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The following is a list of some notable people associated with the University of Colorado Boulder.




Nobel laureate faculty and staff


Thomas R. Cech, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1989
Stanley Cohen, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1986
Eric Allin Cornell, Nobel laureate in Physics, 2001
John L. Hall, Nobel laureate in Physics, 2005
Paul Komor, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, 2007
Herbert Kroemer, Nobel laureate in Physics, 2000
Carl Wieman, Nobel laureate in Physics, 2001
David J. Wineland, Nobel laureate in Physics, 2012
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, 2006




Nobel laureate alumni


Sidney Altman, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1989
Jennifer Doudna, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2020
Craig Mello, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2006
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, 2011




Notable faculty and staff


Waleed Abdalati, scientist, Chief Scientist of NASA
Patricia A. Adler, professor emerita of sociology
Bernard Amadei, civil engineer, founder of Engineers Without Borders
Mark Amerika, artist and author
Fred Anderson, historian, author of The Crucible of War
Albert Allen Bartlett, physicist, popular writer on exponential growth in populations and energy resources
Petr Beckmann, physicist, engineer
Kenneth Boulding, economist
Stan Brakhage, filmmaker
Sara Branham Matthews, microbiologist
Storm Bull, Professor Emeritus at the College of Music and Head of the Division of Piano
Adolf Busemann, pioneering aerospace engineer
Sarvadaman Chowla, mathematician
Ward Churchill, former ethnic studies professor noted for inflammatory statements dealing with 9/11, dismissed from CU-Boulder 2007
Robert T. Craig, communication theorist and author of Communication Theory as a Field
William Duane, physicist
Max Mapes Ellis, explorer and physiologist
Larry Esposito, discoverer of Saturn's fourth ring
Charbel Farhat, Chairman of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Stanford University
George Gamow, physicist and cosmologist
Brad Goode, jazz trumpeter
Alice F. Healy, psychologist
Robert Hill, harpsichordist and fortepianist
Linda Hogan, Native American poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories
Janet L. Jacobs, gender and religion sociologist
Deborah S. Jin, physicist
Daniel Kellogg, composer
Patricia Nelson Limerick, historian and occasional New York Times columnist
Margaret Murnane, physicist, pioneer of femto-second laser research; MacArthur fellow
Carter Pann, composer
Steven Pollock, physicist, U.S. Professor of the Year
Hobart Muir Smith, most published herpetologist of all time; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Phil Solomon, filmmaker, mentor
Joseph R. Tanner, former astronaut
John Taylor, physicist
Stanislaw Ulam, mathematician
James Voss, former astronaut
James F. Williams, Dean of Libraries
Muriel Sibell Wolle, artist and author
Betty Woodman, ceramic artist
George Woodman, ceramicist, painter, and photographer
Melanie Yazzie, sculptor, painter, and printmaker




Notable alumni






= Academia, science and technology

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Len Ackland, professor at the University of Colorado and co-director of the Center for Environmental Journalism
Elaine Anderson, paleontologist
George J. Armelagos, Goodrich C. White Professor of Anthropology at Emory University
John Christian Bailar, statistician, Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago
Janet Bonnema, civil engineer
Kathryn Bullock, electrochemist
Steve Chappell, aerospace engineer and NASA scientist
Erica Chenoweth, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at the Harvard Kennedy School
Robert Corruccini, biological anthropologist and author of numerous monographs and articles on the theory of malocclusion
Hilda Counts, electrical engineer
Patrick Curran, professor of quantitative psychology at the University of North Carolina and Director of the L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory
Ward Darley, president, University of Colorado
William E. Davis, former university president and United States Senate candidate
Vine Deloria, Jr., academic and political author on Native American subjects
W. Edwards Deming, manufacturing quality expert
Marla Dowell, physicist, director of NIST Communications Technology Laboratory
Patricia Louise Dudley, zoologist specializing in copepods
Elsie Eaves, civil engineer
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Regius professor of political science at the University of Essex, and former president of the International Studies Association (2021-22)
Steve H. Hanke, professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University, adviser to presidents, currency reformer and commodity and currency trader
David Haussler, professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
Clayton Heathcock, Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley
Gretchen Hofmann, professor of ecological physiology of marine organisms at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Tom Hornbein, developed the standard breathing mask after climbing Mt. Everest in 1963
Charles Hoskinson, Mathematician, founder of Cardano and co-founder of Ethereum
Moriba Jah, astrodynamicist; associate professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin; Core Faculty of the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences; former spacecraft navigator for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Alan Kay, computer scientist, Turing Award winner
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying
Ron Larson, professor of mathematics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Emory Lindquist, Rhodes scholar, Swedish American historian, president of Bethany College and Wichita State University
Theodore Harold Maiman, demonstrated the first laser
Tom Maniatis, Edelma Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Christopher McKay, planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center
Lou Alta Melton, civil engineer and bridge engineer
Kenneth Miller, biologist at Brown University
Kathe Perez, speech-language pathologist
Ralph Prator, first president of California State University, Northridge
Philip Radovic, podiatric surgeon
Kay Schallenkamp, president of Emporia State University, and later Black Hills State University
Leon Silver, geologist at California Institute of Technology, past president of Geological Society of America, trained Apollo astronauts in field geology
Christopher Sorensen, Cortelyou-Rust University Distinguished Professor and a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar in the Kansas State University Physics Department
Gary Stormo, geneticist and pioneer of bioinformatics and genomics
Michael T. Voorhees, entrepreneur, engineer, designer, geographer, and aeronaut




