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

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A

Marc Andreessen

Dudley W. Adams, horticulturalist
John T. Adams, former Republican committee head
Julie Adams, actress
Trev Alberts, football player
Bess Streeter Aldrich, author
James Allen, engineer
Fran Allison, television personality
William B. Allison, politician
Betty Baxter Anderson, author
Lew Anderson, actor
Rudolph Martin Anderson, explorer
Marc Andreessen, software engineer
Pat Angerer, football player
Cap Anson, baseball player
Brynild Anundsen, publisher
Appanoose, 19th-century Meskwaki chief
Lloyd Appleton, Olympic freestyle wrestler
Samuel Z. Arkoff, film producer
Herbert W. Armstrong, religious leader
Tom Arnold, actor
Matthew Ashford, actor
Winifred Asprey, mathematician
John Vincent Atanasoff, § inventor
Jim Aton, jazz musician, composer, singer
Mike Ritland, Navy SEAL, Dog Trainer, Interviewer

B

Michele Bachmann

Harrison Barnes

Lara Flynn Boyle

John Babcock, Olympic freestyle wrestler
Michele Bachmann, politician
Oliver Baez Bendorf, poet
Stan Bahnsen, baseball player
John O. Bailey, judge
Bil Baird, puppeteer
Betsy Baker, actress
Nathaniel B. Baker, politician
Alvin Baldus, politician
Charlie Bales, soccer player
Brad Banks, athlete
Hal C. Banks, labor leader
Jill Banner, actress
Antonine Barada, folk hero
Roger Barkley, broadcaster
Harrison Barnes, athlete
Bob Barr, politician
Douglas Barr, actor, writer, and director
David Barrett, football player
Steve Bartkowski, football player
Robert Bartley, editor of The Wall Street Journal
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, musician
Alfred S. Bennett, Army general and U.S. Secretary of War
Duane Benson, athlete
Matt Bentley, professional wrestler
Christian Beranek, writer, actor, and producer
Leo Beranek, acoustician
Bill Bergan, coach
Eddie Berlin, athlete
Dan Bern, musician
Jennie Iowa Berry, clubwoman
S. Torriano Berry, film producer, writer, director
Jay Berwanger, football player
Stanley Biber, physician
Greg Biekert, football player
Leo Binz, § Roman Catholic archbishop
Joe Bisenius, athlete
Richard Pike Bissell, author
Nate Bjorkgren, basketball coach
Black Hawk, § Native American chief
Casey Blake, baseball player
Gordon Blake, military general
Donald G. Bloesch, theologian
Isabel Bloom, artist
Scott Bloomquist, auto racer
Mike Blouin, politician
Lisa Bluder, coach
Mike Boddicker, baseball player
Ike Boettger, American football player
Bill Bogaard, politician
Tommy Bolin, musician
Norman Borlaug, agricultural scientist and Nobel Laureate
Rob Borsellino, writer
Ryan Bowen, athlete
Thomas M. Bowen, politician
Charles Bowers, cartoonist and comic actor
Lara Flynn Boyle, actress
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd, author
Glen Brand, Olympic freestyle wrestler
Neville Brand, actor
Terry Brands, Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach
Tom Brands, Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach
Terry E. Branstad, politician
Aaron Brant, athlete
Charles Wesley Brashares, Methodist bishop
Titus Bronson, founder of Kalamazoo, Michigan
Greg Brown, folk musician
Mace Brown, athlete
Shannon Brown, country music singer
Bruce Brubaker, pianist, record producer
Rob Bruggeman, athlete
Bill Bryson, author
Oliver E. Buckley, electrical engineer
Matt Bullard, athlete
Ambrose Burke, priest, college president
Jerry Burke, musician
Tim Burke, football coach
Joseph A. A. Burnquist, politician
Martin Burns, athlete
Joe Burrow, Heisman Trophy winner
Jim Burt, sportscaster
Marion LeRoy Burton, college president
Harlan J. Bushfield, politician
Mike Butcher, baseball player
Frank M. Byrne, politician
Robert Byrne, author

