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| Last Name | First Name | Occupation/Profession/Avocation | City/town |
| Adams | Julie | Actress | b. Waterloo |
| Allison | Fran | Puppeteer "Kukla Fran & Ollie" | b. La Porte City |
| Ameche | Don | Actor | r.i. Dubuque |
| Arkoff | Samuel | Motion Picture Producer | b. Fort Dodge |
| Arnold | Tom | Comedian, Writer and Actor | b. Ottumwa |
| Barrow | Buck |
Member of Barrow Gang (Bonnie & Clyde), wounded at Dexfield Park, 7/24/33 along with Bonnie Parker. Buck and wife Blanch captured and Buck later died at the King's Daughters Hospital in Perry Iowa
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d. Perry |
| Beiderbecke | Bix | Jazz cornet player | b. Davenport |
| Bernhart | Sarah | Actress | b. Rochester |
| Bloomer | Amelia Jenks | Pioneer in women's rights and advocate of dress reforms. One of which is named after her - Bloomers | l. Council Bluffs |
| Bopper | Big | Singer | d. Clear Lake |
| Borlaug | Norman | Agronomist, Nobel Peace Prize 1970 | b. Cresco |
| Bourjaily | Philip | Freelance Outdoor Writer | b. Iowa City |
| Brenneman | Burrell | Artist & Sculptor | b. Iowa City |
| Breyfogle | Norman K. | Illustrator for DC Comics - Batman | b. Iowa City |
| Butler | Ellis Parker | Humor Author - 'Pigs is Pigs' | b. Muscatine |
| Capone | James | Special officer for the U.S. Indian Service (brother of Al Capone) | l. Souix City |
| Carey | MacDonald | Actor | b. Sioux City |
| Carroll | Tommy | Member of the John Dillinger Gang, Killed June 7th, 1934 in Waterloo by Police | d. Waterloo |
| Carson | Johnny | Talk Show Host. | b. Corning |
| Carver | George Washington | Botanist | l. Indianola |
| Christine | Virginia | Actress | b. Stanton |
| Cody | William Frederick | Scout "Buffalo Bill" | b. LeClaire |
| Collins | Stephen | Actor | b. Des Moines |
| Cravens | Ben | Gunfighter,Train Robber | b. Lineville |
| Damita (Loomis) | Lily | Actress and former wife of Errol Flynn | l. Fort Dodge |
| Deeds | Dennis C. | Artist | b. Waterloo |
| Defore | Don | Actor | b. Cedar Rapids |
| Doud | Mamie Geneva | Wife of President Dewight D. Eisenhower | b. in Boone, Iowa |
| Dussenburg Brothers | Built their first car in Des Moines | l. Des Moines | |
| Eagle | War | Indian Chief | i Souix City |
| Earp | Morgan | Peace Officer | b. Pella |
| Earp | Virgil | Peace Officer/Stage Coach Driver | l. Council Bluffs |
| Earp | Wyatt | U.S. Marshall | r. Pella |
| Estes | Simon | Opera Singer | Centerville |
| Everly Brothers | Don & Phil | Singers | l. Shenandoah |
| Farrell | Sharon | Actress | b. Sioux City |
| Farrell | Terry | Actress | b. Cedar Rapids |
| Feller | Bob | Baseball Pitcher | b. Van Meter |
| Frawley | William | Actor | b. Burlington |
| Frederick | Michael | Author of novel 'Ledges' | b.r. Sioux City |
| Fries | Bill | (aka C.W. McCall), country western song-writer & performer | b. Audubon Co. |
| Gable | Dan | Olympic Gold Medalist 1972-wrestling | r. Waterloo |
| Graham | Jorie | Pulitzer Prize winner and Faculty member at U of I | e. Iowa City |
| Gallup | George H. | Poll Taker. | b. Jefferson |
| Grandy | Fred | Actor and Politician. | b. Sioux City |
| Grant | Cary | Actor | d. Davenport |
| Guthrie | Janet | First woman to qualify and drive in the Indy 500 in 1977. Returned in 1978 to become the first woman to complete the Indy 500 | b. Iowa City |
