- Mercer Island Rodeo
The Mercer Island Rodeo is an award winning comedy sketch group based in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 2005. It comprises five founding members- David Mc Entegart, Daniel Herd, Patrick McKeating, Brianne Fitzpatrick and Bob. They started touring the Dublin and national circuit during early 2006 where they received an ISDA award for best comedy show during the ISDA festival in Cork. - Chris Ledoux
Chris LeDoux (October 2 1948 - March 9 2005) was an American country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor and rodeo champion. During his career LeDoux recorded 36 albums (many of them self-released) which have sold more than six million units in the United States as of January 2007. He was awarded one platinum and two gold album certifications from the RIAA, and was nominated for a Grammy Award and the Academy of Country Music Music Pioneer Award. - Bill Pickett
Willie M. "Bill" Pickett (December 5, 1870 - April 2, 1932) was a cowboy and rodeo performer. Pickett was born in the Jenks-Branch community of Travis County, Texas. He was the second of 13 children born to Thomas Jefferson Pickett, a former slave, and Mary "Janie" Gilbert. The family's ancestry was black, white and Cherokee Native American. Pickett attended school through the fifth grade, after which he took up ranching work. - Adriano Moraes
Adriano Silva Moraes (born April 20, 1970 in Quintana, São Paulo, Brazil) is a rodeo performer specializing in bull riding. He has been one of the leading bull riders in the world since the mid-1990s, with two titles at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) and three Professional Bull Riders (PBR) world titles to his credit. - Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson Jr. was an American motion picture actor, mainly in Westerns. He was also a rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and rancher. Born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, of Osage and Irish ancestry to Ben Sr. and Ollie (Workman) Johnson. Ben Johnson Sr. was a rancher in Osage County and also a rodeo champion. As a young man, Ben Johnson Jr. was a ranch hand, would travel with his father on the rodeo circuit, and become a star before becoming involved in the movies. - Lane Frost
Lane Frost (October 12, 1963 in La Junta, Colorado - July 30, 1989 in Cheyenne, Wyoming) was a champion professional bull rider and Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association member, who died in the arena at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, of injuries sustained seconds after he dismounted his bull, "Taking Care of Business". - Rex Allen
Rex Allen was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. Born Rex Elvie Allen to Horace Allen and Faye Clark on a ranch in Mud Springs Canyon, forty miles from Willcox, Arizona, Rex Allen would grow up to become a popular entertainer known as "The Arizona Cowboy." As a boy he played guitar and sang at local functions with his fiddle-playing father until high school graduation when he toured the southwest as a rodeo rider. - Mickey Gilley
Mickey Gilley (b. Mickey Leroy Gilley March 9, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi) is an American country music singer and Musician. Although he started out singing straight-up Country material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more Pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the Country charts, but the Pop charts as well. - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ramblin' Jack Elliott (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer. Originally from New York, Elliott grew up in a Jewish family and had always wanted to be a cowboy. Pressured by his parents to follow in his father's footsteps and become a doctor, Elliott resisted and inspired by the rodeos he attended at Madison Square Garden, he ran away from home at the age of 15 and joined the J.E. Ranch Rodeo. - Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Oakland, California) is best known as the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and guitarist for the rock band Green Day. Billie Joe is also a secret character in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. - Slim Pickens
Louis Burton Lindley, Jr., better known by the stage name Slim Pickens, was a cowboy and actor. Pickens, who epitomized the profane, tough, sardonic cowboy, was born in Kingsburg, California. He was an excellent rider from age four and quit school to join the rodeo at age twelve. He was told that working in the rodeo would be "slim pickings" (very little money), giving him his name, but he did very well, … - Billy Etbauer
Billy Etbauer is an American cowboy and rodeo rider. He was born in Huron, South Dakota, January 15, 1963, and now lives in Edmond, Oklahoma. He won the Saddle Bronc Riding World Championship five times. - Larry Mahan
Larry Mahan (b. November 21 1942 in Salem, Oregon) is a former rodeo champion. - Agnes de Mille
Agnes George de Mille (September 18, 1905 - October 7 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer. She was born in Harlem into a well-connected family of theater professionals (her uncle was Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille; Agnes de Mille was also the granddaughter of economist Henry George). Agnes originally wanted to be an actress and always had a love for acting, but she was told that she was 'not pretty enough'. It was then that she turned to dance. - Lame Deer
