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Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
. People not born in Iowa are marked with §.


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* Dudley W. Adams, horticulturalist * John T. Adams, former Republican committee head *
Julie Adams Julie Adams (born Betty May Adams; October 17, 1926 â€“ February 3, 2019) was an American actress, billed as Julia Adams toward the beginning of her career, primarily known for her numerous television guest roles. She starred in a number of ...
, actress *
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 football linebacker who is the director of athletics at University o ...
, 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 fro ...
, television personality *
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 th ...
, politician *
Betty Baxter Anderson Betty Baxter Anderson (March 10, 1908 – June 17, 1966) was an American writer. Career In the late 1930s Anderson wrote ''Talking About Books'', a series of articles for the Iowa City Press-Citizen newspaper. She was the author of 20 books for ...
, 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 C ...
, 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 Iowa ...
, explorer * Marc Andreessen, software engineer * Pat Angerer, football player *
Cap Anson Adrian Constantine Anson (April 17, 1852 â€“ April 14, 1922), nicknamed "Cap" (for "Captain") and "Pop", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Including his time in the National Association (NA), he played a record 27 ...
, baseball player * Brynild Anundsen, publisher *
Appanoose Appanoose was a 19th-century Meskwaki chief who lived in Iowa; he was son of Taimah (Chief Tama) and probably a grandson of Quashquame. Prior to European-American settlement in the 19th century, the tribe occupied territory in what became Michiga ...
, 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 ...
, 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 comprehensive ...
, religious leader * Tom Arnold, actor *
Matthew Ashford Matthew Nile Ashford (born January 29, 1960) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on the soap operas ''Days of Our Lives'' and '' The Bay'', for the former of which he received a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstand ...
, 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 w ...
, mathematician *
John Vincent Atanasoff John Vincent Atanasoff, , (October 4, 1903 – June 15, 1995) was an American physicist and inventor from mixed Bulgarian-Irish origin, best known for being credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer. Atanasoff invented the ...
, § 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


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John Babcock John Henry Foster Babcock (July 23, 1900 â€“ 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 oldes ...
, 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 ...
, politician * Stan Bahnsen, baseball player * John O. Bailey, judge *
Bil Baird William Britton "Bil" Baird (August 15, 1904 – March 18, 1987) was an American puppeteer of the mid- and late 20th century. In a career that spanned over 60 years, he and his puppets performed for millions of adults and children. One of his be ...
, 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 ...
, actress * Nathaniel B. Baker, politician * Alvin Baldus, politician *
Charlie Bales Charlie Bales (born October 22, 1991) is an American soccer player for the Iowa Demon Hawks in Major Arena Soccer League 2. He is also the co-general manager of the Des Moines Menace of USL League Two and a commentator for home games of the Drake ...
, soccer player * Brad Banks, athlete * Hal C. Banks, labor leader *
Jill Banner Jill Banner (born Mary Molumby, November 8, 1946 – August 7, 1982) was an American film actress. She played Virginia, the "spider baby" in the 1968 cult horror-comedy film ''Spider Baby''. She also had roles as James Coburn's flower child frien ...
, actress * Antonine Barada, folk hero *
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 ...
, broadcaster *
Harrison Barnes Harrison Bryce Jordan Barnes (born May 30, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels before being sele ...
, athlete *
Bob Barr Robert Laurence Barr Jr. (born November 5, 1948) is an American attorney and politician. He served as a federal prosecutor and as a Congressman. He represented Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 2003. Barr attai ...
, 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, football player * Robert Bartley, editor of ''
The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...
'' * Clint Barton, fictional character * 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 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 band Weezer, with whom he has recorded f ...
, musician * Alfred S. Bennett, Army general and U.S. Secretary of War * Duane Benson, athlete *
Shawn Bentler Shawn Bentler is a convicted mass murderer from Bonaparte, Iowa. On October 14th 2006, 22 year old Bentler murdered his father Michael, 53, his mother Sandra, 47, and his three younger sisters; Sheena, 17, Shelby, 15, and Shayne, 14. It was claim ...
, murderer *
Matt Bentley Matthew James Bentley (born December 10, 1979) is an American 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 by his c ...
, professional wrestler * Christian Beranek, writer, actor, and producer *
Leo Beranek Leo Leroy Beranek (September 15, 1914 – October 10, 2016) was an American acoustics expert, former MIT professor, and a founder and former president of Bolt, Beranek and Newman (now BBN Technologies). He authored ''Acoustics'', considered a cl ...
, acoustician *
Bill Bergan Bill Bergan (April 1, 1942 – November 22, 2022) was an American college athletics coach. A two-time NCAA championship-winning head coach with the Iowa State Cyclones track and field, he also worked with the Iowa State Cyclones Cross Country tea ...
, coach * Eddie Berlin, athlete *
Dan Bern Dan Bern (also known as Bernstein; born July 27, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, novelist and painter. His music has been compared to that of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Ochs and Elvis Costello.Bret ...
, musician * S. Torriano Berry, film producer, writer, director *
Jay Berwanger John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger (March 19, 1914 – June 26, 2002) was an American college football player and referee. In 1935, Berwanger was the first recipient of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, renamed the Heisman Trophy the following year. At ...
