- Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party. Reid is the U.S. Senate Majority Leader in the 110th Congress. He assumed majority leadership after the Democratic Party won seated majority of the Senate in the 2006 congressional elections. Reid is the first Mormon to serve as Senate Majority Leader. - John Ensign
John Eric Ensign (born 25 March 1958) is the junior United States Senator from Nevada. He is a member of the Republican Party, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and was recently re-elected in the 2006 midterm elections. - Jim Gibbons
Jim Gibbons was born and raised in Sparks and attended Nevada public schools and universities. He earned a B.S. in Geology from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a Master's degree in Mining/Geology from the University of Nevada's Mackay School of Mines. Gibbons went on to earn his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law and completed his post-graduate work at the University of Southern California. - Kenny Guinn
Kenneth Carroll "Kenny" Guinn (born August 24, 1936) is an American educator and businessman who was a two-term Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007. Guinn is a member of the Republican party. He was born in Garland, Arkansas and grew up in Exeter, California. He and his wife Dema, whom he married in Reno on July 7, 1956, have two sons, Jeff and Steve. Kenny Guinn earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in physical education from Fresno State College. - Shelley Berkley
Rochelle "Shelley" Berkley (born Rochelle Levine January 20, 1951) is an American politician, and has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing the First Congressional District of Nevada which includes most of the city of Las Vegas as well as the Las Vegas Strip. She is the second Jewish person elected to congress from Nevada, the other being "Chic" Hecht. - Dean Heller
Dean Heller (born May 10, 1960) is the Representative for the state's Nevada's 2nd Congressional District. He also was the state's Secretary of State. - Jon Porter
Jonathan Christopher "Jon" Porter (born May 16 1955), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, the first representative elected from the new 3rd Congressional district of Nevada, which includes much of suburban Las Vegas. (map) He won re-election in the 2006 midterm election against Democratic Party nominee Tessa Hafen by a 48%-47% margin. He should not be confused with John Porter, … - Dina Titus
Dina Titus (born 1950) is the Minority Leader in the Nevada Senate. She has held the post of Minority Leader since 1993 and has been in the Nevada Senate since 1989. When the state Legislature is not in session, Titus is a political science professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.She has taught American and Nevada government at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for 30 years. She is considered a possible candidate against Republican House Rep. Jon Porter in 2008. - Paul Laxalt
Paul Dominique Laxalt (born August 2, 1922) was a Governor and U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Nevada. He is a Republican. Paul Laxalt was born in Reno, Nevada, the son of a Basque shepherd and a Basque mother who had a restaurant in Carson City, the capital of Nevada. He served as a medical corpsman in the U.S. Army during World War II seeing action in the Battle of Leyte Gulf during the Philippine invasion. Prior to the war, he had attended Santa Clara University. - Edna Purviance
Edna Purviance (October 21 1895 - January 11 1958) was an American actress during the silent movie era. She was the leading lady in many Charlie Chaplin movies. In a span of eight years, she appeared in over 30 films with Chaplin. - Ross Miller
Ross Miller is an American politician of the Democratic Party and the current Secretary of State of Nevada. Elected at the age of 30, he was the youngest Secretary of State in the history of Nevada and currently the youngest Secretary of State in the country. - Richard Bryan
Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) was Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada and a United States Senator from Nevada. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Bryan was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the University of Nevada at Reno in 1959 where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega. He earned his law degree from the University of California, Hasting College of Law. In 1963 he was admitted to the Nevada Bar. - Art Bell
Arthur "Art" W. Bell, III (born June 17, 1945) is an American broadcaster and author, known primarily as the founder and longtime host of the paranormal-themed radio program "Coast to Coast AM". He also created and formerly hosted its companion show, "Dreamland". Semiretired from "Coast to Coast AM" since 2003, he hosted the show on many weekends for the next 4 years. He announced his retirement from weekend hosting on July 1, 2007, … - Patrick Stewart
Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart (Reno, Nevada October 21, 1970-September 25, 2005) was a soldier in the United States Army. He died in combat in Afghanistan when his Chinook helicopter was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade while returning to base. Patrick Stewart was a resident of Fernley, Nevada, USA. After his death, controversy ensued when the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) refused to imprint a Wiccan pentacle on his grave, to the dismay of his widow, Roberta Stewart. - Key Pittman