| Hall | James Norman | Author. Co-wrote "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "Men Against the Sea" | b. Iowa |
| Halston | Roy | Roy Halston Frowick - Clothing designers | b. Des Moines |
| Hawk | Black | Indian Chief | d. Burlington |
| Hayword | Rich | Musician | r. Ames |
| Hedges | Peter | Playwright and author of "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" | l. West Des Moines |
| Henning | Doug | Magician | l. Fairfield |
| Henry | Lou | Wife of President Herbert Hoover | b. Waterloo |
| Hershfield | Harry | Humorist | b. Cedar Rapids |
| Holly | Buddy | Singer | d. Clear Lake |
| Hoover | Herbert | President of the United States. | b. West Branch |
| Hurt | Mary Beth | Actress | b. Marshalltown |
| Ingalls | Grace Pearl | "Little House on the Prarie" | b. Burr Oak |
| Irving | John | Novelist - "World According to Garp" Alumni UI Writers' Workshop (which accounts for the Iowa references in his books) |
e. Iowa City |
| James | Jesse & Frank | Commited first train robbery in US | l. Adair |
| Justice | Donald | Pulitzer Prize winner | r. Iowa City |
| Kaiser | Natasha | Olympic Gold Medalist 1992 - trackl | l. Des Moines |
| Kantor | Mackinlay | Novelist | b. Webster City |
| Karras | Alex | Actor/all American Football player | l. Iowa City |
| Kasebier | Gertrude | Photography Pioneer | b. Iowa |
| Kinnick | Nile | Iowa football player/ war hero | b. Adel |
| Kinsella | W.P. | Author - "Field of Dreams" Alumni of UI Writers' Workshop |
e. Iowa City |
| Kirk | James Tiberious | Captain of Star Ship Enterprise | will be b. in Riverside 2233 |
| Landers | Ann | Columnist "Ann Landers" | b. Sioux City |
| Lawery | Frank | Gunfighter at the O.K. Corral against Wyatt Earp, | b. in Lamont |
| Leachman | Cloris | Actress | b. Des Moines |
| Leighton | Laura | Actress - Born Laura Miller | b. Iowa City |
| Lewelling | Henderson | Horticulturist - discovered the Bing Cherry here | l. Salem |
| Lewis | John L | .Labor organizer - head of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920-1960 | b. Lucas |
| Mansfield | Arabella | The first women accepted to the bar of both the state of Iowa and the United States. The USA's first woman lawyer |
b. Iowa |
| Mahoney | Jock | Actor (Tarzan & Red Ryder) | b. Davenport |
| Marciano | Rocky | Boxer | d. Newton |
| Margolin | Stuart | Actor | b. Davenport |
| Mathers | Jerry | Actor (The Beaver) | b. Sioux City |
| Maytag | Elmer & Fred | Founders of the Maytag Washing Maching Co. | i. Newton |
| McClain | Alva J. | Founder and first president of Grace Theological Seminary and Grace College |
b. Iowa |
| Miller | Glenn | Band Leader | b. Clarinda |
| Miller | Samuel F. | Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1862-1890 | b. Iowa |
| Moellenhoff | Clark | Pulitzer Prize winning Author | b. Webster City |
| Morris | Greg | Actor - "Mission Impossible" Alumni of the UI Department of Theatre Arts |
e. Iowa City |
| Mulgrew | Kate | Actress | b. Dubuque |
| Nagel | Conrad | Actor | b. Keokuk |
| Nelson | Harriet Hilliard | Actress - (Ozzie and Harriet) | b. Des Moines |
| Nolte | Nick | Actor | r. Waterloo |
| O'Keefe | Dennis | Actor | b. Fort Madison |
| Palmer | Bartlett Joshua | Broadcast pioneer at WOC and later at WHO | b. What Cheer |
| Patterson | Dick | Actor | b. Clear Lake |
| Powell | Randolph | Actor | b. Mason City |
| Pusey | Nathan M. | Educator | b. Council Bluffs |
| Rabe | David | Playwright | b. Dubuque |
