Biographical Records

Notable People from Iowa

1,585 notable figures born in Iowa, showing page 4 of 32, ranked by historical prominence.

Jack Bailey
Jack Bailey
American actor and daytime game show (1907-1980)
1907 - 1980
television actorfilm actorradio personality
Winifred Asprey
American computer scientist and mathematician (1917–2007)
1917 - 2007
university teachermathematiciancomputer scientist
Gordon Jones
Gordon Jones
American actor (1911–1963)
1911 - 1963
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Arthur Wahl
Arthur Wahl
American chemist (1917–2006)
1917 - 2006
chemist
James Ellison
James Ellison
American actor (1910-1993)
1910 - 1993
actor
Bruce Charles Heezen
American geologist (1924-1977)
1924 - 1977
oceanographergeologist
Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen
Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen
diver (1931-2017)
1931 - 2017
competitive diver
Doreen Wilber
American archer (1930–2008)
1930 - 2008
archer
Marilyn Eastman
Marilyn Eastman
American actress (1933–2021)
1933 - 2021
film actoractor
Margarita Fischer
Margarita Fischer
American actress (1886–1975)
1886 - 1975
film actorstage actoractor
Ida Henrietta Hyde
American physiologist (1857–1945)
1857 - 1945
university teacherphysiologistinventor
Mignon Talbot
Mignon Talbot
American paleontologist and geologist (1869-1950)
1869 - 1950
paleontologistgeologist
Romaine Fielding
Romaine Fielding
American actor (1867–1927)
1867 - 1927
film actorfilm directorstage actor
Samuel Franklin Cody
Samuel Franklin Cody
American aviator (1867-1913)
1867 - 1913
circus performermilitary flight engineeraircraft pilot
Henry Augustus Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry
American zoologist (1862–1957)
1862 - 1957
scientific collectorcarcinologistmalacologist
Thaddeus Cahill
Thaddeus Cahill
American inventor (1867–1934)
1867 - 1934
inventorlawyer
Ernest Joy
Ernest Joy
actor (1878-1924)
1878 - 1924
film actorstage actor
Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin
Aviation pioneer (1886-1955)
1886 - 1955
military flight engineeraircraft pilotentrepreneur
Donald Ryder Dickey
American ornithologist
1887 - 1932
mammalogistornithologistzoologist
Arnold Kegel
American gynecologist (1894–1972)
1894 - 1972
gynecologistphysicianteacher
Raymond McKee
Raymond McKee
American actor (1892–1984)
1892 - 1984
film actorvoice actorfilm director
Hazel Keener
Hazel Keener
American actress (1904-1979)
1904 - 1979
film actortelevision actoractor
Nedra Volz
Nedra Volz
American actress (1908–2003)
1908 - 2003
television actorfilm actoractor
Frank Cuhel
Frank Cuhel
American hurdler (1904-1943)
1904 - 1943
athletics competitor
Clifford Berry
American computer scientist (1918–1963)
1918 - 1963
physicistcomputer scientistengineer
Richard Proenneke
Richard Proenneke
American naturalist (1916–2003)
1916 - 2003
naturalist
Bob Feller
Bob Feller
Major League Baseball player (1918–2010)
1918 - 2010
baseball player
Corita Kent
Pop artist (1918-1986)
1918 - 1986
printmakergraphic artistpostage stamp designer
Glen Brand
Olympic wrestler
1923 - 2008
amateur wrestlerbusinessperson
John Melcher
John Melcher
American politician (1924-2018)
1924 - 2018
veterinarianpolitician
James Holmes
James Holmes
Dutch author and poet (1924–1986)
1924 - 1986
translation scholaruniversity teachertranslator
Frances Rafferty
Frances Rafferty
American actress (1922-2004)
1922 - 2004
television actorfilm actorrancher
Neva Patterson
Neva Patterson
American film, stage and television actress (1920–2010)
1920 - 2010
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Harry Reasoner
Harry Reasoner
American journalist (1923–1991)
1923 - 1991
journalist
Everett Rogers
American academic
1931 - 2004
communication scholarsociologist
Roger Perry
Roger Perry
American actor (1933-2018)
1933 - 2018
television actorartistmilitary officer
Chuck Darling
Chuck Darling
American basketball player (1930–2021)
1930 - 2021
basketball player
Bill Fitch
American basketball coach (1934–2022)
1934 - 2022
baseball playerbasketball coachhead coach
Paul Coverdell
Paul Coverdell
American politician (1939–2000)
1939 - 2000
politicianbusinessperson
Dick Wagner
Dick Wagner
American guitarist (1942–2014)
1942 - 2014
guitaristlyricistsongwriter
Lloyd Appleton
Olympic wrestler
1906 - 1999
amateur wrestler
William John McGee
William John McGee
American geologist & anthropologist (1853-1912)
1853 - 1912
anthropologistethnologistgeologist
Aven Nelson
Aven Nelson
U.S. botanist (1859–1952)
1859 - 1952
explorerbotanical collectormycologist
Frank Merriam
Frank Merriam
Governor of California (1865-1955)
1865 - 1955
governorpolitician
Richard Stanton
Richard Stanton
actor, film director (1876-1956)
1876 - 1956
film directorfilm actoractor
Pierre Watkin
Pierre Watkin
American actor (1889–1960)
1889 - 1960
television actoractor
Fred Church
Fred Church
American actor (1889-1983)
1889 - 1983
film actoractorscreenwriter
John Llewellyn Lewis
John Llewellyn Lewis
American labor leader (1880-1969)
1880 - 1969
union membertrade unionistminer
Monrad Wallgren
Monrad Wallgren
American politician (1891-1961)
1891 - 1961
opticianjewelerpolitician
Francis H. Case
Francis H. Case
United States Marine (1896-1962)
1896 - 1962
publisherjournalisteditor
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