List of cowboys and cowgirls - Definition and Overview

The following list of cowboys and cowgirls was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre.

Famous cowboys and cowgirls

• Black Bart
• Buffalo Bill
• Ned Buntline
• Yakima Canutt
• Butch Cassidy
• Nate Champion
• Custer
• Mysterious Dave
• Deadwood Dick
• Morgan Earp
• Wyatt Earp
• Virgil Earp
• Pat Garrity
• Charles Goodnight
• John Wesley Hardin
• Wild Bill Hickcock
• Doc Holliday
• Frank James
• Jesse James
• Calamity Jane
• Billy the Kid
• The Sundance Kid
• Bat Masterson
• Mollie Monroe
• Annie Oakley
• Connie Douglas Reeves
• Johnny Ringo
• George Scarborough
• Belle Starr

Fictional

• Lone Ranger
• Lucky Luke
• The Man with No Name
• Red Ryder
• Shane
• Tonto
• Zorro