C

Wallace Carothers

Dallas Clark, §

Stephen Collins

Samuel Calvin, geologist
Marjorie Cameron, actress and occultist
Branden Campbell, bassist for Neon Trees
Donald L. Campbell, chemist
Macdonald Carey, actor
Chris Carney, politician
Wallace Carothers, chemist
Allan Carpenter, author
Sabin Carr, athlete
Tommy Carroll, criminal
Johnny Carson, television personality
Jordan Carstens, athlete
Louise Carver, actress
Thomas Nixon Carver, economics professor
Frank T. Cary, businessman
Landon Cassill, auto racer
Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragette
Thomas Cech, chemist and Nobel Laureate
Matt Chatham, football player
The Cherry Sisters, vaudevillians
Norton P. Chipman, politician, judge
Tom Churchill, broadcaster
Bernard A. Clarey, admiral
Dallas Clark, § football player
Laurel Blair Salton Clark, astronaut
Rush Clark, politician
Fred Clarke, baseball Hall of Famer
Frederick G. Clausen, architect
Jeff Clement, athlete
Ron Clements, director and producer
Scott Clemmensen, athlete
Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild West showman
Samuel Cody, aviator
Harris Coggeshall, athlete
Danielle Colby, reality TV personality
King Cole, athlete
Ada Langworthy Collier, poet, writer
Chris Collins, hockey player
Max Allan Collins, mystery writer
Stephen Collins, actor
Nick Collison, basketball player
John W. Colloton, healthcare executive
Steven Colloton, federal judge
Martin Cone, college president
Edwin H. Conger, diplomat
Maurice Connolly, politician
Paul Conrad, political cartoonist
Ed Conroy, athlete
George Cram Cook, author
Marv Cook, football player
Jack Coombs, athlete
Eric Cooper, baseball umpire
Barclay and Edwin Coppock, followers of John Brown
Frank Cordaro, activist
Sarah Corpstein, beauty queen
John M. Corse, Army general
Ernie Courtney, athlete
Paul Coverdell, politician
Thomas Jefferson Cowie, admiral
Ryan Cownie, stand-up comedian
Shawn Crahan, 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, singer and actress
Frank Cuhel, athlete
Mariclare Culver, political figure
Henry J. B. Cummings, politician
Billy Cundiff, athlete
Jack Cunningham, screenwriter

D

Janet Dailey, author
Bill Daily, actor
Dick Dale, musician
Muriel Frances Dana, actress
Jack Daniels, politician
Diane D'Aquila, actress
Sarah Darling, musician
Geof Darrow, artist
Dana Davis, actress
Barry Davis, Olympic freestyle wrestler
Rebecca Fjelland Davis, author
Stuart Davis, musician
Laura Dawn, activist, singer-songwriter, director/producer
Bud Day, war hero
Walter Day, businessman
Darren Daye, athlete
Lee De Forest, inventor
Jordan De Jong, athlete
Henry Clay Dean, preacher, lawyer
Don DeFore, actor
W. Edwards Deming, statistician
Don Denkinger, baseball umpire
Dave Despain, sports journalist
Adam Devine, actor
Aubrey Devine, athlete
Lester J. Dickinson, politician
Justin Diercks, auto racer
Charles Hall Dillon, politician, judge
Thomas Disch, author
James Dixon, orchestra conductor
David M. Dobson, game creator
Claire Dodd, 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, actor
Joel Dreessen, football player
Kevin Dresser, collegiate wrestling head coach
Leanna Field Driftmier, radio personality
Bobby Driscoll, actor
Fred Duesenberg, automobile manufacturer
Randy Duncan, football player
Francis John Dunn, religious leader
Lloyd Dunn
Samuel Grace Dunn, journalist
Kenneth W. Durant, decorated sailor
John Durbin, actor
Tim Dwight, football player

E

Michael Emerson

Morgan Earp, Wild West lawman
Warren Earp, brother of Wyatt Earp
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, sculptor
Zales Ecton, politician
Paul Eells, sportscaster
Mamie Eisenhower, former First Lady of the United States
Cal Eldred, athlete
Jane Elliott, schoolteacher and activist
James Ellison, actor
Eugene Burton Ely, aviator
Paul Emerick, International rugby player, and coach
Hope Emerson, actress
Michael Emerson, actor
Femi Emiola, actress
Norman A. Erbe, politician
Joni Ernst, United States Senator for Iowa
Jane Espenson, TV producer and writer
Simon Estes, opera singer
Linda Evans, political activist
Frank F. Everest, general
Barton Warren Evermann, ichthyologist

