- Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30, 1941), is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate selected by President George W. Bush. Previously, he served as White House Chief of Staff, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming, and Secretary of Defense. In the private sector, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton Energy Services. - Buffalo Bill
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the American state of Iowa, near Le Claire. He was one of the most colorful figures of the Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. Buffalo Bill is a recipient of the Medal of Honor. - Mike Enzi
Michael Bradley "Mike" Enzi (born February 1 1944) is a conservative Republican United States Senator from Wyoming. Before his election to the U.S. Senate in 1996, Enzi had been a businessman, who at one time owned family shoe stores. He later became a politician on the state level, having served in the state legislature for more than a decade. He was reelected to the U.S. Senate in 2002 and faces voters again in 2008. - Barbara Cubin
Barbara Lynn Cubin (born November 30, 1946) is an American politician. She has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1994, the sole member of that body from Wyoming. In the 109th Congress, she was a member of the House Resources Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In the wake of the Democratic takeover of Congress in the 2006 elections, Cubin was relegated to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, … - Alan K. Simpson
Alan Kooi Simpson (born September 2, 1931, in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.) is a Republican politician who served from 1979 to 1997 as a United States Senator from Wyoming. His more conservative father, Milward L. Simpson, was also a member of the U.S. Senate from Wyoming (1962-1967) and a former governor of Wyoming (1955-1959) as well. Alan Simpson graduated from Cody High School in Cody, Wyoming in 1949 and attended Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 1950. - Washakie
Washakie (1804-1900) was a renowned warrior who united several bands of the Shoshone tribe around 1840. Originally named "Pinaquana" ("Smell of Sugar"), he was born in his father's Salish (or Flathead) tribe, and was given the name Washakie when he joined his mother's Shoshone tribe. Although the name by which he would be widely known has been translated in various ways, it apparently dealt with his tactics in battle. - Malcolm Wallop
Malcolm Wallop (born February 27, 1933) is a Republican politician and former three-term United States Senator from Wyoming. Wallop is noted as the first non-lawyer to serve as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. - Owen Wister
Owen Wister was an American writer of western novels. Owen Wister was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Owen Jones Wister, was a wealthy physician. His mother, Sarah Butler Wister, was the daughter of actress Fanny Kemble. He briefly attended schools in Switzerland and Britain, and later studied at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and Harvard University, … - Rulon Gardner
Rulon Gardner (born August 16, 1971 in Afton, Wyoming) is an amateur wrestler in the Greco-Roman discipline from the United States. His strength is often attributed to the physical labor on the dairy farm he grew up on. He graduated from Ricks College (BYU-Idaho) with an Associates Degree and the University of Nebraska. He has his teaching credentials in Physical Education, yet he has never taught in the classroom. - Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia M. Lummis (born September 10, 1954) is a Republican lawyer and rancher in Cheyenne who served as the Wyoming state treasurer from 1999-2007 -- the 29th person to hold the position. In that capacity, she managed over $8 billion in annual funds and was elected president of the Western State Treasurer's Association. Earlier, she was a member of the Wyoming State Senate (1982-1994) and the Wyoming House of Representatives (1979-1982). - Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844 - November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate from Wyoming. - Curt Gowdy
Curtis Edward Gowdy was an American sportscaster, well-known as the longtime "voice" of the Boston Red Sox and for his coverage of many nationally-televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports in the 1960s and 1970s. - John B. Kendrick
John B. Kendrick (September 6, 1857 - November 3, 1933) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming. Kendrick was born near Rusk, Texas, attended the public schools, and moved to Wyoming in 1879 and settled on a ranch near Sheridan, where he raised cattle and sheep. He was a member of the State senate from 1910 to 1914 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1913. - John Colter
John Colter (c.1774–May 7, 1812(?)), was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804−1806). Though party to one of the more famous expeditions in history, he is best remembered for his explorations made after being honorably discharged in 1806. During the winter of 1807–1808, Colter became the first known person of European descent to enter the region now known as Yellowstone National Park, descend into Jackson Hole and see the Teton Mountain Range. - Nellie Tayloe Ross
Nellie Tayloe Ross (November 29, 1876 - December 19, 1977) was an American politician, the governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and director of the National Mint for many years. She was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state. She is also to date the only woman to have ever served as governor of Wyoming. - Milward L. Simpson
Milward Lee Simpson (November 12, 1897 - June 10, 1993) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and as governor of Wyoming. Simpson was born in Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming. He attended the public schools of Wood River, Meeteetse, and Cody; and graduated from the University of Wyoming in Laramie (Albany County) in 1921. He then attended Harvard University Law School from 1921 to 1925. - Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Joseph C. O'Mahoney (November 5 1884 - December 1 1962) was a United States Senator (Democrat) from Wyoming. O'Mahoney was born in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, November 5 1884. He attended the parochial and public schools and Columbia University, New York City. He moved to Boulder, Colorado in 1908 and engaged as a reporter on the Boulder Herald; moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1916 and served as city editor of the Cheyenne State Leader. - Matthew Fox
Matthew Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an actor and former model. His first major role was playing the older brother and patriarch Charlie Salinger on "Party of Five" in the 1990s, co-starring with both Scott Wolf and Neve Campbell. He gained much greater fame for his current starring role as Dr. Jack Shephard on the hit ABC drama series "Lost". - Teno Roncalio
Teno Roncalio (March 23, 1916 - March 30, 2003) was a Democratic politician from Wyoming who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967 and again from 1971 until 1978. Roncalio was born to an Italian immigrant family in Rock Springs, Wyoming. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army and was awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in the Normandy invasion. - Esther Hobart Morris
Esther Hobart Morris (August 8, 1814 - April 2, 1902) was a leader in the American woman's suffrage movement. She was also the first woman to serve as a justice of the peace in the United States. Esther Hobart Morris was born in Tioga County, New York. Orphaned at age 11, she was apprenticed to a seamstress and became a successful milliner and businesswoman. As a young woman she was active in the anti-slavery movement. Widowed in 1845, she moved to Peru, Illinois, … - Dana Perino
Dana Marie Perino (born May 9 1972) is an Italian-American who is currently the deputy White House Press Secretary, and director of communications for the press team. From March 27 to April 30 2007 she was the Acting White House Press Secretary while Tony Snow underwent treatment for a recurrence of colon cancer. - Jedediah Smith
Jedediah Strong Smith (born January 6, 1799 - presumed date of death May 27, 1831) was a hunter, trapper, fur trader and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the American West Coast and the Southwest during the nineteenth century. Jedediah Smith's explorations were significant in opening the American West to expansion by white settlers. According to Maurice Sullivan: <blockquote>Smith was the first white man to cross the future state of Nevada, … - Eli Bebout
Eli Daniel Bebout (born October 14, 1946), though a veteran Wyoming politician, is the newest member of the Wyoming State Senate -- he represents District 26 from Riverton, the seat of Fremont County in central portion of his state. A Republican, Bebout (pronounced BEE BOUT) is a former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, and his party's gubernatorial nominee in 2002. - Chip Rawlins
Chip Rawlins is the co-author of "The Complete Walker IV" with Colin Fletcher. He is an outdoor guide and instructor. Previous jobs include: firefighter, science editor, non-fiction author, and field hydrologist. Rawlins was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Other books include: "Sky's Witness: A year in the Wind River Range", "Broken Country: Mountains and Memory", and "In Gravity National Park". - Henry H. Schwartz
Henry H. Schwartz (May 18, 1869-April 24, 1955) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Schwartz was born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools of Mercer County and Cincinnati, Ohio. Schwartz engaged in the newspaper business at Fort Recovery from 1892 to 1894 and at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from 1894 to 1896. Schwartz studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1895, … - Kelly Perdew
Kelly Crawford Perdew (born January 29,1967) of Carlsbad, California was the winner of the second season of "The Apprentice". - Charles E. Winter
Charles Edwin Winter (September 13, 1870 - April 22, 1948) was a United States Representative from Wyoming. Born in Muscatine, Iowa, he attended the public schools and Iowa Wesleyan College at Mount Pleasant. He graduated from the Nebraska Wesleyan University at Lincoln in 1892, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Omaha, Nebraska. He moved to Encampment, Wyoming in 1902 and to Casper, Wyoming in 1903. - Clifford Hansen
