Famous New Mexicans
Famous New Mexicans From the website “Hot Times, Cool Places” by John Kremer (http://www.traveltriviatime.com/newmexicofamous.htm) this is a list of people who were “born in New Mexico or spent important time in New Mexico.” Sometimes the connection is very small—use judgement. Ben Abruzzo, balloonist Henry Connelly, New Mexico governor Ansel Adams, photographer E. Irving Couse, artist Larry Ahrens, radio talk show host Bob Crosby, rodeo cowboy Paul Allen, founder of Microsoft Francisco Cuervo y Valdes, provisional Clay Allison, outlaw Spanish governor Rudolfo Anaya, author Ram Dass (Richard Alpert), psychologist and Dianne Anderson, radio talk show host spiritual leader Lynn Anderson, country singer Juan Bautista de Anza, New Mexico governor Maxie Anderson, balloonist Clarita Garcia de Aranda, flamenco dancer Johnson Antonio, woodcarver Ezequiel de Baca, first Hispanic governor in Manuel Armijo, New Mexico governor U.S. Elfego Baca, lawman Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, explorer Jimmy Santiago Baca, author Antonio de Ortermin, New Mexico governor Josef Bakos, painter Don Pedro de Peralta, New Mexico governor Patrocinio Barela, woodcarver Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, explorer David Barsky, storyteller and author Diego de Vargas, New Mexico governor Maria Benetiz, flamenco dancer David DeWitt, novelist Charles Bent, New Mexico governor Trent Dimas, Olympic gymnast Oscar Berninghaus, artist Mabel Dodge, heiress, author, and literary Hans Bethe, physicist philanthropist Jeff Bingaman, U.S. senator Pete Domenici, U.S. senator Sarah Bird, novelist Long John Dunn, entrepreneur Michael Blake, novelist W. Herbert “Buck” Dunton, artist Ernest Blumenschein, artist Fremont Ellis, painter William Bonney (aka Henry McCarty, Henry Joaquin Encinias, director Antrim, and Billy the Kid), outlaw Marisol Encinias, flamenco dancer Kent Bostick, Olympic cyclist Jim Everett, football player Richard Bradford, novelist Richard Farnsworth, actor Nacio Herb Brown, songwriter Nicolai Fechin, artist J.
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