List of people from Wyoming
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.
Native American leaders
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Political figures
- Thurman Arnold (1891–1969), associate judge of the Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit
- Jillian Balow (born 1970), Wyoming superintendent of public instruction
- Amos W. Barber (1861–1915), Governor of Wyoming (1890–1893)
- John Barrasso (born 1952), Republican U.S. Senator from Wyoming since 2007
- Frank A. Barrett (1892–1962), U.S. Senator, Representatives, Governor of Wyoming
- Eli Bebout (born 1946), Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2002; member of the Wyoming State Senate since 2007
- Mary Bellamy (1861–1954), first woman elected to the Wyoming Legislature
- Eliza Stewart Boyd (1833–1912), first woman in America to serve on a jury
- Bryant Butler Brooks (1861–1944), Governor of Wyoming (1905–1911)
- Anne Gorsuch Burford (1942–2004), first female Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (born in Casper)
- Harriet Elizabeth Byrd (born 1926), first African American elected to the Wyoming Legislature.[1]
- John Allen Campbell (1835–1880), first governor of the Wyoming Territory (1869–1875)
- Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924), Governor of Wyoming, first U.S. Senator from Wyoming
- Robert D. Carey (1878–1937), Governor of Wyoming (1919–1923), U.S. Senator (1930–1937)
- Vincent Carter (1891–1972), U.S. Representative (1929–1935)
- Cale Case (born 1958), Wyoming state senator from Lander since 1998
- Fenimore Chatterton (1860–1958), Acting Governor of Wyoming (1903–1905)
- Dick Cheney (born 1941), Vice-President of the United States; raised in Casper Lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Lynne Cheney (born 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), Governor of Wyoming (1931–1933)
- Clarence D. Clark (1851–1930), member of the Wyoming constitutional convention, US Representative (1890–1893), US Senator (1895–1917)
- Tom Coburn (born 1948), Junior Republican Senator from Oklahoma; born in Casper
- Henry A. Coffeen (1841–1912), US Representative (1893–1895)
- Arthur G. Crane (1877–1955), Governor of Wyoming (1949–1951)
- Patrick Crank, Attorney General of Wyoming (2002–2007)
- Edward D. Crippa, interim US Senator (1954)
- Barbara Cubin (born 1946), US Representative (1995–2009)
- W. G. Curtis, founder and mayor of Torrington; Wyoming State representative
- Stephen Wheeler Downey (1839–1902), Wyoming territorial government leader; member of the Wyoming congressional convention; University of Wyoming trustee and president
- Frank Emerson (1882–1931), Governor of Wyoming (1926–1931)
- Mike Enzi (born 1944), US Senator (1997–present)
- Dave Freudenthal (born 1950), Governor of Wyoming (2003–present)
- Nancy Freudenthal (born 1954), judge on the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming
- Jack R. Gage (1899–1970), Governor of Wyoming (1961–1963)
- Jim Geringer (born 1944), Governor of Wyoming (1995–2003)
- Paul Ranous Greever (1891–1943), US Representative (1935–1938); mayor of Cody
- Clifford Hansen (born 1912), Governor of Wyoming (1963–1967), US Senator (1967–1978)
- William Henry Harrison (1896–1990), Republican U.S. Representative from Wyoming during the 1950s and 1960s
- Stanley K. Hathaway (1924–2005), Governor of Wyoming (1967–1975), U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1975)
- Harold Hellbaum (1926–2007), former Republican Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Wheatland
- Edgar Herschler (1918–1990), Governor of Wyoming (1975–1987)
- John J. Hickey (1911–1970), US Senator (1961–1962)
- Richard Honaker (born 1951), former state representative from Rock Springs, nominee for U.S. District Judge
- Frank O. Horton (1882–1948), US Representative (1939–1941)
- Lester C. Hunt (1892–1954), Governor of Wyoming (1943–1949); US Senator (1949–1954)
- Robert H. Johnson (1916–2011), state senator from Rock Springs from 1967 to 1978
- Richard R. "Dick" Jones (1910–2008), former Republican member of both houses of the Wyoming legislature, former State Senate President, former mayor of Powell, 1974 gubernatorial nominee; one of the founders of Northwest Community College in Powell
- John B. Kendrick (1857–1933), Governor of Wyoming (1915—1917), US Senator (1917—1933)
- Frank E. Lucas (1876–1948), Republican Governor of Wyoming from 1924 to 1925; preceded Nellie Tayloe Ross
- Cynthia Lummis (born 1954), former Republican member of both houses of the Wyoming legislature and former state treasurer
- Randall Luthi (born 1953), former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
- Max Maxfield (born 1945), Republican secretary of state of Wyoming
- Rodger McDaniel (born 1948), WY, Democrat, House of Representatives 1970 – 1976, WY Senate 1976–1980, attorney, author of biography of US Senator Lester C. Hunt (2013).
