William “Buffalo Bill” Cody
(1846 - 1917) Founder of Cody,
Wyoming and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in Nebraska; born in Iowa.
Leonard S. Hobbs
(1896 - 1977) Developed the engine for turbo jet airplanes; born in Carbon
County.
Curt Gowdy
(1919 - ) Sportscaster, TV play-by-play man for AFL, NFL and major league
baseball. Jedediah
S. Smith (1799 - 1830) Mountain man and first American to get to California from
the East. Alan K.
Simpson (1931 - ) Wyoming senator from 1979-1997. Francis
E. Warren (1844 - 1929) First state governor. James G.
Watt (1938 - )
Former secretary of the Interior; born in Lusk.
Joseph
M. Carey (1845 - 1924) Mayor of Cheyenne, first U.S. Senator from
Wyoming, Wyoming Governor; born in Milton, Delaware.
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Patricia MacLachlan
(1938 - ) Author of children’s books and
Newberry Medal for Sarah, Plain and Tall; born in Cheyenne.
Esther
Hobart Morris (1814 - 1902) Helped women receive the right to vote in
Wyoming and the nation’s first female judge; born in New York.
Jackson Pollock (1912 - 1956) Artist well known for his
abstract paintings; born in Cody.
James
Bridger (1804 - 1881) Trapper, guide and storyteller.
Dick
Cheney (1941 - ) White House
Chief of Staff to President Ford, U.S. congressman, Secretary of Defense
and Vice president of the U.S.; grew up in Casper.
Nellie
Davis Tayloe Ross (1876 - 1977) Governor of Wyoming; born
November near St. Joseph, Missouri.
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