This is a list of prominent people who were born in or lived for a significant period of time in

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...

Wyoming Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...

The arts

Acting

* Burnu Acquanetta (1921–2004), actress and model; born in

Cheyenne The Cheyenne ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. Their Cheyenne language belongs to the Algonquian language family. Today, the Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized nations: the Southern Cheyenne, who are enroll ...

Jim Beaver James Norman Beaver Jr. (born August 12, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and film historian. He is most familiar to worldwide audiences as Bobby Singer in ''Supernatural''. He also played Whitney Ellsworth on the HBO Western drama series '' ...

(born 1950), actor; born in Laramie * Jim J. Bullock (born 1955), actor; born in

Casper Casper may refer to: People * Casper (given name) * Casper (surname) * Casper (Maya ruler) (422–487?), ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque * Tok Casper, first known king of Maya city-state Quiriguá in Guatemala, ruling beginning in 426 * David ...

Darren Dalton Darren Jack Dalton (born February 9, 1965) is an American actor, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for playing Randy the Soc in ''The Outsiders (film), The Outsiders'' (1983) and Daryl in ''Red Dawn'' (1984), Life and career D ...

(born 1965), actor; born in Powell *

Mickey Daniels Richard Daniels Jr. (October 11, 1914 – August 20, 1970) known professionally as Mickey Daniels, was an American actor. Signed by Hal Roach in 1921, he was, along with Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Jackie Davis, Mary Kornman, and Ernie Morrison, a r ...

(1914–1970), actor; born in Rock Springs *

Matthew Fox Matthew Chandler Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Charlie Salinger on ''Party of Five'' (1994–2000) and Jack Shephard on the drama series ''Lost'' (2004–2010), the latter of which earned him ...

(born 1966), actor; raised in Crowheart *

Jesse Garcia Jesse Garcia (born December 14, 1982) is an American actor. Career Garcia starred in the award-winning film ''Quinceañera'', written and directed by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer with executive producer Todd Haynes, which won both the ...

(born 1982), actor; born in Rawlins *

Mildred Harris Mildred Harris (April 18, 1901 – July 20, 1944) was an American stage, film, and vaudeville actress during the early part of the 20th century. Harris began her career in the film industry as a child actress when she was 10 years old. She was a ...

(1901–1944), actress; born in Cheyenne * Cecilia Hart (1948–2016), actress; born in Cheyenne *

Kirby Heyborne Kirby Heyborne (born October 8, 1976) is an American actor, musician, singer, songwriter, narrator and comedian. He is known for his work in films centered around the culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Heyborn ...

(born 1976), actor; born in Evanston *

Isabel Jewell Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 – April 5, 1972) was an American actress who rose to prominence in the 1930s and early 1940s. Some of her more famous films were '' Ceiling Zero'', ''Marked Woman'', ''A Tale of Two Cities'', and ''Gone with t ...

(1907–1972), actress; born in

Shoshoni The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ) are a Native American tribe with four large cultural/linguistic divisions: * Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming * Northern Shoshone: southern Idaho * Western Shoshone: Nevada, northern Utah * Goshute: western Utah, easter ...

* Michael Pearlman (born 1972), actor; lives in

Jackson Jackson may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Qu ...

Jim Siedow James Nash Siedow (June 12, 1920 – November 20, 2003) was an American actor, best known for his role of Drayton "The Cook" Sawyer in ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' and its sequel ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2''. Life and career Siedow was ...

(1920–2003), actor; born in Cheyenne *

Wally Wales Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns. After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally ...

(1895–1980), actor; born in Sheridan *

Larry Wilcox Larry Dee Wilcox (born August 8, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as California Highway Patrol officer (later captain) Jonathan "Jon" Baker in the television series '' CHiPs'', which ran from 1977 to 1983 on NBC. A Vietnam ve ...

(born 1947), actor; raised in Rawlins

Literature

Craig Arnold Craig Arnold (November 16, 1967 – April 27, 2009) was an American poet and professor. His first book of poems, ''Shells'' (1999), was selected by W. S. Merwin for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. His many honors include the 2005 Joseph B ...

(born 1967), poet; teaches at the

University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, and opened in September 1887. The University of Wyoming ...

; lives in Laramie *

C. J. Box Charles James Box Jr. (born 1958) is an American author of more than thirty novels. Box is the author of the Joe Pickett series, as well as several stand-alone novels, and a collection of short stories. The novels have been translated into 27 lan ...

, author of the ''Joe Pickett series'' of novels *

Maxwell Struthers Burt Maxwell Struthers Burt (October 18, 1882 Baltimore, Maryland – August 29, 1954, Jackson Hole, Wyoming), was an American novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Life Struthers Burt grew up in Philadelphia, where he attended private schools an ...

(1882–1954), novelist * James A. "Jim" Corbett (1933–2001), writer, philosopher, and human-rights activist; born in

Gretel Ehrlich Gretel Ehrlich is an American travel writer, poet and essayist. Biography Born in 1946 in Santa Barbara, California, she studied at Bennington College and UCLA film school. She began to write full-time in 1978 while living on a Wyoming ranch ...

