This is an incomplete list of notable natives and residents of the Las Vegas metropolitan area which includes Las Vegas, Nevada. Natives are individuals born in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Non-natives are people who play or played a notable role in the history of Las Vegas or the Las Vegas metropolitan area while residing here.
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| Name | Native | Profession | Reason for notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Adelson | Non-Native | businessman | Las Vegas Sands |
| Andre Agassi | Native | tennis player | philanthropist |
| Louie Anderson | Non-Native | comedian | |
| Criss Angel | Non-Native | magician | Criss Angel Mindfreak |
| Greg Anthony | Native | basketball player | played for UNLV, NBA |
| Big B | Non-Native | recording artist | Suburban Noize Records |
| Bobby Baldwin | Non-Native | poker player and casino executive | |
| Toni Basil | Non-Native | choreographer musician |
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| Alexandra Berzon | Non-Native | journalist | Primary reporter for a Las Vegas Sun Pulitzer Prize winning series |
| Robert Bigelow | Native | Entrepreneur | Founder and CEO of Bigelow Aerospace |
| Benny Binion | Non-Native | owner of the Horseshoe Casino | |
| Joey Bishop | Non-Native | entertainer | Rat Pack |
| Sam Boyd | Non-Native | casino owner | |
| Mike Branch | Non-Native | commercial pilot | Former member of the Louisiana State Senate |
| Toni Braxton | Non-Native | recording artist | |
| David Brenner | Non-Native | comedian | |
| Daniel Bryan | Non-Native | Professional Wrestler | WWE Raw |
| Kurt Busch | Native | race car driver, NASCAR | |
| Kyle Busch | Native | race car driver, NASCAR | |
| Gina Carano | Non-Native | Female MMA Fighter | first female MMA fight with television coverage |
| Charisma Carpenter | Native | actress | |
| Joe Castro | Non-Native | Jazz Pianist | Atlantic Records |
| Daveigh Chase | Native | actress | |
| Spencer Clark | Native | race car driver, NASCAR | |
| Norm Clarke | Non-Native | gossip columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal | |
| Rico Constantino | Native | professional wrestler | |
| Randall Cunningham | Non-Native | football player | |
| Tony Curtis | Non-Native | actor | |
| Jay Cutler | Non-Native | IFBB Professional Bodybuilder | Mr. Olympia |
| Laura Dahl | Native | fashion designer | |
| Moe Dalitz | Non-Native | developer | casino owner/executive (Desert Inn) |
| Baron Davis | Non-Native | basketball player | |
| Ricky Davis | Native | basketball player | |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. | Non-Native | singer and entertainer | Rat Pack |
| Becky Delos Santos | Non-Native | model Playboy Playmate |
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| Dipak Desai | Non-Native | doctor | owner of Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada |
| J.Son Dinant | Non-Native | Comedian and actor | |
| Céline Dion | Non-Native | singer | |
| Leah Dizon | Native | model singer |
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| Herbie Faye | Non-Native | actor | died in Las Vegas, 1980 |
| Frank Fertitta III | Native | businessman | Founder and CEO of Station Casinos |
| Brandon Flowers | Native | musician | The Killers |
| Siegfried Fischbacher | Non-Native | entertainer | Siegfried & Roy |
| Redd Foxx | Non-Native | entertainer | |
| Tony Fredianelli | Non-Native | Musician | Third Eye Blind guitarist |
| John C. Frémont | Non-Native | explorer | |
| Danny Gans | Non-Native | impersonator | |
| Brendan Gaughan | Non-Native | race car driver | NASCAR |
| Jackie Gaughan | Non-Native | businessman | Casino owner |
| Michael Gaughan | Non-Native | businessman | Casino owner |
| Jason Giambi | Non-Native | baseball player | |
| Carolyn Goodman | Non-Native | Educator | Mayor of Las Vegas |
