Legends of the Old WestllFamous Cowboys, Lawmen, Outlaws and Pioneers,with images and information(Also see Famous Cowboy Characters, and Famous Cowboys Actors
("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.) | |
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Outlaws of the Old West sorted by Age
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Billy the Kid Birth Name: William Henry McCarty (Aka: Henry Antrim, William H. Bonney) • Outlaw, gunfighter, member of the Regulators gang Born: 1859, November 23 → Died: 1881, July 14 Age: 21y 7m 21d → Cause of death: shot by Pat Garrett | |
Bob Dalton Birth Name: Robert Rennick Dalton • Train and bank robber (1) Born: 1869, May 13 → Died: 1892, October 5 Age: 23y 4m 22d → Cause of death: shot during a bank robbery | |
John Younger Birth Name: John Harrison Younger • Train and bank robber, killer (2) Born: 1851, ? ? → Died: 1874, March 17 Age: 23y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot in the neck | |
Black Jack Christian Birth Name: William Christian • Robber, killer, member of the "High Fives Gang" Born: 1871, ? ? → Died: 1897, April 28 Age: 26y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot in gun fight with a posse | |
Sam Bass Birth Name: Sam Bass • Train robber, outlaw, and outlaw gang leader. His gang committed the biggest train robbery ever committed in the United States. Born: 1851, July 21 → Died: 1878, July 21 Age: 27y 0m 0d → Cause of death: shot, died of wounds on his birthday. | |
William Longley Birth Name: William Preston Longley • Outlaw, ruthless and ill-tempered gunfighter; killed at least 32 people Born: 1851, October 6 → Died: 1878, October 11 Age: 27y 4m 5d → Cause of death: hanged | |
Ella Watson Birth Name: Ellen Liddy Watson ("Cattle Kate") • Pioneer of Wyoming, accused of cattle rustling by powerful cattlemen Born: 1861, July 2 → Died: 1889, July 20 Age: 28y 0m 18d → Cause of death: hanged by irate cattle men | |
William Tattenbaum Birth Name: William Tattenbaum (aka Russian Bill) • A cattle rustler and trouble maker who claimed to be from Russian nobility Born: 1853, ? ? → Died: 1881, November 9 Age: 28y ?m ?d → Cause of death: hanged | |
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Bob Ford Birth Name: Robert Newton "Bob" Ford • Outlaw; the man who shot Jesse James Born: 1862, January 31 → Died: 1892, June 8 Age: 30y 4m 8d → Cause of death: shot in the chest | |
King Fisher Birth Name: John King Fisher • Gunfighter, gang leader, rancher Born: 1854, ? ? → Died: 1884, March 11 Age: 30y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot as he leapt from a theater balcony | |
Grat Dalton Birth Name: Gratton Hanley Dalton • Train, bank robber (1) Born: 1861, March 30 → Died: 1892, October 5 Age: 31y 6m 5d → Cause of death: shot during a bank robbery | |
Johnny Ringo Birth Name: John Peters Ringo • Robber, killer; member of Clanton gang Born: 1850, May 3 → Died: 1882, July 13 Age: 32y 2m 10d → Cause of death: suicide by gun | |
Jesse James Birth Name: Jesse Woodson James • Bank and train robber, killer; member of outlaw Clement gang Born: 1847, September 5 → Died: 1882, April 3 Age: 34y 6m 29d → Cause of death: shot by Robert Ford | |
Bob Younger Birth Name: Robert Ewing Younger • Train and bank robber (2) Born: 1853, October 29 → Died: 1889, September 16 Age: 35y 10m 18d → Cause of death: tuberculosis while in prison | |
Blue Duck Birth Name: Sha-con-gah (Cherokee) • Outlaw and boyfriend of Belle Starr Born: 1859, June 17 → Died: 1895, May 7 Age: 35y 10m 20d → Cause of death: tuberculosis | |
Black Jack Ketchum Birth Name: Thomas Edward Ketchum • Cowboy turned robber, member of Hole in the Wall gang Born: 1863, October 31 → Died: 1901, April 26 Age: 37y 5m 26d → Cause of death: hanged | |
Curly Bill Brocius Birth Name: William "Curly Bill" Brocius • Gunman, rustler and outlaw cowboy Born: 1845, ? ? → Died: 1882, March 24 Age: 37y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot by Wyatt Earp | |
