Notable People from Iowa

Cynthia May Alden

teacher, editor

Danny Havoc

American professional wrestler

Margaret Warner Morley

American educator, biologist, and author (1858–1923)

Ralph Erskine Cleland

American botanist (1892-1971)

Terry Vaughn

American soccer referee

Bob Fitch

American athlete and coach (1919-2003)

Michael Annett

American racing driver (1986–2025)

Dulah Marie Evans

American artist (1875-1951)

Johnny Gosch

American missing child

Josh Samman

American mixed martial artist

Arne Fjellbu

Norwegian bishop (1890-1962)

Leo Elthon

American politician (1898-1967)

James W. Gidley

American paleontologist (1866-1931)

James H. Douglas, Jr.

Served in the United States Department of Defense as Secretary of the Air Force and Deputy Secretary of Defense (1899-1988)

David F. Swensen

American businessman (1954-2021)

Charles Burroughs

American sprinter

Richard Dudman

American journalist (1918-2017)

Tom Bender

Australian basketball player (1944-2014)

Craig MacGregor

American bassist (1949–2018)

Henry Haven Windsor

Founder and editor of Popular Mechanics magazine (1859–1924)

Peggy Gilbert

American musician (1905–2007)

James R. Bennett

American politician (1940-2016)

Edward Howard

Catholic archbishop (1877–1983)

Clifford Ragsdale Hope

American politician (1893-1970)

Norman Shetler

American puppeteer and pianist (1931–2024)

Dick Dickinson

American actor (1895-1956)

Gail Jefferson

American conversation analyst (1938–2008)

Clifford Joy Rogers

American politician (1897-1962)

James Hedges

American politician (1938–2024)

Charles Badger Clark

American cowboy poet

Dean Elliott

American television and film composer (1925-1999)

Linda Hayes

American actress (1918-1995)

Lyle Tuttle

American tattoo artist (1931-2019)

Frederick Manfred

novelist

Thomas Gifford

American writer (1937-2000)

Ed Yost

American balloonist (1919–2007)

Stanley L. Greigg

American politician (1931–2002)

Virgil Frye

American actor (1930-2012)

Don Perkins

American football player (1938–2022)

Maurice John Dingman

Sixth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines (1914–1992)

Alda Heaton Wilson

American architect and civil engineer

Daniel Schaefer

United States Marine (1936-2006)

Swen Swenson

American actor

Gordon Blake

United States general (1910–1997)

George O. Curme, Jr.

American chemist

George M. Parker

United States general

George E. Mendenhall

American Lutheran Old Testament scholar (1916-2016)

Gordon Prange

American writer (1910-1980)

Joe Arenas

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1925-2020)

Elmer Yale Dawson

American botanist (1918-1966)