Biographical Records
Notable People from Iowa
1,585 notable figures born in Iowa, showing page 7 of 32, ranked by historical prominence.
Curtis D. Wilbur
1867 – 1954
juristpoliticianlawyer
Garfield Wood
1880 – 1971
inventorentrepreneur
Archie Stout
1886 – 1973
cinematographerphotographer
Rudolph Martin Anderson
1876 – 1961
explorerornithologistzoologist
Myra Keaton
1877 – 1955
film actoractor
Grace Ingalls
1877 – 1941
stringerteacher
LeRoy Abrams
1874 – 1956
scientific collectorbotanical illustratorbotanist
Lafayette Young
1848 – 1926
politician
Zales Ecton
1898 – 1961
rancherpolitician
Clarence Chamberlin
1893 – 1976
Fliegeraircraft pilot
Frank Jenks
1902 – 1962
actor
Robert E. Smylie
1914 – 2004
politicianlawyer
Harlan J. Bushfield
1882 – 1948
politicianlawyer
Thomas M. Bowen
1835 – 1906
military officerBrigadegeneraljurist
William Pfaff
1928 – 2015
journalistmilitary personnelwriter
Guy Gillette
1879 – 1973
prosecutorpoliticianlawyer
Red Faber
1888 – 1976
baseball player
Nile Kinnick
1918 – 1943
American football player
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle
1878 – 1942
sculptorartist
Eloise Blaine Cram
1896 – 1957
parasitologistscientific collectorzoologist
Louis Murphy
1875 – 1936
publisherjournalistpolitician
Gerald Leeman
1922 – 2008
amateur wrestler
John Froelich
1849 – 1933
inventor
William H. McMaster
1877 – 1968
politician
Jay Clark
1880 – 1948
sport shooter
Jack Whitney
1905 – 1992
audio engineerengineer
Ellis Yarnal Berry
1902 – 1999
journalisteditorpolitician
Amy Clampitt
1920 – 1994
librarianpoetwriter
Fred L. Turner
1933 – 2013
managerbusinessperson
Steve Darrell
1904 – 1970
television actoractor
Robert D. Blue
1898 – 1989
juristgovernorpolitician
Muriel Frances Dana
1916 – 1997
film actoractor
Lesley Woods
1910 – 2003
film actortelevision actorstage actor
David Bergland
1935 – 2019
politician
Holm O. Bursum
1867 – 1953
ranchersheriffmerchant
Al Swearengen
1845 – 1904
criminalbusinessperson
Frank Steunenberg
1861 – 1905
governorpolitician
Paul McCracken
1915 – 2012
university teachereconomist
Walter Donald Douglas
1861 – 1912
entrepreneur
John M. Haines
1863 – 1917
real-estate agentgovernorpolitician
Hobart Muir Smith
1912 – 2013
herpetologistuniversity teacherzoologist
Harvey Logan
1867 – 1904
cowboy
John H. Morehead
1861 – 1942
politician
Judd Holdren
1915 – 1974
television actoractor
John N. Irwin, II
1913 – 2000
art collectordiplomatmilitary officer
Lois Meredith
1897 – 1967
stage actoractor
Ray Kellogg
1905 – 1976
soldierfilm producerfilm director
Coe I. Crawford
1858 – 1944
prosecutorjuristgovernor
Louise Carver
1869 – 1956
stage actoractor
Phoebe Omlie
1902 – 1975
aircraft pilot