The people below were all born in, resident of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Prescott, Arizona. Henry F. Ashurst, first Arizona senator following statehood Coles Bashford, lawyer, governor of Wisconsin Ken Bennett, state senator, Arizona secretary of state Big Nose Kate, Wild West companion of Doc Holliday Bret Blevins, comic-book artist Michael Broggie, historian and author William Mansfield Buffum, merchant and member of the Arizona Territorial Legislature Robert Burnham Jr., astronomer John G. Campbell, Scottish-born politician Thomas Edward Campbell, second governor of Arizona Paul. G. Comba, computer scientist and asteroid hunter Virginia Lee Corbin, silent film actress Antonio De La Fuente, professional boxer Rosemary DeCamp, actress John Denny, baseball player Josephine Earp, wife of lawman Wyatt Earp Dorothy Fay, actress Alan Dean Foster, science-fiction author Ana Frohmiller, county treasurer, gubernatorial candidate Barry Goldwater, United States senator and 1964 Republican presidential nominee Morris Goldwater, Arizona territorial and state legislator, mayor of Prescott, and businessman Paul Gosar, member of the House of Representatives Don Imus, radio personality John W. Kieckhefer, businessman John Kinney, outlaw and founder of the John Kinney Gang (rivals of Billy the Kid's Lincoln County Regulators) Fiorello H. LaGuardia, mayor of New York City Amy Lukavics, young adult novelist Cody Lundin, survival expert, author, and co-star of the Discovery Channel series Dual Survival Edith Alice Macia, Arizona pioneer, postmaster, undercover FBI agent Jay Miner, integrated circuit designer known as "father of the Amiga" Wayman Mitchell, preacher Mollie Monroe, Wild West figure Kayla Mueller, human rights activist, humanitarian aid worker taken captive by ISIL while working with Medecine sans frontiere Buckey O'Neill, mayor of Prescott, sheriff, newspaper editor, miner, and Rough Rider Archbishop Peter D. Robinson, United Episcopal Church of North America, rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church William C. Rodgers, controversial environmentalist William B. Ruger, firearms manufacturer Nat Russo, fantasy fiction author, spent childhood and teen years in Prescott; graduated Prescott High School in 1988 Holly Sampson, adult film actress Alvie Self, musician in Rockabilly Hall of Fame Frederick Sommer, photographer Grace M. Sparkes, booster, secretary of Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce, and manager of Prescott Frontier Days Dick Sprang, comic-book artist Brian Stauffer, award-winning illustrator Sam Steiger, former U.S. congressman and former Mayor of Prescott, 1999–2001 Piper Stoeckel, Miss Arizona 2012 Richard Longstreet Tea, Civil War soldier Toni Tennille, singer, formerly of Captain and Tennille Tom Whittaker, first disabled person to climb Mount Everest J. R. Williams, drew the mid-20th century comic strips Out Our Way and The Worry Wart, spent most of his life on a ranch near Prescott
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