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Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
. People not born in Iowa are marked with §.


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Dudley W. Adams Dudley Whitney Adams (November 30, 1831 in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts – February 13, 1897 in Tangerine, Florida) was a horticulturalist and a leader in the Granger movement. Background and career development He was born in 18 ...
, horticulturalist * John T. Adams, former Republican committee head *
Julie Adams Julie Adams (born Betty May Adams; October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019) was an American actress, billed as Julia Adams in her early career, primarily known for her numerous television guest roles. She starred in a number of films in the 1 ...
, actress * Kareem Al Allaf (born 1998), American tennis player who has played for Syria and the US *
Trev Alberts Trev Kendall AlbertsJim Offner '' Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier'', February 6, 2013, accessed July 8, 2013. (born August 8, 1970) is an American sports administrator and former professional football player who is the athletic director at Texas A ...
, football player *
Bess Streeter Aldrich Bess Streeter Aldrich (pen name, Margaret Dean Stephens; February 17, 1881 – August 3, 1954) was an American author. Life and career Bess Genevra Streeter was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She was the last of the eight children of James Wareham ...
, author * James Allen, engineer *
Fran Allison Frances Helen Allison (November 20, 1907June 13, 1989) was an American television and radio comedienne, personality, and singer. She is best known for her starring role on the weekday NBC-TV puppet show '' Kukla, Fran and Ollie'', which ran fr ...
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William B. Allison William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in t ...
, politician * Betty Baxter Anderson, author *
Lew Anderson Lewis Burr Anderson (May 7, 1922 – May 14, 2006) was an American actor and musician. He is widely known by TV fans as the third and final actor to portray Clarabell the Clown on ''Howdy Doody'' between 1954 and 1960. He famously spoke Cl ...
, actor *
Rudolph Martin Anderson Rudolph Martin Anderson (June 30, 1876 – June 21, 1961) was an American born Canadian zoologist and explorer. Early life He was born in Decorah, Iowa in 1876, the son of John E. A. Anderson. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Iow ...
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Marc Andreessen Marc Lowell Andreessen ( ; born July 9, 1971) is an American businessman and former software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser with a graphical user interface; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and ...
, software engineer *
Pat Angerer Patrick Aaron Angerer (born January 31, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was selected by the Indianapolis C ...
, football player *
Cap Anson Adrian Constantine Anson (April 17, 1852 – April 14, 1922), nicknamed "Cap" (for "Captain"), "Pop", and "Baby" (early in his career) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Including his time in the National Association ...
, baseball player * Brynild Anundsen, publisher *
Appanoose Appanoose was a 19th-century Meskwaki chief who lived in Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River ...
, 19th-century Meskwaki chief *
Lloyd Appleton Lloyd Otto Appleton (February 1, 1906 – March 17, 1999) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Appleton was born in Edgewood, Iowa and died in Oberlin, Ohio. In 1983, Appleton was inducted into the National Wres ...
, Olympic freestyle wrestler * Samuel Z. Arkoff, film producer *
Herbert W. Armstrong Herbert W. Armstrong (July 31, 1892 – January 16, 1986) was an American evangelist who founded the Worldwide Church of God (WCG). An early pioneer of radio and television evangelism, Armstrong preached what he claimed was the comprehensiv ...
, religious leader * Tom Arnold, actor *
Matthew Ashford Matthew Nile Ashford (born January 29, 1960) is an American actor and producer. He is known for playing the role of Jack Deveraux on the NBC Daytime soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' (1987 to present). In 2012, he was nominated for a Daytime Emm ...
, actor *
Winifred Asprey Winifred "Tim" Alice Asprey (April 8, 1917 – October 19, 2007) was an American mathematician and computer scientist. She was one of only around 200 women to earn PhDs in mathematics from American universities during the 1940s, a period of wo ...
, mathematician *
John Vincent Atanasoff John Vincent Atanasoff (October 4, 1903 – June 15, 1995) was an American physicist and inventor credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer. Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Iowa Stat ...
, § inventor *
Jim Aton James G. Aton (1925 – September 16, 2008), best known as Jim Aton or Jimmy Aton, was an American jazz bassist, pianist, vocalist and composer. He worked with numerous notable artists including Billie Holiday, Anita O'Day and Bill Evans. He ...
, jazz musician, composer, singer * Mike Ritland, Navy SEAL, dog trainer, interviewer


