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, actress and model; born in Cheyenne
- Jim Beaver, actor; born in Laramie
- Jim J. Bullock, actor; born in Casper
- Darren Dalton, actor; born in Powell
- Mickey Daniels, actor; born in Rock Springs
- Matthew Fox, actor; raised in Crowheart
- Jesse Garcia, actor; born in Rawlins
- Mildred Harris, actress; born in Cheyenne
- Cecilia Hart, actress; born in Cheyenne
- Kirby Heyborne, actor; born in Evanston
- Isabel Jewell, actress; born in Shoshoni
- Michael Pearlman, actor; lives in Jackson
- Jim Siedow, actor; born in Cheyenne
- Wally Wales, actor; born in Sheridan
- Larry Wilcox, actor; raised in Rawlins
Literature
- Craig Arnold, poet; teaches at the University of Wyoming; lives in Laramie
- C. J. Box, author of the Joe Pickett series of novels
- Maxwell Struthers Burt, novelist
- James A. "Jim" Corbett, writer, philosopher, and human-rights activist; born in Casper
- Gretel Ehrlich, novelist
- Joe Clifford Faust, novelist
- Alexandra Fuller, writer, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight; lives in Jackson Hole
- Kathleen O'Neal Gear, writer
- W. Michael Gear, writer
- Dan Hausel, author of several geology books in Wyoming
- Grace Raymond Hebard, western history writer whose findings regarding Sacajawea and Esther Hobart Morris tend to be challenged by contemporary historians
- Craig A. Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire mysteries; lives in Ucross
- George Clayton Johnson, co-author of the novel Logan's Run; born in Cheyenne
- Theodore Judson, science-fiction writer
- Patricia MacLachlan, children's book writer; her book Sarah, Plain and Tall won the Newbery Medal; born in Cheyenne
- Rodger McDaniel, legislator, attorney, pastor, author of Dying for Joe McCarthy's Sins: The Suicide of Senator Lester Hunt; from Cheyenne
- Kyle Mills, writer; lives in Jackson Hole
- Florabel Muir, newspaper reporter and columnist; born in Rock Springs
- Edgar Wilson Nye, journalist and humorist; postmaster of Laramie City in the Wyoming Territory
- Todd Parr, children's book writer, artist, children's television show producer; grew up in Rock Springs
- E. Annie Proulx, 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, writer of Western novels
Music
- Scott Avett, musician; member of The Avett Brothers; born in Cheyenne
- John Perry Barlow, Grateful Dead lyricist; co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; retired cattleman; born in Jackson Hole
- Ronnie Bedford, jazz musician; music professor at Northwest College in Powell
- Richard Kermode, keyboardist; played with Janis Joplin, Malo and Santana, born in Lovell
- Chris LeDoux, country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor and rodeo champion ; lived in Kaycee
- Ned LeDoux, musician, singer-songwriter, son of Chris LeDoux
- Teenage Bottlerocket, punk rock band from Laramie
Television
- Curt Gowdy, 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, painter, sculptor, "Cowboy of Cowboy Artists", "Dean of Rodeo Cowboy Sculpture"; lived in Rock Springs
- Elsa Spear Byron, photographer; born in Big Horn; lived most of her life in Sheridan
- Jackson Pollock, artist; born in Cody
- Floyd Shaman, sculptor; born in Wheatland
- Penny Wolin, 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, magician; born in Cheyenne
- Robyn Johnson, Miss Wyoming USA 2007
- Melba Ogle, model; born in Cheyenne
- Lyle Waggoner, actor, sculptor; lives in Jackson
Politics and public office
;A-G- Thurman Arnold, associate judge of the Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit
- Amos W. Barber, governor of Wyoming
- John Barrasso, Republican U.S. Senator from Wyoming
- Frank A. Barrett, U.S. Senator, Representatives, governor of Wyoming
- Eli Bebout, Republican gubernatorial nominee ; member of the Wyoming State Senate
- Mary Bellamy, first woman elected to the Wyoming Legislature
- Eliza Stewart Boyd,
- Bryant Butler Brooks, governor of Wyoming
- Anne Gorsuch Burford, first female administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; born in Casper
- Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, first African American elected to the Wyoming Legislature
- John Allen Campbell, first governor of the Wyoming Territory
- Joseph M. Carey, governor of Wyoming, first U.S. Senator from Wyoming
- Robert D. Carey, governor of Wyoming, U.S. Senator
- Vincent Carter, U.S. Representative
- Cale Case, Wyoming state senator from Lander
