Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the largest city and capital of the state of Colorado, United States of America. It is the largest city along the Front Range and forms the heart of the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area.

Famous Denverites

• Tim Allen
• India.Arie - Neo-Soul singer, born India Arie Simpson
• Phillip Bailey - R&B lead singer with Earth, Wind & Fire. Later made pop tunes with Phil Collins among others, graduated from Manual High School
• Chauncey Billups
• Richard Butler (born in Bennett, Colorado)
• David Fincher
• Pat Hingle
• John Kerry (born at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Aurora, Denver's eastern neighbor)
• Joseph C. Phillips Actor and political commentator
• Dean Reed
• Karl Rove
• Alan K. Simpson
• Paul Whiteman

Famous non-native residents

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• Neal Cassady - the beat generation icon was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but was raised in Denver
• Don Cheadle - born in Kansas City, Missouri, graduated from East High School
• Judy Collins - folk singer, born in Seattle, Washington, graduated from East High School
• Madhuri Dixit - Indian actress married to Dr. Sriram Nene, a heart surgeon, born in Bombay, India
• John Elway - Hall of Fame quarterback for the Denver Broncos, 1983 - 1998 NFL seasons (including the Super Bowl played in 1999)
• Bill Frisell
• Pam Grier - born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, graduated from East High School
• Hattie McDaniel - First African-American to win Academy Award for Gone with the Wind, born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Denver
• Golda Meir - Former Prime Minister of Israel, lived in Denver for a time as a teenager. Her house is preserved as part of the Metropolitan State College of Denver campus.
• Pat Oliphant - editorial cartoonist, born in Adelaide, Australia
• Dianne Reeves - Jazz vocalist, graduated from East High School
• Mamie Eisenhower - Former First Lady, raised in Denver's Capitol Hill in the Doud House. Graduated from Miss Wolcott's Finishing School.