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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Rex Allen
Actor
31-Dec-1920 17-Dec-1999 The Arizona Cowboy
Gilbert M. Anderson
Actor
21-Mar-1880 20-Jan-1971 Broncho Billy
Melissa Sue Anderson
Actor
26-Sep-1962   Little House on the Prairie
James Arness
Actor
26-May-1923 3-Jun-2011 Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke
Gene Autry
Country Musician
29-Sep-1907 2-Oct-1998 Singing cowboy
Rex Bell
Actor
16-Oct-1903 5-Jul-1962 Cowboy actor, Nevada politician
Amanda Blake
Actor
20-Feb-1929 16-Aug-1989 Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke
Ward Bond
Actor
9-Apr-1903 5-Nov-1960 Wagon Train
Ernest Borgnine
Actor
24-Jan-1917 8-Jul-2012 Marty
William Boyd
Actor
5-Jun-1895 12-Sep-1972 Hopalong Cassidy
Walter Brennan
Actor
25-Jul-1894 21-Sep-1974 Three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor
Buffalo Bill
Performance Artist
26-Feb-1846 10-Jan-1917 Wild West showman
Harry Carey, Sr.
Actor
16-Jan-1878 21-Sep-1947 VP in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Harry Carey, Jr.
Actor
16-May-1921   The Whales of August
John Carradine
Actor
5-Feb-1906 27-Nov-1988 In over 200 B movies
William Clark
Explorer
1-Aug-1770 1-Sep-1838 Lewis and Clark expedition
Chuck Connors
Actor
10-Apr-1921 10-Nov-1992 The Rifleman
Gary Cooper
Actor
7-May-1901 14-May-1961 High Noon
Ken Curtis
Actor
2-Jul-1916 29-Apr-1991 Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke
Kirk Douglas
Actor
9-Dec-1916   Spartacus
Lewis W. Douglas
Politician
2-Jul-1894 7-Mar-1974 US Ambassador to the UK, 1947-50
James Drury
Actor
18-Apr-1934   The Virginian
Robert Duvall
Actor
5-Jan-1931   Tom Hagen in The Godfather
Clint Eastwood
Actor
31-May-1930   The Man With No Name
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Head of State
14-Oct-1890 28-Mar-1969 34th US President, 1953-61
Jack Elam
Actor
13-Nov-1918 20-Oct-2003 The Sundowners
Sam Elliott
Actor
9-Aug-1944   Rush, The Hulk
Dale Evans
Country Musician
31-Oct-1912 7-Feb-2001 Singer and leading lady to Roy Rogers
Richard Farnsworth
Actor
1-Sep-1920 6-Oct-2000 Comes a Horseman
Henry Fonda
Actor
16-May-1905 12-Aug-1982 12 Angry Men
Glenn Ford
Actor
1-May-1916 30-Aug-2006 Gilda, Blackboard Jungle
John C. Fremont
Explorer
21-Jan-1813 13-Jul-1890 Conqueror of California
Barry Goldwater
Politician
1-Jan-1909 29-May-1998 US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87
Clifford Hansen
Politician
16-Oct-1912 20-Oct-2009 US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78
Charlton Heston
Actor
4-Oct-1923 5-Apr-2008 The Ten Commandments
John B. Kendrick
Politician
6-Sep-1857 3-Nov-1933 Governor and Senator from Wyoming
Meriwether Lewis
Explorer
18-Aug-1774 11-Oct-1809 Lewis and Clark expedition
Abraham Lincoln
Head of State
12-Feb-1809 15-Apr-1865 16th US President, 1861-65
C. Stephen Lynn
Business
c. 1947   Cummings Incorporated
Joel McCrea
Actor
5-Nov-1905 20-Oct-1990 Ride the High Country
Steve McQueen
Actor
24-Mar-1930 7-Nov-1980 The Great Escape
John Muir
Activist
21-Apr-1838 24-Dec-1914 Patron saint of Yosemite National Park
Sandra Day O'Connor
Judge
26-Mar-1930   US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006
H. Ross Perot
Business
27-Jun-1930   Eccentric presidential candidate
Ronald Reagan
Head of State
6-Feb-1911 5-Jun-2004 40th US President, 1981-89
Roy Rogers
Actor
5-Nov-1911 6-Jul-1998 Cowboy movie actor, rode Trigger
Will Rogers
Comic
04-Nov-1879 15-Aug-1935 American Cowboy, Entertainer, Humorist
Sacagawea
Explorer
c. 1787 20-Dec-1812 Lewis and Clark expedition translator
Tom Selleck
Actor
29-Jan-1945   Magnum, P.I.
Barbara Stanwyck
Actor
16-Jul-1907 20-Jan-1990 Double Indemnity
Milburn Stone
Actor
5-Jul-1904 12-Jun-1980 Doc Adams on Gunsmoke
Buck Taylor
Actor
13-May-1938   Newly O'Brien on Gunsmoke
Robert Taylor
Actor
5-Aug-1911 8-Jun-1969 Quo Vadis
Clint Walker
Actor
30-May-1927   Movie cowboy
John Wayne
Actor
26-May-1907 11-Jun-1979 The Duke
Dennis Weaver
Actor
4-Jun-1924 24-Feb-2006 Sam McCloud in McCloud
Brigham Young
Religion
1-Jun-1801 29-Aug-1877 Second LDS prophet




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