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John Babcock John Henry Foster Babcock (July 23, 1900 – February 18, 2010) was, at age 109, the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War and, after the death of Harry Patch, was the conflict's olde ...
, Olympic freestyle wrestler *
Michele Bachmann Michele Marie Bachmann (; née Amble; born April 6, 1956) is an American politician who was the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 2007 until 2015. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican P ...
, politician * Oliver Baez Bendorf, poet *
Stan Bahnsen Stanley Raymond Bahnsen (born December 15, 1944) is an Americans, American former professional baseball pitcher, who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the New York Yankees and the Montreal Expos. Nicknamed the "Bahns ...
, baseball player *
John O. Bailey John Ora Bailey (September 26, 1880 – February 16, 1959) was an American judge and politician in the state of Oregon. He was the 27th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving on Oregon’s highest court from 1933 to 1950. Bailey also s ...
, judge *
Bil Baird William Britton "Bil" Baird (August 15, 1904 – March 18, 1987) was an American puppeteer of the mid- and late 20th century. He and his puppets performed for millions of adults and children. One of his better known creations was Charlemane the ...
, puppeteer *
Betsy Baker Betsy Baker is an American actress, best known as playing Linda in the film ''The Evil Dead'' (1981). Early life Baker was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa - a middle child - and grew up in St. Joseph, Michigan. She started piano lessons at the age o ...
, actress * Nathaniel B. Baker, politician *
Alvin Baldus Alvin James "Al" Baldus (April 27, 1926February 2, 2017) was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district from 1975 to 1981. He also s ...
, politician *
Brad Banks Brad Banks (born April 22, 1980) is an American former football quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes, winning the Davey O'Brien Award in 2002. Early life Banks attended ...
, athlete * Hal C. Banks, labor leader * Jill Banner, actress *
Antonine Barada Antonine Barada (August 22, 1807 – March 30, 1885), alternatively spelled Antoine Barada, was an American folk hero in the state of Nebraska; son of an Omaha mother, he was also called Mo shi-no pazhi in the tribal language.Sandage, S.A. (2 ...
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Roger Barkley Roger Barkley (September 11, 1936, Odebolt, Iowa, USA – December 21, 1997, Duarte, California) was an American radio personality, based in Los Angeles, California, best remembered for his work with Al Lohman as part of ''The Lohman and Barkley S ...
, broadcaster *
Harrison Barnes Harrison Bryce Jordan Barnes (born May 30, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels before being sel ...
, athlete *
Bob Barr Robert Laurence Barr Jr. (born November 5, 1948) is an American attorney and politician who served as president of the National Rifle Association from 2024 to 2025. He previously served as a federal prosecutor and as a U.S. Representative, repr ...
, politician *
Douglas Barr Douglas Barr (born May 1, 1949), also credited as Doug Barr, is an American actor, writer, and director. He has starred in movies and on television. Barr was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His big role came in the ABC TV series ''The Fall Guy'' ...
, actor, writer, and director * David Barrett, football player *
Steve Bartkowski Steven Joseph Bartkowski (born November 12, 1952) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons (1975–1985), Washington Redskins (1985) and the Los Ange ...
, football player *
Robert Bartley Robert Leroy Bartley (October 12, 1937 – December 10, 2003) was the editor of the editorial page of ''The Wall Street Journal'' for more than 30 years. He won a Pulitzer Prize for opinion writing and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom fr ...
, editor of ''
The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...
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Clint Barton Hawkeye (Clinton Francis "Clint" Barton) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck, the character first appeared as a supervillain in ''Tales of Suspense'' #57 (Se ...
, fictional character * Theodore J. Bauer, scientist *
Lansing Hoskins Beach Lansing Beach (June 18, 1860 – April 2, 1945) was a U.S. Army officer who served for a time as Chief of Engineers. Early life Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Beach graduated third in a class of thirty-seven in the United States Military Academy (USMA) c ...
, Army officer * Bennett Bean, artist *
Carl L. Becker Carl Lotus Becker (September 7, 1873 – April 10, 1945) was an American historian who studied the American Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment in America and Europe. Life He was born in Waterloo, Iowa. He enrolled at the University of Wisco ...
, historian *
Bix Beiderbecke Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke ( ; March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer. Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical a ...
, jazz musician *
William W. Belknap William Worth Belknap (September 22, 1829 – October 12, 1890) was a lawyer, Union Army officer, government administrator in Iowa, and the 30th United States secretary of war, serving under President Ulysses S. Grant. Belknap was impeached o ...
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Brian Bell Brian Lane Bell (born December 9, 1968) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band Weezer, with whom he has ...
, musician * Alfred S. Bennett, Army general and U.S. Secretary of War * Duane Benson, athlete *
Matt Bentley Matthew James Bentley (born December 10, 1979), is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) by the ring name Michael Shane, later changed to "Maverick" Matt Bentley. He was trained ...
, professional wrestler * Christian Beranek, writer, actor, and producer * Leo Beranek, acoustician * Bill Bergan, coach * Eddie Berlin, athlete * Dan Bern, musician * Jennie Iowa Berry, clubwoman * S. Torriano Berry, film producer, writer, director * Jay Berwanger, football player * Stanley Biber, physician * Greg Biekert, football player * Leo Binz, § Roman Catholic archbishop * Joe Bisenius, athlete * Richard Pike Bissell, author * Nate Bjorkgren, basketball coach * Black Hawk (chief), Black Hawk, § Native American chief * Casey Blake, baseball player * Gordon Blake, military general * Donald G. Bloesch, theologian * Isabel Bloom, artist * Scott Bloomquist, auto racer * Mike Blouin, politician * Lisa Bluder, coach * Mike Boddicker, baseball player * Ike Boettger, American football player * Bill Bogaard, politician * Tommy Bolin, musician * Norman Borlaug, agricultural scientist and Nobel Laureate * Rob Borsellino, writer * Ryan Bowen, athlete * Thomas M. Bowen, politician * Charles Bowers, cartoonist and comic actor * Lara Flynn Boyle, actress * Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd, author * Glen Brand, Olympic freestyle wrestler * Neville Brand, actor * Terry Brands, Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach * Tom Brands, Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach * Terry E. Branstad, politician * Aaron Brant, athlete * Charles Wesley Brashares, Methodist bishop * Titus Bronson, founder of Kalamazoo, Michigan * Greg Brown (folk musician), Greg Brown, folk musician * Mace Brown, athlete * Shannon Brown (singer), Shannon Brown, country music singer * Bruce Brubaker (musician), Bruce Brubaker, pianist, record producer * Rob Bruggeman, athlete * Bill Bryson, author * Oliver Ellsworth Buckley, Oliver E. Buckley, electrical engineer * Matt Bullard, athlete * Ambrose Burke, priest, college president * Jerry Burke, musician * Tim Burke (football coach), Tim Burke, football coach * Joseph A. A. Burnquist, politician * Martin Burns, athlete * Joe Burrow, Heisman Trophy winner * Jim Burt (sportscaster), Jim Burt, sportscaster * Marion LeRoy Burton, college president * Harlan J. Bushfield, politician * Mike Butcher (baseball), Mike Butcher, baseball player * Frank M. Byrne, politician * Robert Byrne (author), Robert Byrne, author


