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Famous Natives
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. Tim Allen actor 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 Scott Carpenter astronaut Mary Coyle Chase playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner Lon Chaney, Sr. actor Adolph Coors founder of the Adolph Coors Company 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 Ruth Handler toy maker Jon Heder actor Pat Hingle actor John Kerry politician Ken Kesey author Homer Lea soldier, writer Willard Libby chemist Little Raven arapahoe indian chief Jake Lloyd actor Ted Mack television host James S. McDonnell founder McDonnell Corp (now McDonnell-Douglas) Enos Mills author Chief Ouray ute indian leader David Packard co-founder Hewlett-Packard Company General William Jackson Palmer founder of Colorado Springs, developed the first narrow gauge railroad Ryan J. Parker actor Antoinette Perry director, actress Karl Rove presidential advisor Barbara Rush actress Florence R. Sabin pioneer in science and public health Robert Seiwald inventor Alan K. Simpson u.s. senator John "Jack" Swigert Jr. nasa astronaut Lowell Thomas author, newscaster Dalton Trumbo author Amy Van Dyken olympics gold medalist Frank Welker actor Byron White supreme court justice Paul Whiteman conductor, musician Connie Willis author Is someone missing from this list?
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