, football player *
Stanley Biber Stanley H. Biber (May 4, 1923 – January 16, 2006) was an American physician who was a pioneer in sex reassignment surgery, performing thousands of procedures during his long career.Fox, Margalit (21 January 2006)Stanley H. Biber, 82, Surgeon Am ...
, physician *
Greg Biekert Gregory Biekert (born March 14, 1969) is an American football coach and former linebacker. Biekert attended Longs Peak Middle School and Longmont High School in Longmont, Colorado, where he lettered in football. He was a standout linebacker for t ...
, football player * Leo Binz, § Roman Catholic archbishop *
Joe Bisenius Joseph Richard Bisenius (born September 18, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current area scout for the Minnesota Twins. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals. College and draft Bisenius ...
, athlete * Richard Pike Bissell, author *
Nate Bjorkgren Nate Bjorkgren (; born June 20, 1975) is an American basketball coach, currently an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the University of South Dakota and Buena ...
, basketball coach * Black Hawk, § Native American chief * Casey Blake, baseball player *
Gordon Blake Gordon Aylesworth Blake (July 22, 1910 â€“ September 1, 1997) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who served as director of the National Security Agency from 1962 to 1965. Early life and training Gordon Aylesworth Blake w ...
, military general * Donald G. Bloesch, theologian * Isabel Bloom, artist * Scott Bloomquist, auto racer * Mike Blouin, politician * Lisa Bluder, coach *
Mike Boddicker Michael James Boddicker (born August 23, 1957) is an American right-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles (1980–1988), Boston Red Sox (1988–1990), Kansas City Royals (1991–1992), and Milwaukee Brewers (1993 ...
, baseball player * Bill Bogaard, politician *
Tommy Bolin Thomas Richard Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976) was an American guitarist and songwriter who played with Zephyr (from 1969 to 1971), The James Gang (from 1973 to 1974), and Deep Purple (from 1975 to 1976), in addition to maintaining ...
, musician *
Norman Borlaug Norman Ernest Borlaug (; March 25, 1914September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple ...
, agricultural scientist and Nobel Laureate * Rob Borsellino, writer *
Ryan Bowen Ryan Cleo Bowen (born November 20, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently an assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a 6'9", power forward. College career ...
, athlete * Thomas M. Bowen, politician *
Charles Bowers Charles R. Bowers (June 6, 1887 – November 26, 1946) was an American cartoonist and slapstick comedian during the silent film and early "talkie" era. He was forgotten for decades and his name was notably absent from most histories of the Sil ...
, cartoonist and comic actor *
Lara Flynn Boyle Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Donna Hayward in the television series ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991). After portraying Stacy in Penelope Spheeris's comedy ''Wayne's World'' (1992), ...
, actress *
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (January 31, 1868 – March 18, 1942) was an early 20th-century American author. She published at least 10 novels, mostly written for young women. Childhood Eleanor was born at Plum Grove Historic House in Iowa City, Iow ...
, author *
Glen Brand Glen Brand (3 November 1923 – 15 November 2008) was an American wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, ...
, Olympic freestyle wrestler *
Neville Brand Lawrence Neville Brand (August 13, 1920 – April 16, 1992) was an American soldier and actor. He was known for playing villainous or antagonistic character roles in Westerns, crime dramas, and ''films noir'', and was nominated for a BAFTA Awa ...
, actor *
Terry Brands Terry Brands (born April 9, 1968) is an American Olympic wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, after losing the semi-final match to the Iranian wrestler, Alireza Dabir. While wrestling at the University of Iowa, Brands won ...
, Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach *
Tom Brands Tom Brands (born April 9, 1968) is an American former Olympic wrestler and is currently the head coach of the University of Iowa men's wrestling team. He won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. An intense competitor, Brands' wrestling c ...
, Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach * Terry E. Branstad, politician * Aaron Brant, athlete * Charles Wesley Brashares, Methodist bishop *
Titus Bronson Titus Bronson (November 27, 1788 – January 6, 1853) is regarded as the eccentric founder of the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1829, Titus Bronson, originally from Connecticut, was the first settler to build a cabin within the present city lim ...
, founder of
Kalamazoo Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropoli ...
,
Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
* Greg Brown, folk musician *
Mace Brown Mace Stanley Brown (May 21, 1909 – March 24, 2002) was an American professional baseball player, scout and coach. He appeared in Major League Baseball, largely as a relief pitcher, over ten seasons (1935–43; 1946) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, ...
, athlete *
Shannon Brown Shannon Brown (born November 29, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in 2003, and played college basketball for Michigan State ...
, country music singer * Bruce Brubaker, pianist, record producer * Rob Bruggeman, athlete *
Bill Bryson William McGuire Bryson (; born 8 December 1951) is an American–British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has b ...
, author *
Matt Bullard Matthew Gordon Bullard (born June 5, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA and former color analyst for the Houston Rockets on AT&T SportsNet Southwest. Bullard played 12 years professionally and 11 years in the ...
, athlete * Ambrose Burke, priest, college president * Jerry Burke, musician * Tim Burke, football coach *
Joseph A. A. Burnquist Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist (July 21, 1879 – January 12, 1961) was an American attorney and Republican politician in Minnesota. He served in the Minnesota State Legislature from 1909 to 1911, was elected the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Min ...
, politician *
Martin Burns Martin Burns (February 15, 1861 – January 8, 1937), nicknamed Farmer Burns, was an American catch wrestler, wrestling coach, and teacher. Born in Cedar County, Iowa, he started wrestling as a teenager and made money traveling around the Midw ...
, athlete *
Joe Burrow Joseph Lee Burrow (born December 10, 1996) is an American football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). Following a stint with Ohio State, Burrow played college football at LSU, where he won the Heisma ...
, Heisman Trophy winner * Jim Burt, sportscaster *
Marion LeRoy Burton Marion LeRoy Burton (August 30, 1874 – February 18, 1925) was the second president of Smith College, serving from 1910 to 1917. He left Smith to become president of the University of Minnesota from 1917 to 1920. In 1920 he became president o ...
, college president * Harlan J. Bushfield, politician * Mike Butcher, baseball player * Frank M. Byrne, politician * Robert Byrne, author


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* Samuel Calvin, geologist * Branden Campbell, bassist for
Neon Trees Neon Trees is an American rock band from Provo, Utah. The band received nationwide exposure in late 2008 when they opened several North American tour dates for the band The Killers. Not long after, the band was signed by Mercury Records. Their f ...
* Donald L. Campbell, chemist * Marjorie Cameron, actress and occultist *
Macdonald Carey Edward Macdonald Carey (March 15, 1913 – March 21, 1994) was an American actor, best known for his role as the patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''. For almost three decades, he was the show's central cast member. ...
, actor *
Chris Carney Christopher P. Carney (born March 2, 1959) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Carney is also an associate professor of political science at Penn State Worth ...
, politician *
Wallace Carothers Wallace Hume Carothers (; April 27, 1896 – April 29, 1937) was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon. Carothers was a group leader at the DuPont Experimen ...
, chemist *
Allan Carpenter John Allan Carpenter (born May 11, 1917 – May 11, 2003) was an American non-fiction author. He was a prolific writer with more than 225 books to his credit. By 1990, his four ''Enchantment'' series were approaching 10 million copies printed. ...
, author * Sabin Carr, athlete * Tommy Carroll, criminal * Johnny Carson, television personality * Jordan Carstens, athlete *
Louise Carver Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 19, 1956) was an American actress who performed in grand opera, stage, nickelodeon, and motion pictures. Early years and career Born Mary Louise Steiger in Davenport, Iowa, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mr ...
, actress *
Thomas Nixon Carver Thomas Nixon Carver (25 March 1865 – 8 March 1961) was an American economics professor. Early life He grew up on a farm, the son of Quaker parents. He received an undergraduate education at Iowa Wesleyan College and the University of Southern ...
, economics professor * Frank T. Cary, businessman *
Landon Cassill Landon Douglas Cassill (born July 7, 1989) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. Early career Cassill was born in Cedar R ...
, auto racer *
Carrie Chapman Catt Carrie Chapman Catt (; January 9, 1859 Fowler, p. 3 – March 9, 1947) was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920. Catt ...
, suffragette *
Thomas Cech Thomas Robert Cech (born December 8, 1947) is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman, for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA. Cech discovered that RNA could itself cut strands of RNA, ...
, chemist and Nobel Laureate *
Matt Chatham Matthew L. Chatham (born June 28, 1977) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at South Dakota. He played for the New England Patriots and New York Jets. High school years Chatham attended Sioux City North High S ...
, football player * The
Cherry Sisters The Cherry Sisters – Addie (1859–1942), Effie (1867–1944), Ella (1854–1934), Lizzie (1857–1936), and Jessie Cherry (1871–1903) – were five sisters from Marion, Iowa who formed a notorious vaudeville touring act in the late 19th centu ...
, vaudevillians *
Norton P. Chipman Norton Parker Chipman (March 7, 1834 – February 1, 1924) was an American Civil War army officer, military prosecutor, politician, author, and judge. Biography Early years Born in Milford Center, Ohio, to Vermont-natives Norman and Sarah Wilson ...
, politician, judge *
Tom Churchill Thomas John Churchill (March 4, 1961 – July 5, 2020) was a native of Dubuque, Iowa, where he started in radio as on-air weatherman at WDBQ-AM Radio at the age of 13 in August 1974. Churchill gained notoriety for reportedly being more accurate ...
, broadcaster * Bernard A. Clarey, admiral *
Dallas Clark Dallas Dean Clark (born June 12, 1979) is a former American football tight end who played 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Iowa, earned unanimous All-American honors, and was reco ...
, § football player * Laurel Blair Salton Clark, astronaut *
Rush Clark Rush Clark (October 1, 1834 – April 29, 1879) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Iowa, who died on the floor of Congress in 1879. Biography Born in Schellsburg, Pennsylvania, Clark attended common schools and a local aca ...
, politician * Fred Clarke, baseball Hall of Famer * Frederick G. Clausen, architect *
Jeff Clement Jeffrey Burton Clement (born August 21, 1983) is an American former professional baseball player. Clement was a catcher and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Pittsburgh Pirates. Clement attend ...
, athlete *
Ron Clements Ronald Francis Clements (born April 25, 1953) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He often collaborates with fellow director John Musker and is best known for writing and directing the Disney films ''The Grea ...
, director and producer *
Scott Clemmensen Scott Lee Clemmensen (born July 23, 1977) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender, who played with the New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career A native o ...
, athlete *
Buffalo Bill Cody William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846January 10, 1917), known as "Buffalo Bill", was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but he lived for several years in ...
, Wild West showman *
Samuel Cody Samuel Franklin Cowdery (later known as Samuel Franklin Cody; 6 March 1867 â€“ 7 August 1913, born Davenport, Iowa, USA)) was a Wild West showman and early pioneer of manned flight. He is most famous for his work on the large kites known ...
, aviator * Harris Coggeshall, athlete *
Danielle Colby Danielle Colby (born December 3, 1975) is an American reality television personality who appears on the History reality television show ''American Pickers''. Personal life Danielle Colby was born in Davenport, Iowa, and brought up as a Jehovah ...
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King Cole Coel (Old Welsh: ''Coil''), also called ''Coel Hen'' (Coel the Old) and King Cole, is a figure prominent in Welsh literature and legend since the Middle Ages. Early Welsh tradition knew of a Coel Hen, a 4th-century leader in Roman or Sub-Roman ...
, athlete * Ada Langworthy Collier, poet, writer * Chris Collins, hockey player *
Max Allan Collins Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is an American mystery writer, noted for his graphic novels. His work has been published in several formats and his '' Road to Perdition'' series was the basis for a film of the same name. He wrote the ''Di ...
, mystery writer *
Stephen Collins Stephen Weaver Collins (born October 1, 1947) is an American former actor and writer. He is known for playing Eric Camden on the television series '' 7th Heaven'' from 1996 to 2007. Afterwards, Collins played the roles of Dayton King on the ABC ...
, actor *
Nick Collison Nicholas John Collison (born October 26, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who is a special assistant for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He spent his entire career with the Seattl ...
, basketball player * John W. Colloton, healthcare executive *
Steven Colloton Steven Michael Colloton (born January 9, 1963) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit since 2003. Family Colloton was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He is the son of John W. Colloton, best kno ...
, federal judge * Martin Cone, college president * Edwin H. Conger, diplomat *
Maurice Connolly Maurice Connolly (March 13, 1877 – May 28, 1921) was elected in 1912 to a single term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 3rd congressional district. After giving up his House seat in an unsuccessful bid fo ...
, politician *
Paul Conrad Paul Francis Conrad (June 27, 1924 â€“ September 4, 2010) was an American political cartoonist and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning. In the span of a career lasting five decades, Conrad provided a critical perspectiv ...
, political cartoonist * Ed Conroy, athlete * George Cram Cook, author * Marv Cook, football player *
Jack Coombs John Wesley Coombs (November 18, 1882 – April 15, 1957), nicknamed "Colby Jack" after his alma mater, was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics (1906–14), Broo ...
, athlete *
Eric Cooper Eric Richard Cooper (December 18, 1966 – October 20, 2019) was an American professional baseball umpire, whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned 1999 until his death in October 2019. He wore umpire uniform number 56. As a Major Leagu ...
, baseball umpire *
Barclay and Edwin Coppock Barclay Coppock (January 4, 1839 – September 4, 1861), also spelled "Coppac", "Coppic", and "Coppoc", was a follower of John Brown and a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War. Along with his brother Edwin Coppock (June 30, 1835 &nd ...
, followers of John Brown * Frank Cordaro, activist *
Sarah Corpstein The Miss Iowa USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Future Productions based in Savage, Minnesota since 2008. While Iowa has not been greatly successful ...
, beauty queen * John M. Corse, Army general *
Ernie Courtney Edward Ernest (Ernie) Courtney (January 20, 1875 – February 29, 1920) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Beaneaters (), Baltimore Orioles (), New York Highlanders (), Detroit Tigers () and Philadelphia Phillie ...
, athlete *
Paul Coverdell Paul Douglas Coverdell (January 20, 1939 – July 18, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia, elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998, and director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until ...
, politician * Thomas Jefferson Cowie, admiral *
Ryan Cownie Ryan Patrick Cownie is an American stand-up comedian originally from Lincoln, Nebraska. His album ''I Can't Die'', which includes a theme song by Riverboat Gamblers' Mike Wiebe, was released by Dan Schlissel's Stand Up! Records in 2019. Comedy ...
, stand-up comedian *
Shawn Crahan Michael Shawn Crahan (born September 24, 1969), more commonly known by his stage persona "Clown", is an American musician. He is the co-founder and one of two percussionists for heavy metal band Slipknot in which he is designated #6. Crahan he ...
, musician * Roger Craig, football player * Joe Crail, politician * Coe I. Crawford, politician * Francis X. Cretzmeyer, coach * Joel Crisman, football player * Jim Crotty, athlete *
Julee Cruise Julee Ann Cruise (December 1, 1956 – June 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and actress, known for her collaborations with composer Angelo Badalamenti and film director David Lynch in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She released fo ...
, singer and actress * Frank Cuhel, athlete * Mariclare Culver, political figure * Henry J. B. Cummings, politician *
Billy Cundiff William Ambrose Cundiff (born March 30, 1980) is a former American football placekicker. He played college football for Drake University, and was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2002. College career Cundiff played for ...
, athlete *
Jack Cunningham John Anderson Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, PC, DL (born 4 August 1939) is a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament for over 30 years, serving for Whitehaven from 1970 to 1983 and then Copeland until the 2005 ...
