List of people from Iowa

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This is a list of notable people who were born in or closely associated with the state of Iowa. People not born in Iowa are marked with §.

Contents:		Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

Cap Anson

Tom Arnold

[edit] B

Michele Bachmann Politician
John O. Bailey Judge
Bil Baird § Puppeteer
Betsy Baker Actress
Nathaniel B. Baker § Politician
Alvin Baldus Politician
Hal C. Banks Labor leader
Jill Banner § Actress
Antonine Barada Folk hero
Roger Barkley Broadcaster
Harrison Barnes Athlete
Steve Barnhart Businessman
Bob Barr Politician
Douglas Barr TV actor, writer, and director
David Barrett Athlete
Steve Bartkowski Athlete
Theodore J. Bauer Scientist
Lansing Hoskins Beach Army officer
Bennett Bean § Artist
Carl L. Becker Historian
Bix Beiderbecke Jazz musician
William W. Belknap §
Brian Bell
Alfred S. Bennett Army General and U.S. Secretary of War
Duane Benson Athlete
Shawn Bentler Murderer
Matt Bentley Wrestler
Christian Beranek Writer, actor, and producer
Leo Beranek Acoustician
Bill Bergan Coach
S. Torriano Berry § Film producer, writer, and director
Eddie Berlin Athlete
Dan Bern Musician
Jay Berwanger Athlete
Stanley Biber Physician
Leo Binz § Roman Catholic Archbishop
Joe Bisenius Athlete
Richard Pike Bissell Author
Black Hawk § Native American chief
Casey Blake Athlete
Gordon Blake Military General
Donald G. Bloesch § Theologian
Isabel Bloom § Artist
Scott Bloomquist Race-car driver
Mike Blouin § Politician
Lisa Bluder Coach
Mike Boddicker Athlete
Bill Bogaard Politician
Tommy Bolin Musician
Norman Borlaug Agricultural scientist and Nobel Laureate
Rob Borsellino § Writer
Ryan Bowen Athlete
Thomas M. Bowen Politican
Charles Bowers Cartoonist and comic actor
Lara Flynn Boyle Actress
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd Author
Neville Brand Actor
Terry E. Branstad Politician
Aaron Brant Athlete
Charles Wesley Brashares § Methodist Bishop
Titus Bronson § Founder of Kalamazoo, Michigan
Greg Brown Musician
Mace Brown Athlete
Rob Bruggeman Athlete
Bill Bryson Author
Matt Bullard Athlete
Ambrose Burke Priest, college president
Jerry Burke Musician
Joseph A. A. Burnquist Politician
Martin Burns Athlete
Jim Burt Sportscaster
Marion LeRoy Burton College president
Harlan J. Bushfield Politician
Mike Butcher Athlete
Frank M. Byrne Politician

[edit] C

Ashley Lyn Cafagna, Actress, model, and singer
Samuel Calvin, Geologist
Donald L. Campbell, Chemist
Marjorie Cameron, Actress and occultist
Macdonald Carey, Actor
Chris Carney, Politician
Wallace Carothers, Chemist
Allan Carpenter, Author
Sabin Carr, Athlete
Emma Carroll, Centenarian
Tommy Carroll, Criminal
Johnny Carson, Broadcaster
Jordan Carstens, Athlete
Louise Carver, Actress
Frank T. Cary § Businessman
Landon Cassill , Stock-car driver
Carrie Chapman Catt § Suffragette
Thomas Cech, Chemist and Nobel Laureate
The Cherry Sisters, Vaudevillians
Norton P. Chipman § Office, politician, and judge
Tom Churchill, Broadcaster
Bernard A. Clarey, Admiral
Dallas Clark, Athlete
Laurel Blair Salton Clark, Astronaut
Rush Clark §, Politician
Fred Clarke, Athlete
Jeff Clement, Athlete
Ron Clements, Director and producer
Scott Clemmensen, Athlete
Buffalo Bill Cody, Showman
Samuel Cody, Aviator
Harris Coggeshall, Athlete
King Cole, Athlete
Chris Collins §, Athlete
Stephen Collins, Actor
Nick Collison, Athlete
John W. Colloton, Healthcare executive
Martin Cone, College president
Edwin H. Conger §, Diplomat
Maurice Connolly, Politician
Paul Conrad, Political cartoonist
Ed Conroy, Athlete
Barclay and Edwin Coppock, Followers of John Brown
George Cram Cook, Author
Jack Coombs, Athlete
Frank Cordaro, Activist
Sarah Corpstein, Beauty queen
John M. Corse §, Army General
Ernie Courtney, Athlete
Paul Coverdell, Politician
Thomas Jefferson Cowie, Admiral
Shawn Crahan, Musician
Roger Craig, Athlete
Joe Crail, Politician
Coe I. Crawford, Politician
Francis X. Cretzmeyer, Coach
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
Samuel Curtis §, Military officer, politician