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Kid Curry Birth Name: Harvey Logan • Outlaw, gunman, "wildest of the Wild Bunch" Born: 1867, ? ? → Died: 1904, June 17 Age: 37y ?m ?d → Cause of death: suicide during a gun battle | |
Bill Doolin Birth Name: William Doolin • Bandit, founder of the Wild Bunch gang Born: 1858, ? ? → Died: 1896, August 24 Age: 38y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot by US Marshall Heck Thomas | |
Tiburcio_Vásquez Vásquez Birth Name: Tiburcio Vásquez • America's most infamous Hispanic bandit and horse stealer. Born: 1835, April 11 → Died: 1875, March 19 Age: 39y 11m 8d → Cause of death: hanged | |
Big Jim Courtright Birth Name: Timothy Isaiah Courtright (Tim Isaiah) • Lawman, gunfighter, Born: 1848, ? ? → Died: 1887, February 8 Age: 39y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight | |
Sherman McMaster Birth Name: Sherman W. McMaster • Outlaw, became Texas Ranger, rode with Wyatt Earp. Born: 1853, ? ? → Died: 1892, ? ? Age: 39y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight | |
Belle Starr Birth Name: Myra Belle Shirley Reed Starr (The Bandit Queen) • Rustling, horse stealing, bootlegging whiskey Born: 1848, February 5 → Died: 1889, February 3 Age: 40y 11m 29d → Cause of death: shot in an ambush | |
Ike Clanton Birth Name: Joseph Isaac Clanton • Cattle rustler; involved in the Gunfight at the OK Corral Born: 1847, ? ? → Died: 1887, June 1 Age: 40y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot dead resisting arrest | |
Pony Diehl Birth Name: Charles "Pony Diehl" Ray • Outlaw in the New Mexico Territory and Arizona Territory Born: 1848, ? ? → Died: 1888, ? ? Age: 40y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight | |
Tom Horn Birth Name: Tom Horn (Aka: James Hicks) • Lawman, scout, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw and assassin Born: 1860, November 21 → Died: 1903, November 20 Age: 42y 11m 30d → Cause of death: hanged | |
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John Selman Birth Name: John Selman • outlaw and sometimes lawman; known as the man who shot John Hardin Born: 1839, November 16 → Died: 1896, April 6 Age: 42y 2m 24d → Cause of death: shot in a shootout | |
Billy Brooks Birth Name: William L. "Buffalo Bill" Brooks • Buffalo hunter, gunfighter, stage driver, marshal. Born: 1832, ? ? → Died: 1874, July 29 Age: 42y ?m ?d → Cause of death: hanged | |
Sundance Kid, the Birth Name: Harry Alonzo Longabaugh • Robber; member of the Wild Bunch gang Born: 1867, ? ? → Died: 1909, November 6 Age: 42y ?m ?d → Cause of death: suicide while surrounded and trapped | |
Butch Cassidy Birth Name: Robert LeRoy Parker • Robber; member of the Wild Bunch gang Born: 1866, April 13 → Died: 1909, November 6 Age: 43y 6m 24d → Cause of death: suicide while trapped | |
Jim Miller Birth Name: James Brown Miller (Deacon Jim) • Outlaw and professional killer, said to have killed 12 people during gunfights Born: 1861, October 25 → Died: 1909, April 19 Age: 47y 5m 25d → Cause of death: hanged | |
Bill Walters, "Bronco Bill" Birth Name: William E. Walters • Outlaw during the closing days of the Old West, best known for the legend of his "lost treasure" Born: 1869, ? ? → Died: 1921, June 16 Age: 52y ?m ?d → Cause of death: accidental fall | |
Jim Younger Birth Name: James Hardin Younger • Rancher, train and bank robber (2) Born: 1848, January 15 → Died: 1902, October 19 Age: 54y 9m 4d → Cause of death: suicide | |
Arkansas Tom Jones Birth Name: Roy Daugherty • Outlaw and a member of the Wild Bunch gang Born: 1870, ? ? → Died: 1924, August 16 Age: 54y ?m ?d → Cause of death: shot during a gunfight | |
Black Bart Birth Name: Charles E. Boles • (Also Bolles) Good-mannered stage coach robber Born: 1829, ? ? → Died: 1888, February 28 Age: 59y ?m ?d → Cause of death: unknown, last seen February 28, 188) | |
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Emmett Dalton Birth Name: Emmett Dalton • Train and bank robber, real estate agent, author and actor (1) Born: 1871, May 3 → Died: 1937, July 13 Age: 66y 2m 10d → Cause of death: unknown | |