- Gale W. McGee (1915–1992), US Senator (1959–1977)
- John J. McIntyre (1904–1974), US Representative (1941–1943); Wyoming Supreme Court Justice
- Ron Micheli, former Republican member of Wyoming Legislature, Former Wyoming Director of Agriculture
- Leslie A. Miller (1886–1970), Governor of Wyoming (1932–1939)
- Franklin Wheeler Mondell (1860–1939), US Representative (1895–1897; 1899–1923)
- Warren A. Morton (1924–2002), former Speaker of Wyoming House of Representatives (1979–1980); Republican candidate for governor, 1982
- Joseph C. O'Mahoney (1884–1962), US Senator (1934–1953; 1954–1961)
- John Eugene Osborne (1858–1943), Governor of Wyoming (1892–1895), US Representative (1987–1999)
- John C. Ostlund (1927–2004), Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1978; former member of the Wyoming State Senate
- Gordon L. Park (1937–2010), Republican state representative from Uinta County (1993–1996)
- Mathew Pitsch (born c. 1963), Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Fort Smith since 2015; born in Buffalo
- Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977), Governor of Wyoming (1925–1927), first female governor of a U.S. state
- DeForest Richards (1846–1903), Governor of Wyoming (1899–1903)
- William A. Richards (1849–1912), Governor of Wyoming (1895–1899)
- Edward V. Robertson (1881–1963), US Senator (1943–1949)
- Teno Roncalio (1916–2003), US Representative (1965–1967; 1971–1978)
- William B. Ross (1873–1924), Governor of Wyoming (1923–1924)
- Tom Sansonetti, Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department
- Robert Schliske (1924–2007), Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1971 to 1975; one of the founders of Laramie County Community College
- Henry H. Schwartz (1869–1955), US Senator (1937–1943)
- Joseph D. Selby (1950–2007), former Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Cheyenne
- Bryan Sharratt (1947–2007), member of Clinton administration defense team; Democratic candidate for Congress in 1988, having been defeated by Richard B. Cheney
- Larry D. Shippy (1946–2007), former Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Cheyenne
- Mike Sullivan (born 1939), Governor of Wyoming (1987–1995)
- Alan K. Simpson (born 1931), US Senator (1979–1997)
- Milward L. Simpson (1897–1993), former Republican Governor and U.S. Senator from Wyoming
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan (1865–1935), Mayor of Casper; US Senator (1929–1930)
- John Thayer (1820–1906), Governor of Wyoming Territory (1875–1878)
- Craig L. Thomas (1930–2007), US Senator (1995–2007)
- Edwin Keith Thomson (1919–1960), US Representative (1955–1960)
- Malcolm Wallop (1933–2011), US Senator (1977–1995)
- Francis E. Warren (1844–1929), Governor of Wyoming (1890), U.S. Senator (1890–1893; 1895–1929)
- James G. Watt (born 1938), U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1981–1983)
- Alvin Wiederspahn (1949-2014) - Cheyenne lawyer, historical preservationist, rancher, and member of both houses of the Wyoming State Legislature, husband of U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis[2]
- Charles E. Winter (1870–1948), US Representative (1923–1929)
- John S. Wold (born 1916), US Representative (1969–1971)
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Athletes
- Adam Archuleta (born 1977), professional football player; born in Rock Springs
- Zane Beadles (born 1986), professional football player; born in Casper
- Nick Bebout (born 1951), Professional football player; born in Riverton; played for the University of Wyoming.
