# List of people from Idaho

Following is a list of notable people who were either born in the American state of Idaho or lived there for a substantial amount of time.
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* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References

## A

* William Agee – business executive, Boise
* Joseph Albertson – Albertson's grocery store chain, Caldwell
* Cecil D. Andrus – former United States Secretary of the Interior and Governor of Idaho, Orofino
* James Jesus Angleton – former chief of counter-intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Boise
* Kristin Armstrong – Olympic gold medal cyclist (2008 and 2012), Boise
* Don Aslett – entrepreneur and author, Twin Falls

## B

* Brandon Bair – NFL defensive end, Rexburg
* Matthew Barney – filmmaker and artist, Boise
* Bruce Bastian – co-founder of WordPerfect Software Company, Twin Falls
* Terrel Howard Bell – former United States Secretary of Education, Lava Hot Springs
* Andy Benoit – NFL writer for Sports Illustrated, Boise
* Ezra Taft Benson – LDS Church President and United States Secretary of Agriculture, Whitney
* Bowe Bergdahl – U.S. Army soldier charged with desertion, Sun Valley
* Billie Bird – actress and comedian, Pocatello
* Ronee Blakley – actress and singer, Caldwell
* William E. Borah – United States Senator, Boise
* Gutzon Borglum – Mount Rushmore sculptor, St. Charles
* Gregory "Pappy" Boyington – WWII Marine fighter ace, Medal of Honor recipient, Coeur d'Alene
* Carol Ryrie Brink – author, Moscow
* Phyllis Brooks – actress and model, Boise
* Edgar Rice Burroughs – creator and author of the Tarzan series, Parma
* MaryJane Butters – organic farmer, author, environmental activist, food manufacturer, and publisher, Moscow

## C

* J. D. Cannon – actor, Salmon
* Annetta R. Chipp – president, South Idaho Woman's Christian Temperance Union
* Kerry Christensen – yodeler, Grace
* Michael Christianson – football coach, commentator, Kuna
* Forrester Church – Unitarian Universalist minister, Boise
* Frank Church – United States Senator, Boise
* Boyd Coddington – car customizer, Rupert
* Georgia Coleman – diver, gold medalist at 1932 Olympics, St. Maries
* Clancy Cooper – actor, Boise
* Genevieve Cortese – actress, Supernatural, Wildfire, Sun Valley
* Larry Craig – United States Senator, Midvale
* Ella D. Crawford – president, South Idaho Woman's Christian Temperance Union
* Lewis Croft – actor with dwarfism, Shelley
* Chris Crutcher – writer and family therapist, Cascade
* Dan Cummins – comedian, Riggins

## D

* Ken Dayley – Major League pitcher, Jerome
* Raquel Devine – porn actress, Meridian
* Gloria Dickson – actress, Pocatello
* Lillian Disney – wife of Walt Disney, Spalding
* Lou Dobbs – television news anchor, Rupert
* Claire Du Brey – actress, Bonners Ferry
* Fred Dubois – United States Senator, Blackfoot
* Patty Duke – actress, Coeur d'Alene

## E

* Logan Emory – MLS defender, Boise
* Shirley Englehorn – professional golfer, Caldwell

## F

* Bill Fagerbakke – actor, Rupert
* Philo Farnsworth – inventor of television, Rigby
* A. J. Feeley – NFL quarterback, Caldwell
* W. Mark Felt – FBI official known as Deep Throat, Twin Falls
* Stephen Fife – MLB pitcher, Boise
* Bernie Fisher – Vietnam War pilot, Medal of Honor recipient, Kuna
* Vardis Fisher – author, Hagerman
* Mary Hallock Foote – author, Boise
* John Foreman – film producer, Idaho Falls
* John Friesz – NFL quarterback, Coeur d'Alene
* Bryan Fuller – screenwriter, television producer, Lewiston
* Christina Fulton – actress, Boise

