Cochise was chief of the Chiricahua Apaches.  He led a war against Arizonan settlers after they arrested him and killed his relatives.  A treaty of peace was eventually signed, but this was broken after his death.  Birthplace: unknown.  
Just as Cochise, Geronimo was a chief of the Chiricahua Apaches.  He also waged war on the settlers until his capture in 1886.  His people were detained until 1913, four years after Geronimo's death.  Birthplace: unknown.  
A staunch conservative, Barry Goldwater was a well-known U.S. senator and Presidential hopeful.  He firmly believed in the United States rights and need to be in Vietnam, and took a strong stance against what was then the USSR.  Birthplace: Phoenix.
Though Zane Grey was born in Ohio, his Western stories of gunmen and mean villains are more closely associated with the Arizona terrain than any other.  He was also a noted writer on fishing.  Birthplace: Zanesville, Ohio.
Helen Jacobs was the United States women's singles tennis champion from 1932 through 1935.  She was Wimbledon champion in 1936.  Birthplace: Globe.
Sandra Day O'Connor spent her entire legal career in Arizona, being named assistant attorney general and a state Senator.  In 1981, she became a Supreme Court Justice, the first woman to ever sit on the highest judicial bench.  Birthplace: Duncan.