, novelist * Joe Clifford Faust, novelist *

Alexandra Fuller Alexandra Fuller (born in 1969 in Glossop, England) is a British- Rhodesian author. Her articles and reviews have appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' National Geographic'', ''Granta'', ''The New York Times'', ''The Guardian'' and ''The Financ ...

(born 1969), writer, author of '' Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight''; lives in Jackson Hole *

Kathleen O'Neal Gear Kathleen O'Neal Gear (born 1954) is an American archaeologist and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Spur Award for best historical novel of the west, and two Special Achievement Awards from the U.S. Dept. of the Int ...

(born 1954), writer * W. Michael Gear (born 1955), writer * Dan Hausel (born 1949), author of several geology books in Wyoming *

Grace Raymond Hebard Grace Raymond Hebard (July 2, 1861 – October 1936) gained prominence as a Wyoming historian, suffragist, pioneering scholar, prolific writer, political economist and noted University of Wyoming educator. Hebard's standing as a historian in pa ...

(1861–1936), western history writer whose findings regarding Sacajawea and Esther Hobart Morris tend to be challenged by contemporary historians * Craig A. Johnson (born 1961), author of the

Walt Longmire Walter Longmire is a fictional character created by American author Craig Johnson (b. 1961) Longmire is title character of ''Walt Longmire Mysteries'', a series of mystery novels first published in 2004. The novels were adapted into '' Longmire' ...

Mysteries; lives in

Ucross, Wyoming Ucross is an unincorporated community along the Piney Creek on the southern edge of Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. Ucross is located at the junction of U.S. Route 14 and U.S. Route 16, west-southwest of Clearmont. Ucross has a popu ...

George Clayton Johnson George Clayton Johnson (July 10, 1929 – December 25, 2015) was an American science fiction writer, best known for co-writing with William F. Nolan the novel ''Logan's Run'', the basis for the MGM 1976 film. He was also known for his televis ...

(1929–2015), co-author of the novel ''

Logan's Run ''Logan's Run'' is a science fiction novel by American writers William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, the novel depicts a dystopic Malthusianism future society in which both population and the consumption of resource ...

''; born in Cheyenne * Theodore Judson, science-fiction writer *

Patricia MacLachlan Patricia Marie MacLachlan ( Pritzkau; March 3, 1938 – March 31, 2022) was an American children's writer. She was noted for her novel '' Sarah, Plain and Tall'', which won the 1986 Newbery Medal. Early life MacLachlan was born in Cheyenne, Wyo ...

(1938-2022), children's book writer; her book ''

Sarah, Plain and Tall ''Sarah, Plain and Tall'' is a children's book written by Patricia MacLachlan and the winner of the 1986 Newbery Medal, the 1986 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and the 1986 Golden Kite Award. It explores themes of loneliness, abando ...

'' won the

Newbery Medal The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contr ...

; born in Cheyenne *

Rodger McDaniel Rodger McDaniel (born August 14, 1948) is an American politician from the state of Wyoming. He is a member of the Democratic Party. McDaniel has served in the Wyoming Senate and Wyoming House of Representatives. Career Rodger McDaniel was born in ...

(born 1948), legislator, attorney, pastor, author of ''Dying for Joe McCarthy's Sins: The Suicide of Senator Lester Hunt''; from Cheyenne *

Kyle Mills Kyle David Mills (born 15 March 1979) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former international cricketer who is the former bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders. He was also a former captain of the New Zealand cricket team in limited-overs ...

(born 1966), writer; lives in Jackson Hole *

Florabel Muir Florabel Muir (May 6, 1889 – April 27, 1970) was an American reporter, newspaper columnist and author. She became known for covering both Hollywood celebrities and underworld gangsters from the 1920s through the 1960s. Career Muir was b ...

(1889–1970), newspaper reporter and columnist; born in Rock Springs *

Edgar Wilson Nye Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye (August 25, 1850February 22, 1896) was an American humorist. He was also the founder and editor of the ''Laramie Boomerang''. Biography Nye was born in Shirley, Maine. His parents removed to a farm on the St. Croix rive ...

(1850–1896), journalist and humorist; postmaster of Laramie City in the

Wyoming Territory The Territory of Wyoming was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 25, 1868, until July 10, 1890, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Wyoming. Cheyenne was the territorial capital. The boun ...

Todd Parr Todd Parr (born July 9, 1962) is an American author, illustrator, animator and television producer. Parr grew up in Rock Springs, Wyoming and later moved to San Francisco in 1995, where he pursued a career as an artist. He has also worked as a fl ...

(born 1962), children's book writer, artist, children's television show producer; grew up in Rock Springs *

E. Annie Proulx E is the fifth letter of the Latin alphabet. E or e may also refer to: Commerce and transportation * €, the symbol for the euro, the European Union's standard currency unit * ℮, the estimated sign, an EU symbol indicating that the weigh ...