= Arts and film

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3OH!3, electronic music group
Linda Alterwitz, artist and photographer
Josephine Antoine, coloratura soprano with the Metropolitan Opera
Brandon Barnes, drummer for the band Rise Against and Pinhead Circus
Charles L. Bestor, composer and music educator
Big Head Todd and the Monsters, platinum selling recording artists
Austin Bisnow, songwriter, producer, and lead singer of the band MAGIC GIANT
Rodney Carswell, painter
Chairlift, electronic-pop group
Derek Cianfrance, screenwriter and film director
Lydia Cornell, actress, author
Eli Craig, screenwriter and film director
Eric Darnell, director
Joey Diaz, comedian
Brian Dietzen, actor
Lisa Donovan, actress and writer
Patricia Elliott, actress
Joe Flanigan, actor
Tanner Foust, television host, stunt driver, professional racing driver
Nicole Fox, model, winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 13
Drew Goddard, film and television screenwriter, director and producer
Jake Goldberg, actor
Dave Grusin, composer, winner of three Academy and three Grammy awards
Heather Hach, wrote the screenplay for the 2003 remake of Freaky Friday and the book of the Broadway musical Legally
Blonde
Erinn Hayes, actress
Jonah Hill, actor, withdrew after freshman year
David "GrandPooBear" Hunt, speedrunner and streamer well known for retro Super Mario games
Angus T. Jones, actor
R. J. Kern, artist and photographer
Shawn King, drummer, percussionist, trumpeter, accordionist, organist for the band DeVotchKa
Chaney Kley, actor
Land of the Loops, electronica musician
William Lewis, opera tenor and academic
Larry Linville, actor (M*A*S*H)
Low vs Diamond, rock band
Erin Macdonald, science consultant for Star Trek
Ross Marquand, actor
Christopher Meloni, actor
Glenn Miller, composer, big band leader
Joan Moment, painter and educator
Nathaniel Motte, singer, songwriter, producer, performer, film composer, instrumentalist, and playwright
Thomas Noel, historian
Peter O'Fallon, director, producer and writer
Trey Parker, Emmy, and Tony award winning director, writer, & producer; co-creator of South Park
Caroline Polachek, singer-songwriter
Robert Redford, actor (did not graduate), Oscar winner, founder of the Sundance Film Festival
Dean Reed, actor, singer and songwriter, director, and social activist
Joe Safdie, poet
Aaron Simpson, Emmy-nominated animation producer
Susan Arnout Smith, award-winning playwright and novelist
Derek Vincent Smith, electronic music producer, withdrew after freshman year
Paul Soldner, artist
Matt Stone, Emmy, and Tony award winning director, writer, & producer; co-creator of South Park
Eric Stough, producer and the director of animation on South Park
Steve Taylor, singer/songwriter and film director
Dalton Trumbo, writer, Academy Award winner
Joan Van Ark, actress
Townes Van Zandt, country-folk singer-songwriter, withdrew in his sophomore year
Linda Williams, professor of film studies at the University of California, Berkeley
Chris Wood, electronic musician
Pamela Z, composer, performer, and media artist
Dean Zanuck, motion picture executive and producer




= Astronauts

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Loren Acton, NASA astronaut
Patrick Baudry, CNES astronaut
Vance D. Brand, NASA astronaut
Scott Carpenter, NASA astronaut in second orbital flight (fourth crewed) of Project Mercury
Kalpana Chawla, NASA astronaut, died on Columbia
Takao Doi, NASA astronaut
Samuel T. Durrance, NASA astronaut
John Herrington, NASA astronaut
Richard Hieb, NASA astronaut
Marsha Ivins, NASA astronaut
John M. Lounge, NASA astronaut
George Nelson, NASA astronaut
Ellison Onizuka, NASA astronaut, died on Challenger in January 1986
Stuart Roosa, NASA astronaut, flew on Apollo 14
Ronald M. Sega, NASA astronaut
Steven Swanson, NASA astronaut
Jack Swigert, NASA astronaut, flew on Apollo 13
James Voss, NASA astronaut




= Athletics

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Bobby Anderson, former NFL running back for the Denver Broncos
Dick Anderson, former NFL safety for the Miami Dolphins
Tom Ashworth, former NFL offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks
Sal Aunese, Big Eight Newcomer of the Year
Chidobe Awuzie, NFL cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys
David Bakhtiari, NFL offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers
Justin Bannan, former NFL defensive tackle for the Denver Broncos
Dede Barry, cyclist, won silver in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the women's time trial
Mitch Berger, former NFL punter
Greg Biekert, former NFL linebacker for the Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings
Eric Bieniemy, former NFL running back and offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs
Chauncey Billups, Detroit Pistons of the NBA, 2004 NBA Finals MVP
Abhinav Bindra, shooter, won gold for India in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 10 metre air rifle
Joan Birkland, Colorado state women's amateur golf and tennis champion
Jeremy Bloom, World Champion and 2x Olympic Freestyle skier; former CU and NFL wide receiver and return specialist, for the Philadelphia Eagles
Cliff Branch, former wide receiver with the Oakland Raiders
Tyler Brayton, NFL defensive end, plays for the Carolina Panthers
Carlon Brown, basketball player, 2013-14 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Chris Brown, former NFL running back for the Houston Texans
Heidi Browning, NHL chief marketing officer
Rae Carruth, former wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers
Franklin Clarke, former All-Pro wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys
Emma Coburn, mid-distance runner, Olympian 2016 Bronze Medalist Steeplechase, 2017 World Champion
Mark Cooney, former NFL linebacker for the Green Bay Packers
Joe Cooper, former NBA center
Mason Crosby, former NFL kicker for the Green Bay Packers
Alan Culpepper, runner, Olympian, 2000 and 2004
Koy Detmer, former NFL quarterback
Spencer Dinwiddie, NBA guard for the Brooklyn Nets
Boyd Dowler, former NFL wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers
Jon Embree, former head football coach for the Colorado Buffaloes
Christian Fauria, NFL tight end for the Carolina Panthers
Bill Frank, Canadian Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Tom Garfinkel, president and CEO of the Miami Dolphins
David Gibbs, former NFL head coach
Taylor Gold (born 1993), snowboarder; Olympic bronze medalist
Adam Goucher, professional runner, Olympian 2000
Kara Goucher, professional runner, Olympian 2008, 2012
Daniel Graham, former NFL tight end for the Denver Broncos
Natalia Grossman, IFSC Climbing World Cup champion sport climber
Alex Gurney, professional auto racing driver
Andre Gurode, former All-Pro center for the Dallas Cowboys
D.J. Hackett, former NFL wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers
Tyler Hamilton, cyclist with many impressive finishes at the Tour de France, Summer Olympics
David Harrison, former NBA center
Don Hasselbeck, former NFL tight end
Steven J. Hatchell, president and CEO of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc.
Jimmie Heuga, alpine skiing, 1964 Olympic bronze medalist in slalom
Katie Hnida, football place kicker (graduated from the University of New Mexico)
Jay Howell, retired Major League Baseball pitcher of 15 years
Jay Humphries, former NBA guard
Hale Irwin, golfer, three-time U.S. Open champion
Brian Iwuh, former NFL linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Jonathan Kaye (born 1970), professional golfer on PGA Tour
Billy Kidd, alpine skiing, 1964 Olympic silver medalist in slalom, 1970 World Champion (combined)
Joe Klopfenstein, former NFL tight end for the Buffalo Bills
Stuart Krohn (born 1962), professional rugby union player
Sepp Kuss, cyclist, winner of the 2023 Vuelta a España
Matt Lepsis, former NFL offensive tackle for the Denver Broncos
Michael Lewis, former All-Pro safety for the San Francisco 49ers
Phillip Lindsay, NFL running back for the Denver Broncos
Dave Logan, former NFL receiver, broadcaster
Eliot Marshall, retired mixed martial arts fighter
Nikki Marshall, NWSL defender for the Portland Thorns FC
Scotty McKnight, former NFL WR for the New York Jets
Matt Miller, former NFL offensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns
William Nelson, professional runner, Olympian 2008; Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for the CU XC/Track & Field Teams
Isaiah Oliver, NFL cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons
Tyler Polumbus, former NFL offensive tackle for the Washington Redskins
Vince Rafferty, former NFL center and guard for the Green Bay Packers
Marcus Relphorde (born 1988). basketball player in the Israeli National League
Paul Richardson, former NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks
Dathan Ritzenhein, professional runner with Nike, Olympian 2004, 2008, and 2012
Paul Robinson, professional rock climber
Bill Roe, former NFL and USFL linebacker
Spider Sabich, alpine skiing, 1968 Olympian (5th in slalom), and pro champion, 1971 and 1972
Rashaan Salaam, former NFL running back, 1994 Heisman Trophy winner
Cory Sandhagen, mixed martial artist who is currently ranked #5 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight rankings
Brendan Schaub, former NFL candidate; retired mixed martial artist for the Ultimate Fighting Championship; stand-up comedian
Laviska Shenault, NFL wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Jenny Simpson, 1500 meter runner, Olympian 2008, 2012, 2016 Bronze Medalist
Jimmy Smith, NFL cornerback for the Baltimore Ravens
Nate Solder, NFL offensive tackle for the New York Giants
John Stearns, former catcher for Philadelphia Phillies and NY Mets
Alexandra Stevenson, tennis player
Kordell Stewart, former NFL quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill Symons, former CFL All-Star for the Toronto Argonauts
Debi Thomas, Olympic figure skater in 1988
Tedric Thompson, NFL safety for the Kansas City Chiefs
Bill Toomey, Olympic gold medalist in the 1968 decathlon
Rachel Wacholder, model and beach volleyball player
Ward Walsh, former NFL running back
Scott Wedman, former NBA forward
Michael Westbrook, former NFL wide receiver
Terrence Wheatley, former NFL cornerback for the New England Patriots, first-team All-Big 12
Damen Wheeler, former NFL and XFL cornerback
Alfred Williams, former NFL linebacker, 1990 Butkus Award winner
Ahkello Witherspoon, NFL cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers
John Wooten, All-American; played for the Cleveland Browns; former vice president/director for the Philadelphia Eagles; assistant director for the Baltimore Ravens




