List of people from Butte, Montana explained

The following is a list of people from Butte, Montana, including notable persons who were born and/or have resided in Butte.

• (B) indicates that the person was born in Butte.

A

• Colt Anderson, NFL defensive back (B)
• Eden Atwood, jazz vocalist
• Rudy Autio, ceramist, sculptor (B)

B

• John Banovich, artist (B)
• Mary Bard, author (B)
• Lauretta Bender, pioneering neuropsychologist (B)^[1]
• John W. Bonner, Governor of Montana (B)^[2]
• Rosemarie Bowe, actress (B)^[3]
• Patricia Briggs, fantasy author (B)
• Myron Brinig, writer^[4]
• Mark Britton, internet executive, venture capitalist and lawyer (B)^[5]
• Scott Brow, MLB pitcher (B)
• John Francis Buckley, member of the House of Commons of Canada (B)
• Daniel Bukvich, composer; faculty, University of Idaho Moscow (B)

C

• Albert J. Campbell, United States Representative from Montana^[6]
• Kathryn Card, actress (B)
• William Andrews Clark, copper magnate and politician
• William Andrews Clark Jr., philanthropist, founder of Los Angeles Philharmonic^[7]
• Amanda Curtis, Montana House of Representatives

D

• John Duykers, operatic tenor (B)

E

• Barbara Ehrenreich, author (B)^[8]
• Julian Eltinge, actor and female impersonator
• J. R. Eyerman, photographer^[9]

F

• Herb Flemming, jazz trombonist (B)^[10]
• Henry Frank, businessman and Butte mayor

G

• George F. Grant, innovative fly tier, author, and conservationist
• Kirby Grant, actor (B)^[11]
• Karla M. Gray, Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, worked in Butte

H

• Dashiell Hammett, author (The Maltese Falcon), once worked for Pinkerton National Detective Agency
• Bobby Hauck, college football coach
• Tim Hauck, NFL defensive back, coach (B)
• John Haughm, musician and artist
• F. Augustus Heinze, copper magnate^[12]
• Sonny Holland, football coach and player

J

• Sam Jankovich, football player, coach, administrator (B)
• Keith Jardine, mixed martial artist (B)
• Solon Johnson, miner, prospector and former Wisconsin legislator
• Rob Johnson, MLB catcher
• Helmi Juvonen, artist (B)

K

• Pat Kearney, late KXLF-TV newscaster, author and historian (B)
• Evel Knievel, motorcycle daredevil (B)^[13]
• Robbie Knievel, motorcycle daredevil, son of Evel Knievel (B)
• Ella J. Knowles Haskell, first woman to practice law in Montana

L

• Ethan Laidlaw, actor (B)
• Robert C. Lautman, photographer (B)^[14]
• Rose Hum Lee, sociologist (B)
• Andrea Leeds, actress (B)^[15]
• Levi Leipheimer, Olympic cycling medalist, two-time U.S. champion (B)^[16]
• Frank Little, union leader lynched in Butte
• Paul B. Lowney, humorist, author of At Another Time — Growing up in Butte (B)
• Sonny Lubick, football coach at Colorado State University 1993-2007 (B)

M

• Jack McAuliffe, former Green Bay Packers halfback (B)
• Donald McCaig, writer (B)^[17]
• Betty MacDonald, humor writer
• Michael McFaul, Oxford scholar, Stanford University professor, and former US Ambassador to Russia^[18]
• Mike McGrath, Montana Attorney General (B)
• Mary MacLane, feminist author and "Wild Woman of Butte"^[19]
• Mike Mansfield, U.S. senator from Montana, longest-serving Senate Majority Leader and former US Ambassador to Japan^[20]
• Lee Mantle, United States Senator from Montana^[21]
• Judy Martz, Olympic speed skater and Governor of Montana
• Donald W. Molloy, U.S. district judge (B)^[22]
• Joseph P. Monaghan, United States Representative from Montana (B)^[23]

O

• (B)^[24]
• (B)^[25]
• (B)^[26]
• (B)^[27]
• (B)^[28]

P

• (B)^[29]
• (B)^[30]
• ^[31]
• (B)^[32]

R

• Bernard Ramm, theologian (B)^[33]
• Martha Raye, film and television actress, singer (B)^[34]
• John E. Rickards, first Lieutenant Governor of Montana^[35]
• Fritzi Ridgeway, actress^[36]
• William Rockefeller, financier^[12]
• A. J. Rosier, Wyoming state senator^[37]
• Jim Rotondi, jazz trumpeter, composer, educator (B)

S

• Michael Sells, professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Chicago (B)
• Brian Sullivan, member of the Washington House of Representatives (B)^[38]
• Jim Sweeney, former head football coach at Washington State University and longtime head coach at Fresno State University (B)

T

• Montana Taylor, pianist (B)
• George Leo Thomas, Bishop of Helena
• Jacob Thorkelson, United States Representative from Montana^[39]
• Charlotte Towle, academic and social worker (B)^[40]
• Robert Tryon, behavioral psychologist (B)^[41]

V

• Wayne S. Vucinich, historian and academic (B)^[42]

W

• John Walsh, former Lieutenant Governor of Montana, United States Senator and Adjutant General of the Montana National Guard (B)
• Jack Weyland, physicist, academic (B)^[43]
• Burton K. Wheeler, United States Senator from Montana^[44]
• Griff Williams, painter (B)^[45]
• Kathlyn Williams, actress (B)
• Bryon Wilson, skier, Olympic bronze medalist (B).

Y

Yamuna Devi (Joan Agnes Campanella)

See also

• History of Butte, Montana

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