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* [[Dan Blocker]], actor who played "Hoss" Cartwright in the TV series ''[[Bonanza]]'', was a sixth-grade teacher and coach at Eddy Elementary School<ref>{{cite web |last1=Asher |first1=Matthew |title=Baseball, Bonanza and (track) blocks led to Billy Joe Thompson's Hall of Fame induction |url=https://www.currentargus.com/story/sports/2018/09/20/baseball-bonanza-and-track-blocks-led-thompsons-hof-induction/1370311002/ |website=Carlsbad Current-Argus |date=September 20, 2018 |quote=Dan Blocker, later known as Hoss Cartwright on the TV show Bonanza, was Thompson’s sixth-grade teacher at Eddy Elementary}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Cabot]], actor who played [[Jack Driscoll (character)|Jack Driscoll]] in the 1933 film ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''; appeared in many of close friend [[John Wayne]]'s films<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Cabot, Film Actor, Dies; Played the Hero in 'King Kong' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/04/archives/bruce-cabot-film-actor-dies-played-the-hero-in-king-kong.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 4, 1972 |quote=The actor, whose real name was Jacques de Bujac, was born in Carlsbad, N. M.}}</ref>
* [[Jason D. Cunningham]], [[Air Force Pararescuemen|Air Force Pararescueman]] who died saving lives of 10 fellow servicemen; Air Force Cross recipient<ref>{{cite web |title=Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham|url=https://www.afcent.af.mil/Units/455th-Air-Expeditionary-Wing/Biographies/Display/Article/273804/senior-airman-jason-d-cunningham/ |website=U.S. Air Forces Central |quote=Cunningham was a Carlsbad, N.M., native}}</ref>
* [[Sam Etcheverry]], professional football player in the [[National Football League]] and [[Canadian Football League]]<ref>{{cite web |title=DU Hall of Famer Sam Etcheverry Passes Away Over Weekend |url=https://denverpioneers.com/news/2009/8/31/DU_Hall_of_Famer_Sam_Etcheverry_Passes_Away_Over_Weekend |website=University of Denver Athletics |date=August 31, 2009 |quote=Born and raised just to the south of Colorado in Carlsbad, New Mexico}}</ref>
* [[Alfred A. Freeman]], New Mexico territorial judge and [[Tennessee]] politician<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thompson |first1=Mark |title=Did President Benjamin Harrison Really Try to Fire New Mexico Territorial Judge A. A. Freeman? |journal=Bar Bulletin |date=January 15, 2007 |volume=46 |issue=3 |page=10 |url=https://www.nmbar.org//NmbarDocs/AboutUs/committees/Historical/FactFiction.pdf |quote=Justice Freeman served his full four year term and by May of 1895 was practicing law in Eddy (Carlsbad after 1899)}}</ref>
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* [[James Larkin White|Jim White]], discoverer and explorer of [[Carlsbad Caverns]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Weekend Explorer - Carlsbad, New Mexico - Jim White |url=https://www.pbs.org/weekendexplorer/newmexico/carlsbad/carlsbad_white.htm |website=PBS}}</ref>
*[[John Wooten]], [[National Football League]] played for the [[Cleveland Browns]] and [[Washington Redskins]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Simonich |first1=Milan |title=Desegregation launched Carlsbad's stars |url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/desegregation-launched-carlsbad-s-stars/article_36be4c8f-a3ad-5c91-a3c0-f497bf87ae99.html |website=Santa Fe New Mexican |date=May 2, 2019 |quote=He attended the Carver School for Negroes in Carlsbad.}}</ref>
*[[Michael P. Grace II|Michael P. Grace ll]], oil and gas and theater producer, composer, and lyricist.
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File:Carlsbad New Mexico Municipal Building.jpg|Carlsbad Municipal Building
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