Lame Deer, (in Lakota "Tahca Ushte"; 1900 or 1903-1976, sources differ), also known as John Fire, John (Fire) Lame Deer and later The Old Man, was a Lakota holy man. Lame Deer was an Oglala-Lakota Sioux born on the Rosebud reservation. His father was Silas Fire Let-Them-Have-Enough. His mother was Sally Red Blanket. - Dean Smith
Finis Dean Smith (born January 15, 1932) is a former American athlete and stuntman, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Breckenridge, Texas, Smith won the AAU championships in 100 m in 1952. At the Helsinki Olympics, he was fourth in the 100 m and ran the leadoff leg for American gold medal winning 4x100 m relay team. After graduating from University of Texas at Austin, … - Hoot Gibson
Hoot Gibson was a rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, film director and producer. - Sheb Wooley
Shelby F. "Sheb" Wooley was a character actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty hit "Purple People Eater". Wooley was born in Erick, Oklahoma and grew up on a farm. He learned how to ride horses at a young age, and was a working cowboy and rodeo rider. He also played in a country-western band. During WWII, Wooley was turned down for service because of his rodeo injuries. He worked in the oil industry and as a welder. - Yakima Canutt
Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1896 - May 24, 1986) was an American actor and stuntman in Hollywood movies from the 1920s through the 1950s. He was born Enos Edward Canutt in the Snake River Hills, near Colfax, Washington. As a young man, he gained fame as a very successful rodeo rider. He got his nickname when he was caught fraternizing with several rival rodeo performers from Yakima, Washington. His friends never let him forget and the name stuck. - Cody Lambert
Champion Bull Riding Cowboy, and Vice President of the PBR, Cody Lambert (born December 2, 1961) is a former professional saddle bronc & bull rider who created the protective vest that most Professional Bull Riders wear, after seeing the death of his friend, Lane Frost at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyoming. on July 30, 1989. Cody, Lane Frost, Ty Murray, Jim Sharp and Tuff Hedeman frequently rode the rodeo circuit together. - Antonio Aguilar
Pascual Antonio Aguilar Barraza, also known as Tony Aguilar, was a Mexican singer, actor, producer, and writer. During his career, he made over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and made 167 movies. - Bodacious
Bodacious the Bull, originally owned by Phil Sumner and branded J31, was a crossbred Charbray bull who was infamous throughout the sport of rodeo, and was commonly referred to as “The World’s Most Dangerous Bull.” The 1800-lb bull, known for his characteristic coloring as the “"Yellow Whale",” made unanticipated moves that rodeo athletes were not accustomed to and were defenseless to protect against. - Ken Maynard
Ken Maynard (July 21, 1895 - March 23, 1973) was an American motion picture stuntman and actor. Born Kenneth Olin Maynard in Vevay, Indiana he was an accomplished horseman. As a young man, he performed in rodeos and was a trick rider with "Buffalo Bill 's Wild West Show" and a circus rider with Ringling Brothers. During World War I, he served in the United States Army. He first appeared in silent motion pictures in 1923 and in addition to acting also did stunt work. - Dan Blocker
Dan Blocker aka Dan Davis Blocker (real name - B. Dan D. Blocker)(December 10 1928 - May 13 1972) was an American actor best remembered for his role as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright in the TV western blockbuster "Bonanza". He was born in DeKalb in east Texas, the son of Ora Shack Blocker & Mary Davis Blocker. He is also related to David Blocker and Kristen Blocker as well. His family moved to O'Donnell, Texas near Lubbock soon after his birth. - Walt Garrison
Walter Benton Garrison, (born July 23, 1944 in Denton, Texas). Ht. 6'0", playing weight: 205. Former Dallas Cowboys fullback. Walt was drafted in the 5th round in 1966 out of Oklahoma State University where he was a two-time All Big Eight Conference choice. He wore uniform #32 for the Cowboys from 1966-1974. In his child and teen hood, he attended Lewisville High School. - Dick Jones
Dick Jones (born February 25, 1927) is an American actor who achieved some success as a child and as a young adult, especially in B-Westerns and television. He is best known as the voice of "Pinocchio" in the 1940 Walt Disney film. Jones was born in Snyder, Texas. The son of a newspaper editor, Jones was a prodigious horseman from infancy, billed at the age of four as the "World's Youngest Trick Rider and Trick Roper". - Gail Davis
Gail Davis (born October 5, 1925; died March 15, 1997) was an American actress. The daughter of a small town medical doctor, she was born Betty Jeanne Grayson in a hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas. Her family lived in McGehee, Arkansas where she was raised until they moved to Little Rock. She had been singing and dancing since childhood and after graduating from high school in Little Rock, she went to study drama at a woman's college in Bryn Mawr, … - Cody Pickett
