Architects
Paolo Soleri architect;
Frank Lloyd Wright architect.

Artists
Max Ernst painter;
Bill Keane cartoonist;

Athletics
Kerri Strug gymnast, Tucson
Louie Espinoza Arizona's first world champion boxer, Chandler
Michael Carbajal world champion boxer, Phoenix
Helen Hull Jacobs (1908 - 1197) Tennis champion, writer; born in Globe.
Phil Mickelson (1970 - ) Professional golfer, Scottsdale resident.

Authors
Erma Bombeck humorist and writer;
Zane Grey novelist; near Payson

Entertainment
Rex Allen singer, actor, Willcox
Lynda Carter actress, Phoenix
Charles Mingus jazz musician and composer, Nogales
Linda Ronstadt singer, Tucson
Glen Campbell singer;
Alice Cooper singer and songwriter;
Stevie Nicks singer;
David Spade (1965 - ) Comedian/actor, Raised in Scottsdale.
Steven Spielberg (1946 - ) Film director, raised in Phoenix.
Joan Ganz Cooney (1929 - ) Producer of Sesame Street; born in Phoenix
Tanya Tucker singer;

Military
Frank Luke, Jr. WWI fighter ace, Phoenix
Alexander M. Patch general;

Medicine & Science
Percival Lowell astronomer;
William H. Pickering astronomer;
Clyde W. Tombaugh astronomer;

Old West Outlaws & Lawmen
Wyatt Earp marshall;
Apache Kid Indian outlaw, Arizona Territory
William O'Neill frontier sheriff;
Pauline Weaver frontier person;

Politics
Cesar Estrada Chavez labor leader, Yuma
Cochise Apache indian chief, Arizona Territory
Geronimo Apache indian chief, Arizona Territory, Clifton
Barry Goldwater politician, Phoenix
Carl Trumbull Hayden politician, Phoenix
Stewart Udall former Secretary of the Interior, Saint Johns
George W. P. Hunt first state governor;
Carlos Montezuma doctor and Indian spokesman;
Sandra Day O’Conner (1930 - ) The first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1981
John McCain (1936 - ) Arizona Senator and war hero.  Presidential Candidate in 2000 & 2008