| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Sidney Altman |
Chemist |
7-May-1939 |
|
Proved enzyme role of RNA |
| G. Chris Andersen |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
G. C. Andersen Partners |
| Irving W. Bailey II |
Business |
1941 |
|
CEO of Providian Corporation, 1988-97 |
| Bob Beauprez |
Politician |
22-Sep-1948 |
|
Congressman from Colorado, 2003-07 |
| Michael L. Bender |
Judge |
7-Jan-1942 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| Molly Hering Bordonaro |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Malta |
| Leland C. Brendsel |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of Freddie Mac, 1987-2003 |
| Hank Brown |
Politician |
12-Feb-1940 |
|
US Senator from Colorado, 1991-97 |
| Scott Carpenter |
Astronaut |
1-May-1925 |
10-Oct-2013 |
Mercury astronaut |
| Rae Carruth |
Football |
20-Jan-1974 |
|
Carolina Panther murdered his girlfriend |
| Linda Chavez |
Activist |
17-Jun-1947 |
|
Neoconservative activist, pundit |
| Lynne Cheney |
First Lady |
14-Aug-1941 |
|
Wife of US Vice President Dick Cheney |
| Nathan B. Coats |
Judge |
c. 1949 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| Stanley Cohen |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1922 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Kathleen B. Cooper |
Economist |
c. 1948 |
|
Dean, UNT Business School |
| Paul J. Curlander |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Lexmark |
| W. Edwards Deming |
Mathematician |
14-Oct-1900 |
20-Dec-1993 |
Quality Control guru |
| Karen Duffy |
Actor |
23-May-1962 |
|
MTV VJ turned Dumb & Dumber actress |
| Michael J. Dugan |
Military |
22-Feb-1937 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1990 |
| George C. Eads |
Economist |
20-Aug-1942 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1979-81 |
| Robert H. Ewald |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO of Silicon Graphics |
| John Fante |
Author |
8-Apr-1909 |
8-May-1983 |
Bukowski's idol |
| Thomas T. Farley |
Attorney |
10-Nov-1934 |
|
Partner, Petersen & Fonda |
| Joe Flanigan |
Actor |
5-Jan-1967 |
|
Stargate: Atlantis |
| Richard S. Fuld, Jr. |
Business |
26-Apr-1946 |
|
CEO of Lehman Brothers, 1993-2008 |
| Cory Gardner |
Politician |
22-Aug-1974 |
|
US Senator from Colorado |
| Christopher Glenn |
Journalist |
23-Mar-1938 |
17-Oct-2006 |
Longtime CBS radio correspondent |
| Anne Gorsuch |
Government |
21-Apr-1942 |
18-Jul-2004 |
Reagan's EPA administrator forced to resign |
| Ed Herschler |
Politician |
27-Oct-1918 |
5-Feb-1990 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1975-87 |
| James Holmes |
Criminal |
13-Dec-1987 |
|
2012 Aurora theater shooting |
| David R. Hunter |
Administrator |
17-May-1916 |
25-Nov-2000 |
Progressive fund advisor |
| William J. Hybl |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of El Pomar Foundation |
| Reed Irvine |
Activist |
29-Sep-1922 |
16-Nov-2004 |
Founder, Accuracy in Media |
| Hale Irwin |
Golf |
3-Jun-1945 |
|
Three-time US Open winner |
| Jeanne P. Jackson |
Business |
10-Aug-1951 |
|
CEO of Banana Republic, 1995-2000 |
| Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf |
Head of State |
29-Oct-1938 |
|
President of Liberia |
| Steve Jones |
Golf |
27-Dec-1958 |
|
Winner, 1996 US Open |
| Alan Kay |
Computer Programmer |
17-May-1940 |
|
Father of Object-Oriented Programming |
| Yusef Komunyakaa |
Poet |
29-Apr-1947 |
|
Neon Vernacular |
| Richard LeBaron |
Diplomat |
1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Kuwait, 2004-07 |
| Steven R. Loranger |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of ITT |
| George E. MacKinnon |
Judge |
22-Apr-1906 |
1-May-1995 |
DC Appeals Court Judge, 1969-95 |
| Theodore Maiman |
Physicist |
11-Jul-1927 |
5-May-2007 |
Built the first working laser |
| Alex J. Martinez |
Judge |
