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.

Native American Leaders

* Red Cloud (1822–1909), chief of the Oglala Sioux
* Washakie (1804–1900), renowned Shoshone warrior

Political figures

* Amos W. Barber (1861–1915), former Governor of Wyoming
* 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 in 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 (born 1926), first and only African-American legislator in Wyoming since statehood
* 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
* Lynne Cheney (born 1941), Member of the National Enterprise Institute, Chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and wife of Dick Cheney; born in Casper
* Alonzo M. Clark (1868–1952), former Governor of Wyoming
* Clarence D. Clark 1851-1930), member of the Wyoming constitutional convention, US Representative (1890-1893), US Senator (1895-1917)
* Tom Coburn (born 1948), Junior Republican Senator from Oklahoma; born in Casper
* Henry A. Coffeen (1841-1912), US Representative (1893-1895)
* Arthur G. Crane (1877–1955), former Governor of Wyoming
* Patrick Crank, Attorney General of Wyoming (2002-2007)
* Edward D. Crippa, interim US Senator (1954)
* Barbara Cubin (born 1946), U.S. Representatives from Wyoming
* 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 (born 1944), Republican U.S. Senator from Wyoming
* Dave Freudenthal (born 1950), Governor of Wyoming (2003-present)
* Jack R. Gage (1899-1970), Governor of Wyoming (1961-1963)
* Jim Geringer (born 1944), Governor of Wyoming (1995-2003)
* Paul Ranous Greever (1891-1943), US Representative (1935-1938); mayor of Cody
* Clifford Hansen (born 1912), former Republican Governor and U.S. Senator from Wyoming
* William Henry Harrison (1896–1990), Republican U.S. Representative from Wyoming during the 1950s and 1960s
* Stanley K. Hathaway (1924–2005), Governor of Wyoming and U.S. Secretary of the Interior
* Harold Hellbaum (1926–2007), former Republican Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Wheatland
* Edgar Herschler (1918-1990), Democratic Governor of Wyoming, only person to serve three terms as Wyoming governor; born in Kemmerer
* John J. Hickey (1911-1970), US Senator (1961-1962)
* Richard Honaker (born 1951), former state representative from Rock Springs, nominee for U.S. District Judge
* Frank O. Horton (1882-1948), US Representative (1939-1941)
* Ray Hunkins (born 1939), Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2006
* Lester C. Hunt (1892-1954), Governor of Wyoming (1943 – 1949); US Senator (1949 – 1954)
* Richard R. "Dick" Jones (1910-2008), former Republican member of both houses of the Wyoming legislature, former State Senate President, former mayor of Powell, 1974 gubernatorial nominee; one of the founders of Northwest Community College in Powell
* John B. Kendrick (1857-1933), Governor of Wyoming (1915—1917); US Senator (1917—1933)
* Frank E. Lucas (1876–1948), Republican Governor of Wyoming from 1924-1925; preceded Nellie Tayloe Ross
* 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
* Gale W. McGee (1915-1992), Democratic U. S. Senator from Wyoming
* John J. McIntyre (1904-1974), US Representative (1941-1943); Wyoming Supreme Court Justice
* Leslie A. Miller (1886-1970), Governor of Wyoming (1932-1939)
* Franklin Wheeler Mondell (1860-1939), US Representative (1895-1897; 1899-1923)
* Warren A. Morton (1924-2002), former Speaker of Wyoming House of Representatives (1979-1980); Republican candidate for governor, 1982
* Joseph C. O'Mahoney (1884-1962), Democratic U. S. Senator from Wyoming
* John Eugene Osborne (1858-1943), Governor of Wyoming (1892-1895), US Representative (1987-1899)
* John C. Ostlund (1927-2004), Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1978; former member of the Wyoming State Senate
* Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977), Governor of Wyoming, first female governor of a U.S. state
* DeForest Richards (1846-1903), Governor of Wyoming (1899–1903)
* William A. Richards (1849-1912), Governor of Wyoming (1895–1899)
* Edward V. Robertson (1881-1963), US Senator (1943–1949)
* Teno Roncalio (1916-2003), US Representative (1965 – 1967;1971 – 1978)
* 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
* Robert Schliske (1924–2007), Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1971-1975; one of the founders of Laramie County Community College
* Henry H. Schwartz (1869-1955), US Senator (1937-1943)
* Joseph D. Selby (1950–2007), former Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Cheyenne
* Bryan Sharratt (1947–2007), member of Clinton administration defense team; Democratic candidate for Congress in 1988, having been defeated by Richard B. Cheney
* Larry D. Shippy (1946–2007), former Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Cheyenne
* Mike Sullivan (born 1939), Governor of Wyoming (1987-1995_
* Alan K. Simpson (born 1931), former U.S. Senator from Wyoming
* Milward L. Simpson (1897–1993), former Republican Governor and U.S. Senator from Wyoming
* Patrick Joseph Sullivan (1865-1935), Mayor of Casper; US Senator (1929-1930)
* John Thayer (1820-1906), Governor of Wyoming Territory (1875-1878)
* Craig L. Thomas (1930–2007), U.S. Senator from Wyoming
* Edwin Keith Thomson (1919-1960), US Representative (1955-1960)
* Malcolm Wallop (born 1933), former U.S. Senator from Wyoming
* Francis E. Warren (1844–1929), Governor of Wyoming, U.S. Senator
* James G. Watt (born 1938), former U.S. Secretary of the Interior; born in Lusk
* Charles E. Winter (1870-1948), US Representative (1923-1929)
* John S. Wold (born 1916), US Representative (1969 – 1971)