| Oscar Goodman | Non-Native | attorney | defense attorney for mafia figures Mayor of Las Vegas |
| Mikalah Gordon | Native | American Idol (season 4) contestant | |
| Hank Greenspun | Non-Native | Newspaper publisher | newspaper publisher and land developer |
| Matthew Gray Gubler | Native | Actor | |
| Jaime Hammer | Non-Native | model | Penthouse Pet |
| Lonnie Hammargren | Non-Native | doctor politician |
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| Bryce Harper | Native | Baseball | Major League Baseball |
| Carey Hart | Native | Pro Bmx Dirt Rider motorcycle stunt rider |
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| Adam Hicks | Native | Actor | |
| Clint Holmes | Non-Native | singer songwriter |
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| Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn | Non-Native | entertainer | Siegfried & Roy |
| Derek Hough | Non-Native | Professional Ballroom Dancer | Won Dancing with the Stars |
| Julianne Hough | Non-Native | Country Singer/Professional Ballroom Dancer | Won Dancing with the Stars twice, won Top New Artist at ACM Awards 2008 |
| Tony Hsieh | Non-Native | Entrepreneur and Businessman | Founder and CEO of Zappos |
| Howard Hughes | Non-Native | businessman | casino owner and land developer |
| Carl Icahn | Non-Native | Tycoon | Former owner of Stratosphere and Arizona Charlies |
| Jenna Jameson | Native | Pornographic actress | |
| Mark James | Native | Politician | |
| Jan Jones | Non-Native | Spokesperson | Mayor of Las Vegas |
| Rich Little | Non-Native | comedian | club headliner for many years |
| Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | Non-Native | Boxer | |
| Corinna Harney Jones | Non-Native | actress | Playboy Playmate |
| Reggie Jackson | Non-Native | actor | baseball player |
| Morris R. Jeppson | Non-Native | Second Lieutenant | Enola Gay bombing of Hiroshima |
| Brian Kelly | Non-Native | football player | |
| Kirk Kerkorian | Non-Native | developer | International Hotel MGM Grand |
| Dave Keuning | Non-Native | musician | The Killers |
| Gladys Knight | Non-Native | singer actress |
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| Jimmy Kimmel | Non-Native | comedian | Jimmy Kimmel Live! |
| The Killers | Native | alternative rock band | |
| B.B. King | Non-Native | Blues legend | |
| George Knapp | Non-Native | journalist | 2008 Peabody Award |
| Jack Kramer | Native | tennis player | |
| Meyer Lansky | Non-Native | mobster financier | |
| T. J. Lavin | Native | ||
| Peter Lawford | Non-Native | actor | Rat Pack |
| Robin Leach | Non-Native | writer | TV show host |
| Jenny Lewis | Native | musician | Rilo Kiley |
| Jerry Lewis | Non-Native | entertainer | |
| Liberace | Non-Native | entertainer | |
| King Lizzard | Non-Native | entertainer | |
| Larry Johnson | Non-Native | basketball player, NBA | |
| Greg Maddux | Native | pitcher, Major League Baseball | |
| Holly Madison | Non-Native | Playmate, The Girls Next Door, Holly's World | |
| Shawn Marion | Non-Native | forward, National Basketball Association | played for UNLV |
| Dean Martin | Non-Native | singer and entertainer | Rat Pack |
| Greg Martinez | Native | baseball player | |
| Tony Martinez | Non-Native | actor, singer and bandleader | The Real McCoys |
| John H. Meier | Non-Native | former business adviser of Howard Hughes | |
| Angela Melini | Non-Native | actress model entrepreneur |
Playboy Playmate |
| Frank Mir | Native | Mixed Martial Artist | former heavyweight champion in the UFC |
| Daniel C. Mitchell | Native | screenwriter | |
| Kevin Mitnick | Non-Native | computer consultant | hacker |
| Pat Morita | Non-Native | actor | |
| Vince Neil | Non-Native | singer | Mötley Crüe |
| Irwin Molasky | Non-Native | Real Estate Developer, Television & Movie Producer | Lorimar Productions |
| Joe Muscaglione | Non-Native | Wine Consultant, BMC Fine Spirits | Former Babbo, NY Wine Director TAO Las Vegas |
| Sam Nazarian | Non-Native | businessman | CEO and Founder of Los Angeles-based SBE Enterainment and SLS Hotels |
| Wayne Newton | Non-Native | singer | |
| Ne-Yo | Non-Native | R&B singer and songwriter | |
| Paige O'Hara | Non-Native | actress | |
| Pierre Omidyar | Non-Native | businessman | Chairman and Founder of eBay Inc. |
| Gene Porter | Non-Native | Politician | Founder of Private Trials |
| Elvis Presley | Non-Native | singer | |
| Willard Hughes Rollings | Non-Native | historian | Author of four books on Osage and Comanche tribes |
| Penn Jillette | Non-Native | Magician | Half of the comedy-magic duo 'Penn & Teller' |
| Teller | Non-Native | Magician | Half of the comedy-magic duo 'Penn & Teller' |
| Debbie Reynolds | Non-Native | entertainer | |
| Sig Rogich | Non-Native | political consultant | Founder of R&R Advertising |
| Stephanie Romanov | Native | actress | |
| Kevin Rose | Native | Podcaster | founder of Digg.com & Revision3 |
| Frank Rosenthal | Non-Native | sports handicapper casino manager |
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| Ryan Ross | Native | musician | Panic! at the Disco |
| Larry Ruvo | Native | Philanthropist | Owner (Southern Wine & Spirits) |
| Jay Sarno | Non-Native | developer | Caesars Palace and Circus Circus |
| Adam Seward | Native | football player | |
| Steve Schirripa | Non-Native | actor | entertainment director and consultant for The Riviera |
| Bugsy Siegel | Non-Native | mobster | developer of the Flamingo |
| Frank Sinatra | Non-Native | singer | Rat Pack |
| Spencer Smith | Native | musician | Panic! at the Disco |
| Kevin Sorbo | Non-Native | actor | |
| Anthony Spilotro | Non-Native | Mafia enforcer | |
| Shannon Stewart | Non-Native | model | Playboy Playmate |
| Mark Stoermer | Native | musician | The Killers |
| Bob Stupak | Non-Native | Casino developer | Stratosphere Vegas World |
| Angela Summers | Non-Native | Erotic actor | |
| Jerry Tarkanian | Non-Native | Basketball coach | former UNLV Men's Basketball Head Coach |
| Josh Towbin | Non-Native | GM of Towbin Dodge, Rapper and Star of A&E's King of Cars | |
| Amber Tomcavage | Native | cocktail waitress | Castmember of Big Brother 8 |
| Ike Turner | Non-Native | singer | Got his start here in the 1970s |
| Tina Turner | Non-Native | singer | Got her start here in the 1970s |
| Mike Tyson | Non-Native | boxer | |
| Robert Urich | Non-Native | actor | television actor (Vega$) |
| Brendon Urie | Native | musician | Panic! at the Disco |
| Ronnie Vannucci | Native | musician | The Killers |
| Valentina Vaughn | Non-Native | model | Penthouse Pet |
| Erskine Walcott | Native | American Idol (season 3) contestant | |
| Del Webb | Non-Native | developer | |
| Brent Wilson | Native | musician | Panic! at the Disco(former member) |
| Steve Wynn | Non-Native | developer | The Mirage, Treasure Island, Bellagio and Wynn Las Vegas |
| Barry Zito | Native | baseball player | |
| Anthony E. Zuiker | Non-Native | writer, producer | Creator of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY |
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, people and/or vegas:
“The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935)
“Shea—they call him Scholar Jack—
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
Carpenters, coal-passers—all.”
—Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925)
“Every murder turns on a bright hot light, and a lot of people ... have to walk out of the shadows.”
—Albert Maltz, U.S. screenwriter, Malvin Wald, screenwriter, and Jules Dassin. Narrator, in The Naked City (film)
“Shoot, a fellow could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”
—Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928)
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