Notable People from Nebraska

Francis P. Matthews

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

John J. Whitacre

American politician (1860-1938)

Steve Alaimo

American teen idol pop singer

Walter Judd

American politician (1898-1994)

Patty Jo Watson

American archaeologist (1932–2024)

Paul Girard Smith

American screenwriter (1894-1968)

Clarence Barr

actor (1876-1968)

Floyd Fithian

American politician (1928-2003)

Maurice Pate

American humanitarian

John P. Fulton

Special effects designer (1902–1966)

J. Lee Rankin

American lawyer (1907–1996)

Paul Revere

American musician (1938-2014)

George E. Danielson

American politician (1915-1998)

Kim Winona

American actress (1930-1978)

Tomás Guilherme Murphy

Catholic bishop (1917-1995)

Monty Budwig

American double bassist (1926–1992)

Bonnie C. Templeton

American botanist (1906-2002)

Joyce Ballantyne

American artist (1918–2006)

Leland Hayward

American talent agent and theatrical producer (1902-1971)

F. F. Bosworth

American pastor (1877-1958)

Gladys Dick

American microbiologist (1881–1963)

James Emanuel

poet (1921-2013)

Donald Burkholder

American mathematician (1927-2013)

William Norris

CEO of Control Data Corporation (1911–2006)

Martin E. Marty

American historian of religion, educator, author, and theologian

Will Steffen

Climate scientist (1947–2023)

Robert B. Crosby

American politician (1911–2000)

Donald E. Thorin

American cinematographer (1934–2016)

John A. Eddy

American astronomer (1931-2009)

Mick Tingelhoff

player of American football (1940–2021)

Charles H. Corlett

United States general (1889-1971)

George L. Sheldon

American politician, Nebraska (1870–1960)

Burrill Phillips

American composer (1907-1988)

Evelyn Lincoln

Personal secretary to the US President (1909-1995)

Eugene Allen Gilmore

American politician (1871-1953)

Donald O. Clifton

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

Helen Caldwell

American writer (1904-1987)

John N. Norton

American politician, Nebraska (1878-1960)

Lenka Peterson

American actress (1925–2021)

Kate Barnard

American sociologist

Red Horse

Miniconjou Sioux sub-chief

Peter Hoagland

American politician (1941–2007)

Dennis Patrick O'Neil

Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino

Alfred E. Montgomery

American admiral

Aage Brix

American soccer player (1894-1963)

Richard A. Jensen

American theologian (1934-2014)

George H. Heinke

American politician (1882-1940)

Horace L. McBride

United States general (1894–1962)

Max Crook

American musician, songwriter; pioneer of electronic music in pop

Charles F. McLaughlin

American politician (1887-1976)