Bill Miner Birth Name: Ezra Allen Miner (aka "Gentleman Bandit") • Stagecoach robber, known for his politeness Born: 1847, ? ? → Died: 1913, September 2 Age: 66y ?m ?d → Cause of death: gastritis | |
Texas Jack Vermillion Birth Name: John Wilson Vermillion • Gunfighter, soldier, lawman, outlaw, Methodist preacher; participated in the Earp vendetta ride Born: 1842, ? ? → Died: 1911, ? ? Age: 69y ?m ?d → Cause of death: heart attack in his sleep | |
Frank James Birth Name: Alexander Frank James • Bank robber; rode with William Quantrill's raiders; later shoe salesman Born: 1843, January 10 → Died: 1915, February 18 Age: 72y 1m 8d → Cause of death: heart failure | |
Cole Younger Birth Name: Thomas Coleman Younger • Train and bank robber; lectured and toured with Frank James in a wild west show (2) Born: 1844, January 15 → Died: 1916, March 21 Age: 72y 2m 6d → Cause of death: old age | |
Frank Canton Birth Name: Josiah Horner • Lawman, gunslinger, cowboy and at one point in his life, an outlaw Born: 1849, September 15 → Died: 1927, September 27 Age: 78y 0m 12d → Cause of death: old age | |
Pearl Hart Birth Name: Pearl Taylor (aka Talo Halo, Bandit Queen, Lady Bandit, Pearl Taylor Hart, Pearl Bywater) • Committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies in the United States by a female; the dates of her birth and death are uncertain Born: 1876, November 13 → Died: 1955, December 28 Age: 79y 1m 15d → Cause of death: old age | |
Dutch Henry Birth Name: Henry Borne • One of the most prevalent horse thieves and cattle rustlers of the old west Born: 1849, July 2 → Died: 1921, January 10 Age: 80y 6m 14d → Cause of death: pneumonia | |
Footnotes Note 1: Dalton brothers gang included George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers. Note 2: The Younger gang included Clell Miller, Arthur McCoy, Charlie Pitts, John Jarrette,and Bill Chadwell. — Not included are eastern pioneers, such as Daniel Boone, because they belong to, shall we say, the Old East. |
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First Legend of the Old West on each page
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1. | 21y 7m 21d (Billy the Kid ) |
2. | 30y 4m 8d (Bob Ford) |
3. | 37y ?m ?d (Kid Curry ) |
4. | 42y 2m 24d (John Selman) |
5. | 66y 2m 10d (Emmett Dalton) |
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Sorted by Legend of the Old West
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1. | 21y 7m 21d (Billy the Kid ) |
2. | 23y 4m 22d (Bob Dalton) |
3. | 23y ?m ?d (John Younger) |
4. | 26y ?m ?d (Black Jack Christian) |
5. | 27y 0m 0d (Sam Bass) |
6. | 27y 4m 5d (William Longley) |
7. | 28y 0m 18d (Ella Watson) |
8. | 28y ?m ?d (William Tattenbaum) |
9. | 30y 4m 8d (Bob Ford) |
10. | 30y ?m ?d (King Fisher) |
11. | 31y 6m 5d (Grat Dalton) |
12. | 32y 2m 10d (Johnny Ringo ) |
13. | 34y 6m 29d (Jesse James) |
14. | 35y 10m 18d (Bob Younger) |
15. | 35y 10m 20d (Blue Duck) |
16. | 37y 5m 26d (Black Jack Ketchum) |
17. | 37y ?m ?d (Curly Bill Brocius) |
18. | 37y ?m ?d (Kid Curry ) |
19. | 38y ?m ?d (Bill Doolin) |
20. | 39y 11m 8d (Tiburcio_Vásquez Vásquez) |
21. | 39y ?m ?d (Big Jim Courtright) |
22. | 39y ?m ?d (Sherman McMaster) |
23. | 40y 11m 29d (Belle Starr) |
24. | 40y ?m ?d (Ike Clanton) |
25. | 40y ?m ?d (Pony Diehl) |
26. | 42y 11m 30d (Tom Horn) |
27. | 42y 2m 24d (John Selman) |
28. | 42y ?m ?d (Billy Brooks) |
29. | 42y ?m ?d (Sundance Kid, the ) |
30. | 43y 6m 24d (Butch Cassidy) |
31. | 47y 5m 25d (Jim Miller) |
32. | 52y ?m ?d (Bill Walters, "Bronco Bill") |
33. | 54y 9m 4d (Jim Younger) |
34. | 54y ?m ?d (Arkansas Tom Jones) |
35. | 59y ?m ?d (Black Bart) |
36. | 66y 2m 10d (Emmett Dalton) |
37. | 66y ?m ?d (Bill Miner) |
38. | 69y ?m ?d (Texas Jack Vermillion) |
39. | 72y 1m 8d (Frank James) |
40. | 72y 2m 6d (Cole Younger) |
41. | 78y 0m 12d (Frank Canton ) |
42. | 79y 1m 15d (Pearl Hart) |
43. | 80y 6m 14d (Dutch Henry) |
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