# List of people from Butte, Montana

The following is a list of people from Butte, Montana, including notable persons who were born and/or have resided in Butte.

## A

* Colt Anderson, NFL defensive back (B)
* Eden Atwood, jazz vocalist
* Rudy Autio, ceramist, sculptor (B)

## B

* John Banovich, artist (B)
* Mary Bard, author (B)
* Lauretta Bender, pioneering neuropsychologist (B)
* John W. Bonner, Governor of Montana (B)
* Rosemarie Bowe, actress (B)
* Patricia Briggs, fantasy author (B)
* Myron Brinig, writer
* Mark Britton, internet executive, venture capitalist and lawyer (B)
* Scott Brow, MLB pitcher (B)
* John Francis Buckley, member of the House of Commons of Canada (B)
* Daniel Bukvich, composer; faculty, University of Idaho Moscow (B)

## C

* Albert J. Campbell, United States Representative from Montana
* Kathryn Card, actress (B)
* William Andrews Clark, copper magnate and politician
* William Andrews Clark Jr., philanthropist, founder of Los Angeles Philharmonic
* Amanda Curtis, Montana House of Representatives

## D

* John Duykers, operatic tenor (B)

## E

* Barbara Ehrenreich, author (B)
* Julian Eltinge, actor and female impersonator
* J. R. Eyerman, photographer

## F

* Herb Flemming, jazz trombonist (B)
* Henry Frank, businessman and Butte mayor

## G

* George F. Grant, innovative fly tier, author, and conservationist
* Kirby Grant, actor (B)
* Karla M. Gray, Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, worked in Butte

## H

* Dashiell Hammett, author (The Maltese Falcon), once worked for Pinkerton National Detective Agency
* Bobby Hauck, college football coach
* Tim Hauck, NFL defensive back, coach (B)
* John Haughm, musician and artist
* F. Augustus Heinze, copper magnate
* Sonny Holland, football coach and player

## J

* Sam Jankovich, football player, coach, administrator (B)
* Keith Jardine, mixed martial artist (B)
* Solon Johnson, miner, prospector and former Wisconsin legislator
* Rob Johnson, MLB catcher
* Helmi Juvonen, artist (B)

## K

* Pat Kearney, late KXLF-TV newscaster, author and historian (B)
* Evel Knievel, motorcycle daredevil (B)
* Robbie Knievel, motorcycle daredevil, son of Evel Knievel (B)
* Ella J. Knowles Haskell, first woman to practice law in Montana

## L

* Ethan Laidlaw, actor (B)
* Robert C. Lautman, photographer (B)
* Rose Hum Lee, sociologist (B)
* Andrea Leeds, actress (B)
* Levi Leipheimer, Olympic cycling medalist, two-time U.S. champion (B)
* Frank Little, union leader lynched in Butte
* Paul B. Lowney, humorist, author of At Another Time — Growing up in Butte (B)
* Sonny Lubick, football coach at Colorado State University 1993-2007 (B)

## M

* Jack McAuliffe, former Green Bay Packers halfback (B)
* Donald McCaig, writer (B)
* Betty MacDonald, humor writer
* Michael McFaul, Oxford scholar, Stanford University professor, and former US Ambassador to Russia
* Mike McGrath, Montana Attorney General (B)
* Mary MacLane, feminist author and "Wild Woman of Butte"
* Mike Mansfield, U.S. senator from Montana, longest-serving Senate Majority Leader and former US Ambassador to Japan
* Lee Mantle, United States Senator from Montana
* Judy Martz, Olympic speed skater and Governor of Montana
* Donald W. Molloy, U.S. district judge (B)
* Joseph P. Monaghan, United States Representative from Montana (B)

## O

* Bob O'Billovich – American gridiron football player and coach (born 1940) (B)
* Jerry J. O'Connell – American politician (1909–1965) (B)
* Robert J. O'Neill – US Navy SEAL (born 1976) (B)
* Pat Ogrin – American football player (born 1958) (B)
* Arnold Olsen – American politician (1916–1990) (B)

## P

* Jean Parker – American actress (1915–2005) (B)
* Aaron Parrett – American professor, author, musician, letterpress printerPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback (B)
* Erin Popovich – American Paralympic swimmer
* Milt Popovich – American football player (1915–2005) (B)

## R

* Jacob S. Raisin, rabbi
* Bernard Ramm, theologian (B)
* Martha Raye, film and television actress, singer (B)
* John E. Rickards, first Lieutenant Governor of Montana
* Fritzi Ridgeway, actress
* William Rockefeller, financier
* A. J. Rosier, Wyoming state senator
* Jim Rotondi, jazz trumpeter, composer, educator (B)

## S

* Michael Sells, professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Chicago (B)
* Brian Sullivan, member of the Washington House of Representatives (B)
* Jim Sweeney, former head football coach at Washington State University and longtime head coach at Fresno State University (B)

## T

* Montana Taylor, pianist (B)
* George Leo Thomas, Bishop of Helena
* Jacob Thorkelson, United States Representative from Montana
* Charlotte Towle, academic and social worker (B)
* Robert Tryon, behavioral psychologist (B)

## V

* Wayne S. Vucinich, historian and academic (B)

## W

* John Walsh, former Lieutenant Governor of Montana, United States Senator and Adjutant General of the Montana National Guard (B)
* Jack Weyland, physicist, academic (B)
* Burton K. Wheeler, United States Senator from Montana
* Griff Williams, painter (B)
* Kathlyn Williams, actress (B)
* Bryon Wilson, skier, Olympic bronze medalist (B).

## Y

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