, screenwriter * parker crawford student


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Janet Dailey Janet Anne Haradon Dailey (May 21, 1944 – December 14, 2013) was an American author of numerous romance novels as Janet Dailey (her married name). Her novels have been translated into nineteen languages and have sold more than 300 millio ...
, author * Bill Daily, actor *
Dick Dale Richard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverb. Dale was known a ...
, musician *
Muriel Frances Dana Muriel Frances Dana (1916 – 1997) was a child actress in thirteen silent films from 1921 to 1926, appearing in two of them as a boy, ''Hail the Woman'' and ''Can a Woman Love Twice?''. She was born in Clinton, Iowa and died in Thousand Oaks, Ca ...
, actress * Jack Daniels, politician * Diane D'Aquila, actress * Sarah Darling, musician *
Geof Darrow Geofrey "Geof" Darrow (born October 21, 1955) is an American comic book artist, best known for his work on comic series ''Shaolin Cowboy'', '' Hard Boiled'' and ''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'', which was adapted into an animated televisi ...
, artist *
Dana Davis Dana Davis (born October 4, 1978) is an American actress, voice actress, and novelist known for playing Monica Dawson on the NBC series '' Heroes'' (2007), Chastity Church on the ABC Family television series ''10 Things I Hate About You'' (2009â ...
, actress * Barry Davis, Olympic freestyle wrestler *
Rebecca Fjelland Davis Rebecca Fjelland Davis (born 1956) is an American novelist and children's book author who lives in Minnesota. She is currently an instructor at South Central College in Mankato, where she teaches composition studies, literature and film, and ...
, author * Stuart Davis, musician * Laura Dawn, activist, singer-songwriter, director/producer * Bud Day, war hero *
Walter Day Walter Aldro Day (born May 14, 1949) is an American businessman and the founder of Twin Galaxies, an organization that tracks world records for video games and conducts a program of electronic-gaming promotions. Biography Day was born in Oakl ...
, businessman *
Darren Daye Darren Keefe Daye (born November 30, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, at a height of , and a weight of , he played as a shooting guard and small forward. High school Daye played high-school b ...
, athlete * Lee De Forest, inventor * Jordan De Jong, athlete *
Henry Clay Dean Henry Clay Dean (27 October 1822 – 6 February 1887) was a Methodist Episcopal preacher, lawyer, orator and author who was a critic of the American Civil War and the Lincoln Administration. Early life and education Dean was born in Fayette Count ...
, preacher, lawyer *
Don DeFore Donald John DeFore (August 25, 1913 – December 22, 1993) was an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the sitcom ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' from 1952 to 1957 and the sitcom ''Hazel'' from 1961 to 1965, the former of w ...
, actor *
W. Edwards Deming William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993) was an American engineer, statistician, professor, author, lecturer, and management consultant. Educated initially as an electrical engineer and later specializing in mathematical ...
, statistician *
Don Denkinger Donald Anton Denkinger (; born August 28, 1936) is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the American League from 1969 to 1998. Denkinger wore uniform number 11, when the AL adopted uniform numbers in 1980. He is best remembered ...
, baseball umpire *
Dave Despain Dave Despain (born 20 May 1946) is an American motorsports journalist. He was the host of ''WindTunnel with Dave Despain'' on Speed Channel, and ''NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup'', until the former was cancelled during the demise of Speed and the latte ...
, sports journalist *
Adam Devine Adam Patrick Devine (born November 7, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the stars and co-creators of the Comedy Central comedy television series ''Workaholics'' and '' Adam Devine's House Par ...
, actor *
Aubrey Devine Aubrey Alvin "Aub" Devine (November 21, 1897 – December 15, 1981) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and lawyer. He was the quarterback for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team from 1919 to 1921. He was selected as ...
, athlete * Lester J. Dickinson, politician *
Justin Diercks Justin Diercks (born April 4, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He previously drove the No. 70 car for ML Motorsports. He made his Busch Series debut in 2006 in the Circuit City 250 at Richmond International Raceway. He ...
, auto racer *
Charles Hall Dillon Charles Hall Dillon (December 18, 1853 – September 15, 1929) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota (1913–19). He later served on the South Dakota Supreme Court. He was born near Jasper, Indiana in 1853. ...
, politician, judge * Thomas Disch, author * James Dixon, orchestra conductor * David M. Dobson, game creator *
Claire Dodd Claire Dodd (born Dorothy Arlene Dodd; December 29, 1911 – November 23, 1973) was an American film actress. Life and work Dorothy Arlene Dodd was born on December 29, 1911, in Baxter, Iowa, to Walter Willard Dodd, a farmer whose family ...
, 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 Nicholas William Downs is an American actor. Downs has played supporting roles in several films, including '' Constantine'' (2005), '' The Girl Next Door'' (2004), and ''Pearl Harbor'' (2001). He played the main character in " Is It Just Me?" (20 ...
, actor * Joel Dreessen, football player * Kevin Dresser,
collegiate wrestling Collegiate wrestling (also known as folkstyle wrestling) is the form of wrestling practiced at the college and university level in the United States. This style of wrestling, with some slight modifications, is also practiced at high school and m ...
head coach * Leanna Field Driftmier, radio personality *
Bobby Driscoll Robert Cletus Driscoll (March 3, 1937 â€“ March 30, 1968) was an American actor known for his film and television performances from 1943 to 1960. He starred in some of the Walt Disney Studios' best-known live-action pictures of that period ...
