Notable Chiricahua Apache People
- Baishan (Spanish name Cuchillo Negro - “Black Knife”) (ca. 1816-May 24, 1857), chief of the southern Warm Springs local group of the Chihenne band
- Mildred Cleghorn, first tribal chairperson at the Fort Sill Reservation, elected in 1976
- Cochise, (K'uu-ch'ish aka Cheis - “having the quality of strength of an oak”), (ca. 1805-Jun. 8, 1874), chief of the Chihuicahui local group of the Chokonen band
- Mangas Coloradas, (Kan-da-zis Tlishishen - “Red Shirt” or “Pink Shirt”, also Dasoda-hae - “He Just Sits There”), (c.1793–Jan. 18, 1863), chief of the Copper Mines and Mimbreño local groups of the Chihenne
- Dahteste, woman warrior and companion of the famous woman warrior Lozen
- Gouyen (in Mescalero Góyą́ń - "the one who is wise" or “Wise Woman”) (c. 1857-1903), was a woman from the Warm Springs local group of the Chihenne band noted for her heroism, with her son Kaywaykla and her second husband Ka-ya-ten-nae she escaped the Battle of Tres Castillos, her infant daughter was said to have been killed in the attack
- Geronimo, (Goyaałé - "one who yawns"), (June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909), warrior, medicine man of the Bedonkohe band
- Bob Haozous, sculptor
- Allan Houser, sculptor
- Juh, (Ho, Whoa, and sometimes Who), (c. 1825 – Nov. 1883), chief of the Janeros local group of the Ndéndai (or Nednhi) band
- Lozen, ("Dextrous Horse Thief"), (c. 1840-1890), woman warrior and prophet of the Chihenne band, sister of Victorio and companion of the woman warrior Dahteste
- Massai, (c.1847-1906 or - 1911), warrior of the Mimbres local group of the Chihenne band
- Naiche (Nache, Nachi, or Natchez - "meddlesome one" or "mischief maker"), (ca. 1857-Mar. 16, 1919), second son of Cochise, was the final hereditary chief of the Chihuicahui local group of the Chokonen band
- Nana, (“grandma” or “lullaby”, in Apache: Kas-tziden - “Broken Foot” or Haškɛnadɨltla - “Angry, He is Agitated”), (1800? – 1896), chief of the Warm Springs local group of the Chihenne band
- Taza, (ca. 1840-Sep. 26, 1876), son of Cochise and successor as chief of the Chihuicahui local group of the Chokonen band
- Victorio, (Bidu-ya, Beduiat), (ca. 1825–Oct. 14, 1880), chief of the Warm Springs local group of the Chihenne band
- Fun (*1866 - †1892, Yiy-gholl, Yiy-joll, Yiy-zholl, also known as Larry Fun), warrior
- Ka-ya-ten-nae (Ka-e-te-nay, Kaytennae, Kadhateni or Kieta - "Fights Without Arrows", "Cartridges All Gone"), chief of the Warm Springs local group of the Chihenne band, second husband of the heroic Gouyen and stepfather of Kaywaykla
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