Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 in the city.
People from Las Vegas by occupation (11 C) * Fictional characters from Las Vegas (2 C, 7 P) B. Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Las Vegas) (4 P) R.
Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942), also known as Mr. Las Vegas, is an American singer and actor.One of the most popular singers in the United States from the mid-to-late 20th century, Newton remains one of the best-known entertainers in Las Vegas and has performed there since 1963.
Carolyn Goodman – Mayor of Las Vegas (since 2012) Oscar Goodman – Mayor of Las Vegas (2002–2012) Morley Griswold (1890–1951) – served in the U.S. Army in World War I; later became lieutenant governor of Nevada, and later Governor of Nevada; Martin Heinrich (born 1971) – U.S. senator from New Mexico (since 2013)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Siegfried Fischbacher (June 13, 1939 – January 13, 2021) and Roy Horn (born Uwe Ludwig Horn ; October 3, 1944 – May 8, 2020) were German-American magicians and entertainers who performed together as Siegfried & Roy .
Zeta was a close friend of author Hunter S. Thompson, who immortalized him by recounting their adventures while traveling to Las Vegas in the autobiographical novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ...
As of 2024, 61 people have been inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, 30 of whom are still living. [5] [6] In July 2023, an exhibit devoted to the Poker Hall of Fame opened in the Horseshoe Las Vegas, owned by Caesar’s Entertainment. The exhibit acknowledges poker’s most legendary players with a Gallery of Champions, WSOP bracelets and ...
Famous Las Vegas entertainers Siegfried & Roy were the topic of Tuesday’s Dark Side of the 2000s, which took a hard look at just how unsafe their wild animal acts were throughout the decades ...