, actor *
Fred Duesenberg Frederick Samuel Duesenberg (December 6, 1876 – July 26, 1932) was a German-born American automobile and engine designer, manufacturer and sportsman who was internationally known as a designer of racecars and racing engines. Duesenberg's eng ...
, automobile manufacturer * Randy Duncan, football player * Francis John Dunn, religious leader *
Lloyd Dunn Lloyd John Dunn (born November 10, 1957 in Harlan, Iowa, USA) is a founding member of the mixed-media and experimental sound art group the Tape-beatles and founder, publisher and editor of several small-press magazines, such as ''PhotoStatic' ...
* Samuel Grace Dunn, journalist * Kenneth W. Durant, decorated sailor *
John Durbin John Durbin is an American actor. He is best known for playing Gul Lemec in the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' 2-part episode "Chain of Command". Filmography * ''Take Out'' (2005) ... as Hershel Kammer * ''Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'' ** e ...
, actor *
Tim Dwight Timothy John Dwight Jr. (born July 13, 1975) is a former professional American football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons. He played college football for the University ...
, football player


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Morgan Earp Morgan Seth Earp (April 24, 1851 – March 18, 1882) was an American sheriff and Marshal, lawman. He served as Tombstone, Arizona, Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Arizona's Special Policeman when he helped his brothers Virgil Earp, Virgil and Wy ...
, Wild West lawman *
Warren Earp Warren Baxter Earp (March 9, 1855 – July 6, 1900) was an American frontiersman and lawman. He was the youngest of Earp brothers, Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James, and Newton Earp. Although he was not present during the Gunfight at the O.K. Cor ...
, brother of Wyatt Earp * Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, sculptor *
Zales Ecton Zales Nelson Ecton (April 1, 1898March 3, 1961) was an American attorney and politician from Montana who represented the state in the United States Senate, serving from 1947 to 1953. Early life and education Ecton was born in Weldon, Iowa on Ap ...
, politician * Paul Eells, sportscaster *
Mamie Eisenhower Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (; November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the first lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Born in Boone, Iowa, she was raised in a wealthy household i ...
, former First Lady of the United States *
Cal Eldred Calvin John Eldred (born November 24, 1967) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to . He previously worked for the St. Louis Cardinals as a special assistant to general ...
, athlete *
Jane Elliott Jane Elliott (' Jennison; born on November 30, 1933) is an American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, she became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class on April 5, 1968, the da ...
, schoolteacher and activist *
James Ellison James Ellison may refer to: * James O. Ellison (1929–2014), U.S. federal judge * James T. Ellison (1862–1920s), New York gangster *James Ellison (actor) (1910–1993), American film actor *James Ellison (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1958), En ...
, actor *
Eugene Burton Ely Eugene Burton Ely (October 21, 1886 – October 19, 1911) was an American aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft take off and landing. Background Ely was born in Williamsburg, Iowa, and raised in Davenport, Iowa. Having ...
, aviator *
Paul Emerick Paul Emerick (born January 24, 1980) is the head coach of the American Raptors in Glendale, Colorado. He was the defense and skills coach and the 2019 interim head coach for the Houston SaberCats of Major League Rugby. He was a former USA int ...
, International rugby player, and coach *
Hope Emerson Hope Emerson (October 29, 1897 – April 24, 1960;) was an American actress, vaudevillian, nightclub performer, and strongwoman. An imposing person physically, she weighed between and stood tall in her prime. Early life Emerson was born in ...
, actress *
Michael Emerson Michael Emerson (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor who is best known for his roles as serial killer William Hinks on ''The Practice'', Benjamin Linus on ''Lost'', Zep Hindle in the first '' Saw'' film, Cayden James on ''Arrow'', and ...
, actor *
Femi Emiola Femi Emiola is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the TV series ''Wicked Wicked Games'' and in the web series ''If Looks Could Kill''. Her first and last names come from the Yoruba language, and her first name is pronounced ...
, actress * Norman A. Erbe, politician *
Joni Ernst Joni Kay Ernst (née Culver; born July 1, 1970) is an American former military officer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Iowa since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served in the Iowa State Se ...
, United States Senator for Iowa *
Jane Espenson Jane Espenson (born July 14, 1964) is an American television writer and producer. Espenson has worked on both situation comedies and serial dramas. She had a five-year stint as a writer and producer on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and shared a ...
, TV producer and writer *
Simon Estes Simon Estes (born March 2, 1938) is an operatic bass-baritone of African-American descent who had a major international opera career beginning in the 1960s. He has sung at most of the world's major opera houses as well as in front of presiden ...
, opera singer *
Linda Evans Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad; November 18, 1942) is an American actress known primarily for her roles on television. In the 1960s she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck) in the Western tel ...
, political activist * Frank F. Everest, general * Barton Warren Evermann, ichthyologist


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* Randy Florke, writer/publisher of interior design book * Urban Clarence "Red" Faber, baseball player *
Tom Fadden Tom Fadden (January 6, 1895 – April 14, 1980) was an American actor. He performed on the legitimate stage, vaudeville, in films and on television during his long career. Early life Fadden was born in Bayard, Iowa, on January 6, 1895; his fath ...
