Editing Brownsville, Texas (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[James Carlos Blake]], novelist, received his elementary education at [[Saint Joseph Academy (Brownsville, Texas)|Saint Joseph Academy]]<ref>McMillan, Maura. "A Tribe of One," ''Firsts: the Book Collector's Magazine'', May 2001.</ref>
* [[Shelbie Bruce]], actress<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hispanic heritage awards|publisher=Hispanic Heritage Foundation|year=2006|pages=1971}}</ref>
* [[José Tomás Canales]], lawyer, writer, politician<ref>'Judge J. T. Canales Dies at Brownsville,' ''Del Rio Herald New,'' April 1, 1975, pg. 16</ref>
* [[Oscar Casares]], author and professor the [[University of Texas at Austin]]; published two books about Brownsville, including ''Amigoland'' (2009)<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/died-129888-superintendent-honored.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723222935/http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/died-129888-superintendent-honored.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 23, 2012 | title=Distinguished alumni announced | date=August 11, 2011 | newspaper=The Brownsville Herald}}</ref>
* [[Osvaldo de León]], actor and model<ref>{{cite web | last=Cisneros | first=Luis | title=Galán de Televisa exhibe su tóxica relación, este capricho le cumple a su mujer | website=La Verdad Noticias | date=June 9, 2023 | url=https://laverdadnoticias.com/espectaculos/Galan-de-Televisa-exhibe-su-toxica-relacion-este-capricho-le-cumple-a-su-mujer-20230609-0028.html | language=es | access-date=November 4, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Buddy Garcia]], 2012 member of the [[Texas Railroad Commission]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Railroad Commissioners welcome new RRC Commissioner Buddy Garcia |url=http://www.epbusinessjournal.com/2012/04/railroad-commissioners-welcome-new-rrc-commissioner-buddy-garcia/ |access-date=January 3, 2019 |work=Eagle Pass Business Journal |date=April 18, 2012 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210525/http://www.epbusinessjournal.com/2012/04/railroad-commissioners-welcome-new-rrc-commissioner-buddy-garcia/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Reynaldo G. Garza]] (1915–2004), Judge appointed to the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas|United States District Court]] in 1961 by President [[John F. Kennedy]], and to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit|United States Court of Appeals]] by President [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1978<ref>{{cite web |title=Senate Resolution No. 217: In Memory of Reynaldo Guerra Garza |url=https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/79R/billtext/html/SR00217F.htm |website=capitol.texas.gov |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210541/https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/79R/billtext/html/SR00217F.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Tony Garza]], former [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Mexico|United States Ambassador to Mexico]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perez-Treviño |first1=Emma |title=Tony Garza retains deep emotional ties to Brownsville |url=https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/tony-garza-retains-deep-emotional-ties-to-brownsville/article_e8ab834a-07dc-534e-a0b3-dff5feea7f0d.html |access-date=January 3, 2019 |work=The Brownsville Herald |date=July 18, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* [[Gilberto Hinojosa]], county judge of Cameron County from 1995 to 2007; [[Texas Democratic Party]] chairman since 2012<ref>{{cite web |title=Gilberto Hinojosa |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/gilberto-hinojosa |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001041957/https://www.huffpost.com/author/gilberto-hinojosa |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mifflin Kenedy]] (1818–1895), South Texas rancher and [[steamboat]] businessman<ref name="truewest">{{cite news |last1=Moulton |first1=Candy |title=Texas Captains of Cotton and Cattle |url=https://truewestmagazine.com/texas-captains-cotton-cattle/ |access-date=January 3, 2019 |work=[[True West Magazine]] |date=June 6, 2017 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210423/https://truewestmagazine.com/texas-captains-cotton-cattle/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Pierre Yves Kéralum]] (1817–1872), priest and architect who designed the [[Immaculate Conception Cathedral (Brownsville, Texas)|Immaculate Conception Cathedral]]<ref>{{cite web |website=Oblates of Mary Immaculate |title=Brownsville, Texas, United States, (1849-present) |url=https://www.omiworld.org/lemma/brownsville-texas-united-states-1849-present/ |access-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-date=February 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204122351/https://www.omiworld.org/lemma/brownsville-texas-united-states-1849-present/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Bernard L. Kowalski]] (1929–2007), film and television director<ref name="obit">{{cite journal |url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/news/bernard-l-kowalski-78-director-1117976166/ |title=Bernard L. Kowalski, 78, director |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 16, 2007 |issn=0042-2738 |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=October 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017001859/https://variety.com/2007/scene/news/bernard-l-kowalski-78-director-1117976166/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[country music|country]] singer, songwriter and actor, 2004 [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] Inductee<ref>{{cite web|title=Kris Kristofferson Hall of Fame Induction|url=http://countrymusichalloffame.org/full-list-of-inductees/view/kris-kristofferson|publisher=[[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=June 21, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518224855/http://countrymusichalloffame.org/full-list-of-inductees/view/kris-kristofferson|archive-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Eddie Lucio III]], member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web |title=State Rep. Eddie Lucio III |url=https://www.texastribune.org/directory/eddie-lucio-iii/#ui-tabs-1 |website=The Texas Tribune |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=December 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213020332/https://www.texastribune.org/directory/eddie-lucio-iii#ui-tabs-1 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Eddie Lucio Jr.]], member of the [[Texas State Senate]]<ref>{{cite web |title=State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. |url=https://www.texastribune.org/directory/eddie-lucio-jr/ |website=The Texas Tribune |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103161248/https://www.texastribune.org/directory/eddie-lucio-jr/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Bianca Marroquín]], theater and television actress<ref>{{cite news|title=Dancer with Brownsville ties now starring in musicals|url=http://old.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_comments.php?id=52481_0_10_0_C|access-date=March 24, 2012|newspaper=The Brownsville Herald|date=July 31, 2003|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713024607/http://old.