Cody Pickett (born June 30, 1980 in Caldwell, Idaho) is a quarterback in the NFL. He currently is not playing in the NFL. He was originally drafted by the 49ers in the 7th round (217th overall) in the 2004 NFL Draft. He went to University of Washington. Pickett started the 2005 season as the fourth-string quarterback, but became the #1 quarterback when Tim Rattay was traded, and #1 overall pick Alex Smith and Ken Dorsey were injured. - Jack Hoxie
Jack Hoxie (January 11, 1885 - March 28, 1965) was an American rodeo performer and motion picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. Hoxie is best recalled for his roles in Westerns and never strayed from the genre. - Monte Hale
Monte Hale (Birthname: Buren Ely b. June 8, 1919 in San Angelo, Texas) was a Country singer and movie actor of B-Western films. Starting to sing and playing the guitar at an early age, Ely started playing in cities of Texas as well in Vaudeville and local rodeo shows. Hale then got a job during World War II as a replacement guitarist with the Stars Over Texas Bond Drive. He had joined with several Republic Pictures celebrities and staff. - Wylie Gustafson
Wylie Gustafson is a country and western singer/guitarist who for many years has toured the United States with his band, "Wylie and the Wild West". He was born in Conrad, Montana on June 7, 1961. His father, Rib Gustafson, also a traditional singer, has written two books about his life as a country veterinarian. Gustafson is particularly noted as a virtuoso yodeler; in fact, millions of people worldwide have heard Gustafson yodelling the signature "Yahoo!" for Yahoo, … - Andrew Prine
Andrew Lewis Prine (born February 14,1936 in Jennings, Florida) is an American film, stage, and television actor. His first important film role was as Helen Keller's older brother James in "The Miracle Worker" (1962) and became somewhat famous playing rodeo rider Andy Guthrie the TV show "Wide Country". He married Sharon Farrell in 1962, but she left him the same year for actor Vince Edwards. - Oliver Smith
Oliver Smith was one of the most distinguished and prolific Tony Award-winning scenic designers in American theatre history. Born in Waupun, Wisconsin, Smith attended Penn State, after which he moved to New York City and began to form friendships that blossomed into working relationships with such talents as Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Carson McCullers, and Agnes de Mille. - Lewis Feild
Lewis Feild is a Utah born professional cowboy and rodeo performer. In 1992, Feild was inducted in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. He was born on October 28, 1956 to Keith and True Feild in Peoa, Utah. He was the 1985,1986 and 1987 All-round Champion Cowboy. He currently coaches the USVC rodeo team and lives in Elk Ridge, Utah with his wife Veronica. He has three children and one grandchild. - Lucille Mulhall
Lucille Mulhall (October 21, 1885-December 21, 1940) was a well known cowgirl and Wild West performer. She was raised on her family's Mulhall Ranch in Oklahoma Territory, near what is now Mulhall, Oklahoma. Known as "Rodeo Queen", "Queen of the Western Prairie", and "Queen of the Saddle" (among many other appellations), she performed in many rodeo and Wild West shows throughout her career. - Art Acord
Artemus Ward Acord (April 17, 1890 - January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion. Born to Mormon parents in Prattsville, Utah, Acord as a young man worked as a cowboy and ranch hand. He went on to become one of the first true cowboys of Western films. He was sometimes called the Mormon Cowboy. A celebrated rodeo champion, Acord not only acted but also wrote scripts and performed as a stuntman. - Quail Dobbs
Quail Dobbs (born 27 August 1941) is a famous rodeo clown and performer. Dobbs was born in Albany, Texas and graduated from Colorado High School in Colorado City, Texas. After graduation he worked the rodeo circuit as a tack man and livestock handler, and had begun competing in the bronc riding and bull riding events. In 1962, at a rodeo in Buffalo, Minnesota, he was offered a stint as the barrel man for the rodeo's clown team when the main barrel man failed to show up. - Jan Youren
Jan Youren (born 1942 or 1943 in Bruneau, Idaho is a female rodeo rider. She has been inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame. She won her first prize at the age of 11, in one of Idaho’s first rodeos for women. - George Woolf
George Monroe Woolf was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey and the namesake of the annual jockey's award given by the United States Jockeys' Guild. Born on a ranch in Cardston, Alberta, his mother had been a trick rider in a circus and his father rode in rodeos. As such, Woolf was taught to ride horses as a child and as a teenager he rode in horse races and competed in rodeo events in Alberta and Montana. - Peter La Farge
Peter La Farge (April 30, 1931 - October 27, 1965) was a New York-based folksinger and songwriter of the 1950s and 1960s. He is best known for his affiliations with Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. According to anecdotal sources, he was descended from the nearly extinct Narragansett Indian tribe and was raised by the Tewa people on the Hopi reservation near Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was the biological son of the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Oliver La Farge.
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