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Dorothy Baker (1907 - 1968) Author; born in Missoula.
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Dirk Benedict (1945 - ) Actor; born in Helena
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Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) Became a famous actor in the 1930s; born in Helena.
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Marcus Daly (1841-1900) Founded the city of Anaconda.
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Alfred Bertram
Guthrie (1901 - 1981)
Pulitzer Prize-winning
author; lived in Choteau.
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Will James (1892 -
1942) Artist/Writer; lived
in Billings.
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Evel Knievel (1938 -
) Daredevil motorcyclist;
born in Butte.
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Jerry Kramer
(1936 - ) Football player;
born in Jordan.
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Chet Huntley
(1911 - 1974) TV newscaster;
born in Cardwell.
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David Lynch (1946 -
) Filmmaker; born in
Missoula.
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Myrnal Loy -
(1905 - 1993) Legendary
actress; born in Radersburg.
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Dave McNally
(1942- 2002) The only
baseball pitcher to hit a
grand slam home run in a
World Series; born in
Billings.
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George Montgomery
(1916 - 2000) Actor; born in
Brady.
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Jeannette Rankin
(1880 - 1973) A Montana
Republican, became the first
woman to serve in Congress
in 1917; born in Missoula.
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Charles Marion Russell
(1864-1926) Charles Marion
Russell was many things:
consummate Westerner,
historian, advocate of the
Northern Plains Indians,
cowboy, outdoorsman, writer,
philosopher,
environmentalist and
conservationist, and not
least, artist. Moved to the
Judith Basin of Montana in
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W. A. Tony Boyle
labor union official, Bald
Butte
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Dana Carvey
comedian, Missoula
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Jerry Kramer
football player, author,
Jordan
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Martha Raye
actress, Butte
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Michael Smuin
choreographer
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Lester C. Thurow
economist, educator,
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Famous People of
Montana 