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_comments.php?id=52481_0_10_0_C|archive-date=July 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Dolissa Medina]], Chicana filmmaker, writer, and multimedia artist<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Episodes |url=https://jotxsyrecuerdos.home.blog/episodes/ |website=Jotxs y Recuerdos|date=August 19, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Grace Napolitano]], [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]] for [[California's 32nd congressional district]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rep. Grace Flores Napolitano |date=November 28, 2017 |url=https://chci.org/staff-member/rep-grace-flores-napolitano/ |publisher=Congressional Hispanic Caucus Initiative |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210605/https://chci.org/staff-member/rep-grace-flores-napolitano/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jose Rolando Olvera Jr.]], United States District Judge for the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas|Southern District of Texas]] appointed by U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] in 2015<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/18/president-obama-nominates-seven-serve-united-states-district-courts|title=President Obama Nominates Seven to Serve on the United States District Courts|date=September 18, 2014|work=[[White House]]|access-date=May 4, 2017|archive-date=January 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117224918/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/18/president-obama-nominates-seven-serve-united-states-district-courts|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Américo Paredes]] (1915–1999), author of ''George Washington Gómez''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/paredes/biography.html|title=Américo Paredes: Biography|publisher=Lib.utexas.edu|date=September 3, 1915|access-date=September 21, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925081104/http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/paredes/biography.html|archive-date=September 25, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Rudy Ruiz]], author, entrepreneur and advocate; attended Saint Joseph Academy<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/slice_of_life/article_62ed6d92-71fd-11e4-97b6-cb2a44fae4ee.html|title=Author to Watch: Rudy Ruiz|last=Brito|first=Victoria|date=November 21, 2014|newspaper=Valley Morning Star|access-date=June 11, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
* [[Efren Saldivar]], nurse and convicted serial killer<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oxygen.com/license-to-kill/crime-time/efren-saldivar-respiratory-therapist-magic-syringe-murders |title=Respiratory Therapist 'Lost Count' of Victims After Killing 60 Patients with 'Magic Syringe' |date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=June 22, 2021 |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202742/https://www.oxygen.com/license-to-kill/crime-time/efren-saldivar-respiratory-therapist-magic-syringe-murders |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ramón Saldívar]], scholar of Chicano literature and culture, awarded the [[National Humanities Medal]] by President Barack Obama in 2011; professor at [[Stanford University]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Ramón Saldívar |url=https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/national-humanities-medals/ram%C3%B3n-sald%C3%ADvar |publisher=National Endowment for the Humanities |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222110325/https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/national-humanities-medals/ram%C3%B3n-sald%C3%ADvar |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Julian Schnabel]], [[neo-expressionism]] painter and [[Academy Award]]-nominated, [[Golden Globe]] winner and director of ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]''<ref name="doublelife">{{cite news|title=The double life of Julian: how the bad boy painter turned fêted director|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=May 29, 2007|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/the-double-life-of-julian-how-the-bad-boy-painter-turned-fecircted-director-450802.html|access-date=February 5, 2008|location=London, UK|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701230449/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/the-double-life-of-julian-how-the-bad-boy-painter-turned-fecircted-director-450802.html|archive-date=July 1, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Sterling]], author of the ''[[Mirrorshades]]'' anthology and one of the pioneers of the [[cyberpunk]] genre<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shea |first1=Mike |title=Bruce Sterling |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/bruce-sterling/ |website=Texas Monthly |access-date=January 3, 2019 |date=February 2008 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210540/https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/bruce-sterling/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Emeraude Toubia]], actress (''[[Shadowhunters]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themonitor.com/brownsville-native-on-television-tonight/article_0fda8846-1287-5349-9a97-42cbceed943c.html|title=Brownsville native on television tonight|work=[[The Monitor (Texas)|The Monitor]]|date=May 16, 2008|access-date=June 7, 2015|archive-date=September 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922112917/https://www.themonitor.com/brownsville-native-on-television-tonight/article_0fda8846-1287-5349-9a97-42cbceed943c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Benjamin D. Wood]] (1894–1986), one of the pioneers of learning technologies and automated testing methods<ref>{{cite book |last=Baker |first=R. Scott |title=Paradoxes of Desegregation |year=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MzYAF_GzaXsC&pg=PA48 |publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press |isbn=978-1-57003-632-3 |page=48}}</ref>
* [[Jaime Zapata (U.S. agent)|Jaime Zapata]] (1979–2011), [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] agent who was ambushed, shot, and killed by [[Los Zetas]] in [[San Luis Potosí|San Luis Potosí, Mexico]].<ref>{{cite news|title=6 Zetas arrested in death of agent|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/mexico/article/6-Zetas-arrested-in-death-of-agent-1028116.php|newspaper=San Antonio News|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=September 9, 2011|archive-date=October 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015140359/http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/mexico/article/6-Zetas-arrested-in-death-of-agent-1028116.php|url-status=live}}</ref> He was returning from a meeting in [[Mexico City]]; Victor Avila, another agent who accompanied him, was wounded in the same incident<ref>{{cite news|title=Jaime Zapata, U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement Agent, Killed In Mexico|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/jamie-zapata-killed-mexico-us-immigration_n_824084.html|newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=February 16, 2011|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065808/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/jamie-zapata-killed-mexico-us-immigration_n_824084.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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