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* Samuel Calvin (geologist), Samuel Calvin, geologist * Marjorie Cameron, actress and occultist * Branden Campbell, bassist for Neon Trees * Donald L. Campbell, chemist * Macdonald Carey, actor * Chris Carney, politician * Wallace Carothers, chemist * Allan Carpenter, author * Sabin Carr, athlete * Tommy Carroll (criminal), Tommy Carroll, criminal * Johnny Carson, television personality * Jordan Carstens, athlete * Louise Carver, actress * Thomas Nixon Carver, economics professor * Frank T. Cary, businessman * Landon Cassill, auto racer * Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragette * Thomas Cech, chemist and Nobel Laureate * Matt Chatham, football player * The Cherry Sisters, vaudevillians * Norton P. Chipman, politician, judge * Tom Churchill, broadcaster * Bernard A. Clarey, admiral *Caitlin Clark WNBA Player * Dallas Clark, § football player * Laurel Blair Salton Clark, astronaut * Rush Clark, politician * Fred Clarke, baseball Hall of Famer * Frederick G. Clausen, architect * Jeff Clement, athlete * Ron Clements, director and producer * Scott Clemmensen, athlete * Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild West showman * Samuel Cody, aviator * Harris Coggeshall, athlete * Danielle Colby, reality TV personality * King Cole (baseball), King Cole, athlete * Ada Langworthy Collier, poet, writer * Chris Collins (ice hockey), Chris Collins, hockey player * Max Allan Collins, mystery writer * Stephen Collins (actor), Stephen Collins, actor * Nick Collison, basketball player * John W. Colloton, healthcare executive * Steven Colloton, federal judge * Anders_Colsefni, Anders Colsefni, musician * Martin Cone, college president * Edwin H. Conger, diplomat * Maurice Connolly, politician * Paul Conrad, political cartoonist * Ed Conroy (basketball), Ed Conroy, athlete * George Cram Cook, author * Marv Cook, football player * Jack Coombs, athlete * Eric Cooper, baseball umpire * Barclay Coppock, Barclay and Edwin Coppock, followers of John Brown (abolitionist), John Brown * Frank Cordaro, activist * Sarah Corpstein, beauty queen * John M. Corse, Army general * Ernie Courtney, athlete * Paul Coverdell, politician * Thomas Jefferson Cowie, admiral * Ryan Cownie, stand-up comedian * Shawn Crahan, musician * Roger Craig (American football), Roger Craig, football player * Joe Crail, politician * Coe I. Crawford, politician * Francis X. Cretzmeyer, coach * Joel Crisman, football player * Jim Crotty, athlete * Julee Cruise, singer and actress * Frank Cuhel, athlete * Mariclare Culver, political figure * Henry J. B. Cummings, politician * Billy Cundiff, athlete * Jack Cunningham (screenwriter), Jack Cunningham, screenwriter


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* Janet Dailey, author * Bill Daily, actor * Dick Dale (singer), Dick Dale, musician * Muriel Frances Dana, actress * Jack Daniels (New Mexico politician), Jack Daniels, politician * Diane D'Aquila, actress * Sarah Darling, musician * Geof Darrow, artist * Dana Davis, actress * Barry Davis (wrestler), Barry Davis, Olympic freestyle wrestler * Rebecca Fjelland Davis, author * Stuart Davis (musician), Stuart Davis, musician * Laura Dawn, activist, singer-songwriter, director/producer * Bud Day, war hero * Walter Day, businessman * Darren Daye, athlete * Lee De Forest, inventor * Jordan De Jong, athlete * Henry Clay Dean, preacher, lawyer * Don DeFore, actor *Cooper DeJean, athlete * W. Edwards Deming, statistician * Don Denkinger, baseball umpire * Dave Despain, sports journalist * Adam Devine, actor * Aubrey Devine, athlete * Lester J. Dickinson, politician * Justin Diercks, auto racer * Charles Hall Dillon, politician, judge * Thomas Disch, author * James Dixon (conductor), James Dixon, orchestra conductor * David M. Dobson, game creator * Claire Dodd, actress * Tim Dodd, YouTuber * Grenville M. Dodge, railroad executive * Ralph Edward Dodge, religious leader * Angela Dohrmann, actress * Ellen Dolan, actress * Steve Doocy, television journalist * Russell S. Doughten, filmmaker * Nicholas Downs, actor * Joel Dreessen, football player * Kevin Dresser, collegiate wrestling head coach * Leanna Field Driftmier, radio personality * Bobby Driscoll, actor * Fred Duesenberg, automobile manufacturer * Randy Duncan, football player * Francis John Dunn, religious leader * Lloyd Dunn * Samuel Grace Dunn, journalist * Kenneth W. Durant, decorated sailor * John Durbin, actor * Tim Dwight, football player


