- Max Baucus
Max Sieben Baucus (born December 11 1941) is the senior United States Senator from Montana and is a member of the Democratic Party. - Jon Tester
Jonathan "Jon" Tester (born August 21, 1956) is the Democratic junior U.S. Senator from Montana. Previously, he was President of the Montana State Senate. - Conrad Burns
Senator Burns was elected to the Senate in 1989 and is now in his third term. With a seat on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, he has been able to bring in over $1 billion in federal funds to the state. He has pursued new markets for agricultural producers and secured millions of dollars in grants for research and marketing improvements. - Denny Rehberg
Dennis R. "Denny" Rehberg (born October 5, 1955) is an American politician who has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing Montana at-large. - Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Rankin (June 11, 1880 - May 18, 1973) was the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives and the first female member of Congress. A Republican and a lifelong pacifist, she was the only member of Congress to vote against United States entry into World War II and one of fifty to vote against World War I. Additionally, she led resistance to the Vietnam War. - Mike Mansfield
Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 - October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic politician and the longest-serving Majority Leader of the United States Senate, serving from 1961 to 1977. Born in New York City to Irish Catholic immigrants, he was raised in Montana, where he graduated from the University of Montana and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Mansfield represented the state of Montana throughout his political career. - David Sirota
David Sirota is the bestselling author of the books "Hostile Takeover" (2006) and "The Uprising" (2008). He is a fellow at the Campaign for America's Future and a board member of the Progressive States Network - both nonpartisan organizations. E-mail him at ds@davidsirota.com. - Greg Mortenson
Greg Mortenson (born 1957) is a mountain climber, former U.S. Army medic, and humanitarian from Bozeman, Montana. From 1958 to 1973, Mortenson grew up on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania, where his father Dempsey Mortenson was the founder and development director of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center.. His mother, Dr. Jerene Mortenson, founded the International School Moshi.. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1975 to 1977, … - Marc Racicot
Marc F. Racicot (born July 24, 1948) is a United States Republican Party politician. He was the governor of Montana from 1993 until 2001. He also served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2002 until 2003, when he was appointed as the chairman of the Bush re-election campaign. In 2000 as well as 2004 he was rumored to be Bush's choice for Attorney General, but his moderate views on abortion and gay rights made that choice unlikely. - Jack Horner
John "Jack" R. Horner (born June 15, 1946) is an American paleontologist who discovered and named the "Maiasaura", providing the first clear evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their young. He is one of the most well known paleontologists in the United States. In addition to his many paleontological discoveries, Horner served as the technical advisor for all of the "Jurassic Park" films, and even served as partial inspiration for the movie's lead character, … - Rick Bass
Rick Bass (born March 17, 1958) is an award-winning American writer and an environmental activist. Raised the son of a geologist in Texas, Bass studied petroleum geology at Utah State University. He started writing short stories on his lunch breaks while working as a petroleum geologist in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1987, he moved with his wife, the artist Elizabeth Hughes, to the remote Yaak Valley near Troy, Montana, … - David Lynch
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, video artist, and performance artist. Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations, for his direction of "The Elephant Man" (1980), "Blue Velvet" (1986), and "Mulholland Drive" (2001). He has won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. - Mike McGrath
Michael ("Mike") McGrath is Montana's current attorney general. He was elected in November 2000, and was unopposed for his second term in 2004. He is a member of the Montana Democratic Party. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force. A native of Butte, Montana, McGrath graduated from from the University of Montana with a BA in business administration in 1970 and received his JD from Gonzaga University Law School in 1975. - Evel Knievel
Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, Jr. (born October 17, 1938 in Butte, Montana) is a motorcycle daredevil who has been a household name since the late 1960s. Evel Knievel's highly publicized motorcycle jumps, including his attempt to jump over the Snake River Canyon, claim four of the top 20 most-watched Wide World of Sports events of all time. - Lee Metcalf
