Wyatt Earp, American police officer (died 1929)

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was a lawman in the American West, involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which he and other lawmen killed three outlaws. While Wyatt is usually depicted as the key figure in the shootout, his brother Virgil was Deputy U.S. Marshal, Tombstone City Marshal, and had decided to enforce a city ordinance prohibiting carrying weapons and disarm the Cowboys. Wyatt was an assistant marshal to his brother.