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This is a list of Old West gunfighters, referring to outlaws or lawmen, of the American frontier who gained fame or notoriety during the American Wild West or Old West. Some listed were never gunfighters. The term ''gunslinger'' is a modern, 20th-century invention, often used in cinema or other media to refer to men in the American Old West who had gained a reputation as being dangerous with a gun. A
gunfighter Gunfighters, also called gunslingers (), or in the 19th and early 20th centuries gunmen, were individuals in the American Old West who gained a reputation of being dangerous with a gun and participated in gunfights and shootouts. Today, the t ...
may or may not be an outlaw or a lawman. An outlaw had usually been convicted of a crime, such as Black Bart, but may have only gained a reputation as operating outside the law, such as Ike Clanton. Some of those listed may have also served in law enforcement, like Marshal Burt Alvord who subsequently became an outlaw, and some outlaws like
Johnny Ringo John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882), known as Johnny Ringo, was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He took part in the Mason County ...
were deputized at one time or another. Some of the gunfighters listed included professionals, scouts, businessmen, and even
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Outlaws

The majority of outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks, trains, and stagecoaches. Some crimes were carried out by Mexicans and Native Americans against white citizens who were targets of opportunity along the U.S.–Mexico border, particularly in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. For example,
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was a
bandit Banditry is a type of organized crime committed by outlaws typically involving the threat or use of violence. A person who engages in banditry is known as a bandit and primarily commits crimes such as extortion, robbery, and murder, either as an ...
from Durango,
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who also conducted cross-border raids into New Mexico and Texas. Some individuals, like Jesse James, became outlaws after serving in the
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. Some were simply men who took advantage of the wildness and lawlessness of the frontier to enrich themselves at the expense of others. Some outlaws migrated to the frontier to escape prosecution for crimes elsewhere.


Lawmen

Law was present, if spread thin, in the American Old West. It was usually present on three levels: the Deputy U.S. Marshal, the county sheriff, and the town marshal or constable. Sometimes their jurisdictions overlapped which could lead to conflicts like those between Deputy U.S. Marshal
Virgil Earp Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905) was both deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone, Arizona City Marshal when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gu ...
and Cochise County, Arizona Sheriff Johnny Behan. When an outlaw committed a crime, the local sheriff or marshal would usually form a
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to attempt to capture them. Rewards were posted for outlaws which encouraged citizens to capture or kill them for the reward, leading to the profession of
bounty hunter A bounty hunter is a private agent working for bail bonds who captures fugitives or criminals for a commission or bounty. The occupation, officially known as bail enforcement agent, or fugitive recovery agent, has traditionally operated outsid ...
– people who would find and capture/kill those with a bounty placed on their head by the law.


A

* John Hicks Adams (1820–1878) * Robert Clay Allison (1840–1887) * Burt Alvord (1867–1910) * Charlie Anderson (1844–1868) * David L. "Billy Wilson" Anderson (1862–1918) * Hugh Anderson (1851–1873 or 1914?)