(born 1935), writer; author of the short story "

Brokeback Mountain ''Brokeback Mountain'' is a 2005 American neo-Western romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus. Adapted from the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by O ...

"; lives in Wyoming *

Chip Rawlins Chip Rawlins (born 1949) is an American writer and the co-author of '' The Complete Walker IV'' with Colin Fletcher. He also publishes under the name C. L. Rawlins . Rawlins is a non-fiction writer, poet, outdoor guide, and instructor. Previous job ...

, non-fiction writer, outdoorsman; lives in Laramie *

Tracy Ringolsby Tracy Ringolsby (born April 30, 1951 in Cheyenne, Wyoming) is an American sportswriter. He was a columnist for ''Baseball America'' from its beginning until cutbacks with free-lance writers were eliminated during the COVID-19 pandemic. In retire ...

, sports writer, born and lives in Cheyenne, fifth generation * David Romtvedt, Poet Laureate of Wyoming *

Owen Wister Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing '' The Virginian'' and a biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Biography Early life ...

(1860–1938), writer of

Western novels Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and ...

Music

* Scott Avett (born 1976), musician; member of

The Avett Brothers The Avett Brothers are an American folk rock band from Concord, North Carolina. The band is made up of two brothers, Scott Avett ( banjo, lead vocals, guitar, piano, kick-drum) and Seth Avett (guitar, lead vocals, piano, hi-hat) along with Bob ...

; born in Cheyenne *

John Perry Barlow John Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947February 7, 2018) was an American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, and cyberlibertarian political activist who had been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He was also a lyricist for the ...

(1947–2018),

Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, Folk music, folk, country music, country, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, ...

lyricist; co-founder of the

Electronic Frontier Foundation The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California. The foundation was formed on 10 July 1990 by John Gilmore, John Perry Barlow and Mitch Kapor to promote Internet ci ...

; retired cattleman; born in Jackson Hole *

Ronnie Bedford Ronnie Bedford (June 2, 1931 – December 20, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and professor. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bedford was one of the founders of the Yellowstone Jazz Festival held annually in Cody, Wyoming, and was the recipi ...

(1931–2014), jazz musician; music professor at

Northwest College Northwest College is a Public college, public community college in Powell, Wyoming. History Northwest College opened in 1946, as the "University of Wyoming Northwest Center," with the support of the University of Wyoming and the local school dis ...

in Powell *

Richard Kermode Richard Kermode (October 5, 1946 – January 16, 1996) was an American keyboardist, known for performing with Janis Joplin, Malo, Santana, and Ray Cepeda. History Richard Kermode was born on October 5, 1946, in Lovell, Wyoming. Kermode gre ...

(1946–1996), keyboardist; played with

Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and musician. One of the most successful and widely known Rock music, rock stars of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and "electric" stage ...

Malo Mal, which in Spanish means ''bad or evil'', may also refer to: Places * Malo, Italy, a town *Malo Island, formerly known as St. Bartholomew, Vanuatu * Malo (Solomon Islands), an island *Malo, Washington, Ferry County, Washington, United States * ...

and

Santana Santana may refer to: Transportation * Volkswagen Santana, an automobile * Santana Cycles, manufacturer of tandem bicycles * Santana Motors, a former Spanish automobile manufacturer Boats * Santana 20, an American sailboat design by W. D. Sch ...

, born in Lovell * Chris LeDoux (1948–2005), country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor and rodeo champion (professional bareback rider); lived in Kaycee * Charlie Martineau, musician *

Teenage Bottlerocket Teenage Bottlerocket is an American punk rock band formed in Laramie, Wyoming in 2000. The band was formed by twin brothers Ray and Brandon Carlisle, following the dissolution of their previous band, Homeless Wonders. The band's music is heav ...

, punk rock band from Laramie

Television

Curt Gowdy Curtis Edward Gowdy (July 31, 1919 – February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster. He called Boston Red Sox games on radio and TV for 15 years, and then covered many nationally televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports and ABC Sp ...

(1919–2006), sportscaster; born in

Green River Green River may refer to: Rivers Canada * Green River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Lillooet River *Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, also known by its French name of Rivière Verte *Green River (Ontario), a tributary of ...

* Ian James Lee, CNN correspondent; born in Lander * Pete Williams,

NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an Television in the United States, American English-language Commercial broadcasting, commercial television network, broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Enterta ...

news correspondent; born in Casper

Visual arts

* Earl W. Bascom (1896–1992), painter, sculptor, "Cowboy of Cowboy Artists", "Dean of Rodeo Cowboy Sculpture"; lived in Rock Springs *

Elsa Spear Byron Elsa Spear Byron (1896 in Big Horn, Wyoming – 1992) was an American photographer. As a young child, she learned to help her mother make photographic prints from a plate camera purchased in 1900. Her photographs were sold all over the country ...