## G

* Jeremy Gable – playwright, Post Falls
* Adam Blue Galli – one of the "Preppie Bandits"
* Mike Garman – MLB pitcher, Caldwell
* Julie Gibson – actress, Lewiston
* Jordan Gross – NFL offensive tackle, Fruitland

## H

* Philip Habib – Middle East peace envoy of three presidents and ambassador, Moscow
* Nick Hagadone – MLB pitcher, Sandpoint
* Gregg Hale – musician and producer, Idaho Falls
* Korey Hall – NFL fullback, Glenns Ferry
* Kate Harrington – actress, Boise
* Brad Harris – actor, stuntman, St. Anthony
* Gene Harris – jazz musician, Boise
* Dree Hemingway – fashion model, actress, Sun Valley
* Ernest Hemingway – author, Ketchum
* Margaux Hemingway – actress, Ketchum
* Mariel Hemingway – actress, Ketchum
* Christina Hendricks – actress, Twin Falls
* Jared Hess – filmmaker, Preston
* Josh Hill – NFL tight end, Blackfoot
* Michael Hoffman – filmmaker, Payette
* Merril Hoge – NFL running back and sportscaster, Pocatello
* Chris Horn – NFL wide receiver, Notus
* Doris Houck – actress, Wallace
* James Hoyt – MLB pitcher, Boise
* Howard W. Hunter – LDS Church President, Boise

## J

* Larry Jackson – MLB pitcher, state representative, Nampa
* Sherry Jackson – actress, Wendell
* Christian Jacobs – musician, television producer, voice actor, Rexburg
* Johnny James – MLB relief pitcher, Bonners Ferry
* Bobby Jenks – MLB relief pitcher, Spirit Lake
* Phil Johnson – pro basketball coach, Grace
* Chief Joseph – Nez Perce leader

## K

* Harold Kelley – social psychologist, Boise
* Dirk Kempthorne – former United States Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Senator and Governor of Idaho, Boise
* George Kennedy – Academy Award-winning actor, Boise
* Harmon Killebrew – Hall of Fame baseball player, Payette
* Dirk Koetter – NFL head coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pocatello
* Gus Kohntopp – pilot, Buhl
* Mary Kornman – child actress, Idaho Falls
* Jerry Kramer – NFL offensive guard, Sandpoint
* Paul Kruger – NFL linebacker, Rexburg

## L

* Rita La Roy – actress, Bonners Ferry
* Vance Law – baseball player, Boise
* Vernon Law – baseball player, Meridian
* Mark Lindsay – musician, Caldwell, now Grangeville
* Matt Lindstrom – baseball pitcher, Rexburg
* Sean Paul Lockhart – actor, director, Lewiston
* Jeanette Loff – actress and singer, Orofino
* Larry Lujack – radio personality, started his career in Caldwell
* Clarence Lung – actor, Boise

## M

* Doug Martsch – musician, Boise
* Bonnie McCarroll – rodeo performer, Boise
* Shea McClellin – NFL linebacker, Caldwell
* Richard McKenna – author, Mountain Home
* Patrick F. McManus – author, Sandpoint
* Bob Mizer – photographer and filmmaker, Hailey
* Rob Morris – NFL linebacker, Nampa
* Randy Mueller – NFL executive, St. Maries

## O

* Jack O'Connor – author, hunting and shooting sports editor of Outdoor Life, Lewiston
* Olive Osmond – matriarch of the Osmond singing family, Samaria
* Brock Osweiler – NFL quarterback for the Denver Broncos, Coeur d'Alene

## P

* Thom Pace – singer-songwriter, Boise
* Sarah Palin – politician, Sandpoint
* Matt Paradis – NFL center, Council
* Cheryl Paris – actress, Burley
* Aaron Paul – actor, Emmett
* Kimberlee Peterson – actress, Boise
* Cody Pickett – NFL quarterback, Caldwell
* Jay Pickett – actor, Caldwell
* Jake Pitts – guitarist, rock band Black Veil Brides, Boise
* Jake Plummer – NFL quarterback, Boise
* Ezra Pound – poet, Hailey
* Bridget Powers – erotic film actress, Boise

