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==Notable people== * [[Antonia Apodaca]] (1923β2020), musician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/abqjournal/name/antonia-apodaca-obituary?id=9138005|title = Antonia Apodaca Obituary (2020) Albuquerque Journal|website = [[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> * [[Paula Angel]] (1842β1861), murderer, only woman to be executed in post-colonial New Mexico * [[Jesusita AragΓ³n]] (1908β2005), midwife * [[S. Omar Barker]] (1894β1985), oft-recited cowboy poet; born in a log cabin in New Mexico, where he lived his entire life as a rancher, legislator, WW1 veteran, teacher and writer * [[Margaret Herrera ChΓ‘vez]] (1912β1992), painter<ref name="HellerHeller2013">{{cite book|author1=Jules Heller|author2=Nancy G. Heller|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=19 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-63882-5}}</ref> * [[Ann Nolan Clark]] (1896β1995), teacher in public schools and reservations, writer of children's multicultural books * [[Teresa Leger Fernandez]] (born 1959), attorney, member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] (current) * [[Wally Funk]] (born 1939), aviator, astronaut, and Goodwill Ambassador * [[Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert]] (1894β1991), educator, nutritionist, activist, writer, inventor of the u-shaped fried taco shell * [[Pelham D. Glassford]] (1883β1959), U.S. Army brigadier general<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJvvAAAAMAAJ&q=generals+in+khaki|title=Generals in Khaki|last=Davis| first=Henry Blaine Jr. |date=1998|publisher=Pentland Press|isbn=978-1-57197-088-6|location=Raleigh, NC|pages=144β145, 148}}</ref> * [[Eddie Guerrero]] (1967β2005), professional wrestler for [[WWE]], wrestled for New Mexico Highlands University * [[Edgar Lee Hewett]] (1865β1946), archaeologist and anthropologist, founder of the [[Museum of New Mexico]] and first president of the New Mexico Normal School (now New Mexico Highlands University) * [[Mari-Luci Jaramillo]] (1928β2019), educator and [[US Ambassador to Honduras|U.S. Ambassador to Honduras]] under [[Jimmy Carter]] * [[Andrieus A. Jones]] (1862β1927), school principal and attorney, mayor of Las Vegas (1893β1894), [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] (1917β1927) * [[Yetta Kohn]] (1843β1917), an early settler and businesswoman of Las Vegas, who became a successful New Mexican cattle rancher<ref name="HN">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-10 |title=How a Young Jewish Immigrant Widow Launched a Ranching Dynasty in New Mexico Territory |url=https://www.historynet.com/yetta-kohn-new-mexico-businesswoman/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=HistoryNet |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Margaret Larkin]] (1899β1967), writer and musician; born in Las Vegas * [[Ray Leger]] (1925β2009), educator and member of the [[New Mexico Senate]] * [[Pola Lopez]] (born 1954), artist * [[George J. Maloof Sr.]] (1923β1980), heir and businessman; born in Las Vegas * [[Frank Olmstead]] (1923β2004), mayor of Las Vegas and 18th [[State Auditor of New Mexico|Auditor of New Mexico]] * [[Jacob S. Raisin]] (1878β1946), rabbi * [[Patrick Swayze]] (1952β2009), actor, dancer and singer-songwriter; owned a ranch on the [[Gallinas River (New Mexico)|Gallinas River]] near Las Vegas
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