Notable figures in Western style motion pictures and/or television series some of whom have been voted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.

Most every cowboy star usually rode the same horse in their films. A few of these horses, such as Roy Rogers' Trigger and The Lone Ranger's Silver , became stars in their own right.

• Art Acord, actor
• Rex Allen, actor - horse: Koko
• Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, actor
• James Arness, actor - horse: Buck
• Gene Autry, actor - horse: Champion
• Amanda Blake, actress
• Ward Bond, actor
• Richard Boone, actor
• William Boyd, actor - horse: Topper
• Walter Brennan, actor
• Johnny Mack Brown, actor - horse: Rebel
• Smiley Burnette, singer, actor
• Harry Carey, actor
• Harry Carey, Jr., actor
• Rory Calhoun, actor - horse: Domino
• Leo Carrillo, actor
• James Coburn, actor
• Chuck Connors, actor
• Gary Cooper, actor
• Kevin Costner, actor and director
• Gail Davis, actress - horse: Target
• Andy Devine, actor
• Clint Eastwood, actor and director - horse on "Rawhide"): Midnight
• Dale Evans, actress, singer/songwriter - horse: Buttermilk
• Henry Fonda, actor
• John Ford, director
• James Garner, actor
• Hoot Gibson, actor - horse: Goldie
• William S. Hart, actor and director
• Howard Hawks, director
• Gabby Hayes, actor
• Jennifer Holt, actress
• Tim Holt, actor - horse: Lightning
• Herbert Jeffreys, actor - horse: Stardust
• Michael Landon, actor and director
• Lash La Rue, actor - horse: Black Diamond
• Sergio Leone,
• Guy Madison, actor - horse: Buckshot
• Anthony Mann, director
• Ken Maynard, actor - horse: Tarzan
• Tim McCoy, actor - horse: Starlight
• Larry McMurtry, writer
• Tom Mix, actor - horse: Tony Jr.
• George Montgomery, actor
• Clayton Moore, actor - horse: Silver
• Audie Murphy, actor
• Franco Nero, actor
• Hugh O'Brian, actor
• Maureen O'Hara, actress
• Gregory Peck, actor
• Sam Peckinpah, director
• Duncan Renaldo, actor - horse: Diablo
• Tex Ritter, actor, singer, - horse: White Flash
• Roy Rogers, actor, singer - horse: Trigger
• John Russell, actor
• Randolph Scott, actor
• Jay Silverheels, actor - horse: Scout
• Barbara Stanwyck, actress
• Charles Starrett, actor
• James Stewart, actor
• Lee van Cleef, actor
• John Wayne, actor - horse: Duke

See also:

• Western movie
• List of Western movies
• List of cowboys and cowgirls