Famous Coloradans
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Colorado or spent some important time in Colorado.
Tim Allen, actor
Lyle Alzado, football player
Mike Anderson, football player
Roland Arnall, chairman of Ameriquest
Champ Bailey, football player
Tyler Befus, fly fisherman and author, A Kid's Guide to Flyfishing
Tatum Bell, football player
William Bonney (aka Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, and Billy the Kid), outlaw
Courtney Brown, football player
Zachery Ty Bryan, actor
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S. senator, the first Native American senator
M. Scott Carpenter, astronaut
Kit Carson, explorer and lawman
Lon Chaney, actor
Patrick Chukwurah, football player
Don Claps, world record-breaking cartwheeler
Marco Coleman, football player
Dave Collins, baseball player and coach
Peter Conti, author
Pete Coors, brewer
Clive Cussler, thriller novelist
Terrell Davis, football player
Ron Dayne, football player
Jack Dempsey, boxer
Ralph Edwards, TV show host
Ebenezer Ekuban, football player
Jason Elam, football player
John Elway, football player
Douglas Fairbanks, actor
Eugene Fodor, violinist
Gene Fowler, writer
Domonique Foxworth, football player
William Gilpin, Colorado territorial governor
Lawrence Gipson, historian
Ian Gold, football player
Richard “Goose” Gossage, baseball player
Peter Guber, movie producer
Ruth Handler, toy maker
Carroll Hardy, football player and scout,
also baseball player
Erick Hawkins, choreographer
John Henry “Doc” Holiday, western gunman
Poker Alice Huckert, gambler
Homer Lea, solder, writer
Ashley Lelie, football player
John Lynch, football player
Ted Mack, TV host
John Malone, cable TV mogul
William “Bat” Masterson, lawman
Phil Meyers, author
Chief Ouray, Ute chief
Trey Parker, South Park creator
Jake Plummer, football player
Clinton Portis, football player
Trevor Pryce, football player
Rick Raditz, Internet marketing expert
John L. Routt, first Colorado governor
Todd Sauerbaum, football player
Robert Seiwald, inventor
Mike Shanahan, football coach
Rod Smith, football player
F. O. Stanley, inventor of Stanley Steamer and founder of the Stanley Hotel
Matt Stone, South Park creator
Byron White, U.S. supreme court justice
Paul Whiteman, conductor
Darrent Williams, football player
Al Wilson, football player
Oprah Winfrey, TV talk show host, actress, producer, book author, billionaire
