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

Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) Became a famous actor in the 1930s; born in Helena.

Marcus Daly (1841-1900) Founded the city of Anaconda.

Alfred Bertram Guthrie (1901 - 1981) Pulitzer Prize-winning author; lived in Choteau.

Will James (1892 - 1942) Artist/Writer; lived in Billings.

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.

David Lynch (1946 - ) Filmmaker; born in Missoula.

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.

George Montgomery (1916 - 2000) Actor; born in Brady.

Jeannette Rankin (1880 - 1973) A Montana Republican, became the first woman to serve in Congress in 1917; born in Missoula.

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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