Notable People from Nebraska

Willis Wagner Wirth

American entomologist (1916–1994)

Charles Hartwell Bonesteel, Jr.

United States Army General

Betty Clements

American physician (1918-1965)

Chuck Hayward

American actor (1920–1998)

Charley Havlat

American soldier of Czech descent (1910-1945)

George Baker Cummins

American mycologist (1904–2007)

Howard Browne

American writer (1908-1999)

Joe Rogers

American politician

Val Peterson

American diplomat (1903-1983)

Martha Greenhouse

American actress (1921-2013)

Phillip Hart Weaver

American politician (1919-1989)

Laurie Smith Camp

United States federal judge (1953-2020)

Neil Judd

American archaeologist (1887-1976)

Ben Plucknett

American discus thrower (1954–2002)

George Balch Wilson

American composer

George F. Sprague

American geneticist and maize researcher

Grant Sullivan

actor-turned-Realtor (1924-2011)

Ted Mapes

American actor (1901-1984)

Juliet Stuart Poyntz

American suffragist, trade unionist and communist

Lenka Peterson

American actress (1925–2021)

Donald O. Clifton

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

Helen Caldwell

American writer (1904-1987)

Peter Hoagland

American politician (1941–2007)

Dennis Patrick O'Neil

Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino

Charlie Green

American jazz trombonist (1900–1936)

Harry C. Ingles

United States Army major general (1888–1976)

Virginia Dwyer

American actress (1919-2012)

Richard A. Jensen

American theologian (1934-2014)

Arthur Harris

American polo player (1890-1968)

George E. Hyde

American anthropologist

Maxine Gates

actress (1917-1990)

Leon Brown

American basketball player (1919-1990)

William A. Mueller

sound engineer (1901-1992)

Junior Raglin

American musician (1917–1955)

Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski

American archaeologist (1910-2007)

Thomas Munro

philosopher of art (1897–1974)

Cliff Clevenger

American politician

Howard Mitchell

American conductor (1911-1988)

David H. Moriarty

Sound engineer

Cyril J. O'Donnell

American professor

Constance Howard

American actress (1906-1980)

James Dannaldson

American actor (1915-1984)

Hartley Burr Alexander

American philosopher, writer, educator, scholar, poet and iconographer (1873-1939)

Max Crook

American musician, songwriter; pioneer of electronic music in pop

Clyde E. Elliott

American film director

Louis D. Lighton

American screenwriter and film producer

Billy Southworth

American baseball player, coach, manager

Bill Lee

American playback singer (1916-1980)

Jeremiah Farrell

American mathematician (1937–2022)

Mildred Gover

US-american film actress (1905-1947)