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* Morgan Earp, Wild West lawman * Warren Earp, brother of Wyatt Earp * Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, sculptor * Zales Ecton, politician * Paul Eells, sportscaster * Mamie Eisenhower, former First Lady of the United States * Cal Eldred, athlete * Jane Elliott, schoolteacher and activist * James Ellison (actor), James Ellison, actor * Eugene Burton Ely, aviator * Paul Emerick, International rugby player, and coach * Hope Emerson, actress * Michael Emerson, actor * Femi Emiola, actress * Norman A. Erbe, politician * Joni Ernst, United States Senator for Iowa * Jane Espenson, TV producer and writer * Simon Estes, opera singer * Linda Evans (U.S. radical), Linda Evans, political activist * Frank F. Everest, general * Barton Warren Evermann, ichthyologist


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* Randy Florke, writer/publisher of interior design book * Red Faber, Urban Clarence "Red" Faber, baseball player * Tom Fadden, actor * Carole Farley, soprano singer * Art Farmer, jazz musician * Sharon Farrell, actress * Terry Farrell (actress), Terry Farrell, actress * James Fee, photographer * Victor Feguer, convicted murderer * Chris Fehn, musician * Margaret Feldner, university president * Bob Feller, baseball player * Mary Fels, philanthropist, suffragist, Georgist * James Ferentz, football player * Jeremy Ferguson, musician * Susan Frances Nelson Ferree, journalist, activist, suffragist * Susan Fessenden, activist, social reformer * Al Feuerbach, track and field athlete * Romaine Fielding, actor * Margarita Fischer, actress * Matt Fish, basketball player * Freddie Fisher (musician), Freddie Fisher, musician * Bill Fitch, basketball coach * Joseph Fitz, naval veteran * Bridget Flanery, actress * John Flannagan (priest), John Flannagan, priest * Jack Fleck, golfer * Frank Jack Fletcher, admiral * Robert Fletcher (costume designer), Robert Fletcher, costume designer * Rich Folkers, baseball player * Bradbury Foote, screenwriter * Ben Foster (actor), Ben Foster, actor * Jon Foster, musician * Judith Ellen Foster, lawyer * Farrah Franklin, singer * William Frawley, actor * John T. Frederick, scholar * Tanna Frederick, actress * Joan Freeman (actress), Joan Freeman, actress * Bruce French (actor), Bruce French, actor * George B. French, actor * Joe Frisco, vaudeville performer * Virgil Frye, actor, boxer


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* Dan Gable, Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach * Jetseta Gage, kidnap victim * Robert Gallery, football player * George Horace Gallup, founder of Gallup Poll * Viola Garfield, anthropologist * Jim Garrison, lawyer, judge * David Garst, farmer, seed manufacturer * Roswell Garst, farmer, seed manufacturer * Michael Gartner, journalist * Joey Gase, NASCAR driver * Harry Gaspar, baseball player * James Lorraine Geddes, soldier * John Getz, actor * Dick Gibbs (basketball), Dick Gibbs, basketball player * Edward H. Gillette, politician * Thomas Gilman (wrestler), Thomas Gilman, Olympic freestyle wrestler * Owen Gingerich, astronomer * Annabeth Gish, actress * Salvatore Giunta, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient * Fred Glade, baseball player * Susan Glaspell, playwright * Dan Goldie, tennis player * Johnny Gosch, kidnap victim * Frank Gotch, professional wrestler * Al Gould, baseball player * Rick Graf, football player * Fred Grandy, actor, politician * Chuck Grassley, Iowa senator * Paul Gray (Slipknot), Paul Gray, musician * Dick Green, baseball player * George Greene (judge), George Greene, Supreme Court justice * Edna Griffin, civil rights activist * James W. Grimes, Iowa governor and senator * Dan Grimm, football player * Harold R. Gross, politician * Danai Gurira, actress * Janet Guthrie, auto racer


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* Charlie Haden, musician * Mike Haight, football player * Leslie Hall, rapper * Jack Halloran, composer * Scot Halpin, musician * Halston, fashion designer * Adam Haluska, basketball player * Andy Haman, professional bodybuilder * Jack Hamilton (baseball), Jack Hamilton, baseball player * Milo Hamilton, baseball broadcaster * Edward Hammatt, architect * Ryan Hannam, football player * Joel Hanrahan, baseball player * Bob Hansen, basketball player * James Hansen, professor * Juanita Hansen, actress * Niels Ebbesen Hansen, botanist * Robert Hansen, convicted murderer * Haldor Johan Hanson, hymn composer * William L. Harding, former governor of Iowa * Tom Harkin, Iowa senator * Bob Harlan, pro football executive * James Harlan (senator), James Harlan, politician * Graham Harman, professor * Hill Harper, actor * Frank Hatton (US politician), Frank Hatton, politician * Tim Hauff, jazz musician * Eva Lund Haugen, author * James H. Hawley, Idaho politician * Merle Hay, World War I soldier * Frank Hayes (unionist), Frank Hayes, unionist * Peter Hedges, writer * Alan J. Heeger, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry * Jeremy Hellickson, baseball player * Stephen P. Hempstead, former governor of Iowa * John Hench, associate of Walt Disney * David B. Henderson, politician, Speaker of the House * Dorothy Hennessey, nun, activist * Gwen Hennessey, nun, activist * John Hennessy (archbishop), John Hennessy, religious leader * Chad Hennings, football player * William Peters Hepburn, Civil War officer, politician * Francis J. Herron, Civil War general * Daniel Hess, inventor * Phil Hester (comics), Phil Hester, comic book artist * James C. Hickman, actuary * David Anthony Higgins, actor * Steve Higgins, writer, comedian, actor, and announcer on ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'' * Harriet Hilliard, actress * David C. Hilmers, astronaut * A. J. Hinch, baseball player, manager * Kirk Hinrich, basketball player * Herbert E. Hitchcock, South Dakota politician * J.B.E. Hittle, decorated intelligence officer, author and writer * Tami Hoag, novelist * Terry Hoage, football player * Thomas M. Hoenig, financier * Mari Ruef Hofer (1858/59-1929), composer, lecturer, teacher, writer * Bill Hoffer, baseball player * Fred Hoiberg, basketball player, coach * Judd Holdren, actor * Ducky Holmes, baseball player * Lizzie Holmes, educator, anarchist * Elmer G. Homrighausen, theologian * Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States * Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady * Harry Hopkins, presidential adviser * Frank O. Horton, politician * Austin Howard, football player * Walter Howey, journalist * Jerome Clarke Hunsaker, zeppelin authority * Mary Beth Hurt, actress * Toby Huss, actor * Dick Hutcherson, auto racer * Libbie Hyman, zoologist


