List of Famous people born in Colorado, United States of America
Spencer Lee
Spencer Richard Lee (born October 14, 1998) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. In freestyle, he was the '19 US National champion and a three–time age–group World Champion, once as a cadet and twice as a junior. As a folkstyle wrestler, Lee is a James E. Sullivan Award and Dan Hodge Trophy winner, a three-time NCAA Division I National Champion and a two-time Big Ten Conference champion out of the University of Iowa. He was also the top-recruit as a high school wrestler at the time of his commitment. Lee is often considered as one of the most dominant athletes in college athletics.
Yvie Oddly
Jovan Bridges, known by the stage name Yvie Oddly, is an American drag queen, performer, fashion designer, rapper, and recording artist from Denver, Colorado who came to international attention in 2019 when she won the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Oddly has been on the worldwide Werq the World drag concert tour since 2019. In addition to music videos and performances, she explores what she sees as a transformative power of drag by making thrift store finds into wearable art in Yvie Oddly’s Oddities series on WOW Presents Plus.
Nick Fazekas
Nicholas Ryan Fazekas is an American-born Japanese professional basketball player for the Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League in Japan.
Goose Gossage
Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. During a 22-year baseball career (1972–1994), he pitched for nine different teams, spending his best years with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. The nickname "Goose" came about when a friend did not like his previous nickname "Goss", and noted he looked like a goose when he extended his neck to read the signs given by the catcher when he was pitching. Although Gossage is otherwise generally referred to as "Rich" in popular media, a baseball field named after him bears the name "Rick".
Justinian Jessup
Justinian Jessup is an American professional basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Boise State Broncos. Jessup was selected by the Golden State Warriors as the 51st overall pick of the 2020 NBA draft.
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams
Steven Williams was an American professional wrestler, former collegiate football player, and amateur wrestler at the University of Oklahoma. Williams was known as "Dr. Death", a nickname he acquired in junior high school.
Charlotte Figi
Charlotte Figi was an American girl with Dravet syndrome who took cannabidiol (CBD) oil to prevent seizures and inspired the name of the medical cannabis strain called Charlotte's Web.
Brooke Raboutou
Brooke Raboutou is a rock climber. At age 9, she ticked a V10 and became the youngest female to climb a 5.13b. At 10, she sent a V11 and became the youngest female to climb 5.13d. At 11, she became the youngest female to send 5.14b (8c). Raboutou also performed well on the youth climbing circuit from 2015 to 2018.
Chris Sanders
Christopher Michael Sanders is an American animation director, film director, screenwriter, producer, illustrator, and voice actor. His credits include Lilo & Stitch (2002) and How to Train Your Dragon (2010), both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with Dean DeBlois, The Croods (2013) with Kirk DeMicco, and The Call of the Wild (2020). He is also known for creating the story behind Lilo & Stitch and for creating and voicing its latter title character in the film and its franchise.
Courtney E. Martin
Courtney E. Martin is an American feminist, author, speaker, and social and political activist. She is known for writing books, speaking at universities throughout the nation, and for co-editing the feminist blog, Feministing.com. Her work also appears on numerous other blogs and websites. She is also a recipient of the Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics. She is known for promoting feminism by integrating storytelling and solutions into her writings and talks. According to Parker Palmer, she is “one of our most insightful culture critics and one of our finest young writers.” In 2013 she helped found the Solutions Journalism Network with journalists David Bornstein and Tina Rosenberg.