(1896–1992), photographer; born in Big Horn; lived most of her life in Sheridan *

Jackson Pollock Paul Jackson Pollock (; January 28, 1912August 11, 1956) was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was widely noticed for his " drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a hor ...

(1912–1956), artist; born in

Cody Cody may refer to: People *Cody (given name) *Cody (surname) * Cody (wrestler), a ring name of Cody Runnels Places Canada * Cody, British Columbia United States * Cody, Florida * Cody (Duluth), Minnesota * Cody, Missouri * Cody, Nebraska *Cody, ...

Floyd Shaman Floyd Shaman (December 20, 1935 – August 8, 2005) was a 20th-century American sculptor. Life Born in Wheatland, Wyoming, Shaman lived in several parts of the state in his early years and briefly in Seattle, Washington where his parents worked ...

(1935–2005), sculptor; born in Wheatland *

Penny Wolin Penny Wolin (born June 5, 1953), also known as Penny Diane Wolin and Penny Wolin-Semple, is an American portrait photographer and a visual anthropologist. She has exhibited solo at the Smithsonian Institution and is the recipient of two grants fr ...

(born 1953), photographer; author of "The Jews of Wyoming: Fringe of the Diaspora" and "Descendants of Light: American Photographers of Jewish Ancestry"; born in

Other

* Tony Andruzzi (1925–1991), magician; born in Cheyenne * Robyn Johnson (born 1985), Miss Wyoming USA 2007 * Melba Ogle (born 1942), model; born in Cheyenne *

Lyle Waggoner Lyle Wesley Waggoner (; April 13, 1935 – March 17, 2020) was an American actor, sculptor, presenter, travel trailer salesman and model, known for his work on ''The Carol Burnett Show'' from 1967 to 1974 and for playing the role of Steve Trevor ...

(1935–2020), actor, sculptor; lives in Jackson

Politics and public office

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Thurman Arnold Thurman Wesley Arnold (June 2, 1891 – November 7, 1969) was an American lawyer best known for his trust-busting campaign as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Department of Justice ...

(1891–1969), associate judge of the Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit * Amos W. Barber (1861–1915), Governor of Wyoming (1890–1893) *

John Barrasso John Anthony Barrasso III ( ; born July 21, 1952) is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wyoming, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Wyoming State ...

(born 1952), Republican U.S. Senator from Wyoming (since 2007) * Frank A. Barrett (1892–1962), U.S. Senator, Representatives, Governor of Wyoming *

Eli Bebout Eli Daniel Bebout (born October 14, 1946) is an American athlete and politician who served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from a multi-member district in Fremont County and the 55th district from 1987 to 2001, and later served in the ...

(born 1946), Republican gubernatorial nominee (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), *

Bryant Butler Brooks Bryant Butler Brooks (February 5, 1861December 8, 1944) was an American businessman, rancher, politician, oilman, banker and published author. He was the seventh governor of Wyoming from January 2, 1905 until January 2, 1911. Brooks was born ...

(1861–1944), Governor of Wyoming (1905–1911) * Anne Gorsuch Burford (1942–2004), first female administrator of the

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; born in

* Harriet Elizabeth Byrd (1926–2015), first African American elected to the

Wyoming Legislature The Wyoming State Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is a bicameral state legislature, consisting of a 60-member Wyoming House of Representatives, and a 30-member Wyoming Senate. The legislature meets at the ...

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John Allen Campbell John Allen Campbell (October 8, 1835July 14, 1880) was a politician and officer in the United States Army, as well as the first Governor of the Wyoming Territory. Biography Campbell was born in Salem, Ohio and attended public school in Ohio. As a ...

(1835–1880), first governor of the Wyoming Territory (1869–1875) *

Joseph M. Carey Joseph Maull Carey (January 19, 1845February 5, 1924) was an American lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician, who was active in Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by ...

(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 Cale Case (born June 2, 1958) is an American economist, businessman, and politician from Wyoming. A Republican, Case has been a member of the Wyoming State Senate since 1999. From 1994 to 1998, he was a member of the Wyoming House of Representa ...

(born 1958), Wyoming state senator from Lander (since 1998) *

Fenimore Chatterton Fenimore Chatterton (July 21, 1860May 9, 1958) was an American businessman, politician, and lawyer. He was the sixth Governor of Wyoming from April 28, 1903 until January 2, 1905. Biography Chatterton was born in Oswego County, New York, but ra ...

(1860–1958), Acting Governor of Wyoming (1903–1905) *

Dick Cheney Richard Bruce Cheney ( ; born January 30, 1941) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He is currently the oldest living former U ...

(born 1941), vice-president of the United States; raised in Casper; lives in Jackson Hole *

Lynne Cheney Lynne Ann Cheney ( ; ; born August 14, 1941) is an American author, scholar, and former talk show host. She is married to the 46th vice president of the United States, Dick Cheney, and served as the second lady of the United States from 2001 to ...