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* Jim Inhofe, politician * Inkpaduta, Native American chief * Arnold J. Isbell, aviator


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* Jacob Jaacks, basketball player * Fred Jackman, cinematographer * Selmer Jackson, actor * Kip Janvrin, athlete * N. K. Jemisin, science fiction/fantasy author * Frank Jenks, actor * Dan Jennings (pitcher), Dan Jennings, baseball player * Roger Jepsen, politician * Jake Johannsen, comedian * Donald Johanos, symphony conductor * Bryce Johnson, actor * Dorothy M. Johnson, author * Edwin S. Johnson, politician * Georgann Johnson, actress * Lulu Johnson, historian * Nicholas Johnson, FCC commissioner * Royal C. Johnson, politician * Shawn Johnson, gymnast * Zach Johnson, golfer * Peter Jok, § basketball player * Craig Jones (musician), Craig Jones, musician * George Wallace Jones * Gordon Jones (actor), Gordon Jones, actor * James Jones (defensive lineman), James Jones, football player * Lolo Jones, athlete * Kathryn Joosten, actress * Joey Jordison, musician * Duane Josephson, baseball player * Patty Judge, politician * Jerry Junkins, CEO of Texas Instruments


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* Nate Kaeding, football placekicker * Danielle Kahle, figure skater * Jacqui Kalin (born 1989), American-Israeli professional basketball player * Aaron Kampman, football player * MacKinlay Kantor, journalist, author * Gail Karp, cantor * Bradley Kasal, decorated U.S. Marine * John A. Kasson, politician * Hazel Keener, actress * James M. Kelly (astronaut), James M. Kelly, astronaut * Percy R. Kelly, judge * Keokuk (Sauk chief), Keokuk, Sauk chief * John H. Kemble, professor * Charles R. Keyes, Charles Reuben Keyes, archaeologist * Charles Rollin Keyes, geologist * Hugh Kidder, decorated U.S. Marine * Kerry Killinger, banker * Angela Jia Kim, classical pianist * Mitch King, football player * Rebecca Ann King, 1974 Miss America * Steve King, politician * Dallas Kinney, journalist * Nile Kinnick, football player * James T. Kirk, fictional character * Samuel J. Kirkwood, § governor, senator, U.S. Secretary of the Interior * Philip J. Klass, UFO researcher * Stephen Kline, artist * Bradford Knapp, university president * Corina Knoll, journalist * Ruth Kobart, performer * Matt Koch, baseball player * Bonnie Koloc, singer * Jon Koncak, basketball player * Ted Kooser, poet * Dan Koppen, football player * Kyle Korver, basketball player * Joseph Kosinski, commercial director * Mitch Krebs, television journalist * Gary Kroeger, actor * Josh Kroeger, baseball player * Matt Kroul, football player * Ashton Kutcher, actor


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* Jerry Lacy, actor * Perry Lafferty, television producer * Doug La Follette, politician * Raef LaFrentz, basketball player * Roswell Lamson, Civil War officer * Ann Landers, advice columnist * Lane Sisters, The Lane Sisters, singers, actresses * Harry Langdon, comedian * Frank Lanning, actor * Jeff Larish, baseball player * Patty Larkin, singer * Alan Larson (born 1949), diplomat and ambassador * Mauricio Lasansky, graphic artist * Tomas Lasansky, visual artist * Joe Laws, basketball player * Elmer Layden, football player, coach * Jim Leach, politician * Cloris Leachman, actress * Frederick Leadbetter, financier * William Daniel Leahy, naval officer * William P. Leahy, university president * Frances Lee, actress * Gerald Leeman, Olympic freestyle wrestler * Laura Leighton, actress * Josh Lenz, football player * Aldo Leopold, environmentalist * Amy Leslie, opera singer * Alexander Levi, religious leader * Jack Lewis (screenwriter), Jack Lewis, screenwriter * John L. Lewis, John Lewis, labor leader * Jon Lieber, baseball player * Thurlow Lieurance, composer * Joe Lillard, athlete * Edward Lindberg, athlete * Everett Franklin Lindquist, educator * Everett Lindsay, football player * Margaret Lindsay, actress * Ron Livingston, actor * Bob Locker, baseball player * Al Lohman, radio personality * Babe London, comedian * Chuck Long, football player, coach * Nia Long, § actress * Mathias Loras, religious leader * Tyler Lorenzen, football player * Kevin Love (NASCAR driver), Kevin Love, auto racer * Phyllis Love, actress * Herschel C. Loveless, governor * Robert Lucas (governor), Robert Lucas, politician * Larry Lujack, radio personality * Tiny Lund, auto racer * Mike Lynch (cartoonist), Mike Lynch, cartoonist * Raymond J. Lynch, judge * Emmett Lynn, actor * Sue Lyon, actress


