Biographical Records

Notable People from Iowa

1,585 notable figures born in Iowa, showing page 14 of 32, ranked by historical prominence.

Randy Duncan
American football player (1937-2016)
1937 – 2016
Canadian football playerAmerican football playerlawyer
Hays B. White
Hays B. White
American politician (1855-1930)
1855 – 1930
politician
Harry Pidgeon
American sailor (1869–1954)
1869 – 1954
explorer
Roger Goeb
American composer (1914-1997)
1914 – 1997
music educatorcomposer
Wilmuth Merkyl
Wilmuth Merkyl
American actor (1885-1954)
1885 – 1954
actor
William Lawrence Adrian
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, USA. (1883–1972)
1883 – 1972
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
William Hale
William Hale
American politician from Iowa, Governor of Wyoming Territory (1837-1885)
1837 – 1885
juristgovernorpolitician
Gordon Blake
Gordon Blake
United States general (1910–1997)
1910 – 1997
military officer
John W. Gwynne
John W. Gwynne
American politician (1889-1972)
1889 – 1972
politicianlawyerjudge
Dorothy Hennessey
American activist (1913–2008)
1913 – 2008
human rights defender
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
American writer (1868-1942)
1868 – 1942
novelistjournalistwriter
Jerrold Robertshaw
British actor (1866-1941)
1866 – 1941
actor
Ed H. Campbell
Ed H. Campbell
American politician (1882-1969)
1882 – 1969
politicianlawyer
Ida Hinman
Ida Hinman
American feminist, journalist, suffragette, and temperance activist
1854 – 1926
suffragistactivistjournalist
Gordon Prange
American writer (1910-1980)
1910 – 1980
university teacherhistorian
Archer MacMackin
Director, producer, screenwriter (1888-1961)
1888 – 1961
film directorfilm producerscreenwriter
George E. Mendenhall
American Lutheran Old Testament scholar (1916-2016)
1916 – 2016
Hebrew Bible scholar
Mary Florence Potts
Mary Florence Potts
American inventor
1850 – 1922
inventorbusinessperson
Elmer Yale Dawson
American botanist (1918-1966)
1918 – 1966
phycologistbotanistbotanical collector
Earl Madery
sound engineer (1918-2014)
1918 – 2014
audio engineer
Joe Arenas
Joe Arenas
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1925-2020)
1925 – 2020
American football player
Ira Noel Gabrielson
Ira Noel Gabrielson
American entomologist, botanist and ornithologist (1889-1977)
1889 – 1977
scientific collectorecologistzoological collector
Ray Kunze
Ray Kunze
American mathematician
1928 – 2014
university teachermathematician
Lansing Hoskins Beach
Lansing Hoskins Beach
engineer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers
1860 – 1945
military personnelengineer
Josephine Beatrice Bowman
Josephine Beatrice Bowman
US Navy nurse (1881–1971)
1881 – 1971
nursemilitary officer
Georgann Johnson
American actress
1926 – 2018
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Henry Teigan
Henry Teigan
American trade unionist and politician (1881-1941)
1881 – 1941
trade unionistpolitician
Lula Greene Richards
Lula Greene Richards
American print editor
1849 – 1944
journalistpoetwriter
Earl Stevick
American applied linguist
1923 – 2013
linguistuniversity teacher
Robert W. Smith
Robert W. Smith
American martial artist, writer, and teacher (1926–2011)
1926 – 2011
diplomathistorianteacher
Rudolph Gerken
Roman Catholic archbishop
1887 – 1943
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Paul Vincent Donovan
Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan (1924-2011)
1924 – 2011
Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Bob Thaves
American cartoonist (1924-2006)
1924 – 2006
cartoonistcomics artist
Pat Ragan
Pat Ragan
American baseball player
1885 – 1956
baseball player
John Lowell Russell
John Lowell Russell
American actor (1875-1937)
1875 – 1937
film actorfilm producer
William F. Kopp
William F. Kopp
American politician (1869-1938)
1869 – 1938
politicianlawyer
Francis W. Cushman
Francis W. Cushman
American politician (1867-1909)
1867 – 1909
politicianlawyer
Marion Gilmore
American painter (1909-1984)
1909 – 1984
artistpainter
Hubert Stanley Wall
mathematician (1902-1971)
1902 – 1971
university teachermathematician
Thomas William Duncan
American writer (1905-1987)
1905 – 1987
writer
Melvin O. McLaughlin
Melvin O. McLaughlin
American politician (1876-1928)
1876 – 1928
politician
Elmer L. Fulton
Elmer L. Fulton
American politician (1865-1939)
1865 – 1939
politicianlawyer
William E. Andrews
William E. Andrews
American politician from Nebraska (1854-1942)
1854 – 1942
politician
John A. Hull
John A. Hull
Judge Advocate General of the United States Army (1874–1944)
1874 – 1944
judge
Samuel Hoyt Elbert
Hawaiian and Polynesian linguist (1907-1997)
1907 – 1997
linguist
Margaret Cleaves
Margaret Cleaves
American physician
1848 – 1917
psychiatristwriter
Charles Henry Sloan
Charles Henry Sloan
American politician (1863-1946)
1863 – 1946
politicianlawyer
F. Dickinson Letts
F. Dickinson Letts
United States federal judge (1875-1965)
1875 – 1965
politicianlawyerjudge
William Darius Jamieson
William Darius Jamieson
American newspaper publisher and politician (1873-1949)
1873 – 1949
publisherpoliticianlawyer
Charles I. Sparks
Charles I. Sparks
American politician (1872-1937)
1872 – 1937
politicianlawyerjudge
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