This is a list of prominent people who were born in or lived for a significant period of time inU.S. state ofWyoming.

• Burnu Acquanetta (1921–2004), actress and model; born inCheyenne
• Jim Beaver (born 1950), actor; born inLaramie
• Jim J. Bullock (born 1955), actor; born inCasper
• Darren Dalton (born 1965), actor; born inPowell
• Mickey Daniels (1914–1970), actor; born inRock Springs
• Matthew Fox (born 1966), actor; raised inCrowheart
• Jesse Garcia (born 1982), actor; born inRawlins
• Mildred Harris (1901–1944), actress; born in Cheyenne
• Cecilia Hart (1948–2016), actress; born in Cheyenne
• Kirby Heyborne (born 1976), actor; born inEvanston
• Isabel Jewell (1907–1972), actress; born inShoshoni
• Michael Pearlman (born 1972), actor; lives inJackson
• Jim Siedow (1920–2003), actor; born in Cheyenne
• Wally Wales (1895–1980), actor; born inSheridan
• Larry Wilcox (born 1947), actor; raised in Rawlins^[1]

• Craig Arnold (born 1967), poet; teaches at theUniversity of Wyoming; lives inLaramie
• C. J. Box (born 1958), author of theJoe Pickett series of novels
• Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954), novelist
• James A. "Jim" Corbett (1933–2001), writer, philosopher, and human-rights activist; born inCasper
• Gretel Ehrlich (born 1946), novelist
• Joe Clifford Faust (born 1957), novelist
• Alexandra Fuller (born 1969), writer, author ofDon'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 regardingSacajawea andEsther Hobart Morris tend to be challenged by contemporary historians
• Craig A. Johnson (born 1961), author of theWalt Longmire mysteries; lives inUcross
• George Clayton Johnson (1929–2015), co-author of the novelLogan's Run; born in Cheyenne
• Theodore Judson (born 1951), science-fiction writer
• Patricia MacLachlan (1938–2022), children's book writer; her bookSarah, Plain and Tall won theNewbery Medal; born in Cheyenne
• Rodger McDaniel (born 1948), legislator, attorney, pastor, author ofDying 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 inRock Springs
• Edgar Wilson Nye (1850–1896), journalist and humorist; postmaster ofLaramie City in theWyoming Territory
• Todd Parr (born 1962), children's book writer, artist, children's television show producer; grew up inRock Springs
• E. Annie Proulx (born 1935), writer; author of the short story "Brokeback Mountain"; lives in Wyoming
• Chip Rawlins (born 1949), non-fiction writer, outdoorsman; lives inLaramie
• Tracy Ringolsby (born 1951), sports writer, born and lives in Cheyenne, fifth generation
• David Romtvedt,Poet Laureate of Wyoming
• Owen Wister (1860–1938), writer ofWestern novels

• Scott Avett (born 1976), musician; member ofThe Avett Brothers; born in Cheyenne
• John Perry Barlow (1947–2018),Grateful Dead lyricist; co-founder of theElectronic Frontier Foundation; retired cattleman; born in Jackson Hole
• Ronnie Bedford (1931–2014), jazz musician; music professor atNorthwest College inPowell
• Richard Kermode (1946–1996), keyboardist; played withJanis Joplin,Malo andSantana, born inLovell
• Chris LeDoux (1948–2005), country music singer-songwriter,bronze sculptor and rodeo champion (professional bareback rider); lived inKaycee
• Ned LeDoux (born 1977), musician, singer-songwriter, son ofChris LeDoux
• Teenage Bottlerocket,punk rock band fromLaramie

• Curt Gowdy (1919–2006), sportscaster; born inGreen River
• Ian James Lee (born 1984), CNN correspondent; born in Lander
• Pete Williams (born 1952),NBC news correspondent; born in Casper

• Earl W. Bascom (1896–1992), painter, sculptor, "Cowboy of Cowboy Artists", "Dean of Rodeo Cowboy Sculpture"; lived inRock Springs
• Elsa Spear Byron (1896–1992), photographer; born inBig Horn; lived most of her life inSheridan
• Jackson Pollock (1912–1956), artist; born inCody
• Floyd Shaman (1935–2005), sculptor; born inWheatland
• Penny Wolin (born 1953), photographer; author ofThe Jews of Wyoming: Fringe of the Diaspora andDescendants of Light: American Photographers of Jewish Ancestry; born inCheyenne

• 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

A–G

• Thurman Arnold (1891–1969), associate judge of theCourt 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^{[citation needed]}
• Bryant Butler Brooks (1861–1944), governor of Wyoming (1905–1911)
• Anne Gorsuch Burford (1942–2004), first female administrator of theEnvironmental Protection Agency; born inCasper
• Harriet Elizabeth Byrd (1926–2015), first African American elected to theWyoming Legislature^[2]
• 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 fromLander (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 theAmerican Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; chairwoman of theNational Endowment for the Humanities; wife ofDick 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 (born 1959), Attorney General of Wyoming (2002–2007)
• Edward D. Crippa (1899–1960), interim U.S. Senator (1954)
• Barbara Cubin (born 1946), U.S. Representative (1995–2009)
• W. G. Curtis, founder and mayor ofTorrington; 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 theUnited 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 ofCody

