People from Tucumcari, New Mexico

Paul Alden Brinegar Jr. (December 19, 1917 – March 27, 1995) was an American character actor best known for his roles in three Western series: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Rawhide, and Lancer.

Primo Villanueva (born December 2, 1931) is an American former gridiron football player. He played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), leading the led the national championship 1954 UCLA Bruins football team in total offense. He subsequently played for the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL). After his football career ended, Villanueva became a successful restaurateur in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Robert Alexander Scobey Jr. (December 9, 1916 – June 12, 1963) was an American jazz musician. He was born in Tucumcari, New Mexico, and died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Jimmie V. Reyna (born November 11, 1952) is an American lawyer, former president of the Hispanic National Bar Association, and currently a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Reyna was nominated to the Federal Circuit on September 29, 2010. When nominated, he received the highest rating possible by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary: "Unanimously Well Qualified." On April 4, 2011, the U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination by a roll-call vote of 86-0.

Abel Cullum (born April 21, 1987 in Tucumcari, New Mexico) is an American professional mixed martial artist and former King of the Cage Flyweight Champion.

Merritt Cramer Mechem (October 10, 1870 – May 24, 1946) was a territorial Supreme Court justice and fifth governor of New Mexico.

Mark Mundell Corey (born November 3, 1955) is an American former professional baseball player. Born in Tucumcari, New Mexico, he was an outfielder who appeared in 59 Major League games for the Baltimore Orioles (1979–1981). He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).

William N. Lane II (c. 1917–1978) was an American president and chairman of Lane Industries, which owned General Binding Corporation, a farm in Virginia, and Bell Ranch. Lane was the chief executive officer and chairman of the Board of General Binding Corporation, a firm that makes business equipment. Bell Ranch is a large cattle ranch in eastern New Mexico. He was the director of four banks, Northwest National Bank of Chicago, Lakeview Trust and Savings Bank, Pioneer Bank and Trust Company, and Northbrook Trust and Savings Bank that he purchased between 1970 and 1976.

Stephanie M. Garcia Richard is an American politician and currently serves as the New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands. Garcia Richard previously served as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from January 2013 through December 2018, representing the 43rd district. She chaired the House Education Committee and served on the Appropriates and Finance Committee and Labor and Economic Development committees.

James Norman Spuhler (March 1, 1917 – September 2, 1992) was an American biological anthropologist who has been described as "the founder of anthropological genetics". He taught at the University of New Mexico from 1967 to 1984, where his research focused on human genetics. In 1990, he received the NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing. He died of cancer at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on September 2, 1992.