- Fenimore Chatterton, Acting Governor of Wyoming
- Dick Cheney, vice-president of the United States; raised in Casper; lives in Jackson Hole
- Lynne Cheney, 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, governor of Wyoming
- Clarence D. Clark, member of the Wyoming constitutional convention, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator
- Tom Coburn, Junior Republican Senator from Oklahoma; born in Casper
- Henry A. Coffeen, U.S. Representative
- Arthur G. Crane, governor of Wyoming
- Patrick Crank, Attorney General of Wyoming
- Edward D. Crippa, interim U.S. Senator
- Barbara Cubin, U.S. Representative
- W. G. Curtis, founder and mayor of Torrington; Wyoming State representative
- Stephen Wheeler Downey, Wyoming territorial government leader; member of the Wyoming congressional convention; University of Wyoming trustee and president
- Frank Emerson, governor of Wyoming
- Mike Enzi, U.S. Senator
- Dave Freudenthal, governor of Wyoming
- Nancy Freudenthal, judge on the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming
- Jack R. Gage, governor of Wyoming
- Jim Geringer, governor of Wyoming
- Paul Ranous Greever, U.S. Representative ; mayor of Cody
- Clifford Hansen, governor of Wyoming, U.S. Senator
- William Henry Harrison, Republican U.S. Representative from Wyoming
- Stanley K. Hathaway, governor of Wyoming, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- Edgar Herschler, Governor of Wyoming
- John J. Hickey, U.S. Senator
- Frank O. Horton, U.S. Representative
- Lester C. Hunt, governor of Wyoming ; U.S. Senator
- John B. Kendrick, governor of Wyoming, U.S. Senator
- Frank E. Lucas, Republican Governor of Wyoming
- Cynthia Lummis, Republican U.S. Senator from Wyoming ; former member of both houses of the Wyoming legislature and former state treasurer
- Randall Luthi, former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
- Max Maxfield, Republican secretary of state of Wyoming
- Rodger McDaniel, Democrat, House of Representatives, Wyoming Senate, attorney; author of biography of U.S. Senator Lester C. Hunt
- Gale W. McGee, U.S. Senator
- John J. McIntyre, U.S. Representative ; Wyoming Supreme Court Justice
- Ron Micheli, former Republican member of Wyoming Legislature, former Wyoming Director of Agriculture
- Leslie A. Miller, governor of Wyoming
- Franklin Wheeler Mondell, U.S. Representative
- Joseph C. O'Mahoney, U.S. Senator
- John Eugene Osborne, governor of Wyoming, U.S. Representative
- Dana Perino, 26th White House Press Secretary
- DeForest Richards, governor of Wyoming
- William A. Richards, governor of Wyoming
- Edward V. Robertson, U.S. Senator
- Teno Roncalio, U.S. Representative
- Nellie Tayloe Ross, governor of Wyoming, first female governor of a U.S. state
- William B. Ross, governor of Wyoming
- Tom Sansonetti, Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department
- Henry H. Schwartz, U.S. Senator
- Bryan Sharratt, member of Clinton administration defense team; Democratic candidate for Congress, having been defeated by Dick Cheney
- Alan K. Simpson, U.S. Senator
- Milward L. Simpson, Republican governor and U.S. Senator from Wyoming
- Mike Sullivan, governor of Wyoming
- Patrick Sullivan, Wyoming State Representative
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan, mayor of Casper; U.S. Senator
- John Thayer, governor of Wyoming Territory
- Craig L. Thomas, U.S. Senator
- Edwin Keith Thomson, U.S. Representative
- Thyra Thomson, Wyoming Secretary of State
- Malcolm Wallop, U.S. Senator
- Francis E. Warren, governor of Wyoming, U.S. Senator
- James G. Watt, U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- Charles E. Winter, U.S. Representative
- John S. Wold, U.S. Representative
Sportspeople
- Adam Archuleta, professional football player; born in Rock Springs
- Zane Beadles, professional football player; born in Casper
- Nick Bebout, professional football player; played for the University of Wyoming; born in Riverton
- Jim Benepe, professional golfer; born in Sheridan
- Jacob Bobenmoyer, NFL long snapper for the Denver Broncos; Born in Cheyenne
- Bill Briggs, pioneer in ski mountaineering, lives in Jackson Hole
- Tom Browning, MLB pitcher; born in Casper
- John Buck, MLB catcher, born in Kemmerer
- Karen Budge, former World Cup and Olympic alpine ski racer; born in Jackson
- Jaycee Carroll, professional basketball player; born in Laramie
- Gail Cogdill, professional football player; born in Worland