Key Pittman was a United States Senator from Nevada. He was a Democrat. Pittman was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1872 and was educated by private tutors and at the Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee. He studied law, then later became a lawyer. In 1897, he joined in the Klondike Gold Rush and worked as a miner until 1901. Pittman moved to Tonopah, Nevada, in 1902 and continued the practice of law. He represented Nevada at the St. - William Sharon
United States Senator William Sharon (January 9, 1821-November 13, 1885) from Nevada profited from the Comstock Lode. - Barbara Vucanovich
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich (born June 22, 1921) is a U.S. Republican politician, the first woman to represent Nevada in the United States House of Representatives, where she served from 1983 to 1997. - Alan Bible
Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 - September 12, 1988) was a Nevada politician of the Democratic Party who served as a United States Senator from 1954 until 1974. Bible was born in Lovelock, Nevada, graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, and attended law school at Georgetown University, where he graduated in 1934. He was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 1935; in the same year, he began serving as District Attorney for Storey County, Nevada, … - Chic Hecht
Mayer Jacob Hecht, better known from a childhood nickname as Chic Hecht, was a Republican United States Senator from Nevada and U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas. - Pat McCarran
Patrick Anthony McCarran (August 8, 1876 - September 28, 1954) was a Democratic United States Senator from Nevada from 1933 until 1954, and was noted for his strong anti-Communist stance. - Howard Cannon
Howard Walter Cannon (January 26 1912-March 5 2002) was an American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1959 until 1983 as a member of the Democratic Party. Cannon was born in Saint George, Utah. He attended the Arizona state teacher's college and the University of Arizona law school. He became a lawyer in Arizona, Nevada and Utah, being accepted to the bar in all three states. In World War II he served in the United States Army Air Corps. - Bob Cashell
Robert "Bob" Cashell is the current Republican mayor of Reno, Nevada, elected in 2002. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Nevada from 1982 to 1986, and on the University of Nevada System Board of Regents from 1979 to 1982. He is also a prominent businessman, owning Cashell Enterprises, a hotel/casino company. He bought Bill & Effies, a truck stop, in 1967, and renamed it Boomtoom Hotel Casino. He sold it in 1988 after turning the property into a casino/resort. - Nevada Barr
Nevada Barr (born March 1,1952, Yerington, Nevada) is a mystery fiction author, known for her "Anna Pigeon" series of mysteries, set in National Parks in the United States. Barr was named after the state of her birth. She grew up in Johnsonville, California. She finished college at the University of California, Irvine. Originally, Barr started to pursue a career in theatre, but decided to be a park ranger. In 1984 she published her first novel, "Bittersweet", … - William M. Stewart
William Morris Stewart (August 9 1827 -April 23 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. Stewart was born in Wayne County, New York. As a child he moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio. As a young man he was a mathematics teacher in Ohio. In 1849 he began attending Yale University but left in 1850 to move to California. Like many young men during that time, he came to California because of the Gold Rush. - Katie Rees
Katie Rees (born Katherine Rees on 11 August 1984 in St Petersburg, Florida) is a former American beauty queen who has held the Miss Nevada USA title. She was to compete in the Miss USA 2007 pageant but was dethroned in December of 2006 following the release of pictures of her semi-naked, kissing, sucking the nipples of other women, and simulating cunnilingus and fellatio at a Florida nightclub three years prior. - James Bilbray
James Hubert Bilbray (born May 19, 1938) is a U.S. Democratic politician, who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995. Bilbray was born 1938 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated from Las Vegas High School and University of Nevada, Las Vegas during 1959-1960. He earned a BA and law degree from American University, Washington, D.C. in 1962 and 1965, respectively. - James W. Nye
James Warren Nye (June 10, 1815 - December 25, 1876) was a United States Senator from Nevada. Born in DeRuyter, New York, he attended the common schools and Homer Academy in Homer, New York; he studied law in Troy, New York, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Madison County. Nye was district attorney in 1839 and served as judge of Madison County from 1840 to 1848. He was an unsuccessful Free-Soiler candidate for election to the Thirtieth Congress in 1846, … - John P. Jones