(born 1941), member of the

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, known simply as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), is a center-right Washington, D.C.–based think tank that researches government, politics, economics, and social welfare. A ...

; chairwoman of the

National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...

; wife of

; born in Casper * Alonzo M. Clark (1868–1952), Governor of Wyoming (1931–1933) *

Clarence D. Clark Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as ...

(1851–1930), member of the Wyoming constitutional convention, U.S. Representative (1890–1893), U.S. Senator (1895–1917) *

Tom Coburn Thomas Allen Coburn (March 14, 1948 – March 28, 2020) was an American politician and physician who served as a United States senator for Oklahoma from 2005, until his resignation in 2015. A Republican, he previously served as a United St ...

(1948–2020), Junior Republican Senator from Oklahoma; born in Casper * Henry A. Coffeen (1841–1912), U.S. Representative (1893–1895) * Arthur G. Crane (1877–1955), Governor of Wyoming (1949–1951) * Patrick Crank, Attorney General of Wyoming (2002–2007) *

Edward D. Crippa Edward David Crippa (April 8, 1899October 20, 1960) was an American politician who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Crippa was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming, Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Sweetwater County, ...

, interim U.S. Senator (1954) *

Barbara Cubin Barbara Lynn Cubin (born November 30, 1946) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, Wyoming’s sole member of that body. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Wyoming. Earl ...

(born 1946), U.S. Representative (1995–2009) * W. G. Curtis, founder and mayor of Torrington; Wyoming State representative *

Stephen Wheeler Downey Stephen Wheeler Downey (July 25, 1839 – August 3, 1902) was a lawyer and politician in Wyoming. A Union Army veteran of the American Civil War, he was an early white settler of Wyoming, and served as its treasurer, auditor, and delegate to ...

(1839–1902), Wyoming territorial government leader; member of the Wyoming congressional convention; University of Wyoming trustee and president *

Frank Emerson Frank Collins Emerson (May 26, 1882February 18, 1931) was an American engineer and politician from Wyoming. He was most notable for his service as the 15th Governor of Wyoming from January 3, 1927, until his death. Biography Frank C. Emerson wa ...

(1882–1931), Governor of Wyoming (1926–1931) *

Mike Enzi Michael Bradley Enzi ( ; February 1, 1944 – July 26, 2021) was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Wyoming as a member of the Republican Party from 1997 to 2021. Prior to his tenure in the United States Senate ...

(1944–2021), U.S. Senator (1997–2021) *

Dave Freudenthal David Duane Freudenthal (born October 12, 1950) is an American attorney, economist, and politician who served as the 31st Governor of Wyoming from 2003 to 2011. Freudenthal previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming ...

(born 1950), Governor of Wyoming (2003–2011) * Nancy Freudenthal (born 1954), judge on the

United States District Court for the District of Wyoming The United States District Court for the District of Wyoming (in case citations, D. Wyo.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of Wyoming and those portions of Yellowstone National Park situated in Montana and Id ...

Jack R. Gage Jack Robert Gage (January 13, 1899 – March 14, 1970) was an American author, educator, and politician who served as the List of governors of Wyoming, 25th Governor of Wyoming as a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Par ...

(1899–1970), Governor of Wyoming (1961–1963) *

Jim Geringer James Edward Geringer (born April 24, 1944) is an American politician who was the 30th Governor of Wyoming, serving from 1995 to 2003. Early life and education Geringer was born and raised on a farm in Wheatland, Wyoming. His father, Gottlieb Ge ...

(born 1944), Governor of Wyoming (1995–2003) * Paul Ranous Greever (1891–1943), U.S. Representative (1935–1938); mayor of

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Clifford Hansen Clifford Peter Hansen (October 16, 1912October 20, 2009) was an American politician from the state of Wyoming. A Republican, he served as the 26th Governor of Wyoming (January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967) and subsequently as a United States sen ...

(1912–2009), Governor of Wyoming (1963–1967), U.S. Senator (1967–1978) *

William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...

(1896–1990), Republican U.S. Representative from Wyoming (1950s and 1960s) *

Stanley K. Hathaway Stanley Knapp Hathaway (July 19, 1924 – October 4, 2005) was an American politician who served as the 27th Governor of Wyoming from 1967 to 1975, and would later serve as United States Secretary of the Interior under President Gerald Ford ...

(1924–2005), Governor of Wyoming (1967–1975), U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1975) *

Edgar Herschler Edgar Jacob Herschler (October 27, 1918 – February 5, 1990) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 28th Governor of Wyoming from 1975 to 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the longest-serving Governor of Wyoming w ...

(1918–1990), Governor of Wyoming (1975–1987) *

John J. Hickey John Joseph Hickey (August 22, 1911 – September 22, 1970) was an American judge and politician who served the 24th Governor of Wyoming and Senator as a Democrat before sitting on the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He was the first G ...

