Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyoming ranks 2,350th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Horlivka, Yakima, Washington, and Battle Creek, Michigan. Memorable people born in Cheyenne, Wyoming include Mildred Harris, Rensis Likert, and Jim Siedow. Cheyenne, Wyoming has been the birth place of many actors, and psychologists. Cheyenne, Wyoming is located in United States.
Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne metropolitan statistical area which encompasses all of Laramie County and had 100,512 residents as of the 2020 census. Local residents named the town for the Cheyenne Native American people in 1867 when it was founded in the Dakota Territory. Along with Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Topeka, Kansas, Cheyenne is one of three state capitals with an indigenous name in a state with an indigenous name. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1883 and 1987, Cheyenne, Wyoming was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Mildred Harris, Rensis Likert, and Jim Siedow.
People Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Go to all RankingsMildred Harris
ACTOR
1901 - 1944
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 1
Rensis Likert
PSYCHOLOGIST
1903 - 1981
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 2
Jim Siedow
ACTOR
1920 - 2003
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 3
Lloyd Fredendall
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1883 - 1963
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 4
Cynthia Lummis
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 5
George Clayton Johnson
WRITER
1929 - 2015
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 6
James Johnson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 26.52
Rank: 7
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Cheyenne, Wyoming were actors (2), psychologists (1), military personnels (1), politicians (1), and writers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, including Cynthia Lummis. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cheyenne, Wyoming, including Mildred Harris, and Jim Siedow.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Cheyenne, Wyoming since 1700.