## R

* Martha Raddatz – reporter with ABC News, Idaho Falls
* Ford Rainey – actor, Mountain Home
* V. Lane Rawlins – president emeritus, Washington State University, southeast Idaho
* Barbara Jane Reams – actress, Burley
* Paul Revere – musician, Caldwell
* Marjorie Reynolds – actress, Buhl
* Luke Ridnour – NBA point guard, Coeur d'Alene
* Doug Riesenberg – NFL offensive tackle, Moscow
* Mike Riley – college football coach, Wallace
* Josh Ritter – singer-songwriter, Moscow
* Marilynne Robinson – winner of 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Sandpoint
* Ron Romanick – MLB pitcher and pitching coach, Burley
* Scott Rozell – musician, Scatterbox, Moral Crux, Coeur d'Alene

## S

* Bill Salkeld – Major League Baseball catcher, Pocatello
* Jason Schmidt – Major League Baseball pitcher, Lewiston
* Ken Schrom – Major League Baseball pitcher and current minor league executive, Grangeville
* Jake Scott – guard with Philadelphia Eagles, Lewiston
* Larry Scott – IFBB professional bodybuilder, Blackfoot
* Richard G. Scott – member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church, Pocatello
* Jill Seaman – doctor and public health advocate, Moscow
* Johnny Sequoyah – child actress, Boise
* Jeremy Shada – actor, musician, singer, Boise
* Zack Shada – actor, producer, director, Boise
* Brandi Sherwood – Miss Teen USA 1989, and assumed title of Miss USA 1997, Idaho Falls
* J. R. Simplot – industrialist, Declo
* Nikki Sixx – musician, co-founder of Mötley Crüe, Jerome
* Robert E. Smylie – former Governor of Idaho, Boise
* Rosalie Sorrels – singer-songwriter, Boise County
* Henry Spalding – missionary, Lapwai Valley
* Beatrice Sparks – therapist, Mormon youth counselor, Custer County
* Chaske Spencer – actor, lived in Kooskia, Lapwai and Lewiston
* Frank Steunenberg – assassinated Governor of Idaho, Caldwell
* Gary Stevens – Hall of Fame jockey, Caldwell
* Jerramy Stevens – NFL tight end, Boise
* Edward Stevenson – Oscar-winning costume designer, Pocatello
* Curtis Stigers – musician and songwriter, Boise
* Picabo Street – world and Olympic champion skier, Triumph
* Kristine Sutherland – actress, Boise
* Scott Syme – politician, Weiser

## T

* Renee Tenison – model and actress, Caldwell
* Rosie Tenison – model and actress, Caldwell
* Hugh Thornton – guard for the Indianapolis Colts, Boise
* Ted Trueblood – outdoor writer, sportsman, and conservationist, Nampa
* Glenn Tryon – actor, writer, director, Juliaetta
* Lana Turner – actress, Wallace

## U

* Brady Udall – author

## V

* Leighton Vander Esch – NFL linebacker, Riggins
* Walter Varney – aviation industry pioneer, Boise

## W

* Wayne Walker – NFL linebacker, Boise
* Mel Wasserman – founder of CEDU Family of Services, Bonner
* Dick Wesson – movie and television announcer, Boise
* Tara Westover – author, Clifton
* Rumer Willis – actress, Hailey
* Edwin P. Wilson – CIA officer, Nampa
* Larry Wilson – NFL free safety, Rigby
* Torrie Wilson – WWE wrestler, model, Boise
* Jefferson Wood – illustrator, Boise
* Robert S. Wood – leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Idaho Falls
* Jonathan M. Woodward – actor, Moscow
* Victor Wooten – Grammy Award-winning bass guitarist, Mountain Home

## X-Z

* La Monte Young – avant-garde artist, composer and musician, Bern
* Norma Zimmer – singer with Lawrence Welk, Shoshone County