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Famous People from Colorado
Colorado
Biographies, Famous People from Colorado
Alexander McGillivray
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Tim Allen (1953 - ) Actor,
His films include The Santa
Clause (1994) and the voice of
Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story
(1995); born in Denver.
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Scott Carpenter (1925 - )
One of the original seven U.S.
astronauts and second American to
orbit the earth; born in Boulder.
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Ben Nighthorse Campbell
(1933 - ) First Native American to
serve in the U.S. Senate (1992).
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Adolph
Coors (1847-1919) Founder of the
Adolph Coors Company in Golden
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Lon Chaney (1883 - 1930)
Actor made famous for his “thousand
faces,” starred in The Hunchback of
Notre Dame and The Phantom
of the Opera; born in Colorado
Springs.
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Jack Dempsey (1895 - 1983)
Boxer, world heavyweight champion
from 1919-26; born in Manassa.
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John Elway (1960 - ) Famous
Denver Broncos quarterback.
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Douglas Fairbanks (1883 -
1939) Actor and founder of United
Artists with Mary Pickford and
Charlie Chaplin; born in Denver.
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Eugene Fodor (1950 - )
World-renowned violin soloist.
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Willard Libby (1908 - 1980)
Nobel Prize winner in chemistry,
discovered radio-carbon dating; born
in Grand Valley.
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Ouray
(1833 - 1880) Ute chief.
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Florence R. Sabin (1871 -
1953) First woman elected to the
National Academy of Sciences; born
in Central City.
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Paul Whiteman (1890 - 1967)
Famous Jazz conductor.
More Famous Coloradoans:
- Zachery Ty Bryan actor,
Aurora
- Ralph Edwards
entertainer, Merino
- 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
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