(1911–1970), U.S. Senator (1961–1962) *

Frank O. Horton Frank Ogilvie Horton (October 18, 1882 – August 17, 1948) was a United States representative from Wyoming. Born in Muscatine, Iowa, he attended the public schools, graduated from Morgan Park Military Academy (in Illinois) in 1899 and from th ...

(1882–1948), U.S. Representative (1939–1941) *

Lester C. Hunt Lester Callaway Hunt, Sr. (July 8, 1892June 19, 1954), was an American Democratic politician from the state of Wyoming. Hunt was the first to be elected to two consecutive terms as Wyoming's governor, serving as its 19th Governor from January ...

(1892–1954), Governor of Wyoming (1943–1949); U.S. Senator (1949–1954) *

John B. Kendrick John Benjamin Kendrick (September 6, 1857 – November 3, 1933) was an American politician and cattleman who served as a United States senator from Wyoming and as the ninth Governor of Wyoming as a member of the Democratic Party. Early life ...

(1857–1933), Governor of Wyoming (1915–1917), U.S. Senator (1917–1933) * Frank E. Lucas (1876–1948), Republican Governor of Wyoming (1924–1925) *

Cynthia Lummis Cynthia Marie Lummis Wiederspahn ( ; born September 10, 1954) is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Wyoming since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Lummis served as the U.S representative ...

(born 1954), former Republican member of both houses of the Wyoming legislature and former state treasurer *

Randall Luthi Randall B. Luthi (born 1955) is an Lawyer, attorney and rancher from Freedom, Wyoming, Freedom, who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1995—2007. He was the Speaker (politi ...

(born 1953), former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives *

Max Maxfield Max Maxfield (born February 17, 1945) was the 20th Secretary of State for the U.S. state of Wyoming. He assumed the position in January 2007 and was handily reelected in November 2010. He was not a candidate for a third term in the August 2014 Re ...

(born 1945), Republican secretary of state of Wyoming *

(born 1948), Democrat, House of Representatives (1970–1976), Wyoming Senate (1976–1980), attorney; author of biography of U.S. Senator Lester C. Hunt (2013) *

Gale W. McGee Gale William McGee (March 17, 1915April 9, 1992) was a United States Senate, United States Senator of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, and United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS). He represente ...

(1915–1992), U.S. Senator (1959–1977) * John J. McIntyre (1904–1974), U.S. Representative (1941–1943); Wyoming Supreme Court Justice *

Ron Micheli Joseph Ronald Micheli, known as Ron Micheli (born May 30, 1948), is a former director of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture who also served from 1977-1992 in the Wyoming House of Representatives. He ran a strong third-place finish as a candi ...

(born 1948), former Republican member of Wyoming Legislature, former Wyoming Director of Agriculture *

Leslie A. Miller Leslie Andrew Miller (January 29, 1886September 29, 1970) was an American politician who served as the 17th governor of Wyoming from January 2, 1933, until January 2, 1939. He was a Democrat. Biography Miller was born in Junction City, Kansas on ...

(1886–1970), Governor of Wyoming (1932–1939) * Franklin Wheeler Mondell (1860–1939), U.S. Representative (1895–1897; 1899–1923) ;N–Z Nellie Tayloe Ross

Joseph C. O'Mahoney Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (November 5, 1884December 1, 1962) was an American journalist, lawyer, and politician. A Democrat, he served four complete terms as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming on two occasions, first from 1934-1953 and then again fro ...

(1884–1962), U.S. Senator (1934–1953; 1954–1961) *

John Eugene Osborne John Eugene Osborne (June 19, 1858 – April 24, 1943) was an American physician, farmer, banker, and politician who served as the 3rd governor of Wyoming and United States representative as a member of the Democratic Party. Early life John ...

(1858–1943), Governor of Wyoming (1892–1895), U.S. Representative (1987–1999) *

Dana Perino Dana Marie Perino (born May 9, 1972) is an American political commentator and author who served as the 26th White House Press Secretary, under President George W. Bush from September 14, 2007, to January 20, 2009. She was the second female Whit ...

(born 1972), 26th White House Press Secretary *

Nellie Tayloe Ross Nellie Davis Tayloe Ross (November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American educator and politician who served as the 14th governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and as the 28th and first female director of the United States Mint from 193 ...

(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 William Alford Richards (March 9, 1849July 25, 1912) was an American surveyor, rancher and politician. He was the fourth Governor of Wyoming from January 7, 1895 until January 2, 1899; and also served as the 30th Commissioner of the General L ...

(1849–1912), Governor of Wyoming (1895–1899) *

Edward V. Robertson Edward Vivian Robertson (May 27, 1881April 15, 1963) was a Welsh-born American politician who served as a member of the United States Senate for Wyoming from 1943 to 1949. Early life Born in Cardiff, Wales, he served in the Third Battalion of ...

(1881–1963), U.S. Senator (1943–1949) *

Teno Roncalio Teno Domenico Roncalio (March 23, 1916 – March 30, 2003), born Celeste Domenico Roncaglio, was an American politician and writer who served in the United States House of Representatives. To date, he is the last Democrat to have represented Wyo ...