, actor * Carole Farley, soprano singer * Art Farmer, jazz musician *
Sharon Farrell Sharon Farrell (born December 24, 1940) is an American television and film actress, and former dancer. Originally beginning her career as a ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre company, Farrell made her film debut in 1959 in ''Kiss Her Goo ...
, actress * Terry Farrell, actress * James Fee, photographer *
Victor Feguer Victor Harry Feguer (1935 â€“ March 15, 1963) was a convicted murderer and the last federal inmate executed in the United States before the moratorium on the death penalty following '' Furman v. Georgia'', and the last person put to death in ...
, convicted murderer *
Chris Fehn Christopher Fehn (born February 24, 1973) is an American musician. He was a percussionist and backing vocalist for the heavy metal band Slipknot from 1998 to 2019, in which he was designated #3. He was also the bassist for Will Haven from 201 ...
, musician * Margaret Feldner, university president * Bob Feller, baseball player * Mary Fels, philanthropist, suffragist, Georgist * James Ferentz, football player *
Jeremy Ferguson Jeremy Miles Ferguson, (born January 7, 1981) better known by the stage name Jinxx, is an American musician best known as guitarist, violinist, cellist, pianist, songwriter, and composer of American rock band Black Veil Brides. History Jinxx ...
, musician * Susan Frances Nelson Ferree, journalist, activist, suffragist * Susan Fessenden, activist, social reformer * Al Feuerbach, track and field athlete *
Romaine Fielding Romaine Fielding (born William Grant Blandin; May 22, 1867 – December 15, 1927) was an American actor, screenwriter, and silent film director known for his dramatic westerns. He was also known as Royal A. Blandin. Early life and stage career ...
, actor *
Margarita Fischer Margarita Fisher (n̩e Fischer, February 12, 1886 РMarch 11, 1975) was an American actress in silent motion pictures and stage productions. Newspapers sometimes referred to her as "Babe" Fischer. Early life Margarita Fischer was born on Fe ...
, actress *
Matt Fish Matthew Edward Fish (born November 18, 1969) is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Miami Heat and Washingto ...
, basketball player * Freddie Fisher, musician *
Bill Fitch William Charles Fitch (May 19, 1932 – February 2, 2022) was an American professional basketball coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He developed multiple teams into playoff contenders and won an NBA championship with the Bost ...
, basketball coach * Joseph Fitz, naval veteran *
Bridget Flanery Bridget Christine Flanery (born March 24, 1970 in Guthrie Center, Iowa) is an American actress. Early life Bridget Christine Flanery was born on March 24 in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Flanery has an older sister, Jill, and three brothers, James, B ...
, actress * John Flannagan, priest * Jack Fleck, golfer *
Frank Jack Fletcher Frank Jack Fletcher (April 29, 1885 – April 25, 1973) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. Fletcher commanded five different task forces through WWII; he was the operational task force commander at the pivotal battle ...
, admiral * Robert Fletcher, costume designer *
Rich Folkers Richard Nevin Folkers (born October 17, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from to for the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres and M ...
, baseball player * Bradbury Foote, screenwriter * Ben Foster, actor *
Jon Foster Jon Foster (born August 3, 1984) is an American actor and musician. His films include the drama ''The Door in the Floor'' (2004), the horror film '' Stay Alive'' (2006), the thriller '' Brotherhood'' (2010), and the drama ''Rampart'' (2011). Fos ...
, musician * Judith Ellen Foster, lawyer *
Farrah Franklin Farrah Laron Franklin (born May 3, 1981) is an American R&B singer and actress. She is also a former member of the girl group Destiny's Child. Along with Michelle Williams, she replaced the group's original members LaTavia Roberson and LeToya ...
, singer *
William Frawley William Clement Frawley (February 26, 1887 – March 3, 1966) was an American vaudevillian and actor best remembered for playing landlord Fred Mertz in the American television sitcom '' I Love Lucy'', "Bub" O'Casey in the television comedy ser ...
, actor * John T. Frederick, scholar * Tanna Frederick, actress * Joan Freeman, actress * Bruce French, actor * George B. French, actor *
Joe Frisco Joe Frisco (born Louis Wilson Joseph; November 4, 1889 – February 18, 1958) was an American vaudeville performer who first made his name on stage as a jazz dancer, but later incorporated his stuttering voice to his act and became a popular ...
, vaudeville performer *
Virgil Frye Virgil Charles Frye (August 21, 1930 – May 7, 2012) was an American actor and former Golden Gloves boxing champion. He grew up in Estherville, Iowa. He had two children, Sean Frye ('' E.T. The Extra Terrestrial'') and Soleil Moon Frye (''Punky ...
, actor, boxer


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Dan Gable Danny Mack Gable (born October 25, 1948) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. Considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Gable is a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a world gold medalist, ...
, Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach * Jetseta Gage, kidnap victim *
Robert Gallery Robert J. Gallery (born July 26, 1980) is a former American football offensive guard who played for eight seasons in the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Iowa, and received unanimous All-American recogn ...
, football player *
George Horace Gallup George Horace Gallup (November 18, 1901 – July 26, 1984) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion. Life and career ...