Clifford Peter Hansen (born October 16, 1912) is a retired Republican politician from the American state of Wyoming. He served as both governor (1963-1967) and U.S. senator (1967-1978). Earlier, he was the president of the board of trustees of his "alma mater", the University of Wyoming at Laramie (Albany County), the state's only four-year institution of higher learning. He was also a county commissioner in Jackson, the seat of Teton County. - Craig L. Thomas
Craig Lyle Thomas was an American politician who served over twelve years as a Republican United States Senator from Wyoming. In the Senate, Thomas was considered an expert on agriculture and rural development. He had served in key positions in several state agencies, including a long tenure as Vice President of the Wyoming Farm Bureau from 1965 to 1974. Thomas resided in Casper for twenty-eight years. - Joseph M. Carey
Joseph Maull Carey (b. January 19 1845, Milton, Delaware - d. February 5 1924, Cheyenne, Wyoming) was a lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician from Delaware who spent most of his political career in Wyoming before and after it achieved statehood. Joseph M. Carey was educated in Fort Edward Collegiate Institute and Union College before graduating from the law department at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1864. He was admitted to the bar three years later, … - George Clayton Johnson
George Clayton Johnson (born July 10, 1929 in Cheyenne, Wyoming) is a science fiction writer most famous for co-writing the novel "Logan's Run" with William F. Nolan. He is also known for his work in television, writing screenplays for such noted series as "The Twilight Zone" and "Star Trek". Born in a barn, he had to repeat the sixth grade and dropped out of school entirely in the eighth. - Ray Hunkins
Raymond Breedlove "Ray" Hunkins (born ca. 1939) is an attorney, rancher, former police officer, United States Marine Corps veteran, and the Republican nominee for Governor of Wyoming in the general election held on November 7, 2006. Hunkins resides in Wheatland, a small town in Platte County north of Cheyenne. Hunkins first sought the Republican nomination for governor in 2002 but was defeated by the more "moderate" candidate, Eli Bebout of Riverton, … - Gale W. McGee
Gale W. McGee (March 17, 1915-April 9, 1992) was a United States Senator of the Democratic Party, and United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS). He represented Wyoming in the United States Senate from 1959 until 1977. - Mike Lansing
Michael Thomas Lansing (born April 3, 1968 in Rawlins, Wyoming) is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, and the Boston Red Sox between 1993 and 2001. Lansing also played one season in the Cleveland Indians farm system before retiring after the 2002 season. - Brett Keisel
Brett Keisel is an American Football player who starts at defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bret hails from Greybull, Wyoming. He has been with the Steelers for his entire four-year NFL career. He attended Brigham Young University. Brett was the Steelers’ final draft pick in 2002 and was one of the seven draft selections to make the final roster. He was placed on reserve/injured list for the entire 2003-2004 season following shoulder surgery. - Frank A. Barrett
Frank Aloysius Barrett (november 10, 1892 - May 30, 1962) was an American soldier, lawyer and politician. He is best known as a member of the United States Congress and the United States Senate, and as Governor of Wyoming. Barrett was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to a family of eight. He studied law and science at Creighton University, and worked as a postal employee at the same time. - John J. Hickey
John J. Hickey (August 22, 1911-September 22, 1970) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Born in Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, Hickey attended public schools and graduated with a law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1934, and practiced law in Rawlins. He served as city treasurer of Rawlins from 1935 to 1940, and Carbon County Attorney from 1939 to 1942, and again 1946 to 1949. - Stanley K. Hathaway
Stanley Knapp Hathaway (July 19, 1924-October 4, 2005) was a U.S. Republican politician who served as governor of Wyoming from 1967 to 1975. Thereafter, he served four months as the United States Secretary of the Interior. - Lester C. Hunt
Lester Callaway Hunt (July 8, 1892-June 19, 1954) was a Democratic politician and dentist from the U.S. state of Wyoming. He served as governor of Wyoming from 1943 to 1949 and as United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his suicide on June 19, 1954. Hunt was born in Isabel, Illinois and worked as a switchman on a railroad to put himself through dental school at St. Louis University. Upon graduation in 1917, he moved to Lander, Wyoming, … - William H. Harrison
William Henry Harrison (August 10, 1896 - October 8, 1990) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative from Wyoming.
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