Military Leaders
- Erwin J. Boydston (enlisted in Colorado) – Recipient of the United States Navy Medal of Honor for his service during the Boxer Rebellion.
- Arleigh Burke (born in Boulder) – An admiral of the United States Navy during World War II along with the Korean War. Later the Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower administration.
- Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (1809–1868) frontiersman, commander of Fort Garland (1866–1867), and negotiator of the 1867 peace treaty between the United States and the Ute tribe.
- Louis H. Carpenter – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for meritorious service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- Francis S. Dodge – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- Dwight David Eisenhower (married in Denver) – organized the temporary location of Lowry Air Force Base, Denver for a new service academy United States Air Force Academy. In 1954 Colorado Springs won the location for the new USAFA site. As President, his official airplanes, Lockheed Constellation were 'The Columbine', Colorado's state flower. Several times President Eisenhower was treated for cardiac events at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital.
- Edward P. Grimes – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- William R. Grove (enlisted in Colorado) – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service during the Philippine-American War.
- William P. Hall – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- Henry Johnson – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service as a "Buffalo Soldier" in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- John S. Lawton – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- John Merrill – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for gallant service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- George Moquin – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for gallant service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- Edward F. Murphy – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for gallant service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- Wilhelm O. Philipsen – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- John A. Poppe – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for gallant service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- Hampton M. Roach – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
- George W. Wallace (enlisted in Colorado) – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service during the Philippine-American War.
- Jacob Widmer – Recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor for his service in Colorado during the Indian Wars.
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