Notable People from Nebraska

George E. Cryer

American mayor (1875–1961)

Fern Hobbs

American lawyer

C. Frank Reavis

American politician (1870-1932)

Maurice Richlin

American screenwriter (1920-1990)

Walter Judd

American politician (1898-1994)

Irven Spence

American animator

Paul Girard Smith

American screenwriter (1894-1968)

Clarence Barr

actor (1876-1968)

Francis P. Matthews

8th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus (1887-1952)

Maurice Pate

American humanitarian

Floyd Fithian

American politician (1928-2003)

Paul Revere

American musician (1938-2014)

Patty Jo Watson

American archaeologist (1932–2024)

John J. Whitacre

American politician (1860-1938)

Gary Glick

American football player (1930-2015)

J. Lee Rankin

American lawyer (1907–1996)

John P. Fulton

Special effects designer (1902–1966)

Steve Alaimo

American teen idol pop singer

John A. Eddy

American astronomer (1931-2009)

Philip Meyer

American journalist and scholar (1930–2023)

Kim Winona

American actress (1930-1978)

George E. Danielson

American politician (1915-1998)

Bonnie C. Templeton

American botanist (1906-2002)

Joyce Ballantyne

American artist (1918–2006)

F. F. Bosworth

American pastor (1877-1958)

Leland Hayward

American talent agent and theatrical producer (1902-1971)

Burrill Phillips

American composer (1907-1988)

George L. Sheldon

American politician, Nebraska (1870–1960)

Evelyn Lincoln

Personal secretary to the US President (1909-1995)

Tomás Guilherme Murphy

Catholic bishop (1917-1995)

Gladys Dick

American microbiologist (1881–1963)

Monty Budwig

American double bassist (1926–1992)

William Norris

CEO of Control Data Corporation (1911–2006)

Donald Burkholder

American mathematician (1927-2013)

Robert B. Crosby

American politician (1911–2000)

Phillip Hart Weaver

American politician (1919-1989)

Junior Raglin

American musician (1917–1955)

Martha Greenhouse

American actress (1921-2013)

John N. Norton

American politician, Nebraska (1878-1960)

Red Horse

Miniconjou Sioux sub-chief

Ben Plucknett

American discus thrower (1954–2002)

George Balch Wilson

American composer

Grant Sullivan

actor-turned-Realtor (1924-2011)

Kate Barnard

American sociologist

Donald O. Clifton

American doctor of educational sciences, professor of educational psychology (Univ. of Nebraska), entrepreneur (1924-2003)

Lenka Peterson

American actress (1925–2021)

Alfred E. Montgomery

American admiral

Aage Brix

American soccer player (1894-1963)

Laurie Smith Camp

United States federal judge (1953-2020)

George H. Heinke

American politician (1882-1940)