#1Famous people · Laramie
Leaders stand out among the 32 famous people born in Laramie
Most widely known is Jim Beaver, the American actor, with articles in 33 languages. Second place goes to the azerbaijani basketball player Jaycee Carroll, third to Sheridan Downey. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 18 in all. Only 2 towns in Wyoming list more.
Born here
32
notable people
Best known
Jim Beaver
in 33 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
June Downey
Youngest
1983
Jaycee Carroll
Most common field
Politics & Law
15 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Laramie’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Laramie is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as soldiers and sailors, at 2.6 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 Laramie
The three are covered in 33, 21 and 17 languages: Jim Beaver, Jaycee Carroll and Sheridan Downey.
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#3Through the years
When Laramie’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 7 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Laramie
The rest number 29, with 14 leaders among them.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Laramie home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Matthew Shepard the best known.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Laramie 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 (7)
- Jim Beaver: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaycee Carroll: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheridan Downey: Gabriel Moulin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerry Spence: Greg Westfall, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thurman Arnold: Harris & Ewing photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert J. Brees: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Wriston: Uncredited photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons