This is a list of Old West gunfighters, referring to outlaws or lawmen, of the American frontier who gained fame or notoriety during the American Wild West or Old West.
A gunfighter may or may not be an outlaw or a lawman.
An outlaw had usually been convicted of a crime such as Black Bart, but may have only gained a reputation as operating outside the law such as Ike Clanton.
Some of those listed may have also served in law enforcement like Marshal Burt Alvord who subsequently became an outlaw, and some outlaws like Johnny Ringo were deputized at one time or another.
Some of the gunfighters listed included professional scouts, businessmen, or even doctors.
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A[edit]
John Hicks Adams (1820?1878)
Burt Alvord (1866???)
Robert Clay Allison (1840?1887)
David L. "Billy Wilson" Anderson (1862?1918)
Charlie Anderson (1844?1868)
B[edit]
Cullen Baker (1839?1869)
Ben Cartwright[disambiguation needed] (1825?1910)
Seaborn Barnes (1849??1878)
Richard H. "Rattlesnake Dick" Bartar (1833?1859)
Sam Bass (1851?1878)
"Queen" Ann Bassett (1878?1956)
Josie Bassett (1874?1964)
Charlie Bassett (c.1847?1896)
Tom Bell (1825?1856)
Jules Beni (???1861)
John Billee (???1890)
William "Tulsa Jack" Blake (c.1859?1895)
Dan Bogan (1860???)
Charles "Black Bart" Bolles (1829???)
N. K. Boswell (1836?1921)
Joaquin Botellier (??-??)(member of the Five Joaquins gang)
Charlie Bowdre (1848?1880)
Richard M. "Dick" Brewer (1850-1878)
William "Curly Bill" Brocius (c.1845?1882)
William L. "Buffalo Bill" Brooks (c.1832?1874)
Henry Newton Brown (1857?1884)
Rufus Buck (???1896)
John Bull (1836?1929)
Seth Bullock (Marshal) (1849-1919)
Laura "Della Rose" Bullion (aka "The Rose of the Wild Bunch") (1876?1961)
Frederick Russell Burnham (1861?1947)
Charlie "Dutch Charley" Burris (???1881)
Reuben "Rube" Burrow (1856?1890)
C[edit]
Archie Clement (January 1, 1846 ? December 13, 1866)
Frank M. Canton (aka Josiah Horner) (1849?1927)
"Laughing" Sam Carey (aka Laughing Dick Carey) (?????)
Joaquin Carrillo (??-??)(member of the Five Joaquins gang)
William "News" Carver (1868?1901)
Butch Cassidy(1866?1908)
Jose Chavez y Chavez (1851?1924)
Ned Christie (1852?1892)
Billy Claiborne (1860?1882)
Billy Clanton (1862?1881)
Ike Clanton (1847?1887)
"Dynamite" Dan Clifton (1865?c.1896)
Theodore Clifton (1844?1868)
Frank Coe (1851-1931)
George Coe (1856-1941)
Chunk Colbert (???1874)
Shotgun John Collins (1851?1922)
George Contant (1864 - year of death unknown), brother of John Sontag
Scott Cooley (1845?1876)
Brack Cornett (1859?1888)
Gregorio Cortez (1875?1916)
Juan Cortina (aka "The Red Robber of the Rio Grande") (1824?1894)
"Longhair" Jim Courtright (1848?1887)
George "Flatnose" Curry (1864?1900) (not to be confused with George Manuse aka "Big Nose George Parrott")
D[edit]
Bob Dalton (1868?1892)
Emmett Dalton (1871?1937)
Gratton "Grat" Dalton (1861?1892)
William M. Dalton (1866?1894)
John Daly (1839?1864)
Ben Daniels (1852-1923)
Pancho Daniel (???1858)
Roy Daugherty (aka Arkansas Tom Jones) (1870?1924)
Jackson "Diamondfield Jack" Davis (1879?1949)
Jonathan R. Davis
Pat Desmond (1842?1890)
Charles "Pony" Diehl (?????)
Cornelius "Lame Johnny" Donahue (1850?1879)
Bill Doolin (1858?1896)
Mart Duggan (1848?1888)
Rose "Rose of the Cimarron" Dunn (1879?-1953?)
William B. Dunn (???1896)
E[edit]
Warren Earp (March 9, 1855 ? July 6, 1900)
Wyatt Earp (1848?1929)
Virgil Earp (1843-1905)
Morgan Earp (1851-1882)
Chris Evans (1847?1917)
Jesse Evans (1853???)
F[edit]
John Fisher "King" (1854?1884)
Juan Flores (1834 ? 1857)
Friedrich "Plug" Fluger (aka "Colonel Fluger") (???c. 1868)
Tom O'Folliard (c. 1858 ? 1880)
Charles Wilson "Charley" Ford (1857?1884)
Robert Newton Ford (1862?1892)
Jim French (??-??)
G[edit]
Lige Gardner (c.1846?c.1901)
Pliney Gardner (c.1835-1893)
Patrick "Pat" Floyd Garrett (1850?1908)
John Joel Glanton (1819?1851)
Crawford "Cherokee Bill" Goldsby (1876?1896)
Dick Gosset (?-1869)
H[edit]
Devil Anse Hatfield (1839-1921)
John Wesley Hardin (1853?1895)
Pearl Hart (c.1871???)
Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl "The Apache Kid" (c.1860???)
Marion Hedgepeth (1856?1909)
Boone Helm (aka "The Kentucky Cannibal") (1828?1864)
James "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837?1876)
John "Pink" Higgins (1848?1914)
Robert Woodson "Wood" Hite (c.1850?1881)
Thomas J. "Tom Bell" Hodges (aka "The Outlaw Doc") (1825?1856)
John Henry "Doc" Holliday (1851?1887)
Tom Horn (1860?1903)
I[edit]
Rufus Henry Ingram (1834???)
John "Red" Irving (?-1851)
J[edit]
Frank Jackson (1856?1930?)
Frank James (1843-1915)
Jesse James (1847-1882)
Henry Jerrell (1845?1868)
K[edit]
Thomas "Black Jack" Ketchum (1863?1901)
Henry "Billy the Kid" McCarty (1859?1881)
Ben "Tall Texan" Kilpatrick
Jeff Kidder (1875-1908)
Sandy King (1852??1881)
John Kinney (1847?1919)
L[edit]
Elzy Lay (1868?1934)
Buckskin Frank Leslie (1848??1930?)
James Andrew "Dick" Liddil (1829?1905)
Pío Linares (???1857)
Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan (1867-1904)
" Steve" Long (??1868)
Harry "Sundance Kid" Longabaugh (1863?1908?)
"Wild Bill" Longley (1851?1877)
Frank Loving (1860-1882)
M[edit]
Chris Madsen (1851?1944)
George "Big Nose George Parrott" Manuse (aka "George Warden") (???1881)
Alfred Marlow (1862-1889)
Boone Marlow (1864-1889)
Charles Marlow (1850-1941)
Geroge Marlow (1865-1945)
Lewellyn Marlow (????-1889)
Martha Jane Keeton Marlow, Sons of Mother (1827 - 1907)
John Mason (???1866)
Bat Masterson (1853?1921)
Mysterious Dave Mather (1851?1886?)
Benjamin Mayfield (1831?187?)
Tom McCauley aka, James "Jim" Henry (???1865)
William J. McClosky (????-1878)
Lucas McCain (1838-1899)
Sherman McMaster (1853?c. 1892)
Frank McNab (??-1878)
William McWaters (1844-1875)
Bob Meeks (??-1912?)
John Middleton (c. 1854?c. 1885)
Michael "Texas Tom" Miles (1866?1888)
Jim "Killer" Miller (1866?1909)
Jeff Davis Milton (1861?1947)
Bill Miner (1847?1913)
John J. Moore (1847?1868)
William "Outlaw Bill" Moore (?????)
Jim Murphy (1861?1879)
Joaquin Murrieta (c. 1830?1853)
L.H. Musgrove (???1868)
N[edit]
George "Bittercreek" Newcomb (1866?1895)
Nick Barkley (1860?1915)
O[edit]
Joaquin Ocomorenia (member of the Five Joaquins gang)
Edward Capehart O'Kelley (1858?1904)
"Cool Hand Conor" O'Neill (1865?1888)
Michael "Johnny Behind the Deuce" O'Rourke (1862?1882)
Commodore Perry Owens (1852-1919)
P[edit]
Tom Pickett (1858?1934)
Salomon Pico (1821?1860)
Charley Pierce (c. 1866?May 2, 1895)
Thomas Bell Poole (1818 - 1865)
Jack Powers (1827?1860)
Procopio (c. 1841?c. 1880)
Q[edit]
Queho (1880?c. 1940)
R[edit]
Nathanial "Texas Jack" Reed (1862?1950)
James C. Reed (1845??1874), husband of Belle Starr
Bass Reeves deputy U.S. Marshal (1832-1910)
Frank Reno (1837?1868)
Simeon Reno (1843?1868)
William Reno (1848?1868)
James "Jim" Riley (1853???)
Johnny Ringo (1850?1882)
Porter Rockwell (1813 or 1815?1878)
Vincente Romero (??-??)
Charles Roseberry (1843?1868)
Dave Rudabaugh (1854?1886)
Charles L. Ruggles (1870?1892) and John D. Ruggles (1859?1892), the "Ruggles Brothers"
S[edit]
Jack Slade (January 22, 1831 - March 10, 1864)
Yginio Salazar (1863-1936)
Ab Saunders (1851-1883)
George Scarborough (1859-1900)
John Scroggins (??-??)
Doc Scurlock (1849?1929)
John Selman (1839?1896)
Luke Short (1854?1893)
Cyrus Skinner (???1864)
George "Reelfoot Williams" Skinner (???1856)
Adelbert "Bertie" Denton Slye, member of the Slye-Wilson gang, aka the "Hedgepeth Four"[1][2][3][4]
Adelbert Slye, "Jim" Francis and "Dink" Wilson
"Tiger Sam" Smith (??-??)
Jefferson Randolph "Soapy Smith" Smith (1860?1898)
John Sontag (1861-1893)
Frank Sparks (1841?1868)
"Little Bill" Standifer
Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed "Belle Starr" Starr (1848?1889)
Henry Starr (1873?1921)
Tom "Uncle Tom" Starr (1813?1890)
Matt "Steiny" Steinmueller (??-??)
"Dirty Steve" Stephens (18??-??)
Frank Stilwell (c 1856?1882)
Charlie Storms (18??-1881)
Dallas Stoudenmire (1845?1882)
T[edit]
William "Russian Bill" Tattenbaum (1853?1881)
Jack Taylor (1884?1887)
Heck Thomas (1850-1912)
Ben Thompson (1842?1884)
Billy Thompson (1845-1897)
Tom Threepersons (1889?1969)
Bill Tilghman (1854?1924)
Harry Tracy (1874?1902)
Dangerous Dan Tucker (1849-??)
U[edit]
Francisco Ulibarri (??-??) - Comanche Indian
David "Big Dave" Updyke (1830?1866)
V[edit]
Joaquin Valenzuela (???1856)(member of the Five Joaquins gang)
Tiburcio Vasquez (1835?1875)
Henry Clay ?Hank? Vaughan (1849?1893)
"Texas" Jack Vermillion (1842?1911)
José Doroteo ?Pancho Villa? Arango Arámbula (1878-1923)
W[edit]
Fred Waite (1853-1895)
William "Bronco Bill" Walters (1869?1933?)
John Joshua Webb (1847?1882)
Richard "Little Dick" West (1860?1898)
Henry Clay White (???1900?)
Lucius R. "Dink Wilson" (??-1894), member of the Slye-Wilson gang[4]
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Y[edit]
Jim Younger (January 15, 1848 - October 19, 1902)
Milt Yarberry (1849-1883)
Bob Younger (1853?1889)
Cole Younger (1844?1916)
Z[edit]
Robert Zachary (??-??)
Francisco Zamora (??-??)
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