Biographical Records
Notable People from Iowa
1,585 notable figures born in Iowa, showing page 6 of 32, ranked by historical prominence.
Charles D. Brown
1887 – 1948
film actoractor
Oliver Ellsworth Buckley
1887 – 1959
inventor
Fred Jackman
1881 – 1959
film directorcinematographerscreenwriter
William Foege
1936 – 2026
epidemiologistphysician
John Sladek
1937 – 2000
science fiction writernovelistwriter
Libbie Henrietta Hyman
1888 – 1969
scientific collectorzoologist
Meridel Le Sueur
1900 – 1996
essayistchildren's writernovelist
Mason Remey
1874 – 1974
architect
Eppie Lederer
1918 – 2002
journalistcolumnistwriter
Ray Lyman Wilbur
1875 – 1949
university teacherpoliticianphysician
Samuel M. Shortridge
1861 – 1952
politicianlawyer
Morgan Earp
1851 – 1882
police officer
Richie Hayward
1946 – 2010
rock musicianpercussionistmusician
Arabella Mansfield
1846 – 1911
suffragistmeteorological observeruniversity teacher
John Burke
1859 – 1937
finance ministerprosecutorjurist
George Nissen
1914 – 2010
trampoline gymnastartistic gymnastinventor
Herbert E. Hitchcock
1867 – 1958
politicianlawyer
C. W. McCall
1928 – 2022
country musiciansongwritersinger
Asle Gronna
1858 – 1922
bankerfarmerpolitician
Duane Thompson
1903 – 1970
actor
Lynn Reynolds
1891 – 1927
film directoractorscreenwriter
Berkley Bedell
1921 – 2019
politician
Randy Shilts
1951 – 1994
journalistbiographerauthor
Selmer Jackson
1888 – 1971
actor
Meg Johnson
1901
dancerauthorpoet
Gordon Willey
1913 – 2002
anthropologistarchaeologist
Eugenie Anderson
1909 – 1997
diplomat
Paul Polansky
1942 – 2021
Romani rights activistopinion journalisthuman rights defender
Jerry Winholtz
1874 – 1962
amateur wrestler
Donald Keyhoe
1897 – 1988
ufologistscience fiction writernovelist
Margaret Wilson
1882 – 1973
novelistchildren's writerteacher
Frances Lee
1906 – 2000
film actoractor
Babe London
1901 – 1980
film actortelevision actoractor
Tom Fadden
1895 – 1980
stage actoractor
Garfield Wood
1880 – 1971
inventorentrepreneur
Archie Stout
1886 – 1973
cinematographerphotographer
Thomas Nixon Carver
1865 – 1961
economist
Zales Ecton
1898 – 1961
rancherpolitician
Guy Gillette
1879 – 1973
prosecutorpoliticianlawyer
Red Faber
1888 – 1976
baseball player
Ellis Parker Butler
1869 – 1937
short story writerhumoristessayist
Nile Kinnick
1918 – 1943
American football player
William H. Riker
1920 – 1993
university teacherpolitical scientist
Louis Murphy
1875 – 1936
publisherjournalistpolitician
Jay Clark
1880 – 1948
sport shooter
Rosemary Lane
1913 – 1974
film actoractor
Dazzy Vance
1891 – 1961
baseball player
John McConnell
1915 – 2012
vexillographerenvironmentalist
Jack Whitney
1905 – 1992
audio engineerengineer
Ellis Yarnal Berry
1902 – 1999
journalisteditorpolitician