List of Famous people born in Colorado, United States of America
Pierce Brown
Pierce Brown is an American science fiction author who writes the Red Rising series, consisting of Red Rising (2014), Golden Son (2015), Morning Star (2016), Iron Gold (2018) and Dark Age (2019).
Xavier Atencio
Francis Xavier Atencio, also known as X Atencio was an animator and Imagineer for The Walt Disney Company. He is perhaps best known for writing the scripts and song lyrics of the Disney theme park attractions, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion.
Linden Blue
Linden Stanley Blue is an American aviation executive. He is the co-owner and vice chairman of General Atomics, the U.S. military contractor that manufactures the Predator drones used by the Central Intelligence Agency. He is also the managing director of the aircraft manufacturer Spectrum Aeronautical.
Dave Grusin
Robert David Grusin is an American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an Academy Award and ten Grammy Awards. He is the co-founder of GRP Records.
Erick Hawkins
Frederick "Erick" Hawkins, was an American modern-dance choreographer and dancer.
David Lewis
David Lewis, born David Levy, was a prominent Hollywood film producer in the 1940s and 1950s, who produced such films as Dark Victory (1939), Arch of Triumph (1948), and Raintree County (1957). He worked for Warner Brothers, Paramount and M-G-M and was elected a vice president of Enterprise Productions, Inc. in 1946.
Ancel Keys
Ancel Benjamin Keys was an American physiologist who studied the influence of diet on health. In particular, he hypothesized that dietary saturated fat causes cardiovascular heart disease and should be avoided. Modern dietary recommendations by health organizations, systematic reviews, and national health agencies corroborate this.
Robert Rush Miller
Robert Rush Miller "was an important figure in American ichthyology and conservation from 1940 to the 1990s."
Ann E. Todd
Ann E. Todd was an American child actress. As an adult, she became a music reference librarian at University of California, Berkeley.
John Davis
John Andrew Davis is an American film producer and founder of Davis Entertainment.