List of people from Denver, Colorado

This is a list of famous people who were born in or who have lived in or are commonly associated with Denver, Colorado.

Denver natives

* Tim Allen - actor [cite web | author = Soylent Communications| title = Tim Allen| url = http://www.nndb.com/people/279/000025204/ | accessdate = June 5 | accessyear = 2006 ]
* Victor Amaya, pro-tennis player [cite web | author = ATP Tennis| title = Victor Amaya| url = http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofiles/default2.asp?playernumber=A044| accessdate = June 5 | accessyear = 2006 ]
* India.Arie - Neo-Soul singer [cite web | author = America Online| title = India Arie| url = http://music.aol.com/artist/indiaarie/475170/main| accessdate = June 5 | accessyear = 2006 ]
* Philip Bailey - R&B lead singer with Earth, Wind & Fire
* Chauncey Billups - starting point guard and team captain for the NBA's Detroit Pistons
* Sierra Boggess - stage actress
* Joseph Castanon - actor
* Duane Chapman - bounty hunter [cite web | author = Internet Movie Database| title = Duane Chapman| url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1738062/| accessdate = June 5 | accessyear = 2006 ]
* Mary Coyle Chase - playwright, author of Harvey
*Ashly DelGrosso - professional dancer who appeared on Dancing with the Stars Seasons 1, 2, and 3
* John Desmond - architect [ [http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/17120296.html 2theadvocate.com | News | Architect Desmond dies — Baton Rouge, LA ] ]
* John Dolan - writer [ [http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/dolanjohn.html] Dolan's entry at the New Zealand Book Council's directory]
* Jack Earle - known for his massive height and tall stature [cite web | author = Internet Movie Database| title = Jack Earle| url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247325/| accessdate = June 5 | accessyear = 2006 ]
* John Eisenhower - Son of Dwight D. Eisenhower
* Douglas Fairbanks - actor, screenwriter, director and producer
* David Fincher - music video and film director
* John Grahame - NHL Goaltender for the Carolina Hurricanes
* Rodolfo Gonzales - Chicano Movement activist [now deceased]
* Hanna R. Hall - actress [cite web | author = Internet Movie Database| title = Hanna R. Hall| url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355632/| accessdate = June 5 | accessyear = 2006 ]
* Roy Halladay - Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
* Pat Hingle - actor
* Joe Klopfenstein - NFL tight end for the St. Louis Rams
* Kevin Lucero Less - actor and artist (Move Me) Sundance Film Festival 2007 [cite web | author = Mile High Newspapers| title = Native's film debuts at Sundance Festival| url = http://www.milehighnews.com/Articles-i-2007-02-01-185307.112112-Natives_film_debuts_at_Sundance_Festival.html| accessdate = July 20 | accessyear = 2008 ]
* Daniel M. Lewin - mathematician and entrepreneur who died on American Airlines Flight 11 during the September 11, 2001 attacks
* Jacqueline Madera - Miss Colorado USA 2006
* Tom Martino - consumer advocate and syndicated talk radio host
* James D. Parriott – Writer, director, & producer
* Joseph C. Phillips - actor and political commentator
* Dean Reed - actor, singer and songwriter
* AnnaSophia Robb - actress
* Jerry Robertson, NASCAR driver
* Reese Roper - singer and songwriter
* Karl Rove - former Deputy White House Chief of Staff to George W. Bush
* Michael Ruffin - pro-basketball player in the NBA
* 2 Cold Scorpio - professional wrestler
* Alan K. Simpson - Republican politician who served from 1979 to 1997 as a United States Senator from Wyoming.
* Isaac Slade - member of the band, The Fray (band)
* Jill Sobule - singer-songwriter
* Stephen Stohn - Canadian television producer ("Degrassi")
* Tom Tancredo - Republican congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives
* The Fray - Rock band
* Eve Torres - actor and model
* Jan-Michael Vincent - actor
* Frank Welker, famed cartoon voice actor [cite web | author = Internet Movie Database| title = Frank Welker | url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919798/| accessdate = June 5 | accessyear = 2006 ]
* LenDale White - NFL running back, played for the University of Southern California
* Ace Young - pop-music singer-songwriter, American Idol finalist [cite web | author = FOX Network | title = Ace Young | url = http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/ace_young/ | accessdate = June 2 | accessyear = 2006 ]

Born elsewhere, raised in Denver

These people were raised in Denver in their childhood years but were born elsewhere.