Lee Warren Metcalf (b. Stevensville, Montana, January 28, 1911, died in Helena, Montana on January 12, 1978) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and was a United States Representative, and a United States Senator (1961 until 1978) from Montana. He graduated from Stanford University in 1936 and received a law degree from Montana State University Law School; admitted to the Montana bar in 1936 and commenced the practice of law; member, … - Stan Jones
Stan Jones (born January 13, 1943, in Bozeman, Montana) is a Libertarian Party politician who has twice run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 2002 and 2006, and has run twice unsuccessfully for governor of Montana, in 2000 and 2004. The winner in 2000 was Republican Judy Martz, and in 2004 the winner was Democrat Brian Schweitzer. In 2002 the winner was Democrat Max Baucus. His loss in 2006 was his most significant, … - Burton K. Wheeler
Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882 - January 6, 1975) was a Montana politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senator from 1923 until 1947. Wheeler was born in Hudson, Massachusetts. He grew up in Massachusetts, attending the public schools and working as a stenographer in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Michigan law school in 1905. He initially headed for Seattle, Washington, but after getting off the train in Butte, … - Red Cloud
Red Cloud (Lakota: Makhpiya Luta), (1822-December 10, 1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). One of the most capable enemies the U. S. military ever faced, he led the successful war in 1866-1868 known as Red Cloud's War over control of the Powder River Country in northwestern Wyoming and southern Montana. Later he led his people in reservation life. - Marcus Daly
Marcus Daly (December 5, 1841 - November 12, 1900), was an Irish-born American businessman known as one of the three "Copper Kings" of Butte, Montana, USA. - Paris Gibson
Paris Gibson (July 1, 1830 -December 16, 1920), was a Minneapolis entrepreneur and Montana politician. Gibson was born in Brownfield, Oxford County, Maine. He served as a member of the Montana State Senate and as a Democratic member of the United States Senate between 1901 and 1905. He abandoned his failed business interests in Minnesota to try his luck out West and, in 1880, … - Ivan Doig
Ivan Doig (born on June 27, 1939) is a US-American novelist. He was born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana to a family of homesteaders and ranch hands. After the death of his mother on his sixth birthday, he was raised by his father Charles "Charlie" Doig and his grandmother Elizabeth "Bessie" Ringer. After several stints on ranches, they moved to Dupuyer, Pondera County, Montana in the north to herd sheep close to the Rocky Mountain front. - Philip Aaberg
Philip Aaberg (born 1949) is a Montana-born pianist. He has balanced classical, blues and rock interests since earning a degree at Harvard, performing often in the chamber jazz genre. He has performed with notable acts such as Peter Gabriel, John Hiatt, Elvin Bishop, The Doobie Brothers, among many others. In 1985, Aaberg embarked on a recording career for Windham Hill Records, encompassing both solo piano and ensemble recordings. - John Melcher
John Melcher (born September 6 1924) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Montana as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and as a United States Senator from 1977 until 1989. John Melcher was born in Sioux City, Iowa. He attended the University of Minnesota, served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and graduated from Iowa State University in 1950. Later he moved to Forsyth, Montana and established a veterinary clinic. - Plenty Coups
Plenty Coups (otherwise known as Aleek-chea-ahoosh) (1848 - 1932) was a Crow chief and visionary leader. He allied Crow with the whites when the war for the West was being fought, because the Sioux and Cheyenne (who were opposing white settlement of the area) were the traditional enemies of the Crow. Plenty Coups had also had a vision when he was very young that non-Native people would ultimately take control of his homeland (Montana), … - Howard Lyman
Howard F. Lyman was born in Great Falls, Montana, on September 17, 1938. He was raised on a farm that produced dairy and meat commodities. He attended Montana State University and graduated in 1961 with a BS degree in general agriculture. Upon graduation he spent two years in the United States Army before returning to work on the farm. From 1963 to 1983 he was actively engaged in animal and grain production. The areas in which he was involved were dairy, pork, … - Rick Hill
Richard "Rick" Hill (born December 30, 1946) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana. Hill was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from Saint Cloud State University in 1968. Hill received his Juris Doctor in 2005 from the Concord School of Law. Hill was elected to Congress in 1996, defeating Bill Yellowtail, and represented Montana's At-large congressional district from January 3 1997 until January 3, 2001. - George Winston