| Reagan | Ronald | Radio host in Des Moines | l. Des Moines |
| Reasoner | Harry | Newsman | b. Dakota City |
| Reed | Donna | Actress | b. Dennison |
| Rees | Marian | Producer | b. Carroll, IA |
| Reeves | George | Actor "Superman" | b. Woolstock |
| Ringling Brothers | Ringling Brothers of Circus fame | b. McGregor | |
| Rosauer | Kathy | Chef and Author | b. Waterloo |
| Ross | Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" | Confederate General & Governer of Texas | b. Iowa |
| Russell | Lillian | Singer | b. Clinton |
| Rutledge | Wiley B. | Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1943-1949 | b. Iowa |
| Ryan | John | Air Force General - Former head of S.A.C and was the Commander of Offett Air Force base in Omaha, Nebraska. | b. Cherokee |
| Saling | George | Olympic hurdler - won the 110-meter hurdles at the 1932 Games in a time of 14.6. | b. Corydon |
| Schwab | Lonna | Actress | b. Osage |
| Schuller | Dr. Robert | Minister at the Crystal Cathedral in California and author. | b. Alta/Storm Lake |
| Seberg | Jean | Actress | b. Marshalltown |
| Senensky | Ralph | Director | b. Mason City |
| Shriver | Loren J. | (Colonel, USAF) NASA Astronaut | b. Jefferson |
| Smiley | Jane | Author - Moo and A Thousand Acres | l. Ames |
| Stegner | Wallace | Fiction Writer | b. Iowa |
| Strong | Phil | Author. He wrote the "State Fair" about the Iowa State Fair and at least three movies have been made from the book. |
b. Keosauqua. |
| Strand | Mark | Former US Poet Laureate Alumni UI Writers' Workshop |
e. Iowa City |
| Sunday | Billy | Evangelist | b. Ames |
| Talbott | Michael | Actor | b. Waverly |
| Thompson | Sada | Actress | b. Des Moines |
| Thumb | Tom | Circus performers | l. Council Bluffs |
| Tim | Tiny | Entertainer | l. Des Moines |
| Tolkon | David | Actor | b. Strawberry Point |
| Tucker | Forrest | Actor | b. Indianola |
| Twain | Mark | Humorist/Writer |
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| Vallens | Richie | Singer | d. Clear Lake |
| Van Allen | James Alfred | Space Physicist | b. Mt Pleasant |
| VanBuren | Abigail | Columnist " Dear Abby" | b. Sioux City |
| Van Duyn | Mona | Pulitzer Prize winner | b. Iowa |
| Vechten | Carl Van | Painter | b. Cedar Rapids |
| Vonnegut Jr. | Kurt | Author - Wrote "Slaughterhouse Five'' while teacher in the UI Writers' Workshop |
l. Iowa City |
| Waller | Robert | Author of Bridges of Madison County | l. Cedar Falls |
| Wallace | Henry A | Vice President of United States (Franklin Roosevelt) | b. Adair Cty. |
| Wayne | John | Actor | b. Winterset |
| Williams | Andy | Singer | b. Wall Lake |
| Wilder | Gene | Actor (Jerome Silberman) Alumni of the UI Department of Theatre Arts |
e. Iowa City |
| Williams | Tennessee | Playwright - Alumni of the UI Department of Theatre Arts | e. Iowa City |
| Wilson | James A. "Tama Jim " | Agriculturist, Iowa and U.S. congressman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and Professor of Agriculture at Iowa State College |
r. Iowa |
| Wilson | Meredith | Composer | b. Mason City |
| Wood | Elijah | Actor | b. Cedar Rapids |
| Wood | Grant | Artist - Painter | b. Anamosa |
| Wright | Orville | Aviation Pioneer | r. Cedar Rapids |
| Wright | Wilber | Aviation Pioneer | r. Cedar Rapids |
(r. = raised in , b. = born, l = lived in, d = died in, e = educated, i = interred)
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