B

* Elfego Baca (1865–1945) *
Cullen Baker Cullen Montgomery Baker (June 23, 1835 – January 1869) was a Tennessee-born desperado whose gang terrorized Union soldiers and civilians in Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and Northwest Louisiana during the early days of the American Old We ...
(1835–1869) * Seaborn Barnes (1849?–1878) * Richard H. "Rattlesnake Dick" Bartar (1833–1859) * Sam Bass (1851–1878) * Tom Bell (1825–1856) * Jules Beni (??–1861) * John Billee (1873–1890) * William "Tulsa Jack" Blake ( c.1859–1895) * Thomas Hamilton Blanek (1861–1895) * Dan Bogan (1860–??) * William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney (1859–1881) * N. K. Boswell (1836–1921) * Joaquin Botellier (??–??) (member of the
Five Joaquins The Five Joaquins were a mid-19th-century outlaw gang in California which, according to the state legislature, was led by five men, identified as follows: "... the five Joaquins, whose names are Joaquin Murrieta, Joaquin Ocomorenia, Joaquin Vale ...
gang) *
Charlie Bowdre Charles Bowdre (1848 – December 23, 1880) was an American cowboy and outlaw. He was an associate of Billy the Kid and member of his gang. Early life Bowdre was born in Wilkes County, Georgia. When he was three years old, he and his parent ...
(1848–1880) * William Brazelton (?–1878) * Richard M. "Dick" Brewer (1850–1878) * William "Curly Bill" Brocius (1845–1882) * James Brooks (1855–1944) * William L. "Buffalo Bill" Brooks (c. 1832 – 1874) *
Henry Newton Brown Henry Newton Brown (1857 – April 30, 1884) was an American Old West gunman who played the roles of both lawman and outlaw during his life. Brown was raised in Cold Springs Township, in Phelps County, ten miles south of Rolla, Missouri. An o ...
(1857–1884) *
Sam Brown (outlaw) Sam Brown (6 July 1831?, in Ohio? – 6 July 1861, in Nevada) was an American outlaw, reputed to have killed eleven men and often accused of being a coward and a bully, inclined to unprovoked violence when intoxicated. Mark Twain mentions "Sam Br ...
(1831–1861) * Roscoe Bryant (??–1878) * Rufus Buck (1877–1896) *
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(1836–1929) * Seth Bullock (Marshal) (1849–1919) *
Frederick Russell Burnham Frederick Russell Burnham DSO (May 11, 1861 – September 1, 1947) was an American scout and world-traveling adventurer. He is known for his service to the British South Africa Company and to the British Army in colonial Africa, and for teach ...
(1861–1947) * Charlie "Dutch Charley" Burris (??–1881) * Reuben "Rube" Burrow (1854–1890)


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* Frank M. Canton (a.k.a. Josiah Horner) (1849–1927) * "Laughing" Sam Carey (a.k.a. Laughing Dick Carey) (??–??) * Tom Carberry (??–??) * Joaquin Carrillo (??–??) (member of the
Five Joaquins The Five Joaquins were a mid-19th-century outlaw gang in California which, according to the state legislature, was led by five men, identified as follows: "... the five Joaquins, whose names are Joaquin Murrieta, Joaquin Ocomorenia, Joaquin Vale ...
gang) * William "News" Carver (1868–1901) * Butch Cassidy (1866–1908) *
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(1851–1924) * Ned Christie (1852–1892) *
Billy Claiborne Billy Claiborne ( – November 14, 1882) was an American outlaw cowboy, drover, miner, and gunfighter in the American Old West. He killed James Hickey in a confrontation in a saloon, but it was ruled self-defense. He was present at the beginnin ...
(1860–1882) * Calico Jones (??–??) (There have been debates about his ethnicity and birth) *
Billy Clanton William Harrison Clanton (1862 – October 26, 1881) was an outlaw Cowboy in Cochise County, Arizona Territory. He, along with his father Newman Clanton and brother Ike Clanton, worked a ranch near the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territor ...
(1862–1881) *
Phineas Clanton Phineas Fay Clanton (December 1843 – January 5, 1906) was the son of Newman Haynes Clanton and the brother of Billy and Ike Clanton. He was witness to and possibly played a part in a number of illegal activities during his life. He moved frequ ...
(1843–1906) * Ike Clanton (1847–1887) *
Archie Clement Archie Clement (January 1, 1846 – December 13, 1866), also known as "Little Arch" or "Little Archie", was an American pro- Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War, known for his brutality towards Union soldiers and pro-Uni ...
(1846–1866) * "Dynamite" Dan Clifton (1865–1896) * Theodore Clifton (1844–1868) * Frank Coe (1851–1931) *
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(1856–1941) * Chunk Colbert (??–1874) * Shotgun John Collins (1851–1922) *
George Contant George C. Contant, aka George Sontag (April 10, 1864 - 1930), was an outlaw of the American West known mostly for train robberies. Like his older brother, John Sontag, he was originally from Mankato, Minnesota. Background Contant was the you ...
(1864–?1930), brother of John Sontag * Scott Cooley (1845–1876) * Brack Cornett (1859–1888) *
Gregorio Cortez Gregorio Cortez Lira (June 22, 1875 – February 28, 1916) was born in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico on June 22, 1875 and became a folk hero to the border communities of the United States and Mexico. After an altercation in which he killed Sher ...
(1875–1916) *
Juan Cortina Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Goseacochea (May 16, 1824 – October 30, 1894), also known by his nicknames Cheno Cortina, the Red Robber of the Rio Grande and the Rio Grande Robin Hood, was a Mexican rancher, politician, military leader, outlaw a ...
(a.k.a. "The Red Robber of the Rio Grande") (1824–1894) * "Longhair" Jim Courtright (1848–1887) * George "Flatnose" Curry (1864–1900) (not to be confused with George Manuse a.k.a. "Big Nose George Parrott")