- Chris Cooley, professional football player; born in Powell
- Alicia Craig, distance runner; born in Gillette
- Jesseca Cross, Olympic athlete; born in Laramie
- Lance Deal, Olympic athlete; born in Riverton; attended high school in Casper
- Mike Devereaux, MLB outfielder; NLCS MVP in 1995 with the Atlanta Braves; born in Casper
- Boyd Dowler, professional football player; born in Rock Springs
- Aaron Elling, professional football player; played for the University of Wyoming; lived in Lander
- Dick Ellsworth, MLB pitcher; born in Lusk
- Rulon Gardner, wrestler; Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling; born in Afton
- John Godina, shot putter; three-time world champion; two-time Olympic medalist; lived in Cheyenne
- W. Dan Hausel, hall-of-fame karate and kobudo grandmaster
- Jerry Hill, professional football player; born in Torrington
- Bryan Iguchi, snowboarder; 1997 X-Games bronze medalist in half-pipe; lives in Jackson Hole
- James Johnson, professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors; born in Cheyenne
- Jaelin Kauf, Olympic freestyle skier; born in Alta
- Brett Keisel, professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers; born in Greybull
- Mike Lansing, MLB infielder; born in Rawlins
- Nate Marquardt, Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight fighter; born in Lander
- Bryce Meredith, professional MMA fighter, three-time NCAA Division I wrestling All-American and two-time National Finalist; born in Cheyenne
- Tommy Moe, world-class alpine skier; two-time Olympic medalist; member of the National Ski Hall of Fame; lives in Jackson Hole
- Heather Moody, water polo player; two-time Olympic medalist; lived in Green River
- Jonah Nickerson, pitcher for the Oregon State Beavers; born in Casper
- Brandon Nimmo, outfielder for New York Mets; born in Cheyenne
- Jay Novacek, professional football player; played college football at the University of Wyoming
- Gail O'Brien, professional football player; born in Cheyenne
- Brady Poppinga, professional football player; born in Evanston
- Chris Prosinski, professional football player; born in Newcastle
- Travis Rice, professional snowboarder; co-producer of documentary films That's It, That's All and The Art of Flight ; born and raised in Jackson Hole
- Ken Sailors, 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, rock climber; born in Pinedale
- Rick Sofield, MLB outfielder; born in Cheyenne
- Josef Stiegler, world-class alpine skier; three-time Olympic medalist in slalom and giant slalom; lives in Jackson Hole
- Resi Stiegler, alpine skier; born and raised in Jackson Hole
- John Wendling, professional football player; born in Cody
- Jamila Wideman, left-handed point guard basketball player, lawyer and activist
- Logan Wilson, professional football player for the Cincinnati Bengals; born and raised in Casper
Miscellaneous
- Thurman Arnold, lawyer and judge; born in Laramie
- Edward L. Baker Jr., United States Army; recipient, Medal of Honor; born in Laramie County
- Harold Roe Bartle, lawyer; politician; helped to establish Scouting in Wyoming
- George T. Beck, politician; businessman; helped William Cody establish the town of Cody
- "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Old West figure; helped create Cody
- John Colter, explorer; first white man to set foot in Wyoming
- Clayton Danks, model cowboy on the Wyoming trademark, the Bucking Horse and Rider; winner of three competitions at Cheyenne Frontier Days
- Black Elk, heyoka of the Oglala Lakota people
- Otto Franc, 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, 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, creator and director of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody
- M. Margaret McKeown, U.S. Appeals Court Judge; born in Casper
- Esther Hobart Morris, 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, conservationist; lived in Wyoming
- John Pedersen, firearms designer who worked for Remington Arms
- Chance Phelps, soldier; born in Dubois
- Matthew Shepard, murdered student from the University of Wyoming; born in Casper
- Jedediah Smith, mountain man, trapper, explorer; first American to get to California from the East
- Gerry Spence, lawyer; born in Laramie
- Willis Van Devanter, city attorney for Cheyenne; chief judge of Wyoming territorial court; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Robert R. Wilson, physicist; a group leader of the Manhattan Project; born in Frontier