The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West (''circa'' 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre.

Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys

Harve Wilson Harve is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Harve Bennett (1930–2015), American television and film producer and screenwriter *Harve Brosten Harve Brosten (born May 15, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American ...

(1867–1951) * Preston Nutter (1848-1936) * Calico Jones (1832–????) * Wilber Emery "W.E." Campbell (1847–1907) *

John Chisum John Simpson Chisum (August 16, 1824 – December 23, 1884) was a wealthy cattle baron in the American West in the mid-to-late 19th century. He was born in Hardeman County, Tennessee, and moved with his family to the Republic of Texas in 1837, ...

(1824–1884) * Charles Francis Colcord (1859–1934) * Robert Driscoll (1871–1929)
Jesse Lincoln "J.T." Driskill
(1824–1890) * Andrew Drumm (1828–1919) * Frank "Pistol Pete" Eaton (1860–1958) *

John King Fisher John King Fisher (October 1853 – March 11, 1884) was a gunslinger from the U.S. state of Texas during the heyday of the American Old West. Early life and education Fisher was born during October 1853 in Collin County, north of Dallas, Tex ...

(1854–1884) * Charles Goodnight (1836–1929) * Montford T. Johnson (1843–1896) * Richard King (1824–1885)
Pete Kitchen
(1822–1895) *

Raymond Knight (rodeo organizer) Oscar Raymond Knight (8 April 1872 – 7 February 1947) was a gold and silver miner, cattle rancher, large scale farmer, bank executive, industrialist, railroad executive, rodeo producer, rodeo stock contractor and rodeo champion. He was one of the ...

(1872–1947) * George W. Littlefield (1842–1920) *

Oliver Loving Oliver Loving (December 4, 1812 – September 25, 1867) was an American rancher and cattle driver. Together with Charles Goodnight, he developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He was mortally wounded by Native Americans while on a cattle drive. ...

(1812–1867) *

Willis McCutcheon Willis may refer to: Places United States * Willis, Florida, an unincorporated community * Willis, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Willis, Kansas, a city * Willis, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Willis, Nebraska, an unincorp ...

(1836–1906) *

James Alfred McFaddin James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

(1840–1916) * George W. McJunkin (1851–1922)
Robert Benjamin "Ben" Masterson
(1853–1931) * Frank H. Maynard (1853–1926) * Colonel George Washington Miller (1841–1903) * Zachary Taylor "Zack" Miller (1878–1952) * Burton C. Mossman (1867–1956) * Thomas O'Connor (1819–1887) * William "Bill" Pickett (1870–1932) * Abel Head "Shanghai" Pierce (1834–1900) * Will Rogers (1879–1935) *

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

(1858–1919) * Charles Angelo "Charlie" Siringo (1855–1928) * John Ware (~1845–1905) *

Liam Leatherland Liam is a short form of the Irish name Uilliam or the old Germanic name William. Etymology The original name was a merging of two Old German elements: ''willa'' ("will" or "resolution"); and ''helma'' ("helmet"). The juxtaposition of these el ...

(~1842–1859) * Jordan "Stomach" Cooper (~1870–1904) * Jack "Two-Shot" Lowe (1874–1892) * Nate Champion (1857–1892)

Wild West show and rodeo performers

* Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) *

Yakima Canutt Enos Edward "Yakima" Canutt (November 29, 1895 – May 24, 1986) was an American champion rodeo rider, actor, stuntman, and action director. He developed many stunts for films and the techniques and technology to protect stuntmen in performing t ...

(1896–1986) * William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846–1917) * James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837–1876) * Raymond Knight (1872–1947) * Texas Jack Omohundro (1846–1880) * Texas Jack, Jr. (1860–1905) *

Jack Hoxie John Hartford Hoxie (January 11, 1885 – March 28, 1965) was an American rodeo performer and motion-picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. Hoxie is best recalled for his roles in ...

(1885–1965) * Gordon William "Pawnee Bill" Lillie (1860–1942) * May Lillie, née Manning (1869–1936) * Thomas E. "Tom" Mix (1880–1940) * Lucille Mulhall (1885–1940) *

Annie Oakley Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey; August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Oakley developed hunting skills as a child to provide for her impoverished family in western ...

(1860–1926) * Will Rogers (1879–1935) * Gabriel Dumont (1837–1906) * Brodie "Saltmine" Peele (~1923–1974)

Fictional

* Quick Gun Murugan * Hopalong Cassidy *

Rawhide Kid The Rawhide Kid (real name: Johnny Bart, originally given as Johnny Clay) is a fictional Old West cowboy appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A heroic gunfighter of the 19th-century American West who was unjustly wanted a ...

* Cisco Kid *

Lucky Luke ''Lucky Luke'' is a Western '' bande dessinée'' series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborating with French writer René Goscinny. Their ...

Red Ryder Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a seconda ...

Shane Shane may refer to: People * Shane (actress) (born 1969), American pornographic actress * Shane (New Zealand singer) (born 1946) * iamnotshane (born 1995), formerly known as Shane, American singer * Shane (name) Shane is mainly a masculine g ...

Tonto Tonto is a fictional character; he is the Native American (either Comanche or Potawatomi) companion of the Lone Ranger, a popular American Western character created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker. Tonto has appeared in radio and tele ...

Zorro Zorro ( Spanish for 'fox') is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California. He is typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante w ...

Barbarosa ''Barbarosa'' is a 1982 American Western film starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey about a young cowboy on the run from the law who partners with a famous ''bandito'' and learns about life from him. "One of the best overlooked westerns of th ...

Marlboro Man The Marlboro Man is a figure that was used in tobacco advertising campaigns for Marlboro cigarettes. In the United States, where the campaign originated, it was used from 1954 to 1999. The Marlboro Man was first conceived by Leo Burnett in 1954. ...

Pecos Bill Pecos Bill is a fictional cowboy and folk hero in stories set during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. These narratives were invented as short stories in a book by Tex O'Reill ...

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Sheriff Woody Sheriff Woody Pride is a fictional, pull-string cowboy doll who appears in the Disney–Pixar ''Toy Story'' franchise. In the films, Woody is the main protagonist, alongside Buzz Lightyear. He is primarily voiced by Tom Hanks, who voices him ...

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Toy Story 3 ''Toy Story 3'' is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the third installment in the ''Toy Story'' series and the sequel to '' Toy Story 2'' (1999). It wa ...

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Yosemite Sam Yosemite Sam ( /joʊˈsɛmɪti/ ''yoh-SEM-ih-tee'') is a cartoon character in the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of short films produced by Warner Bros. His name is taken from Yosemite National Park. He is an adversary of Bugs ...

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Cole Cassidy Cole Cassidy is a character from the 2016 video game ''Overwatch (video game), Overwatch'', a Blizzard Entertainment–developed first-person shooter. Originally named Jesse McCree after a developer at Blizzard, the character's name was changed ...

* SpongeBuck SquarePants (SpongeBob Episode; " Pest of the West") * Cowboy Zombie (

Plants vs. Zombies 2 ''Plants vs. Zombies 2'' (originally known as ''Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time'') is a 2013 free tower defense video game developed by PopCap Games and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to ''Plants vs. Zombies'', and was ...

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Hol Horse is the third story arc of the manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The arc was serialized for a little over 3 years. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from April 3, 1989, ...

* Arthur Morgan * John Marston * Sheriff Callie *

Howdy Doody ''Howdy Doody'' is an American Children's television series, children's television program (with circus and Western (genre), Western frontier themes) that was created and produced by Victor F Campbell

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Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys

Wild West show and rodeo performers

Fictional

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