George Winston (born 1949) is a American pianist who was born in Michigan, and grew up in Miles City, Montana. Many of his pieces, self-described as "Rural Folk Piano", evoke the essence of a season and reflect natural landscapes. He is considered to perform in the new age genre, a label that somewhat limits his potential audience. He also is known for his "PEANUTS" tribute album. George Winston was first recorded by John Fahey for Fahey's Takoma Records. - Norman MacLean
Norman Fitzroy Maclean (23 December 1902 in Clarinda, Iowa - 2 August 1990 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American author and scholar most noted for his books "A River Runs Through It and Other Stories" (1976) and "Young Men and Fire" (1992). - William Andrews Clark
William Andrews Clark, Sr. (January 8, 1839-March 2, 1925) was an American politician and entrepreneur, involved with mining, banking and railroads. __NOTOC_ - James Welch
James Welch (1940-August 4 2003), born in Browning, Montana, was an award-winning U.S. author and poet. His father was a member of the Blackfeet tribe and his mother a member of the Gros Ventre tribe. Welch was given the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal and full knighthood, by France in recognition of his contributions to French culture. - Thomas J. Walsh
'Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859 - March 2, 1933) was a lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana in the United States. He represented Montana in the United States Senate from 1913 until 1933. He helped expose the Teapot Dome Scandal, able chairman of the Democratic convention in Chicago in 1932, opposed child labor, and supported women's suffrage. Walsh was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. - Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. A former player for the New York Knicks, Jackson is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association. His reputation was established as head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 through 1998; during his tenure in Chicago, … - Jeff Ament
Jeff Ament (born Jeffrey Allen Ament, March 10, 1963, Havre, Montana) is an American rock bassist and, along with Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, one of the founding members of Pearl Jam. Jeff is a renowned bassist, and is particularly notable for his work with the fretless bass, upright bass and twelve-string bass guitar. - Tera Patrick
Tera Patrick (born Linda Ann Hopkins on July 25, 1976 in Great Falls, Montana) is an American pornographic actress. - Colin Meloy
Colin Patrick Henry Meloy is the lead singer and songwriter for the Portland, Oregon, indie band The Decemberists. As of 2005, Meloy has written a 100-page book on The Replacements' fourth album, "Let It Be", released as part of the "33⅓" series. Meloy was born in Helena, Montana. His sister is Maile Meloy, an author often published in the New Yorker. He attended the University of Montana, where he majored in creative writing. - Michelle Williams
Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Williams broke into stardom on the teen series "Dawson's Creek" and later graduated to full length features, such as "Brokeback Mountain", for which she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. - Henry Plummer
Henry Plummer (1832 - 1864) served as sheriff of Bannack, Montana, from May 24, 1863 until January 10, 1864, when he was hanged without trial by the controversial Montana Vigilantes. Some believe him to have been the head of a gang that was responsible for nearly a hundred deaths; he was hanged along with twenty-two others for their presumed crimes. He was born William Henry Handy Plumer, the last of six children in Addison, Maine, … - Levi Leipheimer
Levi Leipheimer is an American professional bicyclist who rides with the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. He previously rode for the German cycling team Gerolsteiner.. His major results to date are 1st overall in the 2007 Tour of California (winning the Prologue and Stage 5 time trials), 1st overall in the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré, 1st overall in the 2005 Deutschland Tour, 3rd overall in the 2001 Vuelta a España, … - Ron Marlenee
Ronald Charles Marlenee (born August 8, 1935) is a U.S. Republican politician. He was born in Scobey, Montana. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Montana and served from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1993. Following the 1990 Census, Montana lost one of its two seats in the House of Representatives, forcing the state's two representatives, … - Nancy Keenan
Nancy Keenan , President NARAL Pro-Choice America's president is an experienced public official who has won three statewide elections; a lifelong activist with a deep commitment to a woman's right to choose and right to privacy; and a dynamic leader who will build the strength of our powerful grassroots presence across the country.
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