M

* Larry Mac Duff, football coach * Archer MacMackin, film director * Hanford MacNider, diplomat, U.S. Army general * Cletus Madsen, religious leader * Joe Magrane, baseball player * Maryann Mahaffey, politician * Ryan Mahaffey, football player * Chief Mahaska, Mahaska, Native American chief * Dennis Mahony, 19th-century journalist * Anna Malle, § adult film actress * Jessie Wilson Manning, writer, lecturer * Arabella Mansfield, lawyer * Stuart Margolin, actor * Beth Marion, actress * Glenn L. Martin, Glenn Martin, aviator * Bernard Masterson, athlete * Jerry Mathers, actor * James Matheson (composer), James Matheson, composer * David Maxwell (academic), David Maxwell, university president * Elsa Maxwell, columnist * Marilyn Maxwell, actress * Jesse May, poker professional * Wiley Mayne, politician * F. L. Maytag, founder of Maytag corporation * Rita McBride, sculptor * C. W. McCall, singer and politician * Dan McCarney, football coach * The McCaughey septuplets * Tim McClelland, baseball umpire * Al McCoy (announcer), Al McCoy, announcer * Greg McDermott, basketball coach * William John McGee, geologist * George McGill (Kansas politician), George McGill, politician * Charles McGraw, actor * Keli McGregor, baseball executive * Pat McLaughlin, singer * Sean McLaughlin (meteorologist), Sean McLaughlin, meteorologist * William H. McMaster, former governor of South Dakota * Cal McVey, baseball player * Stu Mead, painter * Carl Meinberg, priest * John Melcher, former senator of Montana * Michael Joseph Melloy, judge * Denis Menke, baseball player * Sebastian Menke, priest * William Menster, priest * Iris Meredith, actress * Frank Merriam, former governor of California * Russel Merrill, aviator * Samuel Merrill (Iowa governor), Samuel Merrill, former governor of Iowa * Nancy Metcalf, volleyball player * Bernard F. Meyer, missionary * Loren Meyer, basketball player * Julia Michaels, singer-songwriter * Brandon Middleton, football player * Pat Miletich, MMA fighter, member of the UFC Hall of Fame * Hugh Millen, football player * Glenn Miller, musician, bandleader, World War II officer * Samuel Freeman Miller, Supreme Court justice * Robert Millikan, physicist * Jason Momoa, § actor * Ted Monachino, football coach * Michelle Monaghan, actress * Jordan Monroe, model * Constance Moore, actress * Frank A. Moore, judge * Hap Moran, football player * Peggy Moran, actress *Jeremy Morgan (born 1995), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem B.C, Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Karen Morley, actress * Carol Morris, Miss Universe 1956 * Mike Morris (long snapper), Mike Morris, football player * Phil Morris (actor), Phil Morris, actor * Allie Morrison, Olympic freestyle wrestler * Honoré Willsie Morrow, author, editor * Karen Morrow, actress * John Mosher, jazz musician and composer * Michael Mosley (actor), Michael Mosley, actor * Dow Mossman, writer * John Mott, YMCA leader, Nobel Prize winner * Marvin Mottet, priest * Kate Mulgrew, actress * Richard L. Murphy, former Iowa senator * Charles Murray (political scientist), Charles Murray, political scientist * Brandon Myers, football player * Virginia A. Myers, inventor


N

* Nancy Naeve, television journalist * Conrad Nagel, actor * Neapope, Sauk leader * Sharon Needles, drag performer * Brad Nelson (baseball), Brad Nelson, baseball player * George Nelson (astronaut), George Nelson, NASA astronaut * Harriet Nelson, actress, television personality * Larry Nemmers, football official * Carman A. Newcomb, politician * Jim Nicholson (U.S. politician), Jim Nicholson, politician * Bruce Nissen, professor * Ken Nordine, voice-over artist * Lance Norris, actor * Bill Northey, politician * Robert Noyce, inventor * Michael Nunn, boxer * Nick Nurse, basketball head coach


O

* Randi Oakes, actress, fashion model * Dick Oatts, musician * Wes Obermueller, baseball player * Patrick O'Bryant, basketball player * Brian O'Connor (baseball coach), Brian O'Connor, § baseball coach * Dennis O'Keefe, actor * Gerald Francis O'Keefe, religious leader * Bob Oldis, baseball player, coach, scout * George H. Olmsted, George Olmsted, military officer * Eric Christian Olsen, actor * Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen, Olympic diver * James Bradley Orman, former governor of Colorado * Kay A. Orr, former governor of Nebraska * Kyle Orton, football player * Charles Osborne (hiccups), Charles Osborne, "hiccup" man * Vivienne Osborne, actress * Beverley Owen, actress


