Notable People from Wyoming

Wyoming has produced figures in politics, arts, sports, and business:

• Politics/Government: Dick Cheney (VP), Alan Simpson (Senator), Nellie Tayloe Ross (first female governor).
• Arts/Literature: Annie Proulx (author), C.J. Box (novelist), Jackson Pollock (painter, born in Cody).
• Entertainment: Harrison Ford (actor, raised in Jackson), Matthew Fox (actor), Chris LeDoux (country singer).
• Sports: Rulon Gardner (Olympic wrestler), John Buck (MLB), Boyd Dowler (NFL).
• Business: John D. Rockefeller (spent youth in Wyoming), Foster Friess (investor).

Many "Wyomingites" are associated with the state through residence or upbringing rather than birth.