F

William Frawley

Tanna Frederick

Randy Florke, writer/publisher of interior design book
Urban Clarence "Red" Faber, baseball player
Tom Fadden, actor
Carole Farley, soprano singer
Art Farmer, jazz musician
Sharon Farrell, actress
Terry Farrell, actress
James Fee, photographer
Victor Feguer, convicted murderer
Chris Fehn, musician
Margaret Feldner, university president
Bob Feller, baseball player
Mary Fels, philanthropist, suffragist, Georgist
James Ferentz, football player
Jeremy Ferguson, musician
Susan Frances Nelson Ferree, journalist, activist, suffragist
Susan Fessenden, activist, social reformer
Al Feuerbach, track and field athlete
Romaine Fielding, actor
Margarita Fischer, actress
Matt Fish, basketball player
Freddie Fisher, musician
Bill Fitch, basketball coach
Joseph Fitz, naval veteran
Bridget Flanery, actress
John Flannagan, priest
Jack Fleck, golfer
Frank Jack Fletcher, admiral
Robert Fletcher, costume designer
Rich Folkers, baseball player
Bradbury Foote, screenwriter
Ben Foster, actor
Jon Foster, musician
Judith Ellen Foster, lawyer
Farrah Franklin, singer
William Frawley, actor
John T. Frederick, scholar
Tanna Frederick, actress
Joan Freeman, actress
Bruce French, actor
George B. French, actor
Joe Frisco, vaudeville performer
Virgil Frye, actor, boxer

G

Salvatore Giunta

Dan Gable, Olympic freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach
Jetseta Gage, kidnap victim
Robert Gallery, football player
George Horace Gallup, founder of Gallup Poll
Viola Garfield, anthropologist
Jim Garrison, lawyer, judge
David Garst, farmer, seed manufacturer
Roswell Garst, farmer, seed manufacturer
Michael Gartner, journalist
Joey Gase, NASCAR driver
Harry Gaspar, baseball player
James Lorraine Geddes, soldier
John Getz, actor
Dick Gibbs, basketball player
Edward H. Gillette, politician
Thomas Gilman, Olympic freestyle wrestler
Owen Gingerich, astronomer
Annabeth Gish, actress
Salvatore Giunta, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
Fred Glade, baseball player
Susan Glaspell, playwright
Dan Goldie, tennis player
Johnny Gosch, kidnap victim
Frank Gotch, professional wrestler
Al Gould, baseball player
Rick Graf, football player
Fred Grandy, actor, politician
Chuck Grassley, Iowa senator
Paul Gray, musician
Dick Green, baseball player
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

H

Jeremy Hellickson

David C. Hilmers

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 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, politician
Graham Harman, professor
Hill Harper, actor
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
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, religious leader
Chad Hennings, football player
William Peters Hepburn, Civil War officer, politician
Francis J. Herron, Civil War general
Daniel Hess, inventor
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

I

Jim Inhofe, politician
Inkpaduta, Native American chief
Arnold J. Isbell, aviator

J

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, 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
George Wallace Jones
Gordon Jones, actor
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

K

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
Percy R. Kelly, judge
Keokuk, Sauk chief
John H. Kemble, professor
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

L

Cloris Leachman

Fleet Admiral
William D. Leahy

Jerry Lacy, actor
Perry Lafferty, television producer
Doug La Follette, politician
Raef LaFrentz, basketball player
Roswell Lamson, Civil War officer
Ann Landers, advice columnist
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
Alan Larson (born 1949), diplomat and ambassador
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
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, auto racer
Phyllis Love, actress
Herschel C. Loveless, governor
Robert Lucas, politician
Larry Lujack, radio personality
Tiny Lund, auto racer
Mike Lynch, cartoonist
Raymond J. Lynch, judge
Emmett Lynn, actor
Sue Lyon, actress

M

Robert Millikan, §

Michelle Monaghan

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
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 Martin, aviator
Bernard Masterson, athlete
Jerry Mathers, actor
James Matheson, composer
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
Greg McDermott, basketball coach
William John McGee, geologist
George McGill, politician
Charles McGraw, actor
Keli McGregor, baseball executive
Pat McLaughlin, singer
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, 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, football player
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
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
Brandon Myers, football player
Virginia A. Myers, inventor

N

Nancy Naeve, television journalist
Conrad Nagel, actor
Neapope, Sauk leader
Sharon Needles, drag performer
Brad Nelson, baseball player
George Nelson, NASA astronaut
Harriet Nelson, actress, television personality
Larry Nemmers, football official
Carman A. Newcomb, 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
Dennis O'Keefe, actor
Gerald Francis O'Keefe, religious leader
Bob Oldis, baseball player, coach, scout
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, "hiccup" man
Vivienne Osborne, actress
Beverley Owen, actress

P

Charles Fox Parham

John Robinson Pierce

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
Mary Beth Peil, actress
Nat Pendleton, athlete, actor
Arthur D. Pennington, baseball player
Tom Pepper, computer programmer
Don Perkins, football player
Edwin Perkins, inventor
Roger Perry, actor
Pete Peterson, combat pilot, ambassador
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
Scott Pose, baseball player
Dante Powell, stand-up comedian
Gordon Prange, historian
Beatrice Prentice, actress
Hiram Price, railroad president, politician
Richard Proenneke, naturalist
Stanley Prusiner, neurologist, biochemist
Tom Purtzer, golfer

Q

Quashquame, Sauk chief
John Herbert Quick, author
Howard 'Howdy' Quicksell, musician
Linnea Quigley, actress

R

Frances Rafferty

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, 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
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
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
Charles Edward Russell, journalist
Lillian Russell, actress
Paul Rust, comedian
George Ryan, former governor of Illinois

S

The Sullivan Brothers

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
Randy Shilts, journalist
Paul Shorey, scholar
Loren Shriver, astronaut
Lee Paul Sieg, university president
Hal Skelly, actor
Bill Smith, § Olympic freestyle wrestler
Brian Smith, photographer
Gerald W. Smith, author
Hiram Y. Smith, politician
Jerry Smith, golfer
Mary Louise Smith, politician
Neal Smith, politician
Riley Smith, actor
Virginia Smith, politician
Warren Allen Smith, gay rights advocate
Clement Smyth, religious leader
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, jazz musician
George F. Stewart, food scientist
Kiah Stokes, basketball player
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 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
Robin Lord Taylor, actor
Sara Taylor, political public-relations professional
Ashley Tesoro, actress, singer
Kenneth W. Thompson, academic
Sada Thompson, actress
William Thompson, politician
William George Thompson, politician
Mick Thomson, musician
Adam Timmerman, football player
Matt Tobin, football player
John Tomkins, criminal
Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner, physician, writer

U

James Ulmer, journalist
Jarrod Uthoff, basketball player
Sarah Utterback, actress

V

James Van Allen

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

Henry A. Wallace

Michael Wacha (born 1991), baseball player for the San Diego Padres
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 player and coach
Chile Walsh, football player, coach, and executive
Mark Walter, financier, chairman of Los Angeles Dodgers
Rick Wanamaker, track and field athlete and basketball player
Brian Wansink, scientist and professor
Dedric Ward, football player, coach
Everett Warner, painter and printmaker
Kurt Warner (born 1971), football quarterback in the NFL
Fitz Henry Warren, politician, Civil War general
Kiersten Warren, actress
Pierre Watkin, actor
Watseka (c. 1810–1878), Native Iowan
James F. Watson, judge
Tony Watson (born 1985), pitcher in MLB
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, labor leader, president of the United Mine Workers
Jim Whitesell, college basketball coach
Peggy Whitson, astronaut, scientist
Casey Wiegmann, football player in the NFL
Doreen Wilber, archer
Tom Wilkinson, football player
Andy Williams, singer
Gregory Alan Williams, actor, author
Roy Lee Williams, labor leader
William Appleman Williams, historian
William Williamson, politician
Meredith Willson, composer
James Falconer Wilson, politician
JoAnn Wilson, murdered wife of Canadian politician
Mortimer Wilson, composer
Sid Wilson, disc jockey
Wally Wingert, actor
Keaton Winn (born 1998), pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
Charles E. Winter, politician
Sidney G. Winter (born 1935), economist
Johannes B. Wist, journalist, editor
William P. Wolf, politician
Elijah Wood (born 1981), actor
Grant Wood, painter
Joey Woody, athlete
Hank Worden, actor
Carleton H. Wright, U.S. Navy admiral
Frank Wykoff, Olympic champion athlete

Y

Marshal Yanda, athlete
Harry E. Yarnell, U.S. Navy admiral
David Yost, actor and producer
Ed Yost, inventor
Jessie Young, radio host^[1]
Nancy Youngblut, actor

Z

Luke Zeller, basketball player
Maurice Zimm, writer for screen and radio
Larry Zox, painter and printmaker

See also

References

^ Birkby, Evelyn (1991). "Jessie Young". Neighboring on the Air : Cooking with the KMA Radio Homemakers. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. pp. 38–53. ISBN 0-87745-316-0.

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