar, United States Representative. Albert Bacon Fall, politician Patrick G. Forrester, astronaut Mary González (born 1983), state representative. Ambrosio Guillen, Medal of Honor recipient Polly Harris (1924-1987), politician and theater enthusiast Victoriano Huerta, former President of Mexico Shoshana Johnson, POW Wayne Harold Johnson, Republican member of both houses, consecutively, of the Wyoming State Legislature from 1993 to 2017; born in El Paso in 1942 Charles S. Kilburn. U.S. Army brigadier general Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, politician Thomas Calloway Lea Jr., attorney, judge, Mayor of El Paso (1915–1917) Barbara Lee, member of the United States House of Representatives Oscar Leeser, Mayor of El Paso Virginia B. MacDonald, Illinois state legislator Adair Margo, Chairman, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities Susana Martinez, former Governor of New Mexico Anson Mills, brigadier general, platted El Paso in 1859. Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. First woman to serve on the Supreme Court. John "Danny" Olivas, astronaut Beto O'Rourke, former member of the United States House of Representatives John "Black Jack" Pershing, General of the Armies Joseph C. Rodriguez, Medal of Honor recipient Paul Ray Smith, Medal of Honor recipient Gabe Vasquez, member of the United States House of Representatives Jack Vowell, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1981 to 1995; construction company president in El Paso Richard C. White, member of the United States House of Representatives, WWII veteran, Marine Myra Carroll Winkler (1880-1963), first woman to hold elected office in El Paso County.
Western history
George Campbell, ex-El Paso marshal
Albert Jennings Fountain, Wild West Indian fighter, politician
Henry O. Flipper (1856-1940), Buffalo soldier and first African American graduate of West Point. Pat Garrett, Western law man known for killing Billy The Kid John Wesley Hardin, outlaw, attorney and gunfighter in late 19th-century Texas Gus Krempkau, El Paso County constable Pascual Orozco, Mexican revolutionary leader George Scarborough, U.S. Marshal, gunfighter, outlaw John Selman, El Paso County constable, cattle rustler and outlaw Dallas Stoudenmire, El Paso Town Marshal and U.S. Marshal Pancho Villa, Revolutionary general of the Mexican Revolution, Centaur of the North (Centaurio del Norte) Florida J. Wolfe (1867-1913), socialite, cattle rancher and philanthropist.
Film
F. Murray Abraham, Academy Award-winning actor
Billy Blair, actor
Don Bluth, animator and director
Lombardo Boyar, actor
Thomas Haden Church, Academy Award-nominated actor
Norma Crane, film actress known for her role as "Golde" in the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof Judith Ivey, Tony Award-winning actress Guy Kibbee, actor Rudy Larriva, animator and director Laura Martinez Herring, Miss Texas USA 1985, Miss USA 1985 and actress, Mulholland Drive John Cameron Mitchell, actor, director, songwriter, Hedwig and the Angry Inch Lupe Ontiveros, actress Anthony Quinn, Academy Award-winning actor Debbie Reynolds, Academy Award-nominated actress, Singin' in the Rain Lynne Roberts, actress Gilbert Roland, Golden Globe-nominated actor Steven Sills, screenwriter Octavio Solis, actor Sharon Tate, actress, Valley of the Dolls Alan Tudyk, actor Hal Warren, writer and director of Manos: The Hands of Fate, widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever made