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Bob Denver (1935–2005), actor most famous for playing the title character of Gilligan's Island James W. Denver (1817–1892), American politician for whom the Colorado capital is named John Denver (1943–1997), American singer-songwriter and actor
Lorraine Granado (1948–2019), environmental, peace and social justice activist and organizer who co-founded the Colorado People's Environmental and Economic Network and Neighbors for a Toxic-Free Community in Denver; John E. Manders (1895–1973), 17th Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska [452] William McGaa (1824–1867), mountain man, co-founder of ...
John Denver (real name Henry Deutschendorf Jr.; lived in Aspen) – singer, guitarist, songwriter; winner of a Grammy Award (1997) and a posthumous Grammy Hall of Fame Award (1998); inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1996); named the official Poet Laureate of the State of Colorado (1977), with his song "Rocky Mountain High", which was ...
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), [3] known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer, songwriter, and actor.He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s and one of the best selling artists in that decade. [4]
Denver reportedly visited Denver, Colorado, in 1875 and 1882, but complained that his visits received little affection from the residents of the city named after him. [5] He died in Washington, D.C., in 1892 and is buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery in Wilmington, Ohio. His son, Matthew R. Denver, was a U.S. Congressman from Ohio from 1907 to 1913.
Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) [1] [2] was an American film and television actor and director. He was well known for a number of TV roles from the 1960s through the 1980s, including his portrayal of Briscoe Darling in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, as Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985, as Mad Jack in the NBC television series The Life and ...
This is a category of people who were born in, or spent a significant part of their lives in Denver, Colorado. Includes people who only resided in Denver as a child or grew up in Denver, but do not call Denver home.
She helped formerly enslaved people become settled during Colorado's Gold Rush. She was known as the 'Angel of the Rockies' and made her mark as "Colorado's first black settler and a prosperous entrepreneur". [1] Brown, born in Virginia in 1800, [a] moved to Logan County, Kentucky, with her family. She married another enslaved person when she ...