Biographical Records
Notable People from Montana
310 notable figures born in Montana, showing page 5 of 7, ranked by historical prominence.
Roger Grimsby
1928 – 1995
journalistnews presenteractor
Rudy Autio
1926 – 2007
artist
Ted Nichols
1928 – 2026
music educatorcomposer
Michael Theodore Vickery
1931 – 2017
political scientistuniversity teacherhistorian
Johnny Couch
1891 – 1975
baseball player
Ralph Emerson
1899 – 1984
film actorstage actor
Allen Kolstad
1931 – 2008
politician
Donald W. Shea
1936 – 2016
military personnel
Ed Barker
1931 – 2012
American football player
Helen Foot Buell
1902 – 1995
ecologistbotanisteditor
M.R. Montgomery
1938 – 2017
writer
Elizabeth Lochrie
1890 – 1981
painter
Patrick M. Hughes
1942 – 2024
military officerlieutenant general
Roy Carrington Kirtland
1874 – 1941
aircraft pilot
Mike Tilleman
1944 – 2020
American football player
Norm Clarke
1942 – 2025
columnistjournalist
Sam Hunt
1942 – 2026
legislatorpoliticianteacher
Bill Bowman
1946 – 2020
politician
Jim B. Baker
1941 – 2014
television actorstage actoractor
David Askevold
1940 – 2008
video artistvisual artistuniversity teacher
Emma L. Brock
1886 – 1974
children's writerillustratorwriter
William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.
1950 – 2021
playwright
Gary Knopp
1957 – 2020
politician
W. C. Tuttle
1883 – 1969
writerscreenwriter
Wellington D. Rankin
1884 – 1966
politicianlawyer
Elizabeth Savage
1918 – 1989
novelistwriter
Count Yogi
1915 – 1990
golfer
Alma Smith Jacobs
1916 – 1997
librarian
William Andrews Clark, Jr.
1877 – 1934
book collectorbibliophilephilanthropist
James Muri
1918 – 2013
aircraft pilot
Dan Harrington
1938 – 2015
politician
Lee Minto
1927
social activist
Franklin A. Long
1910 – 1999
chemist
Pat Kearney
1955 – 2014
historianwriter
Jack Westrope
1918 – 1958
jockey
Glayde Whitney
1939 – 2002
behavior geneticistgeneticistpsychologist
Jim Moore
1927 – 2017
politicianwriter
Balfour Currie
1902 – 1981
meteorologistclimatologist
John Ahern
1934 – 2020
politician
Kurt Donsbach
1935 – 2021
chiropractor
William Wylie Galt
1919 – 1944
military personnel
Pretty Eagle
1846 – 1903
traditional leader or chiefdiplomat
Charlotte Towle
1896 – 1966
social workersociologistuniversity teacher
Wilbur Martin
1928 – 1984
skeleton racersoldier
Frank Hagel
1933 – 2024
sculptorpainter
Clyde Summers
1918 – 2010
writer
Paul Renne
1939 – 1970
biathlete
Belle Highwalking
1892 – 1971
writer
Will Mahoney
1894 – 1967
vaudeville performeractor
Theresa Lamebull
1896 – 2007
teacher