Daniel Olivas (born 1959) – author and attorney Americo Paredes (1915–1999) – novelist Tomás Rivera (1935–1984) – author, poet and educator Alberto Rios (born 1952) – American poet and author Luis J. Rodriguez (born 1954) – author, poet, novelist, journalist, critic and columnist Richard Rodriguez (born 1944) – author Pam Muñoz Ryan (born 1951) – award-winning children's author Luis Omar Salinas (1937–2008) – author and poet raúlrsalinas (1934–2008) – activist and poet Erika Sánchez (born 1984) – author and poet Ricardo Sánchez (1941–1995) – poet and professor Ricardo Sanchez (born 1953) – author and United States Army general Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952) – author and poet John Phillip Santos (born 1957) – author, journalist, and filmmaker Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948) – writer, key figure in the First Wave of the Native American Literary Renaissance Octavio Solis (born 1958) – award-winning playwright and director Gary Soto (born 1952) – author and poet Luis Talamantez (born 1943) – poet and activist Sergio Troncoso (born 1961) – author, novelist, short-story writer and essayist John Trudell (1946–2015) – musician, author, poet and political activist Luís Alberto Urrea (born 1955) – author, poet, novelist and essayist José Antonio Villarreal (1924–2010) – author and novelist Victor Villaseñor (born 1940) – author and public speaker Maria Helena Viramontes (born 1954) – author and professor Karen Zacarias (born 1969) – award-winning playwright Visual arts Manuel Gregorio Acosta (1921–1989) – artist, painter and illustrator Lalo Alcaraz (born 1964) – artist, editorial/comic strip cartoonist Juana Alicia (born 1953) – artist, painter and activist Carlos Almaraz (1941–1989) – street artist and muralist Axel Alonso – American comic book creator (in DC Comics from 1994 to 2000, and at Marvel Comics from 2000 to the present). Pete Alvarado (1920–2004) – animation and comicbook artist Cecilia Alvarez (born 1950) – artist, painter and muralist Natalia Anciso (born 1985) – artist and educator Sergio Aragonés (born 1937) – cartoonist, writer Don Gregorio Antón (born 1956) – artist, photographer and educator Alfonso Arana (1927–2005) – artist and painter Fortunato Arriola (1827–1872) – artist and painter Gus Arriola (1917–2008) – artist and comic Strip cartoonist Judy Baca (born 1946) – artist, painter, muralist and activist Patrociño Barela (1900–1964) – artist, wood sculptor Santa Barraza (born 1951) – artist, painter and activist Galo Canote (born 1970) (also known as "Make", "MakeOne" or "LoveGalo") – graffiti artist, painter, muralist and activist Mel Casas (1929–2014) – artist,