- Jim Benepe (born 1963), professional golfer; born in Sheridan
- Bill Briggs (born in 1943), pioneer in ski mountaineering, lives in Jackson Hole
- Tom Browning (born 1960), Major League Baseball pitcher; born in Casper
- John Buck (born 1980), Major League Baseball catcher, born in Kemmerer
- Alicia Craig (born 1982) distance runner; born in Gillette
- Chris Cooley (born 1982) professional football player; born in Powell
- Jesseca Cross (born 1975) Olympic athlete; born in Laramie
- Lance Deal (born 1961) Olympic athlete; born in Riverton; attended high school in Casper
- Mike Devereaux (born 1963), Major League Baseball outfielder; NLCS MVP in 1995 with the Atlanta Braves; born in Casper
- Aaron Elling (born 1978), professional football player; lived in Lander; played for the University of Wyoming
- Dick Ellsworth (born 1940), Major League Baseball pitcher; born in Lusk
- Rulon Gardner (born 1971), Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling; born in Afton
- John Godina (born 1972), 3 time World Champion and 2 time Olympic medalist in the shot put; lived in Cheyenne
- Bryan Iguchi (born 1973), snowboarder, 1997 X-Games bronze medalist in half-pipe, lives in Jackson Hole
- James Johnson (born 1987), professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors; born in Cheyenne
- Brett Keisel (born 1978), professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers; born in Greybull
- Mike Lansing (born 1968), Major League Baseball infielder; born in Rawlins
- Gail O'Brien (1911–??), professional football player; born in Cheyenne
- Jonah Nickerson (born 1985), pitcher for the Oregon State Beavers; born in Casper
- Brady Poppinga (born 1979), professional football player; born in Evanston
- Chris Prosinski (born 1987), professional football player; born in Newcastle
- Todd Skinner (1958–2006), rock climber; born in Pinedale
- Rick Sofield (born 1956), Major League Baseball outfielder; born in Cheyenne
- Nate Marquardt (born 1979), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight Fighter; born in Lander, Wyoming
- Tommy Moe (born 1970), skier, 2-time Olympic medalist, lives in Jackson Hole
- Jay Novacek (born 1962), professional football player. Also played college football at the University of Wyoming.
- Travis Rice (born 1982), Professional Snowboarder, also a co-producer of The Art of Flight and That's It That's All. Born and Raised in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Josef Stiegler (born 1937), World-Class Alpine Skier and a 3-time Olympic medalist in Slalom and Giant Slalom Lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Tommy Moe (born 1970), World-Class Alpine Skier, 2-time Olympic medalist and Member of the National Ski Hall of Fame Lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Resi Stiegler (born 1985), Alpine Skier, Born and Raised in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- John Wendling (born 1983), pro football player; born in Cody, Wyoming
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Artists
• Lexington Rose (2012-2015), awesomeness; Cheyenne, WY
- Elsa Spear Byron (1896–1992), photographer; Born in Big Horn, lived most of her life in Sheridan
- Jackson Pollock (1912–1956), artist; born in Cody
- Floyd Shaman (1935–2005), sculptor; born in Wheatland, Wyoming
- Penny Wolin (1953–), photographer; born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, author of "The Jews of Wyoming: Fringe of the Diaspora"
Authors
- Craig Arnold (born 1967), poet; teaches at the University of Wyoming; lives in Laramie
- C. J. Box, author of the Joe Pickett series
- Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954), novelist
- James A. "Jim" Corbett (1933–2001), writer, philosopher, and human rights activist; born in Casper
- Gretel Ehrlich, novelist
- Joe Clifford Faust, novelist
- Shirley E. Flynn, Cheyenne historian
- Alexandra Fuller (born 1969), writer, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight; lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Kathleen O'Neal Gear (born 1954), writer
- W. Michael Gear (born 1955), writer
- Grace Raymond Hebard (1861–1936) western history writer whose findings regarding Sacajawea and Esther Hobart Morris tend to be challenged by contemporary historians
- George Clayton Johnson (born 1929), co-author of Logan's Run; born in Cheyenne
- Theodore Judson, science fiction author
- Patricia MacLachlan (born 1938), children's book author, Newbery Medal for Sarah, Plain and Tall; born in Cheyenne
- Rodger McDaniel (born 1948), legislator, attorney, pastor, author Dying for Joe McCarthy's Sins: The Suicide of Senator Lester Hunt from Cheyenne
- Kyle Mills (born 1966), author; lives in Jackson Hole
- Florabel Muir (1889–1970), newspaper reporter and columnist; born in Rock Springs
- Edgar Wilson Nye (1850–1896), journalist and humorist; postmaster of Laramie City in the Wyoming Territory
- Todd Parr (born 1962), children's book author, artist, children's TV show producer, grew up in Rock Springs
- E. Annie Proulx (born 1935), writer, author of Brokeback Mountain; lives in Wyoming
- Chip Rawlins, non-fiction writer, outdoorsman; lives in Laramie
