Editing Bozeman, Montana (section)

==Notable people==

The following individuals are either notable current or former residents of Bozeman '''(R)''', were born or raised in Bozeman in their early years '''(B)''', or otherwise have a significant connection to the history of the Bozeman area '''(C)'''.

Sports personalities:
* [[Conrad Anker]], mountaineer '''C'''
* [[Brock Coyle]], [[linebacker]] for [[San Francisco 49ers]], [[Seattle Seahawks]] '''B'''
* [[Will Dissly]], [[tight end]] for [[Seattle Seahawks]] '''B'''
* [[Jeff Fisher]], Head Coach for [[Tennessee Titans]] and [[Los Angeles Rams]] '''R'''
* [[Nikki Kimball]], distance runner '''R'''
* [[Dane Fletcher]], [[linebacker]] for [[New England Patriots]], [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] '''B'''
* [[Alex Lowe (mountaineer)|Alex Lowe]], ice-climber and alpinist '''R'''
* [[Darren Main]], yoga instructor '''R'''
* [[Mike McLeod (American football)|Mike McLeod]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] [[Safety (American and Canadian football position)|safety]] '''B'''
* [[Heather McPhie]], [[Freestyle skiing|freestyle skier]], member of 2010 [[United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics|US Olympic team]] '''B'''
* [[Phil Olsen (American football)|Phil Olsen]], former [[National Football League]] lineman '''R'''
* [[Willie Saunders]], Bozeman-born [[Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame]] jockey, won [[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]] '''B'''
* [[Jan Stenerud]], member of [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]], [[American Football League|AFL]] and [[NFL]] placekicker for [[Kansas City Chiefs]], [[Green Bay Packers]] and [[Minnesota Vikings]]; winner of [[Super Bowl IV]] '''R'''
* [[Kevin Sweeney (American football)|Kevin Sweeney]], former [[quarterback]] for [[Dallas Cowboys]] '''B'''
* [[Tejay van Garderen]], professional cyclist '''R'''

Military and pioneers:
* [[Travis Atkins]], Medal of Honor recipient<ref>{{cite news |last=Lamothe |first=Dan |date=March 27, 2019 |title=Soldier's posthumous Medal of Honor highlights the Pentagon's struggles to fully recognize valor in combat |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Travis-Atkins-died-smothering-a-suicide-bomber-s-13719850.php |work=Houston Chronicle |access-date=September 14, 2019 |quote=On Wednesday, Atkins, of Bozeman, Montana, posthumously became the fifth U.S. service member to receive the nation's highest award for combat valor, the Medal of Honor, for actions during the Iraq War. }}</ref> '''R'''
* [[John Bozeman]], pioneer and founder of the [[Bozeman Trail]] '''C'''
* [[Henry Tompkins Paige Comstock|Henry Comstock]], a discoverer of [[Comstock Lode]] died (suicide) in Bozeman on September 29, 1870<ref>{{cite book |last=Stout |first=Tom |title=History of Montana |year=1921 |volume=I |publisher=American Historical Society |location=New York |page=322 }}</ref> '''C'''
* [[Gustavus Cheyney Doane]], member of [[Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition]] 1870 and buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman
* [[Nelson Story]], prominent cattleman and merchant in Bozeman's early years '''R'''
* [[Lester S. Willson]], prominent merchant in Bozeman's early years '''R'''

Arts, culture and entertainment:
* [[Kris Atteberry]], MLB broadcaster, one of only two Montanans to call an MLB game '''B'''
* [[Brannon Braga]], writer and producer of ''[[Star Trek]]'' television shows and films '''B'''
* [[Deborah Butterfield]], sculptor known for use of horses in artwork '''R'''
* [[Gary Cooper]], film actor, attended Gallatin Valley High School in Bozeman<ref>{{cite web |url=http://montanakids.com/cool_stories/famous_montanans/Cooper.htm |title=Gary Cooper-Cool Montana Stories |publisher=Montanakids.com |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=January 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104071946/http://montanakids.com/cool_stories/famous_montanans/cooper.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> '''R'''
* [[Glenn Close]], American actress '''R'''
* [[Daniella Deutscher]], actress '''B'''
* [[Pablo Elvira]], opera singer '''R'''
* [[Landon Jones]], journalist and author '''R'''
* [[Donna Kelley]], former CNN anchor and current KBZK anchor. '''R'''
* [[Jane Lawrence]], actress and opera singer '''B'''
* [[Jason Lytle]], lead singer of [[Modesto, California|Modesto]] band, [[Grandaddy]]; solo artist '''R'''
* [[Julian MacKay]], ballet dancer '''B'''
* [[Ben Mikaelsen]], author<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.benmikaelsen.com/about_ben.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202010856/http://www.benmikaelsen.com/about_ben.htm |url-status=dead |title=Author Ben Mikaelsen |archive-date=February 2, 2015 }}</ref> '''R'''
* [[Christopher Parkening]], guitarist, [[fly fishing|fly casting]] champion '''R'''<!--lived there with his first wife for a number of years, near Four Corners-->
* [[David Quammen]], long-time columnist for ''[[Outside (magazine)|Outside]]'' magazine, and author '''R'''
* [[Steven Rinella]], American outdoorsman, conservationist, writer, and television personality
* [[Albert, Alfred and Chris Schlechten]] multi-generation family of photographers noted for portraiture and images of Yellowstone National Park and the Gallatin Valley.<ref name=Schlechten>{{cite web |url=http://muse.museum.montana.edu/photoarc/info/schlechten-info.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930061136/http://muse.museum.montana.edu/photoarc/info/schlechten-info.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |title=Photo Archives – Museum of the Rockies }}</ref> '''R''', '''R''', '''B'''
* [[James Willard Schultz]], author and [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)|Glacier National Park]] explorer, lived in Bozeman 1928–1929 with partner Jessica McDonald, professor at Montana State; '''R'''<ref>{{cite book |last=Hanna |first=Warren L. |title=The Life and Times of James Willard Schultz (Apikuni) |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |location=Norman, Oklahoma |isbn=0-8061-1985-3 |chapter=Life with Apaki |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lifetimesofjames0000hann/page/233 233–248] |year=1986 |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/lifetimesofjames0000hann/page/233 }}</ref> Schultz's papers are archived at Montana State Burlingame Special Collections Library.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.montana.edu/collect/spcoll/findaid/0010.html |title=Collection 10 – James Willard Schultz Papers, 1867–1969 |publisher=MSU Libraries |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=October 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008214416/http://www.lib.montana.edu/collect/spcoll/findaid/0010.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Michael Spears]], actor<ref name="auto1">"Native Stars: The Spears Brothers{{snd}}Rising Stars Call Bozeman Home" The Montana Pioneer, {{cite web |url=http://www.mtpioneer.com/2012-February-Native-Stars.html |title=Native Stars - the Spears Brothers |access-date=November 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428004047/http://www.mtpioneer.com/2012-February-Native-Stars.html |archive-date=April 28, 2014}} February 2014.</ref> '''R'''
* [[Eddie Spears]], actor<ref name="auto1"/> '''R'''
* [[Julia Thorne]], writer and ex-wife of 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate [[John Kerry]] '''R'''
* [[Kathy Tyers]], writer, particularly known for contribution to ''[[Star Wars]]'' series '''R'''
* [[Peter Voulkos]], ceramic artist '''B'''
* [[Sarah Vowell]], author, regular on ''[[This American Life]]'', voice actress from ''[[The Incredibles]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://transom.org/talk/specialguests/sarahvowell.html |title=Sarah Vowell |access-date=January 9, 2011 |publisher=transom.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720192000/http://transom.org/talk/specialguests/sarahvowell.html |archive-date=July 20, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.identitytheory.com/people/birnbaum66.html |title=Sarah Vowell-Author of The Partly Cloudy Patriot talks with Robert Birnbaum |date=October 7, 2002 |publisher=identitytheory.com |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=January 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110021744/http://www.identitytheory.com/people/birnbaum66.html |url-status=live }}</ref> '''B'''<!--raised in Bozeman during middle/high school, if not B, then R-->
* [[Dave Walker]], musician '''R'''

Science and academia:
* [[Loren Acton]], astronaut and physicist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://solar.physics.montana.edu/acton/ |title=MSU PHYSICS FACULTY – LOREN ACTON |work=montana.edu |access-date=June 29, 2009 |archive-date=April 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402214717/http://solar.physics.montana.edu/acton/ |url-status=live }}</ref> '''R'''
* [[Sidney M. Cadwell]], discoverer of anti-oxidants for rubber, made first scientific study of rubber's fatigue behavior. '''B'''
* [[Don G. Despain]], botanist, ecologist, and fire behavior specialist '''R'''
* [[Christopher Langan]], scientist, was born in San Francisco but grew up mostly in Bozeman
* [[Diana L. Eck]], Professor of Comparative Religion at Harvard University '''B'''
* [[Book of the Black Bass|Dr. James A. Henshall]], first superintendent of Bozeman Fish Technology Center '''C'''<ref name=MRA/>
* [[Alice Haskins]], government [[botany|botanist]] and professor '''R'''<ref name="smith">{{cite journal |year=1938 |title=Biographies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMrOAAAAMAAJ |journal=The Smith Alumnae Quarterly |publisher=[[Smith College]] |volume=30–31 |pages=444 |access-date=March 28, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=List of members of the American Phytopathological Society |journal=Phytopathology |year=1913 |volume=3 |page=330 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d4hNAAAAYAAJ }}</ref>
* [[Jack Horner (paleontologist)|Jack Horner]], preeminent [[paleontologist]] upon whom main character, Dr. Alan Grant, in book and film ''[[Jurassic Park (novel)|Jurassic Park]]'' was patterned '''R'''
* [[Dale W. Jorgenson]], Harvard University professor and economist '''B'''
* [[Robert M. Pirsig]], author and past instructor of English and rhetoric at Montana State University '''R'''<!--if 2 years counts, otherwise C-->
* [[Ann Linnea Sandberg]], immunologist '''R'''
* Paul Anderson, teacher and educational [[YouTuber]]

Politics, government and business:
* [[Brooke D. Anderson]], former Ambassador to the United Nations
* [[Les AuCoin]], former U.S. congressman from [[Oregon]] '''R'''
* [[John Bohlinger]], Lieutenant Governor of Montana '''B'''
* [[Dorothy Bradley]], former state legislator, congressional and gubernatorial candidate<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/ex-lawmaker-dorothy-bradley-named-to-northwestern-boardposted-on-april-22/article_40890c12-94aa-5468-a314-9f1ca3b34e58.html |title=Ex-lawmaker Dorothy Bradley named to NorthWestern boardPosted on April 22 |agency=Associated Press |website=missoulian.com |date=April 22, 2009 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206074213/https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/ex-lawmaker-dorothy-bradley-named-to-northwestern-boardposted-on-april-22/article_40890c12-94aa-5468-a314-9f1ca3b34e58.html |url-status=live }}</ref> '''R'''
* [[Will Brooke]], former chief of staff of [[Conrad Burns]] '''R'''
* [[Steve Daines]], entrepreneur, business leader and Montana's current senior Senator '''R'''
* [[Zales Ecton]], former U.S. Senator from Montana '''B'''
* [[Greg Gianforte]], Governor of Montana, former US Representative in Montana's at-large congressional district '''R'''
* [[Charles S. Hartman]], United States Congressman from Montana '''R'''
* [[Christopher Hedrick]], entrepreneur and international development expert '''R'''
* [[Stan Jones (Libertarian politician)|Stan Jones]], [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] candidate for Montana governor and United States Senator '''R'''
* [[Vanessa Kerry]], daughter of politician [[John Kerry]] '''R'''
* [[Michael McFaul]], former [[United States Ambassador to Russia]] '''R'''
* [[Scott Sales]], former Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives '''R'''
* [[Tim Sheehy]], U.S. Senator from Montana<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: States in the Senate {{!}} Montana |url=https://www.senate.gov/states/MT/intro.htm |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> '''R'''
* [[Raymond Strother]], Democratic political consultant<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museumofthegulfcoast.org/personalities-notable-people-raymond-strother.html |title=Raymond Strother: Political Strategist/Author (1940) |publisher=[[Museum of the Gulf Coast]] |access-date=October 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103143845/http://www.museumofthegulfcoast.org/personalities-notable-people-raymond-strother.html |archive-date=November 3, 2013 }}</ref> '''R'''
* [[Sidney Runyan Thomas]], judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]] '''B'''
* [[Ted Turner]], entrepreneur ([[Ted's Montana Grill]]) and founder of cable television empires including [[CNN]] and [[Turner Broadcasting System|TBS]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tedturner.com/enterprises/ranches_Template.asp?page=ranches_faq.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430103340/http://www.tedturner.com/enterprises/ranches_Template.asp?page=ranches_faq.html |url-status=dead |title=Turner Enterprises, Ranches FAQ |archive-date=April 30, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090626/NEWS01/90626007/1002/rss |title="Ted Turner grand marshal of Livingston parade" |website=Greatfallstribune.com |date=June 26, 2009 |access-date=March 4, 2022 }}</ref> '''R'''

Philanthropy:
* [[Greg Mortenson]], humanitarian and founder of the [[Central Asia Institute]] '''R'''

Religion:
* [[Elizabeth Clare Prophet]], co-founder of [[Church Universal and Triumphant]] '''R'''<!--could be an R, but only time actually in Bozeman was in a nursing home-->

Architecture:
* [[Fred F. Willson]], designed many notable buildings in Bozeman between 1902 and 1956. '''R'''