Editing Cotulla, Texas (section)

==Notable people==

* [[Josh Beckett]], retired [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]], owns Herradura Ranch, a {{convert|7000|acre|km2|adj=on}} deer-hunting enclave located about {{convert|28|mi|km}} from Cotulla
* [[Jeff Bezos]], founder and CEO of Amazon.com, was the wealthiest person in the world, as of December 2017. His maternal ancestors were settlers who lived in Texas. Over the generations, the family acquired a {{convert|25000|acre|km2|adj=on}} ranch in Cotulla<ref>{{cite news|title=Jeff Bezos' roots could give Texas an edge as Amazon.com looks for new HQ site|date=September 7, 2017|access-date=January 19, 2018|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2017/09/07/amazoncoms-jeff-bezos-big-roots-intexas-give-state-edge|work=[[Puget Sound Business Journal]]}}</ref>
* [[John Lewis Gaddis]], known as the "Dean of [[Cold War]] Historians", was born in Cotulla in 1941
* [[O. Henry]], the short story writer, lived on a sheep ranch near Cotulla in the early 1880s with the successful goal of improving his health in the dry climate
* [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], [[U.S. President]]; taught [[Public school (government funded)|public school]] in Cotulla from 1928 to 1929<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Robert Caro|last=Caro|first=Robert A.|series=[[The Years of Lyndon Johnson]]|title=The Path to Power|year=1982|publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|isbn=0394499735|pages=164, 174}}</ref>
* [[Hailey Kinsel]], three-time world champion barrel racer, was born and raised on her parents' cattle ranch near Cotulla<ref>{{cite web |title=Kinsel, Hailey |url=http://wpra.com/index.php/kinsel-hailey |website=Women's Professional Rodeo Association |publisher=wpra.com |accessdate=January 9, 2019}}</ref> 
* [[Phil Lyne]], a former rodeo [[cowboy]] and 1979 [[ProRodeo Hall of Fame]] inductee, resides in Cotulla<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.tamupress.com/product/College-Rodeo,1472.aspx|title=College Rodeo: From Show to Sport|last=Mahoney|first=Sylvia Gann|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|year=2004|isbn=978-1-58544-331-4|pages=97}}</ref>
* [[J.B. Mauney]], an American professional [[rodeo]] [[cowboy]] who specializes in [[bull riding]], and competes in the [[Professional Bull Riders]] (PBR) and [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association]] (PRCA) circuits, he is a two time PBR World Champion in 2013 and 2015. He resides in Cotulla.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cowboy Biographies |url=http://prorodeo.com/prorodeo/cowboys/cowboy-biographies?id=1180 |website=Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association |publisher=prorodeo.com |access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Kevin Patrick Yeary]], judge of the [[Texas Court of Criminal Appeals]], was born in Cotulla and raised in Laredo<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmarttexas.com/TxCourtCriminalAppeals.asp|title=Kevin Patrick Yeary|publisher=[[Project Vote Smart]]|access-date=December 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818050756/http://votesmarttexas.com/TxCourtCriminalAppeals.asp|archive-date=August 18, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>