#1Famous people · Durango
29 famous people from Durango, many of them athletes
Articles in 36 languages make the American astronaut Stuart Roosa the best known. Second place goes to the American road cyclist Sepp Kuss, third to Tom Tully. More than half were born since 1970, 19 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 133 towns in Colorado with famous people list more.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Stuart Roosa
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
James Garesche Ord
Youngest
2003
Colby Simmons
Most common field
Sports
18 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Durango’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Durango’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 7 births.
SportsNotableFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Durango is known for
Durango has 1.7× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Durango
Three names lead: Stuart Roosa (36 languages), Sepp Kuss (27) and Tom Tully (17).
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Everyone else born in Durango
Another 26, 17 of them athletes.
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A chosen home
Also called Durango home
Born elsewhere, Jenn Shelton lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Durango and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (19)
- Stuart Roosa: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sepp Kuss: Foveon producciones, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Tully: Vanguard Films, Inc., for the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Quinn Simmons: Hugo LUC, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Turrell V. Wylie: White whirlwind, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carmen Small: Hoebele, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Blevins: Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colby Simmons: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Hovasse: User:STB-1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Riley Amos: Lexware Mountainbike Team, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Nunn: Trackinfo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clark Matis: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Grotts: Wiki832, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Britain Simons: Simons333, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lauren Milliet: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronny Yeager: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zachary Lokken: Stefan Brending (2eight), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- James Garesche Ord: Albert Love Enterprises (Atlanta), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elva Dryer: CC0, Wikimedia Commons