John Percival Jones (January 27, 1829 - November 12, 1912) was an American politician who served for 30 years as a Republican United States Senator from Nevada. Jones was born in Herefordshire, England. Shortly after his birth he and his parents immigrated to the United States. They settled in Cleveland, Ohio where John Jones spent his childhood and attended public schools. In 1849 Jones moved to California, like many young men, to participate in the Gold rush. - Anna Ayala
Anna Ayala (born circa 1965) is an American woman who is notorious for bringing a fraudulent tort lawsuit against a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose, California, which inflicted more than US$2.5 million in losses for the corporation, leading to a felony charge of attempted grand larceny against her. Ayala pleaded guilty to the charge in September 2005, and was sentenced to nine years in prison on January 18, 2006. - Dawn Wells
Dawn Wells (born October 18, 1938 in Reno, Nevada) is an American actress, best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the sitcom "Gilligan's Island", which ran on CBS from 1964 until 1967. Wells attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she majored in chemistry. She later transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, where she graduated in 1960 with a degree in theatre. She was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. - Wayne Allyn Root
Wayne Allyn Root (b.July 20, 1961 in Mount Vernon, New York) is a business mogul, television celebrity, TV producer, best-selling author, professional sports handicapper, and prospective Libertarian Party presidential candidate based in Las Vegas, Nevada. - Curtis Hanson
Curtis Lee Hanson (born 24 March 1945) is an American film director whose movies include: * "Losin' It" (1983) * "Bad Influence" (1990) * "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" (1992) * "The River Wild" (1994) * "L.A. Confidential" (1997) * "Wonder Boys" (2000) * "8 Mile" (2002) * "In Her Shoes" (2005) * "Lucky You" (2007) A movie buff who claims to be heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock, … - Robert Laxalt
Robert Laxalt is a Basque-American writer from Nevada. "Sweet Promised Land" (1957), Robert's first and possibly best-known book, was based on the history of his father Dominique and his return to the homeland after forty-seven years as an immigrant sheepherder in Nevada. This book was especially well received in the ranching areas of Nevada and adjacent states, and led to creation of several "Basque Festivals" in those areas. - Summer Cummings
Summer Cummings (born March 4, 1968, in Reno, Nevada) is an American pornographic actress. She makes a cameo appearance Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 film, "Boogie Nights". Cummings is an animal rights activist. - Randy Messenger
Randall Jerome Messenger (born August 13, 1981 in Sparks, Nevada), better known as Randy Messenger, is a right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the San Francisco Giants. He is listed as 6'6" and 247 lbs, and made his major league debut on June 22, 2005. He was drafted in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft in the 11th round by the Florida Marlins, and pitched for them from 2005-2007. - Barry Zito
Barry William Zito (born May 13, 1978, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a starting pitcher currently playing for the San Francisco Giants. Zito won the 2002 American League Cy Young Award and is a three-time All-Star. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics as the 9th overall pick in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft and played there from 2000 to 2006. After the 2006 season, Zito signed a US$126 million contract with the Giants, … - J. Buzz von Ornsteiner
Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner (born 1967-08-20) is an American forensic psychologist and psychology journalist. - Francis G. Newlands
Francis Griffith Newlands was born in Natchez, Mississippi on August 28 1848. He studied at Yale University and the Columbian College Law School (now The George Washington University Law School), Washington, D.C. and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He moved to San Francisco, California in 1870 and came to work for William Sharon, one of the discoverers of the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, who was also Newlands's father-in-law. - Vin Suprynowicz
Vin Suprynowicz is a U.S. libertarian columnist who writes editorials for the Las Vegas, Nevada based "Las Vegas Review-Journal". He wrote a self-published science fiction novel in 2005 called "The Black Arrow". He wrote an essay called "Gun Grabbers: Masters of the New Plantation". He is also the author of two non-fiction compilations of his newspaper columns: "Send In the Waco Killers" and "The Ballad of Carl Drega". - James G. Scrugham
James Graves Scrugham (January 19, 1880 - June 23, 1945) was a Representative, a Senator, and a Governor from the U.S. state of Nevada. Scrugham was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1880. He graduated from the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1906, He was a professor of mechanical engineering, Engineering College, University of Nevada from 1903 to 1914 and dean from 1914 to 1917. He was state public service commissioner from 1919 to 1923.
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