# 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.

## The arts
### Acting

* 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
* 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 (1948–2016), actress; born in Cheyenne
* Kirby Heyborne (born 1976), actor; born in Evanston
* Isabel Jewell (1907–1972), actress; born in Shoshoni
* 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

### Literature

* Craig Arnold (born 1967), poet; teaches at the University of Wyoming; lives in Laramie
* C. J. Box, author of the Joe Pickett series of novels
* 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
* Alexandra Fuller (born 1969), writer, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight; lives in Jackson Hole
* Kathleen O'Neal Gear (born 1954), writer
* W. Michael Gear (born 1955), writer
* Dan Hausel (born 1949), author of several geology books in Wyoming
* Grace Raymond Hebard (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 mysteries; lives in Ucross
* George Clayton Johnson (1929–2015), co-author of the novel Logan's Run; born in Cheyenne
* Theodore Judson, science-fiction writer
* Patricia MacLachlan (1938–2022), children's book writer; her book Sarah, Plain and Tall won the Newbery Medal; born in Cheyenne
* Rodger McDaniel (born 1948), legislator, attorney, pastor, author of Dying for Joe McCarthy's Sins: The Suicide of Senator Lester Hunt; from Cheyenne
* Kyle Mills (born 1966), writer; 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 writer, artist, children's television show producer; grew up in Rock Springs
* E. Annie Proulx (born 1935), writer; author of the short story "Brokeback Mountain"; lives in Wyoming
* Chip Rawlins, non-fiction writer, outdoorsman; lives in Laramie
* Tracy Ringolsby, sports writer, born and lives in Cheyenne, fifth generation
* David Romtvedt, Poet Laureate of Wyoming
* Owen Wister (1860–1938), writer of Western novels

### Music

* Scott Avett (born 1976), musician; member of The Avett Brothers; born in Cheyenne
* John Perry Barlow (1947–2018), Grateful Dead lyricist; co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; retired cattleman; born in Jackson Hole
* Ronnie Bedford (1931–2014), jazz musician; music professor at Northwest College in Powell
* Richard Kermode (1946–1996), keyboardist; played with Janis Joplin, Malo and Santana, born in Lovell
* Chris LeDoux (1948–2005), country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor and rodeo champion (professional bareback rider); lived in Kaycee
* Teenage Bottlerocket, punk rock band from Laramie

### Television

* Curt Gowdy (1919–2006), sportscaster; born in Green River
* Ian James Lee, CNN correspondent; born in Lander
* Pete Williams, NBC 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 (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
* Penny Wolin (born 1953), photographer; author of The Jews of Wyoming: Fringe of the Diaspora and Descendants of Light: American Photographers of Jewish Ancestry; born in Cheyenne

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

## Politics and public office
### A–G

* Thurman Arnold (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 (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 (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 (1926–2015), first African American elected to the Wyoming Legislature
* 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
* Lynne Cheney (born 1941), member of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; 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, U.S. Representative (1890–1893), U.S. Senator (1895–1917)
* Tom Coburn (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, interim U.S. Senator (1954)
* Barbara Cubin (born 1946), U.S. 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 (1944–2021), U.S. Senator (1997–2021)
* Dave Freudenthal (born 1950), governor of Wyoming (2003–2011)
* 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), U.S. Representative (1935–1938); mayor of Cody

### H–M

* Clifford Hansen (1912–2009), governor of Wyoming (1963–1967), U.S. Senator (1967–1978)
* William Henry Harrison (1896–1990), Republican U.S. Representative from Wyoming (1950s and 1960s)
* Stanley K. Hathaway (1924–2005), governor of Wyoming (1967–1975), U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1975)
* Edgar Herschler (1918–1990), Governor of Wyoming (1975–1987)
* John J. Hickey (1911–1970), U.S. Senator (1961–1962)
* Frank O. Horton (1882–1948), U.S. Representative (1939–1941)
* Lester C. Hunt (1892–1954), governor of Wyoming (1943–1949); U.S. Senator (1949–1954)
* John B. Kendrick (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 (born 1954), Republican U.S. Senator from Wyoming (since 2021); former 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), 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 (1915–1992), U.S. Senator (1959–1977)
* John J. McIntyre (1904–1974), U.S. Representative (1941–1943); Wyoming Supreme Court Justice
* Ron Micheli (born 1948), 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), U.S. Representative (1895–1897; 1899–1923)

