List of people from Wyoming
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This is a list of prominent people who were born in or lived for a significant period of time in U.S. state of Wyoming.
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[edit] Native Americans
- Red Cloud (1822-1909), chief of the Oglala Sioux
- Washakie (1804-1900), renowned Shoshone warrior
[edit] Political Figures
- Amos W. Barber (1861-1915), former Governor of Wyoming
- Anne M. Burford (1942–2004), first female Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (born in Casper)
- Joseph M. Carey (1845-1924) Governor of Wyoming, first U.S. Senator from Wyoming
- Dick Cheney (b. 1941), Vice-President of the United States; raised in Casper
- Lynne Cheney (b. 1941), Member of the National Enterprise Institute, Chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and wife of Dick Cheney; born in Casper
- Alonzo M. Clark (1868–1952), former Governor of Wyoming
- Tom Coburn (b. 1948), Junior Republican Senator from Oklahoma; born in Casper
- Arthur G. Crane (1877-1955), former Governor of Wyoming
- Barbara Cubin (b. 1946), U.S. Representatives from Wyoming
- Stanley K. Hathaway (1924-2005), Governor of Wyoming and U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977), Governor of Wyoming, first female governor of a U.S. state
- Alan K. Simpson (b. 1931), U.S. Senator from Wyoming
- Francis E. Warren (1844-1929), Governor of Wyoming, U.S. Senator
- James G. Watt (b. 1938), former U.S. Secretary of the Interior; born in Lusk
[edit] Athletes
- Adam Archuleta (b. 1977), professional football player; born in Rock Springs
- Tom Browning (b. 1960), Major League Baseball pitcher; born in Casper
- Rulon Gardner (b. 1971), Olympic wrestler gold medalist; born in in Afton
- Brady Poppinga (b. 1979), professional football player; born in Evanston
[edit] Artists
- Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), artist; born in Cody
[edit] Authors
- C.J. Box, author of the Joe Pickett series
- James A. "Jim" Corbett (1933-2001), writer, philosopher, and human rights activist; born in Casper
- Alexandra Fuller (b. 1969), writer, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight; lives in Wyoming
- Patricia MacLachlan (1938-) childrens' book author, Newberry Medal for Sarah, Plain and Tall; born in Cheyenne
- E. Annie Proulx (b. 1935), writer, author of Brokeback Mountain; lives in Wyoming
- Chip Rawlins, non-fiction writer, outdoorsman; lives in Laramie
- Owen Wister (1860-1938), writer of Western novels
- Jean Henry-Mead, writer of Western novels and nonfiction as well as mystery novels and personality interviews; lives in Natrona County, Wyoming
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Actors
- Burnu Acquanetta (1921-2004), actress and model; born in Cheyenne
- JM J. Bullock (b. 1955), actor; born in Casper
- Isabel Jewell (1907-1972), actress; born in Shoshoni
- Matthew Fox (b. 1966), actor; raised in Crowheart
[edit] Television
- Curt Gowdy (1919-2006), sportscaster; born in Green River
[edit] Music
- John Perry Barlow (b. 1947); former Grateful Dead lyricist, co-founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation, retired cattleman; born in Jackson Hole
- Chris LeDoux (1948-2005), country music singer and rodeo champion; lived in Wyoming
[edit] Miscellaneous
- "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917), colorful Old West figure, helped create Cody, Wyoming
- John Colter (1774-1813), explorer, first white man to set foot in Wyoming
- Leonard S. Hobbs (1896-1977), aeronautical engineer and author, won 1952 Collier Trophy for designing the P&W J57 turbojet engine; born in Carbon County
- Esther Hobart Morris (1814-1902), leader in suffrage movement, first female judge in United States; lived in Wyoming
- Margaret Murie (1902–2003), conservationist; lived in Wyoming
- Jedediah Smith (1799-1831), mountain man, trapper, explorer, first American to get to California from the East
- Matthew Shepard (1976–1998), murdered student from University of Wyoming; born in Casper
- Gerry Spence (b. 1929), lawyer; born in Laramie
[edit] Uncategorized
- Edward L. Baker, Jr.
- Frank A. Barrett
- Harold Roe Bartle
- Jim Beaver
- George T. Beck
- Robert D. Beck
- Jim Benepe
- Bryant Butler Brooks
- John Buck
- Maxwell Struthers Burt
- Elsa Spear Byron
- Robert D. Carey
- Vincent Carter
- Fenimore Chatterton
- Clarence D. Clark
- Henry A. Coffeen
- Patrick Crank
- Edward D. Crippa
- W. G. Curtis
- Jack R. Gage
- Jesse Garcia
- Kristin George
- Jim Geringer
- Paul Ranous Greever
- Marlene Gregory
- Clifford Hansen
- Mildred Harris
- William H. Harrison
- Lilian Heath
- Russell Henderson
- James L. Herdt
- Edgar Herschler
- Kirby Heyborne
- John J. Hickey
- Frank O. Horton
- Lester C. Hunt
- John B. Kendrick
- Steve E. Kinney
- Max Maxfield
- Harold McCracken
- Gale W. McGee
- John J. McIntyre
- M. Margaret McKeown
- Kyle Mills
- Franklin Wheeler Mondell
- Chessie Moore
- Florabel Muir
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