Athletes

* Adam Archuleta (born 1977), professional football player; born in Rock Springs
* Nick Bebout (born 1951), Professional football player; born in Riverton; played for the University of Wyoming.
* Jim Benepe (born 1963), professional golfer; born in Sheridan
* Tom Browning (born 1960), Major League Baseball pitcher; born in Casper
* John Buck (born 1980), Major League Baseball catcher, born in Kemmerer
* Alicia Craig (born 1982) distance runner; born in Gillette
* Chris Cooley (born 1982) professional football player; born in Powell
* 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), Major League Baseball outfielder; NLCS MVP in 1995 with the Atlanta Braves; born in Casper
* Aaron Elling (born 1978), professional football player; lived in Lander; played for the University of Wyoming
* Dick Ellsworth (born 1940), Major League Baseball pitcher; born in Lusk
* Rulon Gardner (born 1971), Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling; born in Afton
* John Godina (born 1972), 3 time World Champion and 2 time Olympic medalist in the shot put; lived in Cheyenne
* Brett Keisel (born 1978), professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers; born in Greybull
* Mike Lansing (born 1968), Major League Baseball infielder; born in Rawlins
* Gail O'Brien (1911-??), professional football player; born in Cheyenne
* Jonah Nickerson (born 1985), pitcher for the Oregon State Beavers; born in Casper
* Brady Poppinga (born 1979), professional football player; born in Evanston
* Todd Skinner (1958-2006), rock climber; born in Pinedale
* Rick Sofield (born 1956), Major League Baseball outfielder; born in Cheyenne

