Biographical Records
Notable People from Iowa
1,585 notable figures born in Iowa, showing page 32 of 32, ranked by historical prominence.
James Francis Barker
1871 – 1950
painter
J. L. Wilkinson
1878 – 1964
baseball player
Clarke Beard
1884 – 1978
middle-distance runner
A. Starker Leopold
1913 – 1983
ecologistconservationistzoologist
Allan Carpenter
1917 – 2002
teacherwriter
Alvin Etler
1913 – 1973
oboistcomposer
Arlo L. Olson
1918 – 1943
military personnel
Ben F. Laposky
1914 – 2000
visual artistmathematician
Benton J. Underwood
1915 – 1994
psychologist
Esther Coopersmith
1930 – 2024
diplomat
Denis Menke
1940 – 2020
baseball player
Gladys Black
1909 – 1998
ornithologistnurse
Russell W. Volckmann
1911 – 1982
soldier
Ruth M. Jefford
1914 – 2007
aircraft pilotmusician
Anne Belle Stone
1874 – 1949
painter
Silvia Richards
1916 – 1999
screenwriter
Dick Kenworthy
1941 – 2010
baseball player
Don Eddy
1946 – 2018
baseball player
Harley A. Wilhelm
1900 – 1995
metallurgistchemist
Duane Benson
1945 – 2019
American football playerpolitician
Buster Brown
1881 – 1914
baseball player
William Menster
1913 – 2007
Catholic priest
William Marion Ramsey
1846 – 1937
politicianlawyerjudge
Karl Young
1879 – 1943
liturgist
Adelaide Dutcher
1873 – 1937
physician
Fred Baron
1947 – 2008
lawyer
John Gideon Searle
1901 – 1978
businessperson
Homer John Scoggan
1911 – 1986
scientific collectorbotanistbotanical collector
Orfa Jean Shontz
1876 – 1954
lawyerjudge
Greg Thayer
1949 – 2025
baseball player
Jean Sala Breitenstein
1900 – 1986
lawyerjudge
Jack Saltzgaver
1903 – 1978
baseball player
Jack E. Conger
1921 – 2006
aircraft pilotUnited States Naval Aviatormilitary personnel
Rene Carpenter
1928 – 2020
Elmina Wilson
1870 – 1918
civil engineersuffragetteengineer