Born Elsewhere, Raised in Denver
These people were raised in Denver in their childhood years but were born elsewhere.
- Madeleine Albright- former United States Secretary of State, born in Prague, graduated from Kent Denver High School
- Stan Brakhage – avant-garde filmmaker, raised in Denver, graduated from South High School
- Neal Cassady – the beat generation icon was born in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Leland Chapman – bounty hunter, born in Groom, Texas
- Don Cheadle – born in Kansas City, Missouri, graduated from East High School
- Ted Conover – journalist and author, born in Okinawa, Japan
- Judy Collins – folk singer, born in Seattle, Washington, graduated from East High School
- Donnette Thayer – songwriter, singer, graduated from East High School
- Madhuri Dixit – Indian actress married to Dr. Sriram Nene, a heart surgeon, born in Mumbai, India
- Bill Frisell – jazz guitarist and composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- John Grant – folk/rock musician
- Pam Grier – born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, attended East High School in Denver
- Joe Guese – guitarist of The Click Five, born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Vance Kirkland- artist, born in Ohio
- Hattie McDaniel – actress, born in Wichita, Kansas
- Dana Perino – White House press secretary under George W Bush, television host, born in Evanston, Wyoming
- Pat Oliphant – editorial cartoonist, born in Adelaide, Australia
- Mamie Eisenhower – former First Lady, born in Boone, Iowa.
- Golda Meir – former Prime Minister of Israel, lived in Denver for a time as a teenager. Born in Kiev, Ukraine
- Michael Ray Richardson – former NBA All-Star point guard, born in Lubbock, Texas, graduated from Manual High School
- Dianne Reeves – Jazz vocalist, winner of 4 Grammy awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album, graduated from George Washington High School. Born in Detroit, Michigan
- Matt Stone – creator of South Park television show, born in Houston, Texas, raised in Littleton (south of Denver)
- Lenora Mattingly Weber – writer, born in Missouri
- OneRepublic-band. Ryan Tedder born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is not known where the other members were born but Zach Filkins spent a majority of his early life in Spain and Brent Kutzle and Eddie Fisher are both from Orange County. Drew Brown (OneRepublic), however is from Broomfield, Colorado.
- Michael Winslow – comedian, born in Spokane, Washington, graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School
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