Famous People of Colorado

 

 

Tim Allen actor, Denver
Zachery Ty Bryan actor, Aurora
M. Scott Carpenter astronaut, Boulder
Lon Chaney actor, Colorado Springs
William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey boxer, Manassa
Ralph Edwards entertainer, Merino
Douglas Fairbanks actor, Denver
Eugene Fodor violinist, Turkey Creek
Gene Fowler writer
Lawrence H. Gipson historian, Greeley
Ruth Handler toy maker, Denver
Erick Hawkins choreographer
Homer Lea soldier, writer
Ted Mack TV host, Greeley
Ouray Ute Indian chief , Colorado Territory
Robert J. Seiwald inventor, Fort Morgan
Byron Raymond White jurist, Fort Collins
Paul Whiteman conductor, Denver

O.T. Jackson, founded Deerfield

 

Katherine Bates, wrote America the Beautiful

Lt. Zebulon Pike, said to have discovered Pike’s Peak

Dr. Edwin James, led first group up Pike’s Peak

Major Stephen H. Lang, first American explorer of present day northern Colorado

Aunt Clara Brown, leading citizen of Central City

Albert Bierstadt, landscape painter

Barney Ford and Henry O Wagoner, established first adult education classes in Colorado

George Turner, built Tiny Town

Abe Lee, discovered richest gold diggings in Colorado

George Rout, first state governor

Nathan C. Meeker, founder of Greeley

William Byers, published Colorado’s first newspaper

Spencer Lenrose, built Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs

Evelyn McLean, author

Eugene Field, famous poet

Kit Carson, frontier scout

Buffalo Bill Cody, frontiersman

John Love, politician

Bill Owens, politician

Stephen McNichols, politician

Ted Mack, entertainer

Hattie McDaniel, actress

Judy Collins, singer

John Denver, singer

Glenn Miller, band leader

Ward Bond, entertainer

Scott Carpenter, astronaut