= Business and economy

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Mohamed Al-Mady, president of SABIC
Jake Burton Carpenter, founder of Burton Snowboards
John Dendahl, retired business executive and member of the 1960 US Olympic ski team
Steve Ells, founder, chairman, and CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill
Thorleif Enger, former boss of Yara International; indicted in 2012 in relation to the company's business practices in Libya
Richard S. Fuld, former Lehman Brothers chairman and CEO
Tim Gill, founder and former Chairman of Quark, Inc.
Ron Gordon, former president of Atari
Brent Handler, entrepreneur and pioneer of the destination club industry
Michael Karlan, founder of the nation's largest social and networking group, Professionals in the City
David Kennedy, co-founder of Wieden + Kennedy advertising agency, known for its 1980s "Just Do It" campaign for Nike
Matt Larson, founder and CEO of Confio Software
Sanford McDonnell, President of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
Chris Myers, former vice president of Business Development at Lockheed Martin and former mayor of Medford, New Jersey
Scott Oki, former senior vice president of sales and marketing for Microsoft who conceived and built Microsoft's international operations
Lucy Sanders, CEO and co-founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology
Steuart Walton, attorney and grandson of Sam Walton




= Journalism

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John Branch, sports writer for The New York Times and recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Dave Briggs, co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, Fox News Channel
Benedict Carey, medical and science writer for The New York Times
Dan Carlin, television/radio journalist and podcaster
Linda Chavez, political analyst and Fox News commentator
Kevin Corke, White House correspondent, Fox News
Tom Costello, NBC News, Washington-based correspondent
Chris Fowler, ESPN
Jim Gray, sports reporter
Tom Keene, editor-at-large for Bloomberg News
Herb Keinon, columnist and journalist for The Jerusalem Post
Joe Kernen, CNBC anchor
Zachery Kouwe, former financial journalist
Robert Palmer, Emmy Award winner, news editor and executive editor
Carl Quintanilla, CNBC News anchor
Lara Jo Regan, documentary and fine art photographer, photojournalist, author, winner of World Press Photo of the Year
Rick Reilly, ESPN commentator and former Sports Illustrated writer, ten-time National Sportswriter of the Year
Jonathan Weil, columnist for Bloomberg News and former writer for the Wall Street Journal




= Law

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Christine Arguello (born 1955), federal court judge, Denver, Colorado
Roger S. Burdick, Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
Howard Jenkins Jr., labor lawyer and civil servant
Louis O. Kelso, inventor of the employee stock ownership plan
William Lee Knous, former associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
Ashby Pate, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Palau
Wiley Rutledge, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
John Suthers, former Attorney General of Colorado
Bethuel M. Webster, lawyer and founder of Webster & Sheffield
Byron White, former associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court




= Literature

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Molly Bloom, author
Ed Dorn, poet
John Fante, author of Ask the Dust
Mark Leyner, author
Jean Stafford, Pulitzer Prize winner for The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
Luís Alberto Urrea, Mexican American poet, novelist, and essayist
Carrie Vaughn, author
Jack Williamson PhD, science fiction author and educator




= Military

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Ben Connable, retired Marine Major, professor at the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School
Roger A. Lalich, U.S. National Guard general
Harold R. Vague, Air Force major general and Judge Advocate General of the United States Air Force
David D. Barrett, Army colonel, representative of the Dixie Mission in China, and professor at the University of Colorado




= Politics

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Joe Neguse, U.S. Representative for Colorado

Gordon L. Allott, former U.S. Senator from Colorado (1955–1973)

Bob Beauprez, former U.S. Representative

Donald G. Brotzman, former U.S. Representative for Colorado
Hank Brown, U.S. Senator; U.S. Representative; former president of the University of Northern Colorado, and the University of Colorado system
Kate Brown, 38th Governor of Oregon and former Secretary of State
George Alfred Carlson, 20th Governor of Colorado
Morgan Carroll, Colorado State Senate Majority Leader
Mary Ann Casey, Ambassador to Algeria, Tunisia
Mike Coffman, Mayor of Aurora, Colorado, former U.S. Representative for Colorado
John J. Easton, Jr., Attorney General of Vermont
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, leader of non-violent revolution that brought democracy to Mongolia, President of Mongolia, Prime Minister of Mongolia
Maria Handley, member-at-large of the Democratic National Committee
Greg Harris, member of Illinois House of Representatives
Vicki Huddleston, Ambassador to Madagascar, Mali, Chief of U.S. Interests Section Havana, Cuba
Wayne Harold Johnson (Master of Public Administration), Republican member of both houses, consecutively, of the Wyoming State Legislature from Cheyenne, 1993–2017
Mark Leno California politician
Karen Middleton, member, Colorado House of Representatives
Ed Perlmutter, former U.S. Representative for Colorado
Bill Ritter (Colorado Law School), Denver District Attorney, Advisor to the U.S. Attorney General, Governor of Colorado (D)
Roy Romer (Colorado Law School), former Colorado governor
Kenneth Rutherford, activist in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia
Richard A. Sossi, Maryland politician
John Suthers, former Mayor of Colorado Springs, Former Attorney General of Colorado, former United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Former District Attorney for the 4th Judicial District of Colorado
Llewellyn Thompson, Ambassador to USSR, consul to Moscow, received the Medal of Freedom
Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Minister of Defense of Indonesia, former secretary general of OPEC




= Other

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Lynne Cheney, wife of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney; author of children's books
Stanley Grenz, Christian theologian and ethicist in the Baptist tradition
J. Edward Guinan, community activist, author of the first DC Statehood referendum, and founder of the Community for Creative Non-Violence
Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of punk rock singer Sid Vicious




= Fictional

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Kim Wexler, character in Better Call Saul




See also



List of colleges and universities in Colorado
Bibliography of Colorado
Geography of Colorado
History of Colorado
Index of Colorado-related articles
List of Colorado-related lists
Outline of Colorado




References






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