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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

Jim Beaver
Mildred Harris

Literature

Owen Wister

Music

Television

Visual arts

Jackson Pollock

Other

Politics and public office

A–G
Mary Bellamy
Clarence D. Clark
H–M
Clifford Hansen
  • 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), former Republican 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
Nellie Tayloe Ross

Sportspeople

Karen Budge
Mike Devereaux
Boyd Dowler
Rulon Gardner
Travis Rice

Miscellaneous

Edward L. Baker Jr.
Buffalo Bill
Margaret Murie

References

  1. ^ [1]. Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ BlackPast.org-Remembered and Reclaimed-Byrd, Harriet Elizabeth "Liz" (1926–)
  3. ^ "James Chilton, Hall of Fame inductee grew alongside aviation industry, September 26, 2013". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Retrieved September 26, 2013.