P

* Stephen Paddock, mass murderer * Richard Page (musician), Richard Page, front man for Mr. Mister * Daniel David Palmer, chiropractic medicine pioneer * Francis W. Palmer, publisher * Rose Marie Pangborn, scientist * Oran Pape, law enforcement officer * Ralph Parcaut, professional wrestler * Sara Paretsky, novelist * Charles Fox Parham, evangelist * Anthony Parker, basketball player * Clair Patterson, Clair Cameron Patterson, geochemist * Neva Patterson, actress * Allen E. Paulson, thoroughbred breeder * Bryce Paup, football player * Claude Payton, actor * Maria Pearson, Dakota activist * Sally Pederson, former lieutenant governor * Paul Peek (politician), Paul Peek, politician * Mary Beth Peil, actress * Nat Pendleton, athlete, actor * Arthur D. Pennington, baseball player * Tom Pepper, computer programmer * Don Perkins, football player * Edwin Perkins (inventor), Edwin Perkins, inventor * Roger Perry, actor * Pete Peterson, combat pilot, ambassador * Roger Peterson (pilot), Roger Peterson, pilot * Joseph M. Petrick, screenwriter * Lori Petty, actress * James Philbrook, actor * John Robinson Pierce, engineer * Mark Pinter, actor * Chris Pirillo, video host, blogger * Ed Podolak, football player * Carl Pohlad, financier, Minnesota Twins owner * George Pomutz, Civil War general * Maddie Poppe, musician and winner of ''American Idol (season 16), American Idol'' season 16 * Scott Pose, baseball player * Dante Powell, stand-up comedian * Gordon Prange, historian * Beatrice Prentice, actress * Hiram Price, railroad president, politician * Richard Proenneke, naturalist * Stanley B. Prusiner, Stanley Prusiner, neurologist, biochemist * Tom Purtzer, golfer


Q

* Quashquame, Sauk chief * John Herbert Quick, author * Howard 'Howdy' Quicksell, musician * Linnea Quigley, actress


R

* David Rabe, playwright * Frances Rafferty, actress * Max Rafferty, writer, politician * John F. Rague, architect * Randy Rahe, basketball coach * Josh Rand, musician * Robert D. Ray, governor of Iowa (1969–1983) who served several consecutive terms * Harry Reasoner, television journalist * David Reed (American football), David Reed, football player * Donna Reed, actress * Dani Reeves, Miss Iowa 2007 * George Reeves, actor * Allen Reisner, football player * George C. Remey, Civil War admiral * Walter E. Reno, World War II naval officer * Kevin Rhomberg, baseball player * Alfred C. Richmond, admiral * Doug Riesenberg, football player * William H. Riker, political scientist * Bill Riley Sr., entertainer * Chad Rinehart, football player * The Ringling brothers, circus moguls * Clifford Roberts, chairman of Masters golf tournament * James B. A. Robertson, judge, Governor of Oklahoma * Billy Robinson (aviator), Billy Robinson, aviator * Shawna Robinson, auto racer * Reggie Roby, football player * Otto Frederick Rohwedder, inventor * Seth Rollins, WWE professional wrestler * Christine Romans, television journalist * James Root, musician * Jim Root, musician * Raymond Roseliep, poet * Sage Rosenfels, football player * Joseph Rosenfield, lawyer * Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Civil War general, governor of Texas * Brandon Routh, actor * Coleen Rowley, FBI agent, politician * J. Craig Ruby, basketball coach * Nate Ruess, singer * Alexander Rummler, painter * Nicholas J. Rusch, Civil War officer, politician * Arthur Russell (musician), Arthur Russell, musician * Charles Edward Russell, journalist * Lillian Russell, actress * Paul Rust, comedian * George Ryan, former governor of Illinois


S

* George Saling, athlete * Mark Salter, political speechwriter * Josh Samman, mixed martial artist * Ezekiel S. Sampson, Civil War officer, politician * Cael Sanderson, § Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach * Tyler Sash, football player * Sauganash, fur trader * A. J. Schable, football player * Daniel Schaefer, politician * Peter Schickele, parodist * Ron Schipper, football coach * Aloysius Schmitt, Navy chaplain * Ernest B. Schoedsack, filmmaker * Robert H. Schuller, religious leader * Aloysius Schulte, college president * Dick Schultz, NCAA and US Olympic Committee executive * Jean Seberg, actress * Brad Seely, football coach * Edward Robert Sellstrom, pilot * Phil Shafer, auto racer * William Shannahan, priest * Harrison Sheckler, pianist * Kenny Shedd, football player * Kate Shelley, railroad official * Gene Sherman (sportscaster), Gene Sherman, sportscaster * Randy Shilts, journalist * Paul Shorey, scholar * Loren Shriver, astronaut * Lee Paul Sieg, university president * Hal Skelly, actor * William Smith (wrestler), Bill Smith, § Olympic freestyle wrestler * Brian Smith (photographer), Brian Smith, photographer * Gerald W. Smith, author * Hiram Y. Smith, politician * Jerry Smith (golfer), Jerry Smith, golfer * Mary Louise Smith (Republican Party leader), Mary Louise Smith, politician * Neal Smith (politician), Neal Smith, politician * Riley Smith, actor * Virginia D. Smith, Virginia Smith, politician * Warren Allen Smith, gay rights advocate * Clement Smyth, religious leader * William Smyth (congressman), William Smyth, politician * Neta Snook, aviator * Jamie Solinger, Miss Teen USA * Harvey Sollberger, composer * Phyllis Somerville, actress * Hartzell Spence, military journalist * Tracie Spencer, singer * Kirk Speraw, basketball coach * Darren Sproles, football player * Josh Stamer, football player * Edwin O. Stanard, politician * Denise Stapley, Survivor champion, therapist * Bradley Steffens, author * William G. Steiner, child advocate * Mark Steines, television personality * Keith H. Steinkraus, food scientist * Frank Steunenberg, Idaho governor * Bill Stewart (musician), Bill Stewart, jazz musician * George F. Stewart, food scientist * Kiah Stokes, basketball player * George Stone (outfielder), George Stone (1876–1945), Major League Baseball left fielder; 1906 American League batting champion * Ramo Stott, auto racer * Terry Stotts, basketball coach * George L. Stout, art historian, "Monuments Man" * Russell Stover, candy manufacturer * Alvin Straight, lawn-mower rider * Chris Street (basketball), Chris Street, basketball player * Jeff Streeter, auto racer * Stephen Stucker, actor * Bob Stull, football player * Scott Swisher, legislator * The Sullivan Brothers, combat veterans * Billy Sunday, baseball player, evangelist * Roderick Dhu Sutherland, politician * Al Swearengen, Wild West saloonkeeper * Ryan Sweeney (baseball), Ryan Sweeney, baseball player * Quinn Sypniewski, football player * Brett Szabo, basketball player


