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Famous People from Montana
Montana
Biographies, Famous People from Montana
Alexander McGillivray
- Dorothy Baker (1907 - 1968) Author;
born in Missoula.
- Dirk Benedict (1945 - ) Actor; born
in Helena
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Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) Became a
famous actor in the 1930s; born in Helena.
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Marcus Daly (1841-1900) Founded the
city of Anaconda.
- Alfred Bertram Guthrie (1901 -
1981) Pulitzer Prize-winning author; lived in
Choteau.
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Will James (1892 - 1942)
Artist/Writer; lived in Billings.
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Evel Knievel (1938 - ) Daredevil
motorcyclist; born in Butte.
- Jerry Kramer (1936 - ) Football
player; born in Jordan.
- Chet Huntley (1911 - 1974) TV
newscaster; born in Cardwell.
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David Lynch (1946 - ) Filmmaker; born
in Missoula.
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Myrnal Loy - (1905 - 1993)
Legendary actress; born in Radersburg.
- Dave McNally (1942- 2002) The only
baseball pitcher to hit a grand slam home run
in a World Series; born in Billings.
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George Montgomery (1916 - 2000)
Actor; born in Brady.
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Jeannette Rankin (1880 - 1973) A
Montana Republican, became the first woman to
serve in Congress in 1917; born in Missoula.
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Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926)
Charles Marion Russell was many things:
consummate Westerner, historian, advocate of
the Northern Plains Indians, cowboy,
outdoorsman, writer, philosopher,
environmentalist and conservationist, and not
least, artist. Moved to the Judith Basin of
Montana in 1880.
More Famous People of
Montana
- W. A. Tony Boyle labor union
official, Bald Butte
- Dana Carvey comedian, Missoula
- Jerry Kramer football player,
author, Jordan
- Martha Raye actress, Butte
- Michael Smuin choreographer
- Lester C. Thurow economist,
educator, Livingston
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