Wyatt Earp was a person holding a particular office and he was American.
=== Reputation at death ===At the time of his death, Earp may have been more well known for the controversy that engulfed him after the Fitzsimmons vs
 About 10 years later, a reporter hunted up Buzzard after the Fitzimmons-Sharkey fight and extracted a story from him that accused Earp of being the brains behind lot-jumping and real-estate fraud, further tarnishing his reputation