* Joe Guese - Guitarist of The Click Five, born in Omaha, Nebraska.
* Neal Cassady - the beat generation icon was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and raised in Denver.
* Leland Chapman - was in a gang in Denver during teenage years. (born in Groom, Texas)
* Don Cheadle - born in Kansas City, Missouri, graduated from East High School
* Ted Conover - journalist and author, born in Okinawa, Japan, and raised in Denver.
* Judy Collins - folk singer, born in Seattle, Washington, graduated from East High School
* Madhuri Dixit - Indian actress married to Dr. Sriram Nene, a heart surgeon, born in Mumbai, India
* Bill Frisell - jazz guitarist and composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland and spent most of his youth in Denver.
* Pam Grier - born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, attended East High School in Denver.
* Vance Kirkland- artist, born in Ohio
* Hattie McDaniel - actress, born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Denver.
* Pat Oliphant - editorial cartoonist, born in Adelaide, Australia
* Mamie Eisenhower - Former First Lady, born in Boone, Iowa.
* Golda Meir - Former Prime Minister of Israel, lived in Denver for a time as a teenager. Born in Kiev, Ukraine.
* Dianne Reeves - Jazz vocalist, winner of 4 Grammy awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album, graduated from George Washington High School. Born in Detroit, Michigan.
* Matt Stone - creator of South Park, born in Houston, Texas, raised in Littleton (south of Denver).
* Lenora Mattingly Weber - writer, born in Missouri, raised in Denver.
*Mary Van DeBur- SurvivorFact|date=March 2008

Denver transplants

These people lived in Denver as an adult, and were born and raised elsewhere.

* Charles Adams, United States military officer and foreign ministercite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | date = 1963]
* Carmelo Anthony - pro-basketball player for Denver Nuggets, formerly of Syracuse University, born in New York City.
* Anthony R. Barringer - Geophysicist and inventor
* Molly Brown - famous survivor of Titanic accident. Born in Hannibal, Missouri.
* George Elbert Burr - Early 20th century American artist, became famous for his landscapes of the Rocky Mountains.
* Jerome B. Chaffee - Colorado Senator, born in Cambria, New York, raised in Adrian, Michigan, founded Denver.
* Madhuri Dixit - Indian actress married to Dr. Sriram Nene, a heart surgeon. Dixit was born in Mumbai, India.
* John Elway - Hall of Fame quarterback for the Denver Broncos, 1983 - 1998 NFL seasons, owner of the Colorado Crush, Arena Football League. Born in Port Angeles, Washington.
* John Hickenlooper - current mayor of Denver, born in Narberth, Pennsylvania
* Frances Wisebart Jacobs - philanthropist, born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, moved to Denver in later life and founded a number of charities based in Denver.
* William Larimer, Jr. - founder of Denver. Born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
* Thomas MacDonald Patterson - U.S. politician, born in County Carlow, Ireland, raised in New York City and Crawfordsville, Indiana.
* Federico Peña, Denver attorney and Mayor 1983-91. He went on to serve as Secretary of Transportation and Energy in President Bill Clinton's Presidential Cabinet (1993-1997) Born in Laredo, Texas.
* Wellington Webb - former mayor of Denver
* Condoleezza Rice - US Secretary of State 2005-, born in Birmingham, Alabama
* Andrew J. Rogers (1828-1900) - represented ushr|New Jersey|4 in the United States House of Representatives from 1863-1867, and served as Denver's police commissioner after moving here in 1892. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000387 Andrew Jackson Rogers] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed September 2, 2007.]
* Joe Sakic - National Hockey League centre for the Colorado Avalanche. Born in Burnaby, British Columbia.
* Shannon Sharpe - Former Pro-NFL player for the Denver Broncos, sports commentator, CBS, born in Chicago, Illinois.
* Mark Schlereth - Former Pro Bowl offensive guard for the Denver Broncos.
* Soapy Smith - Famous Denver crime boss from 1885 to 1896. [ cite web | author = The Soapy Smith Preservation Trust | title = Soapy in Denver| url = http://www.soapysmith.net/page2.html/ | accessdate = June 29 | access year = 2006 ] born in Coweta County, Georgia
* John Warne - bassist of the Christian rock band Relient K
* Roseanne Barr - Moved to Denver after high school, worked as a waitress, and got her start doing stand-up at comedy clubs in Denver.

Other people associated with Denver

*John Denver - Singer/Songwriter from Aspen, Colorado

Fictional Denverites

*Mike Teavee in the 2005 movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

ee also

*List of people from Colorado
*Music in Denver

References

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