D

* Bob Dalton (1869–1892) *
Emmett Dalton Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 – July 13, 1937) was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. Part of a gang that attempted to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, on October 5, 1892, he was th ...
(1871–1937) *
Frank Dalton John Franklin "Frank" Dalton (June 8, 1859 – November 27, 1887) was a Deputy US Marshal of the Old West under Judge Isaac Parker (the hangin' judge), for Oklahoma Territory, as well as the older brother to the members of the Dalton Gang, in ad ...
(1859–1887) * Gratton "Grat" Dalton (1861–1892) * William M. Dalton (1863–1894) * John Daly (1839–1864) * Pancho Daniel (??–1858) * Ben Daniels (1852–1923) * Roy Daugherty (a.k.a. Arkansas Tom Jones) (1870–1924) * Jackson "Diamondfield Jack" Davis (1879–1949) * Jonathan R. Davis (1816 – not before 1887) * Pat Desmond (1842–1890) * Charles "Pony" Diehl (1848–1888) *
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(1858–1896) *
Bill Downing Bill Downing a.k.a. William F. Downing (1860 – August 5, 1908) was a notorious outlaw during the Wild West era in Arizona. Downing had fled from the Texas Rangers posse who was after him when he came to Arizona. In Arizona, he was involved in t ...
(1860–1908) * Mart Duggan (1848–1888) * William B. Dunn (??–1896)


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Morgan Earp Morgan Seth Earp (April 24, 1851 – March 18, 1882) was an American sheriff and Marshal, lawman. He served as Tombstone, Arizona, Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Arizona's Special Policeman when he helped his brothers Virgil Earp, Virgil and Wy ...
(1851–1882) *
Virgil Earp Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905) was both deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone, Arizona City Marshal when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gu ...
(1843–1905) *
Warren Earp Warren Baxter Earp (March 9, 1855 – July 6, 1900) was an American frontiersman and lawman. He was the youngest of Earp brothers, Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James, and Newton Earp. Although he was not present during the Gunfight at the O.K. Cor ...
(1855–1900) *
Wyatt Earp Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman and gambler in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone. Earp took part in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which l ...
(1848–1929) * Frank "Pistol Pete" Eaton (1860–1958) * Buck English (1855–1915) * Chris Evans (1847–1917) *
Jesse Evans Jesse Evans (c. 1853 — unknown; disappeared 1882) was an American outlaw and gunman of the Old West, and leader of the Jesse Evans Gang. He received some attention due to his disappearance in 1882, after which he was never seen or heard from a ...
(1853–disappeared 1882)


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"King" (1854–1884) * Juan Flores (1834–1857) * Charles Wilson "Charley" Ford (1857–1884) * Robert Newton Ford (1862–1892) * Jim French (??–??)


G

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Lige Gardner Elijah Gardner, known as Lige Gardner, (c. 1846 – c. 1901) was a Texas gunfighter sketched in the book titled ''Pages from a Worker's Life'' by William Z. Foster. Early life Gardner was born in 1846 at Mississippi to an aristocratic Southern f ...
( c.1846 – c. 1901) * Pliney Gardner ( c.1835–1893) * Patrick Floyd "Pat" Garrett (1850–1908) * John Joel Glanton (1819–1851) * Crawford "Cherokee Bill" Goldsby (1876–1896)


