List of people from Idaho

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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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

• See also
• References

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
• Kristin Armstrong – Olympic gold medal cyclist (2008 and 2012), Boise ^[1]
• 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 ^[2]
• 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

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

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

• Idaho portal
• United States portal
• Biography portal
• Lists portal

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

References

1. "Biography – Kristin Armstrong". kristinarmstrongusa.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
2. "Logan Emory". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved June 29, 2015.