T

* Joseph Taggart, politician * Taimah, Native American chief * Michael Talbott, actor * Kevin Tapani, baseball player * Lawrie Tatum, U.S. "Indian Agent" * Corey Taylor, musician * Morgan Taylor, athlete * Richard R. Taylor, Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army * Robin Lord Taylor, actor * Sara Taylor, political public-relations professional * Ashley Tesoro, actress, singer * Kenneth W. Thompson, academic * Sada Thompson, actress * William Thompson (Iowa politician), William Thompson, politician * William George Thompson, politician * Mick Thomson, musician * Adam Timmerman, football player * Matt Tobin, football player * John Tomkins, criminal * Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner, physician, writer


U

* James Ulmer (journalist), James Ulmer, journalist * Jarrod Uthoff, basketball player * Sarah Utterback, actress


V

* James Van Allen, scientist * Mike Van Arsdale, MMA fighter, wrestler * Dennis Van Roekel, labor leader * Carl Van Vechten, writer, photographer * Kyle Vanden Bosch, athlete * Bob Vander Plaats, politician, activist * Julian Vandervelde, athlete * William Vandever, politician * Oswald Veblen, mathematician * Ross Verba, athlete * Michelle Vieth, actress * Zach Villa, actor, singer * Phil Vischer, animator * Krista Voda, sportscaster * Nedra Volz, actress


W

* Michael Wacha (born 1991), baseball player for the San Diego Padres * John Henry Waddell, painter and sculptor * Hynden Walch, actress * Nellie Walker, sculptor * Joseph Frazier Wall, historian * Henry A. Wallace, politician and presidential candidate * Marcia Wallace, actress * Will Walling, actor * Adam Walsh (football coach), Adam Walsh, football player and coach * Chile Walsh, football player, coach, and executive * Mark Walter, financier, chairman of Los Angeles Dodgers * Rick Wanamaker, track and field athlete and basketball player * Brian Wansink, scientist and professor * Dedric Ward, football player, coach * Everett Warner, painter and printmaker * Kurt Warner (born 1971), football quarterback in the NFL * Fitz Henry Warren, politician, Civil War general * Kiersten Warren, actress * Pierre Watkin, actor * Watseka (c. 1810–1878), Native Iowan * James F. Watson, judge * Tony Watson (born 1985), pitcher in MLB * John Wayne, actor * James B. Weaver, politician * Randy Weaver, survivalist involved in Ruby Ridge incident * Irving Weber, businessman * Joseph Welch, attorney * Elmarie Wendel, actress * Susan Werner, singer-songwriter * Emily West, singer-songwriter * Brooks Wheelan, actor, comedian * Matthew Whitaker, district attorney * John White (unionist), John White, labor leader, president of the United Mine Workers * Jim Whitesell, college basketball coach * Peggy Whitson, astronaut, scientist * Casey Wiegmann, football player in the NFL * Doreen Wilber, archer * Tom Wilkinson (Canadian football), Tom Wilkinson, football player * Andy Williams, singer * Gregory Alan Williams, actor, author * Roy Lee Williams, labor leader * William Appleman Williams, historian * William Williamson (South Dakota), William Williamson, politician * Meredith Willson, composer * James Falconer Wilson, politician * JoAnn Wilson, murdered wife of Canadian politician * Mortimer Wilson, composer * Sid Wilson, disc jockey * Wally Wingert, actor * Keaton Winn (born 1998), pitcher for the San Francisco Giants * Charles E. Winter, politician * Sidney G. Winter (born 1935), economist * Johannes B. Wist, journalist, editor * William P. Wolf, politician * Elijah Wood (born 1981), actor * Grant Wood, painter * Joey Woody, athlete * Hank Worden, actor * Carleton H. Wright, U.S. Navy admiral * Frank Wykoff, Olympic champion athlete


Y

* Marshal Yanda, athlete * Harry E. Yarnell, U.S. Navy admiral * David Yost, actor and producer * Ed Yost, inventor * Jessie Young, radio hostBirkby, Evelyn (1991)
"Jessie Young"
''Neighboring on the Air : Cooking with the KMA Radio Homemakers''. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. pp. 38–53. . * Nancy Youngblut, actor


Z

* Luke Zeller, basketball player * Maurice Zimm, writer for screen and radio * Larry Zox, painter and printmaker


See also

* List of Iowa Hawkeyes football honorees * List of Iowa State University people * List of Iowa suffragists


References

{{authority control Lists of people from Iowa,