Hopi People - Notable Hopi

Notable Hopi

  • Thomas Banyacya (born ca.1909 - 1999), Interpreter and Spokesman for Hopi Traditional leaders
  • Jean Fredericks (b. 1906–?), Hopi photographer and former Tribal Council chairman
  • Diane Humetewa, US Attorney for the District of Arizona
  • Fred Kabotie (ca. 1900–1986), painter and silversmith
  • Michael Kabotie (1942–2009), painter, sculptor, and silversmith
  • Charles Loloma (1912–1991), jeweler, ceramic artist, and educator
  • Linda Lomahaftewa, printmaker, painter, and educator
  • Helen Naha (1922–1993) potter
  • Tyra Naha, potter
  • Dan Namingha, (born 1950), Hopi-Tewa painter and sculptor
  • Elva Nampeyo, potter
  • Fannie Nampeyo, potter
  • Iris Nampeyo (Nampeyo) (ca. 1860–1942), potter
  • Lori Piestewa (1979–2003), US Army Quartermaster Corps soldier killed in Iraq War
  • Dextra Quotskuyva (b. 1928), potter
  • Don C. Talayesva (b. 1890–?), autobiographer and traditionalist
  • Lewis Tewanima (1888–1969), Olympic distance runner and silver medalist
  • Tuvi (Chief Tuba) (ca. 1810–1887), first Hopi convert to Mormonism after whom Tuba City, Arizona, was named

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