### N–Z

* Joseph C. O'Mahoney (1884–1962), U.S. Senator (1934–1953; 1954–1961)
* John Eugene Osborne (1858–1943), governor of Wyoming (1892–1895), U.S. Representative (1987–1999)
* Dana Perino (born 1972), 26th White House Press Secretary
* DeForest Richards (1846–1903), governor of Wyoming (1899–1903)
* William A. Richards (1849–1912), governor of Wyoming (1895–1899)
* Edward V. Robertson (1881–1963), U.S. Senator (1943–1949)
* Teno Roncalio (1916–2003), U.S. Representative (1965–1967; 1971–1978)
* Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977), governor of Wyoming (1925–1927), first female governor of a U.S. state
* 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
* Henry H. Schwartz (1869–1955), U.S. Senator (1937–1943)
* Bryan Sharratt (1947–2007), member of Clinton administration defense team; Democratic candidate for Congress (1988), having been defeated by Dick Cheney
* Alan K. Simpson (born 1931), U.S. Senator (1979–1997)
* Milward L. Simpson (1897–1993), Republican governor and U.S. Senator from Wyoming
* Mike Sullivan (born 1939), governor of Wyoming (1987–1995)
* Patrick Sullivan (1880–1959), Wyoming State Representative (1913–1917)
* Patrick Joseph Sullivan (1865–1935), mayor of Casper; U.S. Senator (1929–1930)
* John Thayer (1820–1906), governor of Wyoming Territory (1875–1878)
* Craig L. Thomas (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 (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 (born 1938), U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1981–1983)
* Charles E. Winter (1870–1948), U.S. Representative (1923–1929)
* John S. Wold (1916–2017), U.S. Representative (1969–1971)

## Sportspeople

* 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
* Jim Benepe (born 1963), professional golfer; born in Sheridan
* Jacob Bobenmoyer (born 1997), NFL long snapper for the Denver Broncos; Born in Cheyenne
* Bill Briggs (born 1943), pioneer in ski mountaineering, lives in Jackson Hole
* Tom Browning (born 1960), MLB pitcher; born in Casper
* John Buck (born 1980), MLB catcher, born in Kemmerer
* Karen Budge (born 1949), former World Cup and Olympic alpine ski racer; born in Jackson
* Jaycee Carroll (born 1983), professional basketball player; born in Laramie
* Gail Cogdill (1937–2016), professional football player; born in Worland
* Chris Cooley (born 1982), professional football player; born in Powell
* Alicia Craig (born 1982), distance runner; born in Gillette
* 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), 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
* Rulon Gardner (born 1971), wrestler; Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling; born in Afton
* John Godina (born 1972), shot putter; three-time world champion; two-time Olympic medalist; lived in Cheyenne
* W. Dan Hausel (born 1949), hall-of-fame karate and kobudo grandmaster
* 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 (born 1987), professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors; born in Cheyenne
* Jaelin Kauf (born 1996), Olympic freestyle skier; born in Alta
* Brett Keisel (born 1978), professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers; born in 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 MMA fighter, three-time 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 Green River
* 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
* 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; member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame; raised outside Hillsdale, Wyoming; played college basketball at the University of Wyoming
* Todd Skinner (1958–2006), rock climber; born in Pinedale
* Rick Sofield (born 1956), MLB outfielder; born in Cheyenne
* Josef Stiegler (born 1937), world-class alpine skier; three-time Olympic medalist in 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 Cody
* 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

* Thurman Arnold (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
* 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), 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
* 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 P&W J57 turbojet engine; born in 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 Wyoming Territory's passage of women's suffrage
* Margaret Murie (1902–2003), conservationist; lived in Wyoming
* John Pedersen, firearms designer who worked for Remington Arms
* Chance Phelps (1985–2004), soldier; born in Dubois
* Matthew Shepard (1976–1998), murdered student from the University of Wyoming; born in Casper
* Jedediah Smith (1799–1831), 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
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