List of people from Butte, Montana

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)
 * John W. Bonner, Governor of Montana (B)
 * Rosemarie Bowe, actress (B)
 * Patricia Briggs, fantasy author (B)
 * Myron Brinig, writer
 * Mark Britton, internet executive, venture capitalist and lawyer (B)
 * 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
 * Kathryn Card, actress (B)
 * William Andrews Clark, copper magnate and politician
 * William Andrews Clark Jr., philanthropist, founder of Los Angeles Philharmonic
 * Amanda Curtis, Montana House of Representatives

D

 * John Duykers, operatic tenor (B)

E

 * Barbara Ehrenreich, author (B)
 * Julian Eltinge, actor and female impersonator
 * J. R. Eyerman, photographer

F

 * Herb Flemming, jazz trombonist (B)
 * Henry Frank, businessman and Butte mayor

G

 * George F. Grant, innovative fly tier, author, and conservationist
 * Kirby Grant, actor (B)
 * 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
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Rose Hum Lee, sociologist (B)
 * Andrea Leeds, actress (B)
 * Levi Leipheimer, Olympic cycling medalist, two-time U.S. champion (B)
 * 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)
 * Betty MacDonald, humor writer
 * Michael McFaul, Oxford scholar, Stanford University professor, and former US Ambassador to Russia
 * Mike McGrath, Montana Attorney General (B)
 * Mary MacLane, feminist author and "Wild Woman of Butte"
 * Mike Mansfield, U.S. senator from Montana, longest-serving Senate Majority Leader and former US Ambassador to Japan
 * Lee Mantle, United States Senator from Montana
 * Judy Martz, Olympic speed skater and Governor of Montana
 * Donald W. Molloy, U.S. district judge (B)
 * Joseph P. Monaghan, United States Representative from Montana (B)

O

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P

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R

 * Bernard Ramm, theologian (B)
 * Martha Raye, film and television actress, singer (B)
 * John E. Rickards, first Lieutenant Governor of Montana
 * Fritzi Ridgeway, actress
 * William Rockefeller, financier
 * A. J. Rosier, Wyoming state senator
 * 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)
 * 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
 * Charlotte Towle, academic and social worker (B)
 * Robert Tryon, behavioral psychologist (B)

V

 * Wayne S. Vucinich, historian and academic (B)

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)
 * Burton K. Wheeler, United States Senator from Montana
 * Griff Williams, painter (B)
 * Kathlyn Williams, actress (B)
 * Bryon Wilson, skier, Olympic bronze medalist (B).

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