Biographical Records
Notable People from Iowa
1,585 notable figures born in Iowa, showing page 15 of 32, ranked by historical prominence.
William Darius Jamieson
1873 – 1949
publisherpoliticianlawyer
Charles I. Sparks
1872 – 1937
politicianlawyerjudge
Charles Seeberger
1857 – 1931
inventor
Dorothy Hennessey
1913 – 2008
human rights defender
Dorothy D. Houghton
1890 – 1972
social activist
Joe Arenas
1925 – 2020
American football player
Robert W. Smith
1926 – 2011
diplomathistorianteacher
George E. Mendenhall
1916 – 2016
Hebrew Bible scholar
Thomas Hedge
1844 – 1920
politicianlawyer
Ray Kunze
1928 – 2014
university teachermathematician
Clement Wilson
1891 – 1983
athletics competitor
Earl Madery
1918 – 2014
audio engineer
Roswell Garst
1898 – 1977
horticulturistfarmerbusinessperson
Georgann Johnson
1926 – 2018
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Gordon Prange
1910 – 1980
university teacherhistorian
James Stevens
1892 – 1971
songwriterauthorcomposer
Bernard Coyne
1897 – 1921
Eve Drewelowe
1899 – 1988
painter
Samuel M. Clark
1842 – 1900
politician
Earl Stevick
1923 – 2013
linguistuniversity teacher
Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald
1893 – 1972
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Coleman Griffith
1893 – 1966
psychologist
Bing Miller
1894 – 1966
baseball player
Bob Thaves
1924 – 2006
cartoonistcomics artist
Ralph Claypool
1898 – 1969
American football player
Elmer Yale Dawson
1918 – 1966
phycologistbotanistbotanical collector
Marion Gilmore
1909 – 1984
artistpainter
George Pipgras
1899 – 1986
baseball player
Hubert Stanley Wall
1902 – 1971
university teachermathematician
Thomas William Duncan
1905 – 1987
writer
Paul Vincent Donovan
1924 – 2011
Catholic priestCatholic bishop
Terry Carpenter
1900 – 1978
politician
Viola Garfield
1899 – 1983
anthropologistuniversity teacher
Thomas Poulter
1897 – 1978
exploreruniversity teacherphysicist
Albert F. Dawson
1872 – 1949
bankerpolitician
Paige Rense
1929 – 2021
editor
Robert Enders
1899 – 1988
producerzoologist
Altus Lacy Quaintance
1870 – 1958
botanistbiologistzoologist
Russell S. Doughten
1927 – 2013
film actorfilm producerfilm director
Francis Seiberling
1870 – 1945
politicianlawyer
Dick Klein
1920 – 2000
baseball playerbasketball player
Nathan M. Pusey
1907 – 2001
university teachereducatorwriter
Kenneth W. Thompson
1921 – 2013
political scientist
Arthur Ward Lindsey
1894 – 1963
entomologistzoologist
Bohumil Shimek
1861 – 1937
ecologistbotanistbotanical collector
Dale O. Thomas
1923 – 2004
amateur wrestler
Samuel Hoyt Elbert
1907 – 1997
linguist
Mary Ellen Solt
1920 – 2007
literary scholaruniversity teachertranslator
Hugh Reid Belknap
1860 – 1901
politician
Ruth Kobart
1924 – 2002
film actortelevision actoropera singer