List of people from Idaho

Following is a list of notable people who were either born in the American state of Idaho or lived there for a substantial amount of time.

A

William Agee – business executive, Boise Joseph Albertson – Albertson's grocery store chain, Caldwell Cecil D. Andrus – former United States secretary of the interior and governor of Idaho, Orofino James Jesus Angleton – former chief of counter-intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Boise Chris Appelhans – filmmaker, illustrator, and designer, Firth Kristin Armstrong – Olympic gold medal cyclist (2008 and 2012), Boise Don Aslett – entrepreneur and author, Twin Falls

B

Brandon Bair – NFL defensive end, Rexburg Matthew Barney – filmmaker and artist, Boise Bruce Bastian – co-founder of WordPerfect Software Company, Twin Falls Terrel Howard Bell – former United States secretary of education, Lava Hot Springs Andy Benoit – NFL writer for Sports Illustrated, Boise Ezra Taft Benson – LDS Church president and United States secretary of agriculture, Whitney Bowe Bergdahl – U.S. Army soldier charged with desertion, Sun Valley Billie Bird – actress and comedian, Pocatello Ronee Blakley – actress and singer, Caldwell William E. Borah – United States senator, Boise Gutzon Borglum – Mount Rushmore sculptor, St. Charles Gregory "Pappy" Boyington – WWII Marine fighter ace, Medal of Honor recipient, Coeur d'Alene Carol Ryrie Brink – author, Moscow Phyllis Brooks – actress and model, Boise Edgar Rice Burroughs – creator and author of the Tarzan series, Parma MaryJane Butters – organic farmer, author, environmental activist, food manufacturer, and publisher, Moscow

C

J. D. Cannon – actor, Salmon Annetta R. Chipp – president, South Idaho Woman's Christian Temperance Union Kerry Christensen – yodeler, Grace Michael Christianson – football coach, commentator, Kuna Forrester Church – Unitarian Universalist minister, Boise Frank Church – United States senator, Boise Boyd Coddington – car customizer, Rupert Georgia Coleman – diver, gold medalist at 1932 Olympics, St. Maries Clancy Cooper – actor, Boise Genevieve Cortese – actress, Supernatural, Wildfire, Sun Valley Larry Craig – United States senator, Midvale Ella D. Crawford – president, South Idaho Woman's Christian Temperance Union Lewis Croft – actor with dwarfism, Shelley Chris Crutcher – writer and family therapist, Cascade Dan Cummins – comedian, Riggins

D

Ken Dayley – Major League pitcher, Jerome Raquel Devine – porn actress, Meridian Gloria Dickson – actress, Pocatello Lillian Disney – wife of Walt Disney, Spalding Lou Dobbs – television news anchor, Rupert Claire Du Brey – actress, Bonners Ferry Fred Dubois – United States senator, Blackfoot Patty Duke – actress, Coeur d'Alene

E

Logan Emory – MLS defender, Boise Shirley Englehorn – professional golfer, Caldwell

F

Bill Fagerbakke – actor, Rupert Philo Farnsworth – inventor of television, Rigby A. J. Feeley – NFL quarterback, Caldwell W. Mark Felt – FBI official known as Deep Throat, Twin Falls Stephen Fife – MLB pitcher, Boise Bernie Fisher – Vietnam War pilot, Medal of Honor recipient, Kuna Vardis Fisher – author, Hagerman Mary Hallock Foote – author, Boise John Foreman – film producer, Idaho Falls John Friesz – NFL quarterback, Coeur d'Alene Bryan Fuller – screenwriter, television producer, Lewiston Christina Fulton – actress, Boise

G

Jeremy Gable – playwright, Post Falls Adam Blue Galli – one of the "Preppie Bandits" Mike Garman – MLB pitcher, Caldwell Julie Gibson – actress, Lewiston Jordan Gross – NFL offensive tackle, Fruitland

H

Philip Habib – Middle East peace envoy of three presidents and ambassador, Moscow Nick Hagadone – MLB pitcher, Sandpoint Gregg Hale – musician and producer, Idaho Falls Korey Hall – NFL fullback, Glenns Ferry Kate Harrington – actress, Boise Brad Harris – actor, stuntman, St. Anthony Gene Harris – jazz musician, Boise Dree Hemingway – fashion model, actress, Sun Valley Ernest Hemingway – author, Ketchum Margaux Hemingway – actress, Ketchum Mariel Hemingway – actress, Ketchum Christina Hendricks – actress, Twin Falls Jared Hess – filmmaker, Preston Josh Hill – NFL tight end, Blackfoot Michael Hoffman – filmmaker, Payette Merril Hoge – NFL running back and sportscaster, Pocatello Chris Horn – NFL wide receiver, Notus Doris Houck – actress, Wallace James Hoyt – MLB pitcher, Boise Howard W. Hunter – LDS Church president, Boise

I

J

Larry Jackson – MLB pitcher, state representative, Nampa Sherry Jackson – actress, Wendell Christian Jacobs – musician, television producer, voice actor, Rexburg Johnny James – MLB relief pitcher, Bonners Ferry Bobby Jenks – MLB relief pitcher, Spirit Lake Phil Johnson – pro basketball coach, Grace Chief Joseph – Nez Perce leader

K

Harold Kelley – social psychologist, Boise Dirk Kempthorne – former United States secretary of the interior, U.S. senator and governor of Idaho, Boise George Kennedy – Academy Award-winning actor, Boise Harmon Killebrew – Hall of Fame baseball player, Payette Dirk Koetter – NFL head coach, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pocatello Gus Kohntopp – pilot, Buhl Mary Kornman – child actress, Idaho Falls Jerry Kramer – NFL offensive guard, Sandpoint Paul Kruger – NFL linebacker, Rexburg

L

Rita La Roy – actress, Bonners Ferry Vance Law – baseball player, Boise Vernon Law – baseball player, Meridian Mark Lindsay – musician, Caldwell, now Grangeville Matt Lindstrom – baseball pitcher, Rexburg Sean Paul Lockhart – actor, director, Lewiston Jeanette Loff – actress and singer, Orofino Larry Lujack – radio personality, started his career in Caldwell Clarence Lung – actor, Boise

M

Doug Martsch – musician, Boise Bonnie McCarroll – rodeo performer, Boise Shea McClellin – NFL linebacker, Caldwell Richard McKenna – author, Mountain Home Patrick F. McManus – author, Sandpoint Bob Mizer – photographer and filmmaker, Hailey Rob Morris – NFL linebacker, Nampa Randy Mueller – NFL executive, St. Maries

N

O

Jack O'Connor – author, hunting and shooting sports editor of Outdoor Life, Lewiston Olive Osmond – matriarch of the Osmond singing family, Samaria Brock Osweiler – NFL quarterback for the Denver Broncos, Coeur d'Alene

P

Thom Pace – singer-songwriter, Boise Sarah Palin – politician, Sandpoint Matt Paradis – NFL center, Council Cheryl Paris – actress, Burley Aaron Paul – actor, Emmett Kimberlee Peterson – actress, Boise Cody Pickett – NFL quarterback, Caldwell Jay Pickett – actor, Caldwell Jake Pitts – guitarist, rock band Black Veil Brides, Boise Jake Plummer – NFL quarterback, Boise Ezra Pound – poet, Hailey Bridget Powers – erotic film actress, Boise

R

Martha Raddatz – reporter with ABC News, Idaho Falls Ford Rainey – actor, Mountain Home V. Lane Rawlins – president emeritus, Washington State University, southeast Idaho Barbara Jane Reams – actress, Burley Paul Revere – musician, Caldwell Marjorie Reynolds – actress, Buhl Luke Ridnour – NBA point guard, Coeur d'Alene Doug Riesenberg – NFL offensive tackle, Moscow Mike Riley – college football coach, Wallace Josh Ritter – singer-songwriter, Moscow Marilynne Robinson – winner of 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Sandpoint Ron Romanick – MLB pitcher and pitching coach, Burley Scott Rozell – musician, Scatterbox, Moral Crux, Coeur d'Alene

S

Bill Salkeld – Major League Baseball catcher, Pocatello Jason Schmidt – Major League Baseball pitcher, Lewiston Ken Schrom – Major League Baseball pitcher and current minor league executive, Grangeville Jake Scott – guard with Philadelphia Eagles, Lewiston Larry Scott – IFBB professional bodybuilder, Blackfoot Richard G. Scott – member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church, Pocatello Jill Seaman – doctor and public health advocate, Moscow Johnny Sequoyah – child actress, Boise Jeremy Shada – actor, musician, singer, Boise Zack Shada – actor, producer, director, Boise Brandi Sherwood – Miss Teen USA 1989, and assumed title of Miss USA 1997, Idaho Falls J. R. Simplot – industrialist, Declo Nikki Sixx – musician, co-founder of Mötley Crüe, Jerome Robert E. Smylie – former governor of Idaho, Boise Rosalie Sorrels – singer-songwriter, Boise County Henry Spalding – missionary, Lapwai Valley Beatrice Sparks – therapist, Mormon youth counselor, Custer County Chaske Spencer – actor, lived in Kooskia, Lapwai and Lewiston Frank Steunenberg – assassinated governor of Idaho, Caldwell Gary Stevens – Hall of Fame jockey, Caldwell Jerramy Stevens – NFL tight end, Boise Edward Stevenson – Oscar-winning costume designer, Pocatello Curtis Stigers – musician and songwriter, Boise Picabo Street – world and Olympic champion skier, Triumph Kristine Sutherland – actress, Boise Scott Syme – politician, Weiser

T

Renee Tenison – model and actress, Caldwell Rosie Tenison – model and actress, Caldwell Hugh Thornton – guard for the Indianapolis Colts, Boise Ted Trueblood – outdoor writer, sportsman, and conservationist, Nampa Glenn Tryon – actor, writer, director, Juliaetta Lana Turner – actress, Wallace

U

Brady Udall – author

V

Leighton Vander Esch – NFL linebacker, Riggins Walter Varney – aviation industry pioneer, Boise

W

Wayne Walker – NFL linebacker, Boise Mel Wasserman – founder of CEDU Family of Services, Bonner Dick Wesson – movie and television announcer, Boise Tara Westover – author, Clifton Rumer Willis – actress, Hailey Edwin P. Wilson – CIA officer, Nampa Larry Wilson – NFL free safety, Rigby Torrie Wilson – WWE wrestler, model, Boise Jefferson Wood – illustrator, Boise Robert S. Wood – leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Idaho Falls Jonathan M. Woodward – actor, Moscow Victor Wooten – Grammy Award-winning bass guitarist, Mountain Home

X-Z

La Monte Young – avant-garde artist, composer and musician, Bern Norma Zimmer – singer with Lawrence Welk, Shoshone County

See also

Lists of Americans Lists of politicians and government officials

List of governors of Idaho List of justices of the Idaho Supreme Court List of mayors of Boise, Idaho List of speakers of the Idaho House of Representatives List of United States representatives from Idaho List of United States senators from Idaho

Other lists of people from Idaho

List of Idaho suffragists List of Brigham Young University–Idaho alumni List of University of Idaho people

References