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List Of People From Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The following is a list of notable people from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This list includes people who were born, have lived, or worked there. Arts * Douglas Barr, actor and vintner *Michael Boddicker, musician (distant cousin of Mike Boddicker, MLB player) * Marvin D. Cone, artist * Paul Conrad, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist * Joshua Coyne, musician * Jim Cummins, NBC News correspondent, 1963 graduate of Regis High School *Geof Darrow, comic book artist *Michael Daugherty, classical composer *Don DeFore, actor and president of National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences *Bobby Driscoll, child actor, ''Treasure Island'', ''Peter Pan'' * Mark Elliot, voice-over artist for Disney previews *Michael Emerson, actor, grew up in Toledo, Iowa * Paul Engle, poet * James Erwin, author * Terry Farrell, actress * Ed Gorman, writer *John Hench, Disney animator and Imagineer * Harry Hershfield, cartoonist * Larry N. Jordan (born 1952), publisher, journalist, and author, launched weekly ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. The population was 137,710 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Iowa, second-most populous city in Iowa. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River (Iowa River), Cedar River, north of Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa City and northeast of Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines, the state's capital. Cedar Rapids is the economic hub of Eastern Iowa, located at the core of the Interstate 380 (Iowa), Interstate 380 corridor. The population of the three-county Cedar Rapids metropolitan area, Iowa, Cedar Rapids metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of Marion, Iowa, Marion and Hiawatha, Iowa, Hiawatha, was 276,520 in 2020. The Cedar Rapids metropolitan area is also part of a combined statistical area with the Iowa City metropolitan area. History Early history The location of present-day Cedar Rapids was in the territory of the Meskwaki and Sauk people, Sauk peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toledo, Iowa
Toledo is a city in, and the county seat of, Tama County, Iowa, Tama County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,369 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Toledo was founded in 1853 as the county seat of Tama County. It was named after Toledo, Ohio. Toledo was incorporated as a city in 1866. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Toledo has a hot-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps. Demographics 2020 census As of the United States census, census of 2020, there were 2,369 people, 935 households, and 605 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,032.4 inhabitants per square mile (398.6/km2). There were 1,029 housing units at an average density of 448.4 per square mile (173.1/km2). The Race and ethnicity in the United States census, racial makeup of the city was 72.9% W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Livingston
Ronald Joseph Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Peter Gibbons in ''Office Space'' (1999) and Captain Lewis Nixon III in the miniseries ''Band of Brothers (miniseries), Band of Brothers'' (2001). Livingston's other roles include the films ''Swingers (1996 film), Swingers'' (1996), ''Adaptation (film), Adaptation'' (2002), ''The Conjuring'' (2013), ''James White (film), James White'' (2015), ''Tully (2018 film), Tully'' (2018); and the television series ''Loudermilk (TV series), Loudermilk'' (2017–2020), and ''Boardwalk Empire'' (2013). Early life and education Livingston was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Kurt Livingston, an Aerospace engineering, aerospace electronics engineer, and Linda (née Rinas), a Lutheranism, Lutheran pastor. He has two brothers and one sister. His younger brother, John Livingston (actor), John, is also an actor. Both his sister, Jennifer Livingston, and brother-in-law, Mike Thompson, were TV news personalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two And A Half Men
Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn that aired on CBS for 12 seasons from September 22, 2003, to February 19, 2015. The series originally starred Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper, a hedonistic jingle writer, alongside Jon Cryer as his uptight brother Alan and Angus T. Jones as Alan's son Jake. Supporting roles were played by Holland Taylor, Marin Hinkle, Conchata Ferrell, and Melanie Lynskey. In February 2011, CBS halted production for the rest of the eighth season after Sheen entered drug rehabilitation and made disparaging comments about Lorre. Sheen's contract was terminated the following month. Ashton Kutcher was then hired for the ninth season onward to star as Walden Schmidt, a billionaire who buys Charlie's house after Charlie’s death. Angus T. Jones reduced his role starting in season 10, citing a religious awakening and dissatisfaction with the show's content. He later left the show, appearing only briefly in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashton Kutcher
Christopher Ashton Kutcher (; born February 7, 1978) is an American actor, producer and entrepreneur. His accolades include a People's Choice Award and fifteen Teen Choice Awards, in addition to a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. Kutcher began his acting career portraying Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006). He made his film debut in the romantic comedy '' Coming Soon'' (1999), followed by the comedy film '' Dude, Where's My Car?'' (2000), which was a box office success. In 2003, Kutcher starred in the romantic comedies '' Just Married'' and '' My Boss's Daughter''. That year, he created and produced the television series ''Punk'd'', also serving as host for the first eight of its ten seasons. Kutcher starred in the science fiction film ''The Butterfly Effect'' (2004) and had a voice role in '' Open Season'' (2006). Kutcher appeared in more romantic comedies, including '' Guess Who'' (2005), '' A Lot Like Love'' (2005), '' What Happens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Kelly (jazz Musician)
