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Famous People from Nevada
Nevada
Biographies, Famous People from Nevada
Alexander McGillivray
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Andre Agassi (1970 - ) Champion tennis
player; born in Las Vegas.
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Ben Alexander (1911 - 1969) Actor who
played Officer Frank Smith in the television
series Dragnet; born in Goldfield.
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James E. Casey (1888 - 1983) Founder
of United Parcel Service (UPS); born in
Candelaria.
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Walter Van Tilburg Clark
(1909-1971) Author; grew up in Reno.
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Jack Kramer (1921 - )Tennis player;
born in Las Vegas.
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Greg LeMond (1961 - ) World Champion
bicyclist that also won the Tour de France;
raised in Washoe Valley.
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Patricia Ryan Nixon (1912 - 1993) Wife
of former President Richard Nixon, born in
Ely.
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Edna Purviance (1895 - 1958) Actress
made famous in silent movies with Charlie
Chaplin such as The Kid; born in Paradise
Valley.
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Sarah Hopkins Winnemucca (1844 - 1891)
Author, Paiute interpreter and peacemaker.
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Jack Wilson (1856 - 1932) Paiute
Indian prophet; born in Esmeralda County.
More Famous People of
Nevada
- Eva Adams U.S. Mint, Wonder
- Henry Fountain Ashurst politician,
Winnemucca
- Helen Delich Bentley
newspaperwoman, Ruth
- James Hubert Bilbray politician,
Las Vegas
- Hobart Cavanaugh actor, Virginia
City
- Abby Dalton actress, Las Vegas
- James A. Gibbons politician, Sparks
- Paul Laxalt politician, Reno
- Lute Pease cartoonist
- Harry M. Reid politician,
Searchlight
- David Derek Stacton author, Minden
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