Famous New Mexico Residents

If you want interesting company, New Mexico is the place to live! Some famous people who were born here or spent significant time here include:

R C Gorman, Georgia O'Keefe- artists

Al Unser, Al Unser, Jr, Bobby Unser the race car family (Unser museum is a great stop for those interested in racing history

Brian Erlacher, Chicago Bears -- went to college at UNM

Bart Prince, Anton Predock Architects

Ralph Bunche Nobel Peace Prize Winner

DH Lawrence, Rudolfo Anaya, Ernie Pyle, Tony Hillerman, John Nichols- authors - and Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com was born in Albuquerque

Nancy Lopez, professional golfer

And given that New Mexico now ranks with Los Angeles and New York as a desireable place for filmaking:

Val Kilmer, Dennis Weaver, Shirley MacLaine, Neil Patrick Harris

And that's just to name a few!