- David Romtvedt, Wyoming Poet Laureate
- Georgie Sicking, cowboy poet; retired in Kaycee
- Owen Wister (1860–1938), writer of Western novels
Entertainment
Actors and Actresses
- Burnu Acquanetta (1921–2004), actress and model; born in Cheyenne
- Jim Beaver (born 1950), actor; born in Laramie
- Jim J. Bullock (born 1955), actor; born in Casper
- Darren Dalton (born 1965), actor; born in Powell
- Mickey Daniels (1914–1970), actor; born in Rock Springs
- Harrison Ford (born in 1942) actor; lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Matthew Fox (born 1966), actor; raised in Crowheart
- Jesse Garcia (born 1982) actor; born in Rawlins
- Mildred Harris (1901–1944), actress; born in Cheyenne
- Cecilia Hart (born 1948), actress; born in Cheyenne
- Kirby Heyborne (born 1976), actor; born in Evanston
- Isabel Jewell (1907–1972), actress; born in Shoshoni
- Dr. Robert Foster, D.Mus. (born 1976), composer: film, video game scores and television scores, indie pop and dance music. Ghostwriter. Professional music teacher for children's charity; lives in Cheyenne [3][4]
- Kipren (born 1982), actress, apparel designer, costumer; lives in Cheyenne[5]
- Michael Pearlman (born 1972), actor; lives in Jackson
- Jim Siedow (1920–2003), actor; born in Cheyenne
- Wally Wales (1895–1980), actor; born in Sheridan
- Larry Wilcox (born 1947), actor; raised in Rawlins, Wyoming[6]
Television
- Larry Birleffi (1918–2008), sportscaster; born in Platte County
- Curt Gowdy (1919–2006), sportscaster; born in Green River
- Pete Williams, NBC news correspondent; born in Casper
Music
- Scott Avett (born 1976), musician and member of The Avett Brothers, born in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- John Perry Barlow (born 1947), former Grateful Dead lyricist, co-founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation, retired cattleman; born in Jackson Hole
- Ronnie Bedford (born 1931), jazz musician and music professor at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming
- Chris LeDoux (1948–2005), professional bareback rider, lived in Kaycee, Wyoming
Other
- Tony Andruzzi (1925–1991), Magician; born in Cheyenne
- Kristin George (born 1982), Miss Wyoming USA 2006
- Robyn Johnson (born 1985), Miss Wyoming USA 2007
- Melba Ogle (born 1942), model; born in Cheyenne
- Lyle Waggoner (born 1935), actor, sculptor; lives in Jackson
Miscellaneous
- Thurman Arnold (1891–1969), lawyer/judge; born in Laramie
- Edward L. Baker, Jr. (1865–1913), United States Army, Medal of Honor; born in Laramie County, Wyoming
- Harold Roe Bartle (1901–1974), lawyer; politician; helped to establish Scouting in Wyoming
- George T. Beck (1856–1943) politician; businessman; helped William Cody establish the town of Cody
- "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846–1917), colorful Old West figure, helped create Cody
- John Colter (1774–1813), explorer, first white man to set foot in Wyoming
- Clayton Danks (1879–1970), model cowboy on the Wyoming trademark, the Bucking Horse and Rider, winner of three competitions at Cheyenne Frontier Days
- James M. Flinchum (1916–2011), newspaperman
- Otto Franc (1846–1903), cattle baron and homesteader in the Big Horn Basin
- Lilian Heath, first female doctor in Wyoming
- James L. Herdt, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy; born in Casper
- 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
- Ralph S. Johnson (1906–2010), aviation pioneer and former state legislator from Laramie County
- Raymond A. Johnson, aviation pioneer[7]
- William T. Kane (1932–2008), physicist in field of fiber optics
- David "Tex" Little (1902–2006), World War I veteran
- Esther Hobart Morris (1814–1902), appointed first female judge in United States in 1870 to complete the term of a justice who resigned in protest of Wyoming Territory's passage of women's suffrage
- Harold McCracken (1894–1983), creator and director of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody
- M. Margaret McKeown (born 1951), US Appeals Court Judge; born in Casper, Wyoming
- Margaret Murie (1902–2003), conservationist; lived in Wyoming
- John Pedersen, prolific firearms designer who worked for Remington Arms
- Chance Phelps (1985–2004), soldier; born in Dubois
- 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 (born 1929), lawyer; born in Laramie
- Willis Van Devanter (1859–1941), city attorney for Cheyenne; chief judge of the Wyoming territorial court
- Robert R. Wilson (1914–2000), physicist who was a group leader of the Manhattan Project; born in Frontier
References
- ↑ BlackPast.org-Remembered and Reclaimed-Byrd, Harriet Elizabeth "Liz" (1926–)
- ↑ "Alvin Wiederspahn". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.robertfostermusic.com/bio
- ↑ http://artistdata.sonicbids.com/robert-foster/biography/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1173091/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928243/bio/
- ↑ "James Chilton, Hall of Fame inductee grew alongside aviation industry, September 26, 2013". Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
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