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), 26thWhite 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 (born 1949), 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 byDick Cheney
• Alan K. Simpson (1931–2025), 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 ofCasper; 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 (1938–2023),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)

• Adam Archuleta (born 1977), professional football player; born inRock 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 inRiverton
• Jim Benepe (born 1963), professional golfer; born inSheridan
• Jacob Bobenmoyer (born 1997),NFLlong snapper for theDenver Broncos; Born in Cheyenne
• Bill Briggs (born 1931), pioneer in ski mountaineering, lives in Jackson Hole
• Tom Browning (born 1960),MLB pitcher; born in Casper
• John Buck (born 1980), MLB catcher, born inKemmerer
• Karen Budge (born 1949), formerWorld Cup and Olympicalpine ski racer; born inJackson
• Jaycee Carroll (born 1983), professional basketball player; born inLaramie
• Gail Cogdill (1937–2016), professional football player; born inWorland
• Chris Cooley (born 1982), professional football player; born inPowell
• Alicia Craig (born 1982), distance runner; born inGillette
• Jesseca Cross (born 1975), Olympic athlete; born inLaramie
• Lance Deal (born 1961), Olympic athlete; born inRiverton; attended high school in Casper
• Mike Devereaux (born 1963), MLB outfielder; NLCS MVP in 1995 with theAtlanta 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 inLander
• Dick Ellsworth (1940–2022), MLB pitcher; born inLusk
• Rulon Gardner (born 1971), wrestler; Olympic gold medalist inGreco-Roman wrestling; born inAfton
• 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 inTorrington
• 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 theToronto Raptors; born in Cheyenne
• Jaelin Kauf (born 1996), Olympicfreestyle skier; born inAlta
• Brett Keisel (born 1978), professional football player for thePittsburgh Steelers; born inGreybull
• Mike Lansing (born 1968), MLB infielder; born in Rawlins
• Nate Marquardt (born 1979),Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight fighter; born inLander
• Bryce Meredith (born 1995), professionalMMA fighter, three-timeNCAA Division Iwrestling All-American and two-time National Finalist; born in Cheyenne
• Tommy Moe (born 1970), world-class alpine skier; two-time Olympic medalist; member of theNational Ski Hall of Fame; lives in Jackson Hole
• Heather Moody (born 1973), water polo player; two-time Olympic medalist; lived inGreen River
• Jonah Nickerson (born 1985), pitcher for theOregon State Beavers; born in Casper
• Brandon Nimmo (born 1993), outfielder forNew 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 inNewcastle
• Travis Rice (born 1982), professional snowboarder; co-producer of documentary filmsThat's It, That's All (2008) andThe Art of Flight (2011); born and raised in Jackson Hole
• Ken Sailors (1921–2016), professional basketball player; popularized thejump shot; member of theNational Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame; raised outsideHillsdale, Wyoming; played college basketball at theUniversity of Wyoming
• Todd Skinner (1958–2006), rock climber; born inPinedale
• Rick Sofield (born 1956), MLB outfielder; born in Cheyenne
• Josef Stiegler (born 1937), world-class alpine skier; three-time Olympic medalist inslalom andgiant 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 inCody
• Jamila Wideman (born 1975), left-handed point guard basketball player, lawyer and activist
• Logan Wilson (born 1996), professional football player for theCincinnati Bengals; born and raised in Casper

• Thurman Arnold (1891–1969), lawyer and judge; born inLaramie
• Edward L. Baker Jr. (1865–1913), United States Army; recipient,Medal of Honor; born inLaramie County
• Harold Roe Bartle (1901–1974), lawyer; politician; helped to establishScouting in Wyoming
• George T. Beck (1856–1943), politician; businessman; helpedWilliam Cody establish the town ofCody
• "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846–1917),Old West figure; helped createCody
• John Colter (1774–1813), explorer; first white man to set foot in Wyoming
• Clayton Danks (1879–1970), model cowboy on the Wyomingtrademark, theBucking Horse and Rider; winner of three competitions atCheyenne Frontier Days
• Black Elk (1863–1950),heyoka of theOglalaLakota people
• Otto Franc (1846–1903), cattle baron and homesteader in theBig Horn Basin
• Lilian Heath (1865–1962), first female doctor in Wyoming
• James L. Herdt (born 1947), Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy; born in Casper
• Leonard S. Hobbs (1896–1977), aeronautical engineer and author; won the 1952Collier Trophy for designing theP&W J57 turbojet engine; born inCarbon County
• Raymond A. Johnson (1912–1984), aviation pioneer^[3]
• Harold McCracken (1894–1983), creator and director of theBuffalo 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 theWyoming Territory's passage of women's suffrage
• Margaret Murie (1902–2003), conservationist; lived in Wyoming
• John Pedersen (1881–1951),firearms designer who worked forRemington Arms
• Chance Phelps (1985–2004), soldier; born inDubois
• 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 (1929-2025), lawyer; born in Laramie
• Willis Van Devanter (1859–1941), city attorney for Cheyenne; chief judge of Wyoming territorial court;Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1911-1937)
• Robert R. Wilson (1914–2000), physicist; a group leader of theManhattan Project; born inFrontier

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