(1916–2003), U.S. Representative (1965–1967; 1971–1978) *

William B. Ross William Bradford Ross (December 4, 1873 – October 2, 1924) was an American politician who served as the List of Governors of Wyoming, 12th governor of Wyoming as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat. Life William Bradford Ross was bor ...

(1873–1924), Governor of Wyoming (1923–1924) *

Tom Sansonetti Thomas Lawrence Sansonetti (born May 18, 1949), is an attorney and a former government official from the U.S. state of Wyoming. He now resides in Greenwood Village, a suburb of Denver, Colorado. After graduation from high school, he earne ...

, Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department *

Henry H. Schwartz Henry Herman "Harry" Schwartz (May 18, 1869April 24, 1955) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Schwartz was born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools of Mercer County and C ...

(1869–1955), U.S. Senator (1937–1943) *

Bryan Sharratt Bryan Edwards Sharratt (October 13, 1947 – August 16, 2007) was a United States Navy and Air Force officer, a lawyer, a Certified Public Accountant, a real estate broker, and a Democratic politician from Wyoming. After losing his Wyoming's a ...

(1947–2007), member of Clinton administration defense team; Democratic candidate for Congress (1988), having been defeated by

* Alan K. Simpson (born 1931), U.S. Senator (1979–1997) *

Milward L. Simpson Milward Lee Simpson (November 12, 1897June 11, 1993) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and as the 23rd Governor of Wyoming, the first born in the state. In 1985, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the Na ...

(1897–1993), Republican governor and U.S. Senator from Wyoming * Mike Sullivan (born 1939), Governor of Wyoming (1987–1995) *

Patrick Joseph Sullivan Patrick Joseph Sullivan (March 17, 1864April 8, 1935) was an American politician. He was the mayor of Casper, Wyoming from 1897 to 1898 and was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States Senate from Wyoming from 1 ...

(1865–1935), mayor of

; U.S. Senator (1929–1930) * Patrick Sullivan (1880–1959), Wyoming State Representative (1913–1917) * John Thayer (1820–1906), Governor of Wyoming Territory (1875–1878) *

Craig L. Thomas Craig Lyle Thomas (February 17, 1933 – June 4, 2007) was an American politician who served as United States Senator from Wyoming from 1995 until his death in 2007. He was a member of the Republican Party. In the Senate, Thomas was considered ...

(1930–2007), U.S. Senator (1995–2007) * Edwin Keith Thomson (1919–1960), U.S. Representative (1955–1960) * Thyra Thomson (1916–2013), Wyoming Secretary of State (1962–1987) *

Malcolm Wallop Malcolm Wallop (February 27, 1933 – September 14, 2011) was an American rancher and politician. He served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party. Early years Wallop was born in New Yo ...

(1933–2011), U.S. Senator (1977–1995) * Francis E. Warren (1844–1929), Governor of Wyoming (1890), U.S. Senator (1890–1893; 1895–1929) *

James G. Watt James Gaius Watt (born January 31, 1938) is a public servant who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1981 to 1983. He has been described as "anti-environmentalist", and was one of Ronald Reagan's most controversial cabinet appointment ...

(born 1938),

U.S. Secretary of the Interior The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natural ...

(1981–1983) * Charles E. Winter (1870–1948), U.S. Representative (1923–1929) * John S. Wold (1916–2017), U.S. Representative (1969–1971)

Sportspeople

1987 Rookies Cartoon Back Mike Devereaux

* 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; played for the University of Wyoming; born in Riverton, Wyoming, Riverton * Jim Benepe (born 1963), professional golfer; born in Sheridan * Jacob Bobenmoyer (born 1997), National Football League, NFL long snapper for the Denver Broncos; Born in Cheyenne * Bill Briggs (skier), Bill Briggs (born 1943), pioneer in ski mountaineering, lives in Jackson Hole * Tom Browning (born 1960), Major League Baseball, MLB pitcher; born in Casper * John Buck (baseball), John Buck (born 1980), MLB catcher, born in Kemmerer, Wyoming, Kemmerer * Karen Budge (born 1949), former FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup and Olympic Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer; born in

