Additional biographies are available at the State Publications Library blog.
Browse our 82 biographies by the last name of the bio subjects.
Jump to A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, W, Z
A
- Adolph Coors: Businessman
- Alferd Packer: Notorious Cannibal
- All Bios, Alphabetically
- Anne Evans: Supporter of the Arts
- Augusta Tabor: Entrepreneur
B
- Barney Ford: From Slavery to Success
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell
- Black Kettle: Cheyenne Chief and Peace Negotiator
C
- Caroline Nichols Churchill: Activist, Suffragist, Author
- Casimiro Barela: Perpetual Senator
- Charles Boettcher: Denver Businessman
- Chief Little Raven: Peacemaker
- Chin Lin Sou: A Pioneer in More Ways Than One
- Chipeta: Admired and Respected Indian Leader
- Clara Brown: Angel of the Rockies
D
- Daniel Cheesman Oakes: Early Settler and Businessperson
- David Moffat: Railroad Tycoon and Industrialist
- Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.: Silent Film Actor
- Dr. Florence Rena Sabin: Doctor and Medical Reformer
E
- Elizabeth “Baby Doe” McCourt Tabor: Colorado’s Silver Queen
- Elizabeth Piper Ensley: Activist
- Ellis Meredith, Suffragist and Activist
- Elvin R. Caldwell: City Council President, Activist, Community Leader
- Emily Griffith: Educator
- Enos Mills: Father of Rocky Mountain National Park
F
- “Father” John Lewis Dyer: The Snowshoe Itinerant
- Federico Peña: Mayor of Denver
- Felipe Baca: Rancher and Town Founder
- Frances Wisebart Jacobs: Health Care Activist
G
H
- Harold Lloyd: Actor
- Hattie McDaniel: Actress
- Helen Bonfils: Denver Post Co Owner & Philanthropist
- Helen Hunt Jackson: Author and Indian Advocate
- Hermann H. Heiser: Saddlery Manufacturer
- Horace Tabor: The Silver King
- How Gunnison Dealt with the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
I
J
- Jack Dempsey: Prize-fighter, Actor and Author
- James Pierson Beckwourth: African American Mountain Man, Fur Trader, Explorer
- John “Jack” Swigert: Astronaut, Congressman
- John Charles Frémont: Senator, Governor, Presidential Candidate, and Explorer
- John Denver: Singer and Songwriter
- John Francis Campion: Founder of Colorado Museum of Natural History
- John Kernan Mullen: Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
- John Valentine: FTD Founder
- Josephine Roche: Police Woman and Labor Advocate
- Juana Suaso Simpson: A Frontier Life
- Judy Collins: Grammy-Winning Musician, Singer and Activist
- Julia Archibald Holmes: First Woman to Summit Pike’s Peak
- Justina Ford: Denver’s First Female African American Doctor
K
- Kate Ferretti: Millinery Entrepreneur
- Katharine Lee Bates: Songwriter
- Kit Carson: Mountain Man and Hero
L
M
- Mamie Eisenhower: First Lady and Humanitarian
- Marilyn Van Derbur Atler: Miss America 1958
- Mary Antoinette Perry-Frueauff: Actress and Humanitarian
- Mary Hauck Elitch Long, Founder of Elitch’s Zoological Gardens
- Mary McDonough Coyle Chase: Journalist, Playwright, Screenwriter
- Mary Rippon: Educator
- Minnie J. Reynolds Scalabrino: Activist
- Molly Brown: Suffragist, Socialite and Adventurer
- Mother Cabrini: The First American Saint
O
P
R
- Ralph Carr: Defender of Japanese Americans
- Richens “Uncle Dick” Wootton: Frontiersman
- Robert Speer, Denver’s “City Beautiful” Mayor
- Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales: Boxer, Writer, Activist
S
- Sadie Likens: Denver’s First Police Matron
- Silas S. Soule: Abolitionist and Brave Soldier
- Susan Anderson, Mountain Doctor
T
W
- William “Buffalo Bill” Cody: Showman of the Wild West
- William Bent: Frontiersman
- William Byers: Founder of Rocky Mtn News
- William Palmer: Engineer, Soldier, Founder of Colorado Springs