Notable People from Nebraska

Charles Hartwell Bonesteel, Jr.

United States Army General

Chuck Hayward

American actor (1920–1998)

Charley Havlat

American soldier of Czech descent (1910-1945)

Willis Wagner Wirth

American entomologist (1916–1994)

George Baker Cummins

American mycologist (1904–2007)

Howard Browne

American writer (1908-1999)

Junior Raglin

American musician (1917–1955)

Val Peterson

American diplomat (1903-1983)

Phillip Hart Weaver

American politician (1919-1989)

Ben Plucknett

American discus thrower (1954–2002)

Martha Greenhouse

American actress (1921-2013)

Laurie Smith Camp

United States federal judge (1953-2020)

Joe Rogers

American politician

Grant Sullivan

actor-turned-Realtor (1924-2011)

Neil Judd

American archaeologist (1887-1976)

George F. Sprague

American geneticist and maize researcher

Ted Mapes

American actor (1901-1984)

Donald O. Clifton

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

George Balch Wilson

American composer

Lenka Peterson

American actress (1925–2021)

Juliet Stuart Poyntz

American suffragist, trade unionist and communist

Peter Hoagland

American politician (1941–2007)

Charlie Green

American jazz trombonist (1900–1936)

Dennis Patrick O'Neil

Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino

Harry C. Ingles

United States Army major general (1888–1976)

Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski

American archaeologist (1910-2007)

Helen Caldwell

American writer (1904-1987)

Virginia Dwyer

American actress (1919-2012)

Richard A. Jensen

American theologian (1934-2014)

George E. Hyde

American anthropologist

Arthur Harris

American polo player (1890-1968)

William A. Mueller

sound engineer (1901-1992)

Leon Brown

American basketball player (1919-1990)

Howard Mitchell

American conductor (1911-1988)

James Dannaldson

American actor (1915-1984)

Maxine Gates

actress (1917-1990)

Thomas Munro

philosopher of art (1897–1974)

Max Crook

American musician, songwriter; pioneer of electronic music in pop

Cliff Clevenger

American politician

Cyril J. O'Donnell

American professor

David H. Moriarty

Sound engineer

John N. Norton

American politician, Nebraska (1878-1960)

Constance Howard

American actress (1906-1980)

Hartley Burr Alexander

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

Anthony Michael Milone

Auxiliary Bishop of Omaha, titular Bishop of Plestia, Bishop of Great Falls-Billings (1932-2018)

Clyde E. Elliott

American film director

Louis D. Lighton

American screenwriter and film producer

Billy Southworth

American baseball player, coach, manager

Charles H. Purcell

American civil engineer (1883–1951)

Charley Brock

American football player (1916-1987)