19-Apr-1951 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| Karen J. Mathis |
Attorney |
c. 1950 |
|
President of the ABA, 2006-07 |
| Craig C. Mello |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1960 |
|
RNA interference |
| Glenn Miller |
Musician |
1-Mar-1904 |
15-Dec-1944 |
Popular bandleader and trombonist |
| James Naismith |
Basketball |
6-Nov-1861 |
28-Nov-1939 |
Inventor of Basketball |
| Kathleen S. Pushor |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce |
| Robert Redford |
Actor |
18-Aug-1936 |
|
The Sundance Kid |
| Roy Romer |
Politician |
31-Oct-1928 |
|
Governor of Colorado, 1987-99 |
| Wiley Rutledge |
Judge |
20-Jul-1894 |
10-Sep-1949 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1943-49 |
| Spencer Silver |
Chemist |
6-Feb-1941 |
|
Post-It notes |
| Jean Stafford |
Novelist |
1-Jul-1915 |
26-Mar-1979 |
The Catherine Wheel |
| Kordell Stewart |
Football |
16-Oct-1972 |
|
Slash |
| Llewellyn E. Thompson |
Diplomat |
24-Aug-1904 |
6-Feb-1972 |
Twice US Ambassador to USSR |
| Bernard Trainor |
Military |
2-Sep-1928 |
|
Military analyst, ex-3 star Marine general |
| Vaughn Ververs |
Journalist |
10-Jan-1969 |
|
Editor of The Hotline 2002-05 |
| Stephen L. Weber |
Educator |
17-Mar-1942 |
|
President, San Diego State University |
| J. Steven Whisler |
Business |
23-Nov-1954 |
|
CEO of Phelps Dodge, 2000-07 |
| Byron White |
Judge |
8-Jun-1917 |
15-Apr-2002 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1962-93 |
| Don Wilson |
Radio Personality |
1-Sep-1900 |
25-Apr-1982 |
Jack Benny's announcer |
| Michael Winslow |
Actor |
6-Sep-1958 |
|
Man of 10,000 Sound Effects in Police Academy |
| Yvor Winters |
Poet |
17-Oct-1900 |
25-Jan-1968 |
Primitivism & Decadence |
| Dale B. Wolf |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Coventry Health Care |
| Steve Wozniak |
Computer Programmer |
11-Aug-1950 |
|
Co-Founder of Apple Computer |
| Michael W. Wynne |
Government |
4-Sep-1944 |
|
US Secretary of the Air Force, 2005-08 |
| Purnomo Yusgiantoro |
Government |
16-Jun-1951 |
|
Indonesian Minister of Energy |
| Sam H. Zakhem |
Diplomat |
25-Nov-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1986-89 |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ann Althouse |
Blogger |
12-Jan-1951 |
|
Political blogger, legal scholar |
| Michael L. Bender |
Judge |
7-Jan-1942 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| Stan Brakhage |
Film Director |
14-Jan-1933 |
9-Mar-2003 |
Experimental filmmaker |
| William W. Campbell |
Astronomer |
11-Apr-1862 |
14-Jun-1938 |
Stellar Motions |
| Thomas R. Cech |
Chemist |
8-Dec-1947 |
|
Proved enzyme role of RNA |
| Ward Churchill |
Activist |
2-Oct-1947 |
|
Compared WTC victims to Adolf Eichmann |
| Eric A. Cornell |
Physicist |
19-Dec-1961 |
|
Atomic physicist, Nobel laureate |
| W. Edwards Deming |
Mathematician |
14-Oct-1900 |
20-Dec-1993 |
Quality Control guru |
| Allison H. Eid |
Judge |
1965 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| Mark Emmert |
Educator |
16-Dec-1952 |
|
President, University of Washington |
| George Gamow |
Physicist |
4-Mar-1904 |
19-Aug-1968 |
Proponent of Big Bang Theory |
| Deborah S. Jin |
Physicist |
15-Nov-1968 |
15-Sep-2016 |
Created a fermionic condensate |
| William L. O'Neill |
Historian |
18-Apr-1935 |
29-Mar-2016 |
Coming Apart |
| Homer P. Rainey |
Educator |
19-Jan-1896 |
19-Dec-1985 |
President of UT-Austin, 1939-44 |
| Nancy E. Rice |
Judge |
2-Jun-1950 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| Wiley Rutledge |
Judge |
20-Jul-1894 |
10-Sep-1949 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1943-49 |
| David Skaggs |
Politician |
22-Feb-1943 |
|
Congressman from Colorado, 1987-99 |
| Ralph Z. Sorenson |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
President of Babson College, 1974-81 |
| Leo Szilard |
Physicist |
11-Feb-1898 |
30-May-1964 |
Nuclear chain reaction |
