Editing Harlingen, Texas (section)

==Notable people==

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* [[Gloria E. Anzaldúa]] (1942–2004), writer
* [[Leo Araguz]] (born 1970), American football player
* [[Thomas Haden Church]] (born 1960), actor
* [[Parker Plays|Parker Coppins]], YouTuber<ref name="cinesol">{{cite web | url=https://cinesol.com/news/many-faces-talents-disney-star-parker-coppins/ | title= The many faces, talents of Disney star Parker Coppins  | first=Lisa | last=Seiser <!-- assumed since it's an expanded writeup of the valley morning star article --> | work=CineSol Film Festival | location=[[McAllen, Texas]] | date=August 5, 2017 | access-date=March 26, 2021 }}</ref><ref name="tubefilter">{{cite news |last1=Hale |first1=James |title=Creators Going Pro: One YouTube Video Netted ParkerGames $50 In AdSense Revenue — Oh, And His Own Television Show |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/05/15/creators-going-pro-parkergames/ |work=[[Tubefilter]] |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="valley">{{cite news | url=https://www.valleymorningstar.com/2017/07/31/the-many-faces-talents-of-disney-star-parker-coppins/ | title=The many faces, talents of Disney star Parker Coppins | first=Lisa | last=Seiser | work=[[Valley Morning Star]] | date=July 31, 2017 | access-date=March 26, 2021 | archive-date=September 23, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923064852/https://www.valleymorningstar.com/2017/07/31/the-many-faces-talents-of-disney-star-parker-coppins/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Danielle Doty]] (born 1993), [[Miss Texas Teen USA]] 2011, [[Miss Teen USA 2011]]
* [[Carlos Elizondo]], event planner and political aide
* [[Cayetano Garza]] (born 1972), cartoonist
* [[Bill Haley (musician)|Bill Haley]] (1925–1981), rock and roll musician<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.themonitor.com/life/valley_life/pioneer-haley-almost-forgotten-in-harlingen/article_b817e30b-cf9a-5f79-8d13-71f0cf15eae0.html|title=Pioneer Haley almost forgotten in Harlingen|website=The Monitor|access-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Gina Haley]] (born 1975), singer-songwriter
* [[Harry Holt (gridiron football)|Harry Holt]], professional football player
* [[Rose Wilder Lane]] (1886–1968), journalist, travel writer, novelist, [[political theorist]], and daughter of American writer [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]]
* [[Bobby Morrow]] (1935–2020), American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1956 Olympics
* [[Harry Nyquist]] (1889–1976), electronics engineer
* [[Emmy Ruiz]], political advisor
* [[Nick Stahl]] (born 1979), actor
* [[Jeffrey Thompson (politician)|Jeffrey Thompson]] (born 1963), Idaho state representative
* [[Blanca Vela]] (1936–2014), first female mayor of Brownsville, Texas (1999–2003), born and raised in Harlingen<ref name=utexas>{{cite news|title=Interview with Blanca Vela |url=http://library.uta.edu/tejanovoices/interview.php?cmasno=025 |work=[[University of Texas at Arlington]] Center for Mexican American Studies |date=November 24, 1999 |access-date=March 13, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Filemon Vela Jr.]], U.S. Representative 
* [[Larry Warner]] (1943–2022), lawyer and politician
* [[Randy Williams (baseball)|Randy Williams]] (born 1975), former Major League Baseball and [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] player
* [[Kim Young (American golfer)|Kim Young]] (born 1955), professional golfer