People listed are almost always native to the state. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a state for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the state in their personal endeavors.

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A - B

• Tim Allen actor
• Philip Bailey singer
• Vance Brand astronaut
• Clara Brown founder of Denver's first Sunday school, first African American to come to Colorado in the gold rush of 1859.
• Zachery Ty Bryan actor
• Arleigh Burke four-star admiral usn
• William Byers founder of the Rocky Mountain News

C

• Scott Carpenter astronaut
• Lon Chaney, Sr. actor
• Mary Coyle Chase playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner
• Adolph Coors founder of the Adolph Coors Company

D - G

• Jack Dempsey boxer
• Ralph Edwards television entertainer
• John Elway football player
• Douglas Fairbanks actor
• Thomas Hornsby Ferril poet laureate
• Eugene Fodor violinist
• Chris Fowler sports broadcaster
• Gene Fowler author
• Richard "Goose" Gossage baseball player, broadcaster

H

• Ruth Handler toy maker
• Jon Heder actor
• Pat Hingle actor

K

• John Kerry politician
• Ken Kesey author

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