H

* John Wesley Hardin (1853–1895) * Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl "The Apache Kid" (c. 1860 – in or after 1894) * Marion Hedgepeth (1856–1909) *
Boone Helm Levi Boone Helm (January 28, 1828 – January 14, 1864) was an American mountain man, Old West gunfighter and serial killer known as the Kentucky Cannibal. Helm gained his nickname for his opportunistic and unrepentant proclivity for consuming ...
(a.k.a. "The Kentucky Cannibal") (1828–1864) * James "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837–1876) * John "Pink" Higgins (1848–1914) * Robert Woodson "Wood" Hite (1850–1881) * Thomas J. "Tom Bell" Hodges (a.k.a. "The Outlaw Doc") (1825–1856) * John Henry "Doc" Holliday (1851–1887) *
Tom Horn Thomas Horn Jr., (November 21, 1860 – November 20, 1903) was an American scout, cowboy, soldier, range detective, and Pinkerton agent in the 19th-century and early 20th-century American Old West. Believed to have committed 17 killings as a ...
(1860–1903) * Jesse Lee Hall (1849–1911) * John Reynolds Hughes (1855–1947)


J

* Frank Jackson (1856–1930?) *
Frank James Alexander Franklin James (January 10, 1843 – February 18, 1915) was a Confederate soldier and guerrilla; in the post-Civil War period, he was an outlaw. The older brother of outlaw Jesse James, Frank was also part of the James–Younger ...
(1843–1915) * Jesse James (1847–1882) * Henry Jerrell (1845–1868) * Jack "Turkey Creek" Johnson (c. 1847 – c. 1887)


K

* Thomas "Black Jack" Ketchum (1863–1901) * Henry "Billy the Kid" McCarty (1859–1881) * Ben "Tall Texan" Kilpatrick (1874–1912) * Jeff Kidder (1875–1908) * Sandy King (1852?–1881) * John Kinney (1847–1919)


L

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Elzy Lay William Ellsworth "Elzy" Lay (November 25, 1869 – November 10, 1934) was an outlaw of the Old West in the United States. He was a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, gang, operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall Pass in Johnson County, Wyoming. ...
(1868–1934) * Kitty Leroy (1850–1878) *
Buckskin Frank Leslie Buckskin Franklyn Leslie (March 18, 1842 – after 1920) was a U.S. Army scout, gambler, bartender, rancher, miner, gunfighter, and con-man. He is known for his fringed buckskin jacket. He became famous in Tombstone, Arizona, for killing two me ...
(1842 – after 1920) * Jim Levy (gunfighter) (1842–1882) * James Andrew "Dick" Liddil (1852–1901) * William Sidney "Cap" Light (c. 1863 – 1893) * Pío Linares (1831–1858) * Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan (1867–1904) * " Steve" Long (?–1868) * Harry "Sundance Kid" Longabaugh (1867–1908) * "Wild Bill" Longley (1851–1878) * Frank Loving (1860–1882)


