Biographical Records

Notable People from Montana

310 notable figures born in Montana, showing page 6 of 7, ranked by historical prominence.

Steamboat Williams
Steamboat Williams
American baseball player (1892–1979)
1892 – 1979
baseball player
Robert Lewis Brown, Sr.
Robert Lewis Brown, Sr.
United States federal judge (1892-1948)
1892 – 1948
lawyerjudge
Lester Dragstedt
American surgeon
1893 – 1975
surgeon
Chuck Baer
Chuck Baer
American football coach (1905-1987)
1905 – 1987
American football player
Steve Kragthorpe
Steve Kragthorpe
American football player and coach
1965 – 2024
American football player
Frank Akins
American football player (1919-1992)
1919 – 1992
American football playerbasketball player
Cecil Duff
American baseball player (1896-1969)
1896 – 1969
baseball player
Ted James
American politician from Montana (1918-1995)
1918 – 1995
politician
Kenneth Strickfaden
American special effects person
1896 – 1984
electrical engineerspecial effects supervisor
Karl Ohs
American politician
1946 – 2007
politician
D'Arcy McNickle
American writer
1904 – 1977
anthropologistnovelistwriter
Larry Questad
American sprinter
1943 – 2020
sprinter
Eddie Oram
Eddie Oram
American basketball player (1914-2004)
1914 – 2004
basketball player
Pokey Allen
Gridiron football player and coach (1943-1996)
1943 – 1996
Canadian football playerAmerican football player
Roger Nichols
American composer and songwriter
1940 – 2025
basketball playerinstrumentalistsongwriter
Albert Spaulding
American anthropologist (1914-1990)
1914 – 1990
anthropologistarchaeologist
David Frederick Cunningham
Bishop of Syracuse (1900-1979)
1900 – 1979
Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Gordon Belcourt
American lawyer
1945 – 2013
lawyer
Burke Riley
American politician
1914 – 2006
politicianlawyer
Harry L. Billings
American journalist (1913–1990)
1913 – 1990
newspaper editorjournalist
Douglas H. Ring
American inventor (1907–2000)
1907 – 2000
engineer
Brian Coyle
Brian Coyle
American community leader and gay activist
1944 – 1991
human rights defenderpolitician
Carolyn Squires
Carolyn Squires
American politician
1940 – 2016
nursepolitician
Dan Swecker
American politician
1947 – 2021
politician
Darrell Kipp
Darrell Kipp
American historian, Blackfoot language teacher (1944-2013)
1944 – 2013
historian
Edna Pendleton
Edna Pendleton
American actress
1887
film actor
Frances Wheeler Sayler
Frances Wheeler Sayler
American labor organizer, government official and civil rights activist
1916 – 1957
activistunion organizer
Donald B. Beary
Donald B. Beary
United States Navy admiral (1888–1966)
1888 – 1966
military officer
Dennis Eichhorn
Dennis Eichhorn
writer
1946 – 2015
writer
Tommy Carroll
Tommy Carroll
American bank robber
1900 – 1934
Russell Evans Smith
United States federal judge
1908 – 1990
military officerlawyerjudge
Rolland W. Redlin
Rolland W. Redlin
American politician (1920–2011)
1920 – 2011
politician
Holly Sorensen
American television producer
1901
television producerscreenwriter
Charles O. Perry
American sculptor (1929–2011)
1929 – 2011
designersculptorarchitect
Thomas Raymond Kelly
American musician (1927-2004)
1927 – 2004
musicianbusinessperson
Gary Svee
American journalist
1943 – 2019
novelistjournalist
Ed Bearss
Ed Bearss
American military historian
1923 – 2020
National Park Service
Ed Nather
Ed Nather
American astronomer (1926–2014)
1926 – 2014
programmerscience fiction writerresearcher
U. S. Grant Sharp, Jr.
U. S. Grant Sharp, Jr.
United States admiral (1906–2001)
1906 – 2001
naval officeradmiral
Lee Wayne Lenz
Lee Wayne Lenz
American botanist (1915-2019) and director of the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden from 1960-1983
1915 – 2019
geneticistmycologistbotanist
James Woodruff
James Woodruff
American military officer (1877–1969)
1877 – 1969
military officer
John Weaver
John Weaver
Canadian sculptor
1920 – 2012
sculptor
Joyce Woodhouse
American politician
1944 – 2026
politician
Laurie Niemi
Laurie Niemi
American football player (1925-1968)
1925 – 1968
Canadian football playerAmerican football player
Milan Lazetich
Milan Lazetich
American football player (1921-1969)
1921 – 1969
American football player
William Daniel Murray
United States federal judge
1908 – 1994
military officerlawyerjudge
Gordon Vance
Member of the Montana House of Representatives (1951–2024)
1951 – 2024
politician
Roger Youderian
Murdered Christian missionary to Ecuador (1924-1956)
1924 – 1956
missionary
Don Griffith
American layout artist and story artist (1918-1987)
1918 – 1987
story artistlayout stylistlayout artist
Kelly Flynn
Member of the Montana House of Representatives
1954 – 2021
politician
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