Bert Kelly (June 2, 1882 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa – January 1968 in Long Beach, New York) was an American musician, who pioneered jazz as a banjoist, bandleader, educator, promoter, night club owner, and night club operator. After professional stints in Seattle and San Francisco, Kelly moved to Chicago in 1914 where he flourished a banjoist, bandleader, and promoter. In 1915 — before the U.S. prohibition — he founded and operated a Chicago speakeasy called " Bert Kelly's Stables," where patrons were introduced to early jazz. Kelly as a musician Kelly's band Early gigs : Kelly's first professional engagement was in Seattle Washington, around 1896. He moved to San Francisco around 1899. San Francisco : In 1914, Kelly was in Art Hickman's band playing tea dances in the Rose Room of the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Kelly eventually formed his own band and moved it to Chicago in 1914. Chicago : Kelly's band in Chicago included notable early New Orleans jazz mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry N
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment * Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer * Larry Boone, American country singer * Larry Collins, American musician, member of the rockabilly sibling duo The Collins Kids *Larry Carlton (born 1948), American jazz guitarist and singer *Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning American actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director * Larry Emdur, Australian television personality * Larry Feign, American cartoonist working in Hong Kong *Larry Fine (1902–1975), American comedian and actor, one of the Three Stooges *Larry Gates, American actor *Larry Gatlin, American country singer * Larry Gayao (better known as Larry g(EE)), Filipino-American soul-pop artist *Larry Gelbart (1928–2009), American screenwriter, playwright, director and author *Larry Graham, founder of American funk band Graham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Hershfield
Harry Hershfield (October 13, 1885 – December 15, 1974) was an American cartoonist, humor writer and radio personality. He was known as "the Jewish Will Rogers". Hershfield also was a columnist for the ''New York Daily Mirror''. His books include ''Laugh Louder, Live Longer'' and ''Now I'll Tell One''. As a comics artist he is best remembered for his newspaper comic ''Abie the Agent''. Biography He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on October 13, 1885, to Jewish immigrants. He studied in Chicago at the Frank Holmes School of Illustration and the Chicago Art Institute. His career began at age 14, drawing sports cartoons and his comic strip about a dog, ''Homeless Hector'', for the ''Chicago Daily News'' in 1899. He then went West, drawing for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' by 1907. He married Sarah Jane Isdell (?-1960). In 1909, he was hired by Arthur Brisbane to work for William Randolph Hearst's ''New York Evening Journal''. He switched to the ''New York Graphic'' where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Imagineer
Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc.—commonly referred to as Walt Disney Imagineering, Imagineering, or WDI—is the research and development arm of The Walt Disney Company, responsible for the creation, design, and construction of Disney Experiences, Disney theme parks and attractions worldwide. The company also operates Disney Live Entertainment and The Muppets Studio and manages Disney's properties, from Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios in Burbank to New Amsterdam Theatre and Times Square Studios Ltd. in New York City. Founded by Walt Disney to oversee the production of Disneyland, Disneyland Park, it was originally known as Walt Disney, Inc., then Retlaw Enterprises, WED Enterprises, from the initials of "Walter Elias Disney", Disney's full name. Headquartered in Glendale, California, Imagineering is composed of "Imagineers", who are illustrators, architects, engineers, lighting designers, show writers and graphic designers. The term " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, as an animation studio, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney, Roy Oliver Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it later operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before adopting its current name in 1986. In 1928, Disney established itself as a leader in the animation industry with the short film ''Steamboat Willie.'' The film used synchronized sound to become the first post-produced sound cartoon, and popularized Mickey Mouse, who became Disney's mascot and corporate icon. After becoming a success by the early 1940s, Disney diversified into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. However, followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hench
John Hench (June 29, 1908 – February 5, 2004) was an American artist, designer and director at The Walt Disney Company. For 65 years, he helped design and develop various Disney attractions and theme parks. Early life Hench was born on June 29, 1908, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and raised in Southern California. He attended the Los Angeles Art Students' League. Hench attended further art and creative schools in the United States, including the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, and the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. Career In 1939, Hench started as a story artist in the animation department working in areas including backgrounds, layout and art direction, effects animation and special effects. Hench was respected by Walt Disney as one of the studio's most gifted artists and worked him and Salvador Dalí on the animated short ''Destino'', a project which began in 1945 and not completed until 2003. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Gorman
Edward Joseph Gorman Jr. (November 2, 1941 – October 14, 2016) was an American writer and short fiction anthologist. He published in almost every genre, but is best known for his work in the crime, mystery, western, and horror fields. His non-fiction work has been published in such publications as ''The New York Times'' and ''Redbook''. He contributed to many magazines and other publications, including '' Xero'', '' Black Lizard'', '' Mystery Scene'', '' Cemetery Dance'', and the anthology '' Tales of Zorro''. Personal life Gorman was born and grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he spent much of his adult life as well. He lived for extended periods in Des Moines, Iowa; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Chicago, Illinois. He was married twice, first to Catherine Anne Stevens for seven years. He next married Carol Gorman (née Maxwell), an award-winning children's and young adult author. They were married thirty-four years until his death in 2016. Writing career After twenty- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
