Famous Residents
- Former professional PRCA and PBR bull rider Cody Custer was born in Kingman.
- The actor Andy Devine was raised in Kingman, where his family had moved from Flagstaff when he was one year old. His father opened the Beale Hotel here. One of the major streets of Kingman is named "Andy Devine Avenue" and the town holds the annual "Andy Devine Days".
- Michael Fortier, Timothy McVeigh's co-conspirator, lived in Kingman from the age of seven.
- Miki Garcia, model and Playboy magazine's Playmate for the January 1973 issue, was born in Kingman.
- John Mathieson, an American rock drummer (La Bella Charade, Tomorrow's Rumor), was born in Kingman.
- Timothy McVeigh was a resident of Kingman for various periods between 1993 and 1995, including immediately prior to the Oklahoma City bombing.
- Former Boston Red Sox catcher Doug Mirabelli was born in Kingman.
- Aviation author and historian Michael B. McComb attended Kingman High School (1981–1985) in Kingman.
- Actor Will Sasso has been known to stay in Kingman for extended periods, escaping Los Angeles to get some R&R for his mind, body and soul.
- Roseane Crittendon, photographer for Horse N Around the Mountain Newspaper, http://www.horsenaroundthemountains.com/Site/Home.html.
- Several members of the rock band The Asphalt currently live in Kingman, including drummer Nick Turner, guitarist Jason Marino and bassist Clifford Hickle.
- Because Arizona is a "neutral" state for the Mafia and with Kingman's proximity to Las Vegas, members and associates of various La Cosa Nostra organizations, including Chicago and New York, have reportedly made Kingman their home over the years, as well as other areas of Mohave County.
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