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Montana
People
Every state of the Union has given birth to people who have left a lasting impression on our history and culture. The following native Montanans have played distinctive roles.
Born in Montana
| Famous Montanans | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Born / Died | Place | ||||
| Loren Wilber Acton
Astronaut, Physicist |
Born: | March 7, 1936 | Lewsitown | |||
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| Dorothy Baker
(born Dorothy Dodds) Writer |
Born: | April 21, 1907 | Missoula | |||
| Died: | June 17, 1968 | Terra Bella, Calif. | ||||
| Dirk Benedict
(born Dirk Niewoehner) Actor |
Born: | March 1, 1945 | Helena | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Eric Bergoust
Olymipic gold-medal freestyle skier |
Born: | August 27, 1969 | Missoula | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird
Animator, Director, Writer, Actor |
Born: | September 11, 1957 | Kalispell | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Judith Blegen
Soprano |
Born: | April 17, 1940 | Missoula | |||
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| Mary Clearman Blew
Writer, Teacher |
Born: | December 10, 1939 | Lewiston | |||
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| Dana Thomas Carvey
Actor, Comedian |
Born: | June 2, 1955 | Missoula | |||
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| Gary Cooper
(born Frank James Cooper) Actor |
Born: | May 7, 1901 | Helena | |||
| Died: | May 13, 1961 | Los Angeles, Calif. | ||||
| Ivan Doig
Writer |
Born: | June 27, 1939 | White Sulphur Springs | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Patrick G. Duffy
Actor |
Born: | March 17, 1949 | Townsend | |||
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| Alice Greenough Orr
Cowgirl, First Rodeo Queen |
Born: | 1902 | Red Lodge | |||
| Died: | August 20, 1995 | Tucson, Ariz. | ||||
| Maurice Ralph Hilleman
Microbiologist |
Born: | August 30, 1919 | Miles City | |||
| Died: | April 11, 2005 | Philadelphia, Penn. | ||||
| John R. "Jack" Horner
Paleontologist |
Born: | June 15, 1946 | Shelby | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley
PROFESSION |
Born: | December 10, 1911 | Cardwell | |||
| Died: | March 20, 1974 | Big Sky | ||||
| Pert Kelton
Actress |
Born: | October 14, 1907 | Great Falls | |||
| Died: | October 30, 1968 | Westwood, N.J. | ||||
| Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel
Motorcycle daredevil |
Born: | October 17, 1938 | Butte | |||
| Died: | November 30, 2007 | Clearwater, Fla. | ||||
| Gerald Louis "Jerry" Kramer
Football player, Sports commentator, Author |
Born: | January 23, 1936 | Jordan | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Levi Leipheimer
Road Cyclist |
Born: | October 24, 1973 | Butte | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Myrna Loy
(Born: Myrna Adele Williams) Actress |
Born: | August 2, 1905 | Radersburg | |||
| Died: | December 14, 1993 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| David Keith Lynch
Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Composer, Painter |
Born: | January 20, 1946 | Missoula | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Stan Lynde
Cartoonist, Artist, Author |
Born: | September 23, 1931 | Billings | |||
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| Joseph Medicine Crow
(Tribal name: High Bird, meaning eagle) Historian, Author |
Born: | October 27, 1913 | Reservation, near Lodge Grass | |||
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| Lee Warren Metcalf
Politician |
Born: | January 28, 1911 | Stevensville | |||
| Died: | January 12, 1978 | Helena | ||||
| George Montgomery
(Born: George Montgomery Letz) Painter, Sculptor, Craftsman, Actor, Stuntman |
Born: | August 29, 1916 | Brady | |||
| Died: | December 12, 2000 | Rancho Mirage, Calif. | ||||
| Plenty Coups
Born: Chíilaphuchissaaleesh (Buffalo facing the wind) As young man: Alaxchiiaahush (Many achievments, prounounced Alek-chea-ahoosh) Crow Chief, Visonary |
Born: | c. 1848 | Near Billings? | |||
| Died: | May 3, 1932 | |||||
| Jeannette Rankin
Politician, Pacifist |
Born: | June 11, 1880 | Missoula | |||
| Died: | May 18, 1973 | Carmel, Calif. | ||||
| Martha Raye
Actress, Singer |
Born: | August 27, 1916 | Butte | |||
| Died: | October 19, 1994 | Los Angeles, Calif. | ||||
| Kevin Red Star
Artist |
Born: | 1943 | Lodge Grass | |||
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| Michael Smuin
Ballet dancer, Choreographer |
Born: | October 13, 1938 | Missoula | |||
| Died: | April 23, 2007 | San Francisco, Calif | ||||
| Doug Swingley
Musher, Sled dog racer |
Born: | May 14, 1953 | Great Falls | |||
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| Lester Carl Thurow
Professor Management & Economics, Author, Columnist |
Born: | 1938 | Livingston | |||
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| Peter Voulkos
(Born: Panagiotis Harry Voulkopoulos) Sculptor, Artist |
Born: | January 29, 1924 | Bozeman | |||
| Died: | February 16, 2002 | Bowling Green, Ohio | ||||
| James Welch
PROFESSION |
Born: | 1940 | Browning | |||
| Died: | August 4, 2003 | Missoula | ||||
| Robert Summers "Robbie" Yellowtail, Sr.
Crow leader |
Born: | August 4, 1889 | Lodge Grass | |||
| Died: | June 20, 1988 | Lodge Grass | ||||
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