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

• Bob O'Billovich – American gridiron football player and coach (born 1940) (B)
• Jerry J. O'Connell – American politician (1909–1965) (B)
• Robert J. O'Neill – US Navy SEAL (born 1976) (B)
• Pat Ogrin – American football player (born 1958) (B)
• Arnold Olsen – American politician (1916–1990) (B)

P

• Jean Parker – American actress (1915–2005) (B)
• Aaron Parrett – American professor, author, musician, letterpress printerPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback (B)
• Erin Popovich – American Paralympic swimmer
• Milt Popovich – American football player (1915–2005) (B)

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).

Y

Yamuna Devi (Joan Agnes Campanella)

See also

• History of Butte, Montana

References