#1Famous people · Fort Collins
42 famous people were born in Fort Collins, more of them writers and artists than in most towns
Articles in 35 languages make the American actor Jake Lloyd the best known. Jon Heder is second and Ross Marquand third. The oldest name on the list belongs to Ida McCain, born in 1884, the newest to Cil, born in 2002. The largest group, 23, was born since 1970.
Born here
42
notable people
Best known
Jake Lloyd
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
Ida McCain
Youngest
2002
Cil
Most common field
Sports
12 people
Also called it home
5
notable residents
What stands out about Fort Collins’ famous people
Still making namesSince 1950, 27 of them have been born here, the latest in 2002.A town of writers and artistsWriters and artists make up 9 of the 42, 2.1 times the usual share.A chosen home5 more notable people chose to live in Fort Collins, including Janay DeLoach.42 notable peopleFort Collins lists 42 notable people, more than most towns.
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fort Collins’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 10 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusicMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fort Collins is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 2.1 times.
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 Fort Collins
First, Jake Lloyd (35 languages), then Jon Heder (28) and Ross Marquand (27).
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Fort Collins
39 more, best known first.
Byron White
1917–2002Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and American football player
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Clayton Sam White
1912–2004American physician, nuclear physicist, and medical researcher
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Landon Brown
born 1987American politician serving the Wyoming House of Representatives D9
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Fort Collins home
5 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Janay DeLoach the best known.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Windsor’s, with 6.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Collins 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 (13)
- Jake Lloyd: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Heder: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Allard: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Clark: Greengeorge, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Bloom: Jbuff2006, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Takeda: Bjoern Kommerell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darwood Kaye: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marco Gonzales: Udeezy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Janay DeLoach: Mardetanha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Estelle Johnson: Harvardton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Herman: Spc. Ellison Schuman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophia Wilson: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons