Notable People from Nebraska

Donald K. Schwab

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1918-2005)

Leon Riley

American baseball player

Chief White Eagle

Ponca chief and civil rights leader

Leslie Lynch King, Sr.

Father of Gerald Ford (1884–1941)

Wanda Ewing

American artist (1970-2013)

Ralph C. Smith

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1893–1998)

Daniel Ruge

American neurosurgeon

Claire Winlow-Vostrovsky

Czech-American university professor, translator, Slavist, librarian, journalist, writer, social activist, suffragette and feminist

Harmon Percy Marble

American mayor and photographer (1870–1945)

Bernard Palmer

American author of Christian juvenile fiction

Charlotte Kellogg

American author and activist

Martin Weisskopf

American astrophysicist and astronomer

Elmer Holm

American football player and coach

Dave Noble

Player of American football (1900-1983)

Glenn Hughes

professor at University of Washington; lived 1894-1964

Marlin Briscoe

American football player (1945–2022)

Jay Cronley

American writer (1943-2017)

Opal Hill

professional golfer (1892-1981)

Bub Weller

American football player (1902-1993)

Charles Love Mullins

7/9/1892-1/3/1976; Gretna, Nebraska, United States; ; army officer; American

Clara Moores

American actress

Judith Keep

American judge

Harley Rutledge

American physicist (1926-2006)

Lillian Boyer

American stunt pilot (1901–1989)

Jefferson Machamer

American cartoonist and illustrator (1901-1960)

Monte Kiffin

American football player and coach

John Robert Brown

United States federal judge

Frank Gibson

American baseball player

Willard Witte

American college basketball and football coach, college athletics administrator (1906-1966)

Morton Kaer

American football player and pentathlete (1903–1992)

Robert Spencer

American painter (1879-1931)

Clyde Brion Davis

Novelist, short story writer, journalist (1894–1962)

Ray Richards

American football player and coach (1906-1974)

Aksel Andersen

Danish organist and composer (1912–1977)

C. Lowell Harriss

American university professor and economist (1912–2009)

Roger Gray

American actor (1881-1959)

Clarence Mitchell

American baseball player

Betty Bennett

American jazz singer (1921-2020)

James Brundage

American medievalist

James L. Baldwin

(1921-1979) US Army general

Peary Rader

American bodybuilder (1909–1991)

Bernie Hanighen

American songwriter

Dutch Webber

American football player (1901-1985)

Frederick Mitchell Walker

American baseball player and coach (1884-1958)

Josephine Roche

American politician

Calvin Keys

American musician

William E. Johnson

American politician

Charlie Abbey

American baseball player (1866–1926)

Robley D. Evans

American physicist

John Krueger

American academic (1927-2018)