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Famous People from Arizona
Arizona
Biographies, Famous People from Arizona
Alexander McGillivray
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Cesar Estrada Chavez (1927 - 1993)
Founded and led the first successful farm
workers' union in U.S. history, born in
Yuma.
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Joan Ganz Cooney (1929 - ) Producer
of Sesame Street; born in Phoenix
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Geronimo (1829 - 1909) Leader of the
Apache Indians that fought the U.S.
settlements until 1886; born in Clifton.
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Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) Author of
many popular Western novels; lives near
Payson
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Helen Hull Jacobs (1908 - 1197)
Tennis champion, writer; born in Globe.
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John McCain (1936 - ) Arizona
Senator and war hero. Presidential
Candidate in 2000.
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Phil Mickelson (1970 - )
Professional golfer, Scottsdale resident.
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Sandra Day O’Conner (1930 - ) The
first woman appointed to the United States
Supreme Court in 1981.
- Linda Ronstadt
(1946 - ) Singer, born in Tucson.
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David Spade (1965 - )
Comedian/actor, Raised in Scottsdale.
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Steven Spielberg (1946 - ) Film
director, raised in Phoenix.
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Stewart Udall (1920 - ) Former
Secretary of the Interior; born in St.
Johns.
More Famous People of Arizona
- Rex Allen singer, actor,
Willcox
- Apache Kid Indian outlaw,
Arizona Territory
- Michael Carbajal world champion
boxer, Phoenix
- Lynda Carter actress, Phoenix
- Cochise Apache indian chief,
Arizona Territory
- Louie Espinoza Arizona's first
world champion boxer, Chandler
- Barry Goldwater politician,
Phoenix
- Carl Trumbull Hayden politician,
Phoenix
- Frank Luke, Jr. WWI fighter ace,
Phoenix
- Charles Mingus jazz musician and
composer, Nogales
- Kerri Strug gymnast, Tucson
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