, founder of Gallup Poll *
Viola Garfield Viola E. Garfield (December 5, 1899 – November 25, 1983) was an American anthropologist best known for her work on the social organization and plastic arts of the Tsimshian nation in British Columbia and Alaska. Early life Viola Edmundson was ...
, anthropologist *
Jim Garrison James Carothers Garrison (born Earling Carothers Garrison; November 20, 1921 – October 21, 1992) was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his investigat ...
, lawyer, judge * David Garst, farmer, seed manufacturer *
Roswell Garst Roswell "Bob" Garst (June 13, 1898 – November 4, 1977) was an American farmer and seed company executive. He developed hybrid corn seed in 1930 that allowed greater crop yields than open-pollinated corn. He was perhaps most well known for hosti ...
, farmer, seed manufacturer *
Michael Gartner Michael Gartner (born October 25, 1938, in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American journalist, attorney and businessman. He was president of the Iowa Board of Regents. Biography A graduate of Carleton College and the New York University School of Law, ...
, journalist * Joey Gase, NASCAR driver *
Harry Gaspar Harry Lambert Gaspar (April 28, 1883 – May 14, 1940) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons (1909–1912) with the Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled a 46–48 record in 143 appe ...
, baseball player *
James Lorraine Geddes James Lorraine Geddes (March 19, 1827 – February 21, 1887) was a soldier in India, a brigade commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, college administrator and professor, and military songwriter. Biography Geddes was b ...
, soldier *
John Getz John William Getz (born October 15, 1946) is an American character actor. After starting his acting career on stage, he has appeared in numerous television series and films. Personal life Getz, one of four children, was born in Davenport, Iowa, ...
, actor * Dick Gibbs, basketball player * Edward H. Gillette, politician * Thomas Gilman, Olympic freestyle wrestler *
Owen Gingerich Owen Jay Gingerich (; born 1930) is professor emeritus of astronomy and of the history of science at Harvard University and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. In addition to his research and teaching, he has ...
, astronomer *
Annabeth Gish Anne Elizabeth "Annabeth" Gish (born March 13, 1971) is an American actress. She has played roles in films ''Shag'', ''Hiding Out'', '' Mystic Pizza'', ''SLC Punk!'', ''The Last Supper'' and ''Double Jeopardy''. On television, she played Special ...
, actress * Salvatore Giunta, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient * Fred Glade, baseball player * Susan Glaspell, playwright *
Dan Goldie Daniel C. Goldie (born October 3, 1963) is a former tennis player from the United States who won 2 singles (1987, Newport and 1988, Seoul) and 2 doubles titles (1986, Wellington and 1987, Newport). The right-hander reached the quarterfinals of ...
, tennis player *
Johnny Gosch John David Gosch (November 12, 1969 – disappeared September 5, 1982) was a paperboy in West Des Moines, Iowa, who disappeared between 6 and 7 a.m. on September 5, 1982. He is presumed to have been kidnapped. , there have been no arrests made a ...
, kidnap victim *
Frank Gotch Frank Alvin Gotch (April 27, 1877 – December 17, 1917) was an American professional wrestler. Gotch was the first American professional wrestler to win the world heavyweight free-style championship, and he is credited for popularizing professi ...
, professional wrestler * Al Gould, baseball player *
Rick Graf Richard Glenn Graf (born August 29, 1964) is a former professional American football linebacker who played for eight years in the National Football League (NFL) for the Miami Dolphins (1987–1990), the Houston Oilers (1991–1992), and the Washin ...
, football player *
Fred Grandy Fredrick Lawrence Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is an American actor who played "Gopher" on the sitcom ''The Love Boat'' and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Grandy was most recently th ...
, 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 * 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 * Robert Larsen, founder and director of Des Moines Metro Opera and professor emeritus of music at Simpson College * 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


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* 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, 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 * Karen Morley, actress * Carol Morris, Miss Universe 1956 * Mike Morris (American football), 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


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* 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 * 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 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 * Jack Riley (American football), Jack Riley, football player, Olympic freestyle wrestler * 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 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 * 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, baseball player * 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, athlete and coach * Chile Walsh, football player, coach, and executive * Mark Walter, financier, chairman of Los Angeles Dodgers * Rick Wanamaker, athlete * Brian Wansink, scientist and professor * Dedric Ward, football player, coach * Everett Warner, painter and printmaker * Kurt Warner, athlete * Fitz Henry Warren, politician, Civil War general * Kiersten Warren, actress * Pierre Watkin, actor * Watseka, Native Iowan * James F. Watson, judge * Tony Watson, athlete * 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, basketball coach * Peggy Whitson, astronaut, scientist * Casey Wiegmann, athlete * Doreen Wilber, athlete * Tom Wilkinson (Canadian football), Tom Wilkinson, athlete * 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 * Charles E. Winter, politician * Sidney G. Winter, economist * Johannes B. Wist, journalist, editor * William P. Wolf, politician * Elijah Wood, actor * Grant Wood, painter * Joey Woody, athlete * Hank Worden, actor * Carleton H. Wright, U.S. Navy admiral * Frank Wykoff, athlete


Y

* Marshal Yanda, athlete * Harry E. Yarnell, U.S. Navy admiral * David Yost, actor and producer * Ed Yost, inventor * 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,