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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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