Biographical Records

Notable People from Arizona

325 notable figures born in Arizona, showing page 6 of 7, ranked by historical prominence.

Clarence Maddern
Clarence Maddern
American baseball player (1921-1986)
1921 - 1986
baseball player
María Urquides
American educator called “the mother of bilingual education"
1908 - 1994
educator
Rosa Turich
actor (1903-1998)
1903 - 1998
film actortelevision actoractor
Tara Parker-Pope
American writer
1901
journalistediting staff
William Byron Rumford
American politician (1908-1986)
1908 - 1986
pharmacistpolitician
Halsey Royden
American mathematician (1928-1993)
1928 - 1993
university teachermathematician
Kemper Goodwin
NRHP-listed Arizona architect (1906-1997)
1906 - 1997
architect
John Roxburgh
Canadian politician (1901-1975)
1901 - 1975
fruit growerfarmerpolitician
Arthur Marshall Davis
United States federal judge
1907 - 1963
lawyerjudge
Bennie Gonzales
US architect
1924 - 2008
architect
Walt Kellner
American baseball player (1929–2006)
1929 - 2006
baseball player
Dextra Quotskuyva
Dextra Quotskuyva
Native American potter and artist
1928 - 2019
potter
Stan Turley
Stan Turley
American politician
1921 - 2014
politicianbusinessperson
Ben Chase
American football player (1923-1998)
1923 - 1998
American football player
Leo Pine
American mycologist and biochemist (1922-1994)
1922 - 1994
biochemistmicrobiologist
William Glasgow
art director (1906-1972)
1906 - 1972
production designerart director
Polingaysi Qöyawayma
Polingaysi Qöyawayma
Hopi educator, writer, and potter
1892 - 1990
potterwriterteacher
Henry F. Dobyns
American anthropologist (1925–2009)
1925 - 2009
anthropologist
Olivia Cajero Bedford
American politician
1938 - 2022
politician
Byron Birdsall
American painter (1937-2016)
1937 - 2016
postage stamp designerpainter
Ellen Griffin Dunne
American activist (1932-1997)
1932 - 1997
activist
Sue Hardesty
Sue Hardesty
American writer
1933 - 2022
women's rights activistnovelistwriter
Arthur T. LaPrade
Arthur T. LaPrade
American judge (1895-1957)
1895 - 1957
lawyerjudge
Marjorie Hill
Founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
1801 - 1909
teacher
Bert Gilroy
American film producer
1899 - 1973
film producer
William George Bonelli
William George Bonelli
American politician
1895 - 1970
politicianlawyer
Ken Adamson
American football player
1938 - 2023
American football player
Michael Goodwin
Arizona architect, state representative (1939-2011)
1939 - 2011
architect
Miguel Méndez
American writer and educator (1930-2013)
1930 - 2013
prose writernovelistuniversity teacher
Peterson Zah
Peterson Zah
President of The Navajo Nation
1937 - 2023
consultantpolitician
Eldridge M. Moores
American geologist (1938–2018)
1938 - 2018
geologist
William Docker Browning
William Docker Browning
United States federal judge (1931-2008)
1931 - 2008
military officerlawyerjudge
William Milam
William Milam
American diplomat
1936 - 2026
diplomat
Dan Young
Norwegian photographer (1938-2014)
1938 - 2014
photographer
Matthew Bennett Juan
Matthew Bennett Juan
American soldier; first Native American and first Arizonan to die in World War I
1892 - 1918
military personnel
Jack Van Ryder
American artist (1898-1967)
1898 - 1967
painter
Hazel Carter
Hazel Carter
American soldier
1894 - 1918
writer
Donald Angus Davison
Donald Angus Davison
United States general (1892–1944)
1892 - 1944
military personnel
Reggie Lanning
Reggie Lanning
American cinematographer
1893 - 1965
cinematographer
Win Smith
American comic book illustrator (1888–1941)
1888 - 1941
comics artistillustrator
Chester Crandell
American politician (1946–2014)
1946 - 2014
politician
Sarah Pierce
Sarah Pierce
founder of the Litchfield Female Academy (1767–1852)
1767 - 1852
pedagogueteacher
Rick Loomis
Rick Loomis
American game designer (1946–2019)
1946 - 2019
role-playing game designerpublisherboard game designer
William Moritz
American film historian
1941 - 2004
filmmakeranimatorwriter
James L. Browning, Jr.
American judge (1932-2016)
1932 - 2016
lawyerjudge
Dennis Claridge
American football player (1941-2018)
1941 - 2018
American football playerorthodontist
Masumi Hayashi
American photographer and artist (1945–2006)
1945 - 2006
university teacherartistphotographer
Rich Hinton
American baseball player
1947 - 2025
baseball player
Michael Kabotie
Michael Kabotie
Hopi silversmith, painter, sculptor and lecturer from Arizona (1943-2009)
1943 - 2009
goldsmithwriterlithographer
Harry Fritz
American tennis player
1951 - 2025
tennis player
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