Artists

* 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, Wyoming

Authors

* Craig Arnold (born 1967), poet; teaches at the University of Wyoming; lives in Laramie
* Warren Adler, (born 1927), novelist
* C.J. Box, author of the Joe Pickett series
* Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882-1954), novelist
* James A. "Jim" Corbett (1933–2001), writer, philosopher, and human rights activist; born in Casper
* Peggy Simson Curry, former Wyoming Poet Laureate
* Gretel Ehrlich, novelist
* Alexandra Fuller (born 1969), writer, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight; lives in Wyoming
* Jim Geeting (born 1956), born in Los Angeles, California, a retired Wyoming state trooper, author, columnist and speaker on law enforcement and industrial safety.
* Jean Henry-Mead, writer of Western novels and nonfiction as well as mystery novels and personality interviews; lives in Natrona County
* George Clayton Johnson (born 1929), co-author of "Logan's Run"; born in Cheyenne
* Theodore Judson, science fiction author
* Charles L. Levendosky, former Wyoming Poet Laureate
* Patricia MacLachlan (born 1938), children's book author, Newbery Medal for Sarah, Plain and Tall; born in Cheyenne
* Kyle Mills (born 1966), author; 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
* E. Annie Proulx (born 1935), writer, author of Brokeback Mountain; lives in Wyoming
* Chip Rawlins, non-fiction writer, outdoorsman; lives in Laramie
* David Romtvedt, Wyoming Poet Laureate
* Robert Roripaugh, former Wyoming Poet Laureate
* Owen Wister (1860–1938), writer of Western novels

Entertainment

Actors

* 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
* Harrison Ford (born in 1942) actor; lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
* Matthew Fox (born 1966), actor; raised in Crowheart
* Jesse Garcia (born 1982) actor; born in Rawlins
* Mildred Harris (1901–1944), actress; born in Cheyenne
* Kirby Heyborne (born 1976), actor; born in Evanston
* Isabel Jewell (1907–1972), actress; born in Shoshoni
* Chessie Moore (born 1959), pornographic actress and model
* Michael Pearlman (born 1972), actor; lives in Jackson
* Jim Siedow (1920-2003), actor; born in Cheyenne
* Wally Wales (1895-1980), actor; born in Sheridan

Television

* Larry Birleffi (1918-2008), sportscaster; born in Platte County
* Curt Gowdy (1919–2006), sportscaster; born in Green River
* Pete Williams, news correspondent; born in Casper

Radio

* Robert D. Beck, news director for Wyoming Public Radio

Music

* John Perry Barlow (born 1947), former Grateful Dead lyricist, co-founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation, retired cattleman; born in Jackson Hole
* Chris LeDoux (1948–2005), country music singer and rodeo champion; lived in Wyoming
* Justin Williamson (born 1977), Current fiddle player for country music artist Brad Paisley; raised in Casper
* Ronnie Bedford (born 1931), jazz musician and music professor at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming

Other

* Tony Andruzzi (1925–1991), Magician; born in Cheyenne
* Kristin George (born 1982), Miss Wyoming USA 2006
* Robyn Johnson (born 1985), Miss Wyoming USA 2007
* Melba Ogle (born 1942), model; born in Cheyenne

Miscellaneous

* Thurman Arnold (1891–1969), lawyer/judge; born in Laramie
* Edward L. Baker, Jr. (1865–1913), United States Army, Medal of Honor; born in Laramie County, Wyoming
* 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), colorful Old West figure, helped create Cody
* John Colter (1774–1813), explorer, first white man to set foot in Wyoming
* 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 1952 Collier Trophy for designing the P&W J57 turbojet engine; born in Carbon County
*William T. Kane (1932-2008), physicist in field of fiber optics
* David "Tex" Little (1902-2006), World War I veteran
* Esther Hobart Morris (1814–1902), leader in suffrage movement, first female judge in United States; lived in Wyoming
* Harold McCracken (1894-1983), creator and director of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody
* M. Margaret McKeown (born 1951), US Appeals Court Judge; born in Casper, Wyoming
* Margaret Murie (1902–2003), conservationist; lived in Wyoming
* Chance Phelps (1985-2004), soldier; born in Dubois
* Jedediah Smith (1799–1831), mountain man, trapper, explorer, first American to get to California from the East
* Matthew Shepard (1976–1998), murdered student from University of Wyoming; born in Casper
* Gerry Spence (born 1929), lawyer; born in Laramie
* Willis Van Devanter (1859-1941), city attorney for Cheyenne; chief judge of the Wyoming territorial court