Athletes
- Adam Archuleta (born 1977), professional football player; born in Rock Springs
- Nick Bebout (born 1951), Professional football player; born in Riverton; played for the University of Wyoming.
- Jim Benepe (born 1963), professional golfer; born in Sheridan
- Tom Browning (born 1960), Major League Baseball pitcher; born in Casper
- John Buck (born 1980), Major League Baseball catcher, born in Kemmerer
- Alicia Craig (born 1982) distance runner; born in Gillette
- Chris Cooley (born 1982) professional football player; born in Powell
- Jesseca Cross (born 1975) Olympic athlete; born in Laramie
- Lance Deal (born 1961) Olympic athlete; born in Riverton; attended high school in Casper
- Mike Devereaux (born 1963), Major League Baseball outfielder; NLCS MVP in 1995 with the Atlanta Braves; born in Casper
- Aaron Elling (born 1978), professional football player; lived in Lander; played for the University of Wyoming
- Dick Ellsworth (born 1940), Major League Baseball pitcher; born in Lusk
- Rulon Gardner (born 1971), Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling; born in Afton
- John Godina (born 1972), 3 time World Champion and 2 time Olympic medalist in the shot put; lived in Cheyenne
- James Johnson (born 1987), professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors; born in Cheyenne
- Brett Keisel (born 1978), professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers; born in Greybull
- Mike Lansing (born 1968), Major League Baseball infielder; born in Rawlins
- Gail O'Brien (1911-??), professional football player; born in Cheyenne
- Jonah Nickerson (born 1985), pitcher for the Oregon State Beavers; born in Casper
- Brady Poppinga (born 1979), professional football player; born in Evanston
- Todd Skinner (1958–2006), rock climber; born in Pinedale
- Rick Sofield (born 1956), Major League Baseball outfielder; born in Cheyenne
- Nate Marquardt (born 1979), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight Fighter; born in Lander, Wyoming
- John Wendling (born 1983), professional football player; born in Cody, Wyoming
- Rulon Gardner (olympic Gold Medalist: born in Afton Wyoming)
- Chris Nadon (born 1991), played college baseball at NJC and WNCC. Also the best high school athlete to come out of the United states
- Jay Novacek (born 1962), professional football player. Also played college football at the University of Wyoming.
- Travis Rice (born 1982), Professional Snowboarder, also a co-producer of The Art of Flight and That's It That's All. Born and Raised in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Josef Stiegler (born 1937), World-Class Alpine Skier and a 3-time Olympic medalist in Slalom and Giant Slalom Lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Tommy Moe (born 1970), World-Class Alpine Skier, 2-time Olympic medalist and Member of the National Ski Hall of Fame Lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Resi Stiegler (born 1985), Alpine Skier, Born and Raised in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Bryan Iguchi (born 1973), Professional Snowboarder, 1997 X-Games Bronze Medalist in Half-Pipe, lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Bill Briggs (born 1943), Pioneer of Ski-Mountaineering, He was the first to Ski the Grand Teton, now Lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
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Famous quotes containing the word athletes:
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth ... the pollution of American space, with gadgetry and cars and TV and box architecture, brutalizes the senses, making gray neurotics of most of us, and perverse spiritual athletes and strident self-transcenders of the best of us.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)