M

* Chris Madsen (1851–1944) * Alfred Marlow (1862–1889) * Boone Marlow (1864–1889) * Charles Marlow (1850–1941) * George Marlow (1865–1945) * Lewellyn Marlow (?–1889) * John Mason (??–1866) *
Bat Masterson Bartholemew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson (November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921) was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the 19th and early 20th-century American Old West. He was born to ...
(1853–1921) *
Ed Masterson Edward John "Ed" Masterson (September 22, 1852 – April 9, 1878) was a lawman and the oldest brother of the American West gunfighters Bat Masterson and James Masterson. Early life Of Irish descent, Edward John Masterson was born in Henryvi ...
(1852–1878) * James Masterson (1855–1895) * Mysterious Dave Mather (1851–1886?) * Clarence L. Maxwell (1860–1909) *
Benjamin Mayfield Benjamin Mayfield (1831–187?) was a cowboy and a miner who killed the outlaw John Mason. Early life Benjamin Mayfield, the second son of American pioneer farmer William Mayfield and his first wife, was born in Illinois in 1831. His father move ...
(1831–187?) * Lucas McCain (1838–1899) *
Tom McCauley Tom McCauley (1??? – 1865), better known by his alias James Henry or Jim Henry, was one of the many California Gold Rush criminals later a leader of the Mason Henry Gang. Criminal career Tom McCauley, his origins unknown, was one of the crimina ...
a.k.a. James "Jim" Henry (??–1865) * William J. McCloskey (?–1878) *
Sherman McMaster Sherman McMaster (1853–1892) was an outlaw turned lawman, who was one of the six men involved in the Earp vendetta ride. Early life Sherman W. McMaster was born in 1853 in Rock Island, Illinois, the son of Sylvester W. McMaster. Not much is k ...
(1853–1892) *
Frank McNab Frank McNab (or MacNab) (died 1878) was a member of the Regulators who fought on behalf of John Tunstall during the Lincoln County War. Of Scottish origin, McNab was a "cattle detective" who worked for Hunter, Evans, & Company, which was managed ...
(??–1878) * William McWaters (1844–1875) * Bob Meeks (??–1912?) * John Middleton (c. 1854 – c. 1885) * Clell Miller (1849 or 1850 – 1876) * Jim "Killer" Miller (1866–1909) * Jeff Davis Milton (1861–1947) * John J. Moore (1847–1868) * William C. "Outlaw Bill" Moore (?–?) * Sylvestro "Pedro" Morales (c.late 1850s–??) * Burton C. Mossman (1867–1956) * Jim Murphy (1861–1879) *
Joaquin Murrieta Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo (sometimes spelled Murieta or Murietta) (1829 – July 25, 1853), also called the Robin Hood of the West or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a Mexican-American figure of disputed historicity. The novel '' The Life and A ...
( c. 1829–1853) * L. H. Musgrove (1832–1868)


N

* George "Bittercreek" Newcomb (1866–1895)


O

* Joaquin Ocomorenia (a.k.a. Jesus Valenzuela; member of the
Five Joaquins The Five Joaquins were a mid-19th-century outlaw gang in California which, according to the state legislature, was led by five men, identified as follows: "... the five Joaquins, whose names are Joaquin Murrieta, Joaquin Ocomorenia, Joaquin Vale ...
gang) * Lon Oden (1863–1910) *
Tom O'Folliard Tom O'Folliard (1858 – December 19, 1880) was the best friend of outlaw William Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid. Both were members of the Regulators during the Lincoln County War. After the war ended, they became cattle rustlers, forming the Bo ...
( c. 1858–1880) * Edward Capehart O'Kelley (1858–1904) * Michael "Johnny Behind the Deuce" O'Rourke (1862–1882) * Commodore Perry Owens (1852–1919)


P

* Langford M. Peel (1829/1831 – 1867) * Tom Pickett (1858–1934) *
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(1821–1860) * Charley Pierce (c. 1866 – 1895) * Thomas Bell Poole (1818–1865) * Jack Powers (1827–1860) * Procopio (c. 1841 – c. 1882) * George Parrott, a.k.a.
Big Nose George George Parrott (20 March 1834 – 22 March 1881) also known as Big Nose George, Big Beak Parrott, George Manuse, and George Warden, was a cattle rustler and highwayman in the American Wild West in the late 19th century. His skin was made into a p ...
(1834–1881)


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Queho Queho (born around 1880; his name was also spelled Quehoe on his grave or Quejo in other sources) was a Native American outlaw and renegade whose exploits became part of Nevada legend. Many deaths were blamed on Queho and so he earned the title o ...
(1880 – c. 1940)


R

* "Little Bill" Raidler (1870?–1904) * James C. Reed (1845–1874), husband of
Belle Starr Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr (February 5, 1848 – February 3, 1889), better known as Belle Starr, was an American outlaw who gained national notoriety after her violent death. She associated with the James–Younger Gang and other outlaw ...
* Nathanial "Texas Jack" Reed (1862–1950) *
Bass Reeves Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was an American law enforcement official, historically noted as the first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River. He worked mostly in Arkansas and the Oklahoma Territory. During his lo ...
deputy U.S. Marshal (1832–1910) *
Frank H. Reid Frank H. Reid (1844 – July 20, 1898) was an American soldier, teacher, city engineer, vigilante, and one of the combatants in the shootout on Juneau Wharf that ended the life of American outlaw Soapy Smith, Jefferson "Soapy" Smith, as well ...
(1844–1898) * Frank Reno (1837–1868) * Simeon Reno (1843–1868) * William Reno (1848–1868) * Levi Richardson (1851–1879) * James "Jim" Riley (1853–??) *
Johnny Ringo John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882), known as Johnny Ringo, was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He took part in the Mason County ...
(1850–1882) *
Buckshot Roberts Andrew L. "Buckshot" Roberts (1831 – April 5, 1878) was an American buffalo hunter, frontiersman and cowboy whose last stand against the Lincoln County Regulators during the Gunfight of Blazer's Mills near Lincoln, New Mexico is a part of fr ...
(1831–1878) *
Porter Rockwell Orrin Porter Rockwell (June 28, 1813 or June 25, 1815 – June 9, 1878) was a figure of the Wild West period of American history. A lawman in the Utah Territory, he was nicknamed ''Old Port'' and ''The Destroying Angel of Mormondom''. Rockwell se ...
(1813–1878) * Charles Roseberry (1843–1868) *
Dave Rudabaugh David Rudabaugh (July 14, 1854February 18, 1886) was a cowboy, outlaw, and gunfighter in the American Old West. Modern writers often refer to him as "Dirty Dave" because of his alleged aversion to water, though no evidence has emerged to show ...
(1854–1886) * Charles and John D. Ruggles (died 1892) – the "Ruggles Brothers"


S

* Yginio Salazar (1863–1936) *
Ab Saunders Ab Saunders (October 14, 1851 – February 5, 1883) was an American cowboy, and at times gunman, best known for his association with Billy the Kid, Charlie Bowdre, Frank McNab, Doc Scurlock, and Saunders's cousins Frank and George Coe, when he ...
(1851–1883) * George Scarborough (1859–1900) * John Scroggins (??–??) *
Doc Scurlock Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock (January 11, 1849 – July 25, 1929) was an American Old West figure, cowboy, and gunfighter. A founding member of the Regulators during the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, Scurlock rode alongside such men as B ...
(1849–1929) * John Selman (1839–1896) *
Luke Short Luke Lamar Short (January22, 1854September8, 1893) was an American Old West gunfighter, cowboy, U.S. Army scout, dispatch rider, gambler, boxing promoter, and saloon owner. He survived numerous gunfights, the most famous of which were agains ...
(1854–1893) * Cyrus Skinner (??–1864) * George "Reelfoot Williams" Skinner (??–1856) *
Jack Slade Joseph Alfred "Jack" Slade, (January 22, 1831 – March 10, 1864), was a stagecoach and Pony Express superintendent, instrumental in the opening of the American West and the archetype of the Western gunslinger. Born in Carlyle, Illinois, he w ...
(1831–1864) * Adelbert Denton "Bertie" Slye (1856–1940) * Origen Charles "Hairlip Charlie" Smith (1844–1907) * Jefferson Randolph "Soapy Smith" Smith (1860–1898) * "Tiger Sam" Smith (??–1880) * John Sontag (1861–1893) * Frank Sparks (1841–1868) *
Pete Spence Pete Spence (born Elliot Larkin Ferguson; 1852–1914) was a small-time criminal known for his association with outlaw Cowboys Frank and Tom McLaury, and Ike and Billy Clanton, of Tombstone, Arizona Territory. Spence was also a suspect in the ...
(1852–1914) * "Little Bill" Standifer (1853–1903) *
Henry Starr Henry Starr (1873–1921) was an American criminal of the wild west and an American actor of the silent film era. Biography Starr’s parents were Mary Scott Starr and George Starr. Distantly related to Sam Starr, husband of Belle Starr, he was ...
(1873–1921) * Tom "Uncle Tom" Starr (1813–1890) * Matt "Steiny" Steinmueller (??–??) * "Dirty Steve" Stephens (18??–??) *
Frank Stilwell Frank C. Stilwell (1856 – March 20, 1882) was an outlaw Cowboy who killed at least two men in Cochise County during 1877–82. Both killings were considered to have been self-defense. For four months he was a deputy sheriff in Tombstone, A ...
(c 1856–1882) * Ernest St. Leon (??–1898) *
Charlie Storms Charles Spencer Storms, known as Charlie Storms (1823–1881) was a professional gunfighter and gambler of the Old West, who is best known for having been killed in a gunfight with Luke Short in Tombstone, Arizona. Early life Charlie Storms ...
(1822–1881) * Dallas Stoudenmire (1845–1882)


T

* William "Russian Bill" Tattenbaum (1853–1881) * Jack Taylor (1884–1887) *
Heck Thomas Andrew "Heck" Thomas (January 3, 1850 – August 14, 1912) was a lawman on the American frontier, most notably in Indian Territory. He was known for helping bring law and order to the region. In 1889 as a deputy in Fort Smith, Arkansas, he trie ...
(1850–1912) * Ben Thompson (1843–1884) * Billy Thompson (1845–1897) * Tom Threepersons (1889—1969) *
Bill Tilghman William Matthew Tilghman Jr. (July 4, 1854 – November 1, 1924) was a career lawman, gunfighter, and politician in Kansas and Oklahoma during the late 19th century. Tilghman was a Dodge City city marshal in the early 1880s and played a role in ...
(1854–1924) * Harry Tracy (1875–1902) * Dangerous Dan Tucker (1849–after 1892)


U

* Francisco Ulibarri (??–??) (Comanche Indian) * David "Big Dave" Updyke (1830–1866)


V

* Joaquin Valenzuela (c. 1820 – died 1853 or 1858?) (member of the
Five Joaquins The Five Joaquins were a mid-19th-century outlaw gang in California which, according to the state legislature, was led by five men, identified as follows: "... the five Joaquins, whose names are Joaquin Murrieta, Joaquin Ocomorenia, Joaquin Vale ...
gang) * Tiburcio Vasquez (1835–1875) * Henry Clay "Hank" Vaughan (1849–1893) * "Texas" Jack Vermillion (1842–1911) * José Doroteo "Pancho Villa" Arango Arámbula (1878–1923)


W

*
Fred Waite Frederick Tecumseh "Dash" Waite, occasionally spelled Fred WayteOtero, Miguel Antonio (1936). ''The Real Billy the Kid with new light on the Lincoln County War,'' Rufus Rockwell Wilson, New York, p.46 (born September 23, 1853 – September 2 ...
(1853–1895) * George "Red Buck" Weightman (1850—1895) * William "Bronco Bill" Walters (1869–1921) *
John Joshua Webb John Joshua Webb (February 14, 1847 – April 12, 1882) was a noted lawman turned gunfighter and outlaw of the American Old West. Early life Webb was born February 14, 1847, in Keokuk County, Iowa, the seventh of twelve children born to Willia ...
(1847–1882) * Richard "Little Dick" West (1860–1898) * Harry C. Wheeler (1875–1925) * Lucius R. "Dink" Wilson (?–1894)


Y

* Oliver "Ol" Yantis (1869–1892) * Milt Yarberry (1849–1883) *
Bob Younger Robert Ewing Younger (October 29, 1853 – September 16, 1889) was an American criminal and outlaw, the younger brother of Cole Younger, Cole, Jim Younger, Jim and John Younger. He was a member of the James–Younger Gang. Life Born in Missou ...
(1853–1889) *
Cole Younger Thomas Coleman Younger (January 15, 1844 – March 21, 1916) was an American Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War and later an outlaw leader with the James–Younger Gang. He was the elder brother of Jim, John and Bob Younge ...
(1844–1916) *
Jim Younger James Hardin Younger (January 15, 1848 – October 19, 1902) was a notable American outlaw and member of the James–Younger Gang. He was the brother of Cole, John and Bob Younger Life Born in Missouri on January 15, 1848. Jim Younger wa ...
(1848–1902) * John Younger (1851–1874)


See also

* List of cowboys and cowgirls *
List of Old West lawmen This is a list of Old West lawmen: notable people who served in various law enforcement positions during the American Frontier, Old West period. See also * List of Arizona Rangers * List of cowboys and cowgirls * List of Old West gunfighters ...
* List of Old West gangs


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Old West gunfighters, List of Lists of American people Lists of criminals Gunslingers of the American Old West Cochise County conflict American Old West-related lists Lawmen of the American Old West