page_title: Lewistown, Montana
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Lewistown, Montana / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Loren Wilber Acton (born March 7, 1936) is an American physicist who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory. Shot taken at Science City, Kolkata.
context_page_description: Lewistown is a city in and the county seat of Fergus County, Montana, United States. The population was 6,000 at the 2010 census. Lewistown is located in the geographic center of the state, southeast of Great Falls and northwest of Billings. First planned in 1882, it was the site of an 1880s gold rush, and served as an important railway destination, supplying surrounding communities with bricks via rail.
context_section_description: Loren Acton – astronaut and physicist, was born here.
  Roy E. Ayers - Governor of and United States Congressman from Montana
  Walter A. Coslet – figure in science fiction fandom and Bible collecting, was born here
  Alma Smith Jacobs – first African American Montana State Librarian
  Ed McGivern - shooter, instructor, author of Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting was born here
  Bobby Petrino – former head football coach of University of Louisville and former head coach with Atlanta Falcons and University of Arkansas; born here; raised in Helena
  Rick Rydell – radio talk show host and outdoors author; worked at local radio stations
  Mike Taylor - politician and rancher, was born in Lewistown
  Tom Stout – United States Congressman from Montana
  Roger Youderian – Christian missionary, was raised here
  Jim Otten - Major league Baseball pitcher, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals; was born here.
caption: Loren Acton in 2009
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