[edit] D

Lee De Forest

Thomas Disch

Steve Doocy

[edit] E

Michael Emerson

Femi Emiola

Morgan Earp Law-enforcement official
Warren 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
Eugene Burton Ely Aviator
Hope Emerson Actress
Michael Emerson Actor
Femi Emiola Actress
Norman A. Erbe Politician
Jane Espenson TV producer and writer
Simon Estes Opera singer
Linda Evans Political activist
Frank F. Everest General

[edit] F

[edit] G

Salvatore Giunta

Chuck Grassley

[edit] H

[edit] I

Jim Inhofe Politician
Inkpaduta Native American chief
Arnold J. Isbell Aviator

[edit] J

Shawn Johnson

Craig Jones

[edit] K

Danielle Kahle

Ashton Kutcher

[edit] L

Ann Landers

Fleet Admiral
William D. Leahy

John L. Lewis

Ron Livingston

Nia Long §

[edit] M

[edit] N

Conrad Nagel

Robert Noyce

[edit] O

Kyle Orton

[edit] P

[edit] Q

[edit] R

[edit] S

The Sullivan Brothers

Billy Sunday

[edit] T

Corey Taylor

Ashley Tesoro

Taimah, Native American chief
Joseph Taggart, Politician
Michael Talbott, Actor
Kevin Tapani, Athlete
Lawrie Tatum, U.S. "Indian Agent"
Corey Taylor, Musician
Morgan Taylor, Athlete
Richard R. Taylor, Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army
Sara Taylor, Political public-relations professional
Ashley Tesoro, Actress, singer
Kenneth W. Thompson, Academic
Sada Thompson, Actress
William Thompson §, Politician
William George Thompson §, Politician
Mick Thomson, Musician
John Tomkins, Criminal
William Tubby, Architect

[edit] U

James Ulmer, journalist
Sarah Utterback, actress

[edit] V

James Van Allen

James Van Allen, scientist
Kyle Vanden Bosch, athlete
Julian Vandervelde, athlete
William Vandever §, politician
Dennis Van Roekel, labor leader
Oswald Veblen, mathematician
Carl Van Vechten, writer, photographer
Ross Verba, athlete
Michelle Vieth, actress
Phil Vischer, animator
Krista Voda, sportscaster
Nedra Volz, actress

[edit] W

John Henry Waddell, painter and sculptor
Ted Waitt, businessman
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, athlete and coach
Rick Wanamaker, athlete
Brian Wansink, scientist and professor
Everett Warner, painter and printmaker
Kurt Warner, athlete
Fitz Henry Warren § politician, Civil War general
Kiersten Warren, actress
Tionne Watkins singer, songwriter
Watseka Native Iowan
James F. Watson, judge
John Wayne, actor
James B. Weaver §, politician
Randy Weaver, survivalist involved in Ruby Ridge incident
Irving Weber, businessman
Susan Werner, singer-songwriter
Emily West, singer-songwriter
Matthew G. Whitaker, district attorney
John White §, labor leader, president of the United Mine Workers
Jim Whitesell, basketball coach
Peggy Whitson, astronaut, scientist
Casey Wiegmann, athlete
Doreen Wilber, athlete
J. Remington Wilde, songwriter
Tom Wilkinson, athlete
Andy Williams, singer
Gregory Alan Williams, actor, author
Roy Lee Williams, labor leader
William Appleman Williams, historian
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
Charles E. Winter, politician
Johannes B. Wist §, journalist, editor
William P. Wolf §, politician
Elijah Wood, actor
Grant Wood, painter
Joey Woody, athlete
Hank Worden, actor
Carleton H. Wright, Admiral in U. S. Navy
Frank Wykoff, athlete

[edit] Y

Marshal Yanda, athlete
Harry E. Yarnell, Admiral in U. S. Navy
David Yost, actor and producer
Ed Yost, inventor
Nancy Youngblut, actor

[edit] Z

Maurice Zimm, writer for screen and radio
Larry Zox, painter and printmaker