Sportspeople from Tucson

Edgar Rice Updegraff (March 1, 1922 – December 23, 2022) was an American amateur golfer and urologist.

Arthur Evans (born August 22, 1947) is an American rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He graduated from Harvard University and University of Cincinnati. He later taught at University of Cincinnati, Texas Tech University, University of California, Davis, Eastern Virginia Medical School and the University of Kentucky.

Robert A. Trias (March 18, 1923 – July 11, 1989) was an American karate pioneer, founding the first karate school in the mainland United States and becoming one of the first known American black belts. He also developed Shuri-ryū karate, an eclectic style with roots in Chinese kung-fu, and indirectly some Okinawan karate.