* Jaycee Carroll (born 1983), professional basketball player; born in Laramie * Gail Cogdill (1937–2016), professional football player; born in Worland, Wyoming, Worland * Chris Cooley (American football), Chris Cooley (born 1982), professional football player; born in Powell * Alicia Craig (born 1982), distance runner; born in Gillette, Wyoming, Gillette * Jesseca Cross (born 1975), Olympic athlete; born in Laramie * Lance Deal (born 1961), Olympic athlete; born in Riverton, Wyoming, Riverton; attended high school in Casper * Mike Devereaux (born 1963), MLB outfielder; NLCS MVP in 1995 with the Atlanta Braves; born in Casper * Boyd Dowler (born 1937), professional football player; born in Rock Springs * Aaron Elling (born 1978), professional football player; played for the University of Wyoming; lived in Lander * Dick Ellsworth (born 1940), MLB pitcher; born in Lusk, Wyoming, Lusk * Rulon Gardner (born 1971), wrestler; Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling; born in Afton, Wyoming, Afton * John Godina (born 1972), shot putter; three-time world champion; two-time Olympic medalist; lived in Cheyenne * Dan Hausel, W. Dan Hausel (born 1949), hall-of-fame karate and kobudo grandmaster * Jerry Hill (American football), Jerry Hill (born 1939), professional football player; born in Torrington * Bryan Iguchi (born 1973), snowboarder; 1997 X-Games bronze medalist in half-pipe; lives in Jackson Hole * James Johnson (basketball player), James Johnson (born 1987), professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors; born in Cheyenne * Jaelin Kauf (born 1996), Olympic Freestyle skiing, freestyle skier; born in Alta, Wyoming, Alta * Brett Keisel (born 1978), professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers; born in Greybull, Wyoming, Greybull * Mike Lansing (born 1968), MLB infielder; born in Rawlins * Nate Marquardt (born 1979), Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight fighter; born in Lander * Bryce Meredith (born 1995), professional Mixed martial arts, MMA fighter, three-time NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, NCAA Division I wrestling All-American and two-time National Finalist; born in Cheyenne * Tommy Moe (born 1970), world-class alpine skier; two-time Olympic medalist; member of the National Ski Hall of Fame; lives in Jackson Hole * Heather Moody (born 1973), water polo player; two-time Olympic medalist; lived in

* Jonah Nickerson (born 1985), pitcher for the Oregon State Beavers; born in Casper * Brandon Nimmo (born 1993), outfielder for New York Mets; born in Cheyenne * Jay Novacek (born 1962), professional football player; played college football at the University of Wyoming * Gail O'Brien (1911–1978), professional football player; born in Cheyenne * Brady Poppinga (born 1979), professional football player; born in Evanston * Chris Prosinski (born 1987), professional football player; born in Newcastle, Wyoming, Newcastle * Travis Rice (born 1982), professional snowboarder; co-producer of documentary films ''That's It, That's All'' (2008) and ''The Art of Flight'' (2011); born and raised in Jackson Hole * Ken Sailors (1921–2016), professional basketball player; popularized the Jump shot (basketball), jump shot; member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame; raised outside Hillsdale, Wyoming; played college basketball at the

* Todd Skinner (1958–2006), rock climber; born in Pinedale, Wyoming, Pinedale * Rick Sofield (born 1956), MLB outfielder; born in Cheyenne * Josef Stiegler (born 1937), world-class alpine skier; three-time Olympic medalist in slalom skiing, slalom and giant slalom; lives in Jackson Hole * Resi Stiegler (born 1985), alpine skier; born and raised in Jackson Hole * John Wendling (born 1983), professional football player; born in

* Jamila Wideman (born 1975), left-handed point guard basketball player, lawyer and activist * Logan Wilson (born 1996), professional football player for the Cincinnati Bengals; born and raised in Casper

Miscellaneous

(1891–1969), lawyer and judge; born in Laramie * Edward L. Baker Jr. (1865–1913), United States Army; recipient, Medal of Honor; born in Laramie County, Wyoming, Laramie County * Harold Roe Bartle (1901–1974), lawyer; politician; helped to establish Scouting in Wyoming * George T. Beck (1856–1943), politician; businessman; helped Buffalo Bill, William Cody establish the town of

* Buffalo Bill, "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846–1917), Old West figure; helped create

* 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 * Black Elk (1863–1950), heyoka of the Oglala Lakota people * 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 the 1952 Collier Trophy for designing the Pratt & Whitney JT3C, P&W J57 turbojet engine; born in Carbon County, Wyoming, Carbon County * Raymond A. Johnson, aviation pioneer * Harold McCracken (1894–1983), creator and director of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody * M. Margaret McKeown (born 1951), U.S. Appeals Court Judge; born in Casper * 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 the

's passage of women's suffrage * Margaret Murie (1902–2003), conservationist; lived in Wyoming * John Pedersen (arms designer), John Pedersen, firearms designer who worked for Remington Arms * Chance Phelps (1985–2004), soldier; born in Dubois, Wyoming, Dubois * Matthew Shepard (1976–1998), murdered student from the University of Wyoming; born in Casper * Jedediah Smith (1799–1831), mountain men, mountain man, trapper, explorer; first American to get to California from the East * Gerry Spence (born 1929), lawyer; born in Laramie * Willis Van Devanter (1859–1941), city attorney for Cheyenne; chief judge of Wyoming territorial court * Robert R. Wilson (1914–2000), physicist; a group leader of the Manhattan Project; born in Frontier, Wyoming, Frontier

References

{{Lists of people by U.S. state Lists of people from Wyoming