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 Yamuna Devi (Joan Agnes Campanella) 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 Roger Grimsby, anchor for news on WABC-TV and WNBC TV (B) 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"Watson, Julia Dr. (2002). "Introduction", The Story of Mary MacLane. . 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 (B) Jerry J. O'Connell, politician (B) Pat Ogrin, American football player (B) Arnold Olsen, politician (B) Robert J. O'Neill, US Navy SEAL (B)
P Jean Parker, actress (B) Aaron Parrett, musician and professor (B) Erin Popovich, Paralympic swimmer Milt Popovich, American football player (B)
R Jacob S. Raisin, rabbi 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)
See also History of Butte, Montana
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