List of people from Denver
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This is a list of famous people who were born in or who have lived in or are commonly associated with Denver, Colorado.
[edit] Denver natives
- Tim Allen - actor[1]
- Victor Amaya, pro-tennis player[2]
- India.Arie - Neo-Soul singer[3]
- Philip Bailey - R&B lead singer with Earth, Wind & Fire
- Chauncey Billups - starting point guard and team captain for the NBA's Detroit Pistons
- Duane Chapman - bounty hunter[4]
- John Dolan - writer[5]
- Jack Earle - known for his massive height and tall stature[6]
- Douglas Fairbanks - actor, screenwriter, director and producer
- David Fincher - music video and film director
- Rodolfo Gonzales - Chicano Movement activist
- Joe Guese - Guitarist for The Click Five
- Hanna R. Hall - actress[7]
- LenDale White - NFL running back, played for the University of Southern California
- Carlos Tasayco - NBA Player
- Isaac Slade - member of the band, The Fray (band)
- Ace Young - pop-music singer-songwriter, American Idol finalist[8]
[edit] Born elsewhere, raised in Denver
These people were raised in Denver in their childhood years but were born elsewhere.
- 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.
[edit] Denver transplants
These people lived in Denver as an adult, and were born and raised elsewhere.
- Charles Adams, United States military officer and foreign minister[9]
- 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.
- Jerome B. Chaffee - Colorado Senator, born in Cambria, New York, raised in Adrian, Michigan, founded Denver.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bob Newman - political commentator, born in Washington, D.C.
- 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.
- Condoleezza Rice - US Secretary of State 2005-, born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Shannon Sharpe - Former Pro-NFL player for the Denver Broncos, sports commentator, CBS, born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Soapy Smith - Famous Denver crime boss from 1885 to 1896.[10] born in Newnan, Georgia
- John Warne - bassist of the Christian rock band Relient K
[edit] Other people associated with Denver
[edit] Fictional Denverites
- Mike Teavee in the 2005 movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Soylent Communications. Tim Allen. Retrieved on June 5, 2006.
- ^ ATP Tennis. Victor Amaya. Retrieved on June 5, 2006.
- ^ America Online. India Arie. Retrieved on June 5, 2006.
- ^ Internet Movie Database. Duane Chapman. Retrieved on June 5, 2006.
- ^ [1] Dolan's entry at the New Zealand Book Council's directory
- ^ Internet Movie Database. Jack Earle. Retrieved on June 5, 2006.
- ^ Internet Movie Database. Hanna R. Hall. Retrieved on June 5, 2006.</ref>
- Pat Hingle - actor
- [[Jacqueline Madera]] - Miss Colorado USA 2006
- Tom Martino - consumer advocate and syndicated talk radio host
- 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
- 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.
- Jill Sobule - singer-songwriter
- Stephen Stohn - Canadian television producer (Degrassi)
- Jan-Michael Vincent - actor
- Frank Welker, actor<ref>{{cite web | author = Internet Movie Database| title